Juniata sentinel and Republican. [volume] (Mifflintown, Juniata County, Pa.) 1873-1955, 1890-04-02

Il wonder if he will miss me little
Just at firstP' she unused. He can get
a divorce, suppose, if desert him,
and then he will marry again. l hope
he will be kinder to his next wife than
he has been TO mel'
With the tears that rose at the
thought of her successor binding her
eyes, Lefty failed to see the figure she
sought.
Il am foolish to look at him again. 1
have never been more than house
keeper to HIM from the very first she
thought, stumbling blindly on toward
the gate and opening it, TO find herself
III the centre of an excited group.
There, don't take on like thatl' said
Solomon Wyse, who came first and saw
the tears upon her cheeks before she
had time to wipe them away. 'Were
you coming to meet US? We were in
hopes you didn't see anything of it.
It's bad accident, but George is SO
strong and hearty that he will be up
and around again almost before you
know it, We've sent Ben Hill off on
one of the colts for the doctor, and if
you will only tell US where to carry
him
Garry him?' repeated Lefty.
FDOlOLuOu 5ltpptu dSluc. sue Sd 10
hind him a litter. roughly made with
hay rakes and covered with coats, and
on the litter George was lying, pale and
bleeding. with his eyes closed.
oh, Mr.. WySe, i he dead2' she
asked, turning even paler than George.
Not a bit of it. He's worth twelve
dozen dead men yeti Only a bit of a
break i'll one arm and one leg, and a
little knock on the head when he fell.
The horses didn't kick, aud he'll be all
right as soon as the doctor sees him.
Shall We take HIM up stairs, or where?'
Bring him in here said Lefty, re-
covering herself.
She led the way to the bedroom on
the ground door, and helped to shift
the malmed figure from the litter 10 the
bel. Her soul was dying within her
for fear, yet not "A word passed her lips
When the doctor came he found a
capable nurse, dressed in dark print,
who listened intelligently to his direc-
tions, and promised to carry them out
fully.
And so it happened that as George
Brewster returned TO life the first words
that fell upon his ear were uttered by
the doctor outside the window, as lie
mounted his gig.
eS, lie VIII DO, NySe; lie VIII pun
through all right if his wife nurses him.
And she can do it so nicely if you will
send some one to take care Of the house.
She IS a woman in a thousand l hope
that he knows how to value her.
Lefty, bending over the bed, alb
sOrbed III the invalid, had not heard
him.
What IS it, dear?'
The doctor is right. YoI are wO-
man III a thousand. l always knew it,
! Lefty, if | never said it. So | tell you
of it now, before l die he added, going
! off into another faint.
1t WAS all Letty'S sore heart needed.
| Beside the bed of suffering she spent
| two of the happiest months OF her life.
The first act of George Brewster Oh
| his recovery was TO secure help for hi:
/ wife; so that now she has plenty OF
/ time to get back her lost color and
/ plumpness. They are one in heart, a:
! one in name and home now. And
! Solomon Wyse has never seen occasion
/ to administer the talking to.
Somehow or other drawls solomon
! getting run over by that machine was
! the making Of George Brewster
And Lefty and George think so.