Waterbury evening Democrat., 1891-03-09

FELL ON HIS ARM.
in the house as the domestics have fed
in terror to their quarters"
Even as she spoke she left him.
Presently, however, she returned, ac-
companied by sweet old lady with
silver hair, and a bevy of colored wom-
en-, whose neat white caps and aprons
showed a cleaning contrast to their
ebon skins.
At once the elderly lady took COM
mand of affairs.
Here, you, Aunt Chloe and Lucinda,
help this gentleman to carry his wound
ed friend to the guest chamberlain
already Charles Fuller was showing
feeble signs of animation-'Andy you,
! Dorothea, fetch me some brandy, n
sponge and basin of warm water"
Even at that eventful moment young
Besant may be forgiven if he felt
pleased that notwithstanding his pri-
vate uniform the courtly old lady had
, alluded to him as a gentleman, for he
! knew that the Southerners never ap-
! piled the term to others than those they
considered their equals in culture and
position.
"Now," said the hostess, graciously,
when the sick man had been laid upon
the bed. "You two''-meaning the
! young lady and FranlS-'had better go
downstairs and wait results. If my
simple appliances fail to effect cure,
physician must be fetched at all haz-
! ards, though the disturbed state of the
streets compels us to look at that as a
last alternative. The women are too
frightened to venture out, and your uni
form would attact undesirable atten-
ton"
Thus it happened that Frank found
himself once more tete-a-tete with the
charming Southern girl, who, as soon
as they reached the luxurious parlor,
set herself about inquiring after his per
sonal injuries, which, in the hurry OF
attending to the more serious state OF
his friend, had been ignored. He was
shocked, as he passed mirror, to see
the unpresentable condition he was in
clothes torn, face swollen and bleed
ing and hands literally black with dirt
The girl smiled as she read his
thoughts.
1T is a soldiers lot" she said, "anG
yours are honorable scars; do not bt
discounted"
''If 1 could only secure little soal
and water" Frank said, with lugu
brious air.
There was no affectation about her, M
fine ladyism to freeze him into q sense
of seeming troublesome.
"Come with me-" she said, cheerfully
land we will see what Aunt Matte thu
J cook can do for you. It is useless you
} waiting until chamber can be pre-
pared"
. He followed her into the kitchen
: where Aunt Matte, stout, motherl..
= colored woman, speedily made prepare
tions for his ablations, while his. con
/ ductress tripped back to the reception
, room, promising to wait his arrival.
} But when, with Mattie's assistance
he strove to take off his coat, the woun
, in his arm panied him so intensely tina
he could not bear to raise it, though i
4 the excitement of the past quarter @
t an hour he had been unconscious of hi
D hurt.
t $50 de Lord, chile. Yo' arm
. broke" cried the excited woman, n.
;, notwithstanding Franks remonstrar
: ces, she ran to the parlor to call the al
= of her young mistress.
Deity and coolly as an experience
= nurse, the girl set to work to reliev
!, him, with half-amused smile at his il
y repressed establishment at her action.
o "Now," she said to him, "sit on tn
e chair; rest your arm on the tables,
It Matte, give me my scissors" And b.
fore he could realize what she was g.
d ing to do, she had ripped the seam (
Is his coat sleeve and barred the bruise
II but sinewy limb.
= Aunt Matte had shrewdly guesse
what was about to follow, and alrea6
n stood with bottle of lotion at h
e young lady's elbow.
d "Does 1t hurt you nuch?" the 81