Baxter Springs news. [volume] (Baxter Springs, Kan.) 1882-1919, 1890-10-11


had fallen from her feet, her hands
were bruised and bleeding, and, as she
raised the lantern above her head, O red
stream slowly trickled down the white
arm from which the sleeve had been
rudely torn during her perilous journey
across the bridge.
A rumbling noise Is heard. then o
sharp, quick whistle sounds upon the
air. Ethel realizes that there Is not .
moment to lose. A hundred yards have
been traversed: onward she flies like
the wind; the train rounds q curve In
the distance; she swings her lantern
irantically; the engineer does not see
the signal; the brave little woman will
be run down. She totters onward,
waves the lantern wildly and shrieks
aloud in her agony. The signal Is seen.
A moment later train hands and passen'
gers crowd around Ethel, who has just
sufficient strength left to tell about the
bridge ere she sinks into unconscious
ness.
There is no time to lose" muttered
Robert Carroll as he hurried toward p.
St. wharf. Thrusting dime into the
grimy hand OF q newsboy, he snatched
morning Herald and boarding the
steamer and went directly to his state
room.
At last the moving Of freight hurry
Ing OF footsteps and clanking Of chains
ceases and the great mass Of iron and
wood moves slowly out Of the dock and,
guided by busy little tug boat, moves
majestically down the harbor towards
the broad Atlantic.
Robert leaves his state-room and GO
ing on deck PAGES restlessly to and fro.
At the end Of half an hour he takes the
Herald from his pocket and glances list
lessly through the columns. Suddenly
his face blanches, he utters an excla-
nation, passengers who are In his vi
cinity gaze at him curiously. The words:
TERRIBLE CALAMITY AvERTED!
uERoIsN OF THE YOUNG WIFE OF ROBERT
CARROLL, OF THE FIRM OF JOHNSON,
CARROLL & CO."
danced before his eyes; with mighty
effort he read on, when his eyes rest
upon the words:
"She thought her husband was on the train
and went through the terrible ordeal TO save
| him."
He jumped upon his feet and rushed
into the presence Of the captain. A few
words explained the situation and an
hour later Robert Carroll was trans
ierred to the returning tug which car
ried him safely to the wharf from which
he had taken his departure earlier in
| the day.
The hours that followed seemed like
an eternity to Robert Carroll. AS the
train approached Hadley's bridge, he
pictured in his imagination the slender
form of his young wife moving eau
tiously across the long stretch Of trestle
work to save the life Of the man whom
she declared that she hated.
poor little girl" he murmured, ten
Derby.
With eager footsteps he traversed the
well-known pathway. His heart beat
unanimously as he crossed the thresh'
old OF the coy little sitting'room.
Ethel met him with q glad cry: "oh
Robert! knew that you would come
back to me-" she exclaimed, joyously.
Forgive me, Robert, and forget If you
can the cruel words that have caused us
so much suffering"
Ethel raised her hands, all bruised
and SCARED and gently stroked hel
beautiful brown tresses now so thickly
streaked with silver.
Before the expiration Of another weel
Robert Carroll and his wife were on
their way to Europe, and Ethel never
knew that Robert had planned to &c
alone.-M. A. Thurston, in The Home