Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1891-08-22

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make II we could only get 1t just as IT
looks against the sunset"
Another pair OF eyes saw the picture
also. The man who had begged for
bread and received a stone. He was
making his way YEARLY along toward
the railway. He might make his des
tination; be might not.
No one should call him tramp again.
He was weak with hunger already,
but he took his oath 10 that And as
he swore this Mrs. Towards carriage
rolled past him covering him with
dust from its red wheels.
Parad jse-o on the Hill has a long car.
riage drive 10 the railway station
There Is one spot which IS very pic
turesque and beautiful 1t is where
the carriage road crosses a cut through
which the railway runs between nat
ural stone walls. The trains cannot
be seen by drivers because Of the tall
rocks and great trees until they are
just across the aperture.
Everyone is cautious here. Mrs.
Howard particularly so. She drove
80 slowly down tue Hill that the man
she called a tramp outwalked her
The shr elk Of the coming train was
fearful one-a warniug note desir-
able in region where old residents
quietly drove their slow teams before
rushing express trains eves DAY and
where an accident to our esteemed
neighbor So-and- Son was one Of the
regular items Of the newspaper in con-
sequence.
But Mrs. Towards horse bethought
himself to be terribly alarmed at the
sound and with a plunge and a cry as
alarming in itself as that uttered by
the iron monster in the cut, the ami
NAL started Off at full speed
The man who watched him knew
that be would reach the track just in
time TO drag the wagon before the en-
CINE. He saw the woman holding her
child fast and clinging to the light rail
which surrounded the seat
They needed help, and suddenly the
demon in his soul fed from It, The
angel OF pity took its place, and he
stood fl for Heaven. They needed
help and he would give it-what help
he could. 1t might DO OF avail.
"Heaven grant 1t mayr' he prayed;
and he sprang forward.
lie was in time. He seized the mad
horses bride. He held it. feeling
most sorely that he had not his usual
strength.
Jump while you canr' he shouted.
II cannot hold the creature longm
Mrs. Howard ooeyed Her foot was
Hight her action swift or she had not
succeeded. As 1t was, she tottered
and fell as she touched the ground.
and got to her feet giddy and faint
but holding her child's warm little
hand safe in hers.
But whore was the carriage, where
was the horse where was the man who
had saved their livos--the man she
would reward with full heaped hands
~ well rs with thanks and blessings
the man she had turned hungry from
her door, and had paid her ill-doing
with such deed as this-whcre was
hep The whistle shrielSed. the cars
backed, slowed stopped; passengers
alighted; her husband was there, His
arms were about her. his pale face
was covered with tears, as he sobbed -
"You are not hurt darling? II is
miracle"
But still her eyes strained them
selves TO see that shabby figure, dusty
and mud-stained, but such hero TO
her now only to say TO him
81 know you are not a tramp. For
give me. Let me help you; let me pay
a little OF my great debt TO you"
She would never DO happy In this
world unless this was given her. SO
she stood her head on her husbands
shoulder. waiting until he should come.
But the others gathered, slowly. silent
ly toward one spot whore up from
the cut come two men, bearing some
thing between them
He is deadln they said. 'The horse
threw him before the engine. - Satur-
day Evening Post.