The Somerset herald. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 1870-1936, 1892-07-06

choly. Away down towards the creek
the frogs were chipping in merry chorus
With such small helpless creatures as
these abroad, nothing very harmful
could be lurking under the shadows
She could see better now and SO she ran.
Once indeed her heart failed her a lit
tie. 1t was when she reached the fence
that separated the orchard from the
woOd-lot, and saw how dark il was in the
thick shadows Of those trees. But il
must be done-there was no turning
back TO that lonely house with that rag
ing wild beast in the cellar. And 50 she
climbed bravely upon the fence and then
down upon the other side.
As she stepped down upon the ground
her foot touched something that made
her scream, and she sprung of 70 one
side, almost fainting from pure fright
Al the same moment the something at
her feet groaned, and she knew that it
was human being.
And at that sound Janie's gift Of com
mon sense came 10 her rescre, and her
cowardice vanished before it. She crept
back. feeling her way with her hands,
and presently touched 4 face, cold and
clammy with the dew.
who Is it % asked jamie, as the groan
arose again, and the voice and tone
brought the responsive murmuT:
"Janie.7
cob, It's Cay :" screamed JAMIE, fall
ing on her knees beside him. Guy
Oh, Guy Tell me what's the matter
Broke-broke-my leg" answered
the boy, and then lapsed into unconsci-
ousness again, and JAMIE could get no
more out of him.
- must 90 for help, said jamie to her
self, as she straightened herself up and
looked down into the dark woods, and
without moments hesitation she was
gone. 1t was half mile to Mrs. Peters
house JAMIE could never have told sf-
terWards whether those woods were dark
or not. She had no recollection OF them
at all. She crossed the creek on an OAK
log log that she had always been tim
id about in the daytime, but which she
glided over ike some spirit Of the woods
that night On past the hollow log
where Guy had once seen Two fery eyes
shining ont Of the depths; past the rocky
hill where Mr.. Brown had killed the big
rattlesnake, and on to the farther fence,
the open road and the Peters farmhouse.
And there the dogs came running out
at her, and she had always been 50 afraid
of those Peters dogs. Bat with unex-
pected yalor, she seized q stick and fairly
put them to rout, and ran into the porch
just as Mrs. Peters opened the door.
"If you please, Mrs. Peters" gasped
jamie, ave caught tramp and Guys
broke his leg and We need help right
away"
LAND alive ~ exclaimed Mrs. Peters
10 astonishment, which was perfectly
natural, It must be confessed. Bat in
few minutes JAMIE told her story more
nationally. And then, while MIS-. Peters
tied on her bonnet those blessed Peters
boys ran out and saddled up the horses
and one went TO the neighbors for help,
while the two others went with Mrs.
Peters and jamie after Guy.
'Well, if you aren't the bravest girl
I ever saw ~ was Mrs. Peters's only com
ment on the way over.
II WAS with the greatest difficulty that
they got Guy up and carried him home
by easy stages. Fortunately he tainted
away at the first touch, and 50 was spared
the suffering Of the trip and at las. he
was taken into the house and laid or his
mothers bed, while jamie sat beside MIN
and waited FOR the doctor.
At the same moment half dozen men
went down into the cellar, and after a
despe rate fight succeeded in overcoming
the tramp. They carried him out and
! loaded him into a wagon Ike a bale of
hay, and had the pleasure an hour or
two later Of passing him in at the jail
door aad having the key turned upon
him.
The whole country Tung with the story
of Janie's exploit, and she was praised
for her courage and presence of mind
until she didn't know What to say bat
when, & few days later, it was found
that Janie's prisoner was a notorious
criminal for whom q reward was offered
by the State, and that JAMIE was 10 get
the reward, she was the heroine Of the
country.
Her mothergr grew pale with fright when
she came home and heard Of it, and she
held her little girl close and cried over
her as mothers will sometimes when
they are glad. Bot as for Master Guy,
while be lay with his leg in the plaster
bandage. weak and pale from the long
illness brought on him by his night Of
exposure and suffering, he pulled JAMES
brown braids one day, and said;
1T was pretty plucky, jamie, for
little girl like you to shut up big saw
age tramp, all by yourself, and to run
half a mile through the darkest night
that ever was. That was pretty brave
especially that tramp part; but III bet
i'll was up I could scare you half TO death
with a mouse right now"
Maybe 50, said JAMIE, with conyic-
ton, ~but there's big difference be
tween a mouse and a tramp, I can tell
you-a big difference Anybody's afraid
ofa mouse -
And Guy laughed until the whole
house rung.-PailadsipiiG Tjaiss.
A Million Friends.