Frostburg mining journal. [volume] (Frostburg, Md.) 1871-1913, 1892-04-30

| IllllSt nave bttii lf''C anu ii' iiiElib ic"
! he lying woun1nd-perI'aps killcd-and
/ it WAS all through her. Her heart turned
cold her head swan, everything seemed
/ whir!ing round her "Oh, papa papa"
she cried, wrinGin% her hands; and then
Il mist seemed to come over everything
and she tainted on the grass at the feet
of the two astonishcd and frightened
children.
When she came to her Senses she. was
lying on sofa indoors with Mrs. Rae
aud Ada, the eldest daughter. bending
over her. When she was sufficiently
recovered to speak, they questioned heg
anxiously, and bursting into tears she
explained it all to them, and they did
their best to soothe the nearly broken
hearted child although their own hearts
were Mt the thought of what might have
happened
by and by Mrs Langham arrived upon
the scene. Having heard Of the report
of the accident. she came in hot haste to
make sure if Ellie had sent off the Ieic-
gram in good time. When Mrs. Rae
hinted as gently ms she could that she
feared it must have arrived TOO la;e,
owing to Elie's having delayed on tho
way, her grief was terrible. and in her
miserable fears for her husband She
heaped the most violent reproaches on
her little daughter.
AS yet nothing was known beyond tho
fact of the disaster. 1t would be some
time before they could know definitely
whether Mr.. Langham was among the
killed or injured. No doubt as to his
having been among the passengers in the
Inflated train ever crossed their minds.
The mother and daughter went home to-
gether, and passed some hours of miser-
uble suspense, expecting every moment
the arrival of a telegram or of messen-
ger to apprise them that the body Of
their loved one had been found and rec
ognized amongst the wreck.
The evening passed on SO till o'clock;
then both started and paled as loud
knock came at the front door. They
heard a servant cross the hall and open
| it, and someone entered. And, oh, what
was that? The sound of voices-men's
voices-and one of them so familiar to
them both! 1t could not--it could
not be his for whom they were grieving!
Then the door opened quickly, someone
stood upon the threshold. there was
glad cry from Ellie, Papa, papa!" and
mother and daughter were clingng round
him, sobbing and laughing at the samo
time. And behind him. waiting his turn
to be hugged, stood Uncle Frank.
1t appeared that some unexpected bust
ness had made Mr.. Langham later than
he usually was in starting for the station
and the telegram had been placed in his
hand just as he was leaving the house
where he had rooms when in town. So
that he had looked up Uncle Frank and
they had come down together by later
train, and as the wreckage from the ac-
cident blocked up the line, they had been
forced to get out IA miles off and had
hired fly to get home, else they would
lave been home sooner. So that it was
all very simple to explain. The accident,
too, turned out to have been much ex-
n2grrated, and there was really only one
poor creature killed, although there were
several badly injured and great many
slightly hurt. But Ellie had never before
been so thankful for any ything as the re-
lease of her mother and herself from
those few hours of suspense and grief,
and never again will she allow anything
to retard the execution of an importan,
rrrand.