Democratic Northwest. [volume] (Napoleon, Ohio) 1869-1894, 1891-12-17
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COPYRIGHTED. BY.fMEaoHK .pRsNs AssOoArION 1881.
BY MAURICE THohPS0NA

revelation that Mr.. Roosevelt could not
respond at once. He touched the horses
and shook the lines q little. They sped
forth from the street into shaded lane
where the perfume of wild flowers loaded
the air, Jasmine vines covered the
broken fences, violets purpled the ground,
mocking birds were everywhere. A
gaunt old negro, with a dilapidated
army musket on his shoulder, stood
withdrawn among the tree shadows gaz-
ing at them as they passed.
"Can you fully realize my case, do
you thinkr Julian added
mo, sir, cannot never stabbed a
woman in my life, responded Mr.. Roose-
velt He shook the lines again. and the
horses went still faster.
| Julian's face darkened and Redeemed.
He bit his mustache and glared at the
dashboard
MIR Roosevelt, have spoken to you
as a gentleman and friend" he pres
emily said; II am in trouble and need
counsel do not
How can | advise you, sir?" the old
man interrupted True advice presup-
poses sympathy.
And you cannot sympathize with me,
of course
Il can hardly say; but have liked you
very much, sir' 1t is hard for me to
couple you with acts of downright van
dalism You have impressed me as
chivalrous and spotless gentleman"
Il am not a soldier now, and do not
think and feel and act as soldier. OF
course in the wild excitement of war
was zealot in the Union cause. am
not sorry that was, but do regret that
one act wish could recall it.
As he spoke Julian felt the emptiness
of his words They were fiat and fell
dead on the air, as does the report Of a
fowling piece on an open prairie.
II should think it would not be pleas
ant thing to rememb ber." said Mr.. Roose-
welt, urging the horses a little more. as
ii this shaking of the lines served in some
way to relieve his feelings.
But how can help it nowY he pres
sently said, putting his hand on the old
mans arm
Mr.. Roosevelt did not answer; he only
shook the lines again.
The horses were now going very fast,
making the buggy bound and sway and
its wheels sing keenly,
lone oughtn't to be hated for what he
did,
A loud report rang out beside the road
, Just ahead The negro had fired at I
, bird. The horses rearel together anc
whirled short about with the buggy be
fore Mr.. Roosevelt could check them
, Under the ,., Ten strain the spring ovel
which Juliap sat snapped in two, and
the young man was sent whirling rod
> away, falling heavily outstretched or
some rails beside the road. A line alst
parted. and then the horses became un
manageable. They ran and kicked like
demons, dragging Mr.. Roosevelt, in th'
midst of the wrecked vehicle, back alons
, the road toward the city. Julian wa
>. senseless.
a The farther the horses ran the wilde
and more furious they grew The.
dashed the buggy into shreds, and lef
o Mr.. Roosevelt wounded and bleeding {
half mile from where they started.
o The negro who fred the shot had
hard time of it, wandering about in Sa
r vannah hunting physician. Luck ha
$ seemed against him. He was twic
a directed wrong, and then when h
;. did at last find a PHYSICIANS office tn
a doctor himself was gone. Butt chance
that when, after great tribulation, b
a found doctor, Mr.. Roosevelt's famil
physician was the one.
a Julian had somewhat revived whe
q they reached him. At the same time
4 welcome sound of wheels and horse
- feet greeted their ears. Two vehicles.
a. buggy and carriage, came swiftly vi
= and a spry, smooth faced old man d.
scended from the former.
"Ah. bless me, bless me, how's this;
he quietly calculated. glancing from M
J. Roosevelt to Julian and back again
# with the quick. keen look of traine
1 surgeon. Then he pounced upon Julia
! and began testing his pulse. He mi
"a toned to a young man who had accon
ar panied him, and gave an order in a
undertone A medicine case was pr
w duced, and few drops Of liquid from
phial were put into Julian's mouth
a It was terrible shock to the hous
" hold at Roosevelt Place when the injure
Is men were brought in. Julian was ca
ried to his room in an almost insenslb
o state. Mr.. Roosevelt's hurts were cor
as paratively light-mere cuts and bruis
ar that might keep him indoors for fe
Id days
Rosalie was standing on the stairw;
,e when the carriages came to the gat
O. She turned and ran up to her room, al
" from the window saw Ellis and thr
or four others lifting Julian, pale and a
" parently dead, down from the cushions
20 couch in the carriage. The first thoug
70 that entered her mind was that Ellis h;
killed Julian in duel. All her blo'
+. seemed to flow in upon her heart, al
9; she gripped the window frame for 81
i'll port. She saw, as through gla
darkly, that group of laboring forr
no pass into the house bearing the heav
iss solemn load, and then she slid down
the floor and lay in a little dark he;
nd over which her yellow hair strayed
no loose, shining curls. She had not swoo
nd ed-she was too strong for that---but
feeling of utter horror and despair hi
~ crushed her down as If by its me
an weight.
RS When, after long while, Adelai
,re came to look for her she was still thel
lat silent, fearless, numb. with the intensi
Of her suffering
nd When she learned that it had been
th- accident and not a duel, and that Juli
was not dead. her relief was very gre;