Feliciana sentinel. [volume] (St. Francisville, La.) 1877-1892, 1892-03-19

vOA VIC uO 1SCUs LOU tuc u ~ 8t0y
where she be. What kind Of . place is
Gently brung up? He'll drink hisself
to death some of these days, and it'll
be the best thing tor him an his'n.
Ready, Ben? Ne kin jump in or CHM
up"
time, Sim," said the young man, with
. rather conscious look.
''Allee right Git mp thar, you lazy
bones"-to the horses whoa, now.
NO foolin'; st-rrr-g'la my beautics!
The four horses started with long
pull..a strong pull and pull all to-
gether. The travellers were ''all
aboard"-an except one, and she was
out of sight They ratified down one
short hill and up another. when long
stretch Of mountain road lay before
them, with not a soul in sight The
driver refined in his team.
'sIhe gal is lost" he called down
through the front of the coach; "Tll
bet she's token the road to Miner
Vile"
''Can you go back?" asked the young
man, anxiously Somehow the lonely
6gure of the young girl walking that
strange road into unknown peril.
doomed before his eyes like a mirage.
"Cawn't do it," drawled Sim; ''but if
you hurry for your life might wait till
ror r,,, o,+ +b,r and br;ng nor hac1<. -
Ther. w,s , oroan from the inside of
.he, coa.h 90 ths younr man shot ont
~ n in a hurry and started off on his
quest
What will Priscilly say?" asked the
overulous voice of the woman within.
..Driver. air there any bars in sight?''
incurred Priscilly's mother.
..Not ;;s+ ,+ tb;s present minrit.
,,a,am drawled Sim tonchino mn the
1borses with his whip. then refining
xhem in on their launches as he be-
thought him of his promise to wait.
1t was rather provoking to those tired
and chilly passengers to see the two
delaying ones come back all in a glow
of laughter and exercise as if they had
been two children off on a lark. Per
haps it occurred to the young woman
herself that it was little unconven-
tional-she would have said that was
why she enioyed it; but appearances
must he preserved, and she took her
place demurely by the side of Priscil.
Tvs mother and told her apologies in q
whisper
And all that time she felt that she
did not half appreciate the escape she
had made What if they had gone on
without her? And the night coming
on. She felt that she owed sincere
gratitude to this stranger who had re-
mem bered her
At niuhtfall they stopped at a rough
board shanty where a supper was
awaiting them. 1t sent out q stream
of appetizing odors for hungry people.
There were ham and eggs. pork and
beans, fried pork with cream gravy,
salt-risinp bread and good coffee-a
meal fit for a king.
They all sat down torether-Sim.
the driver with them-and ate as if
f,,;shaa Tho vonn,- GIRL sat onnosite
Rem. so he had a good chance to study
hor and as he looked his brows knit
and he seemed perplexed. OF whom
al che re,,,;n1 b;np He had not been
able to ask her a single Question on
that sv;,g trim from, the wrong road
She had RIM as Acct ne a deer launching
at every step over her mistake. Now
She was crave. with n devotion to her
srnner mat absorbed al, her attention
And there was something familiar in
every turn of her head. in her rich,
ripe color in the sparkle and dash Of
her beauty. Who was she?
,rhev vere ae}aved aoa;n this time
bv , horsa casino +, shoe ,t tn. last
moment. While the bostler was acting
as Temporary blacksmith. the passen.
gers grouped themselves in or about
the coach Here the Young man ven.
tured tn ash. n Question. which he could
not have done when they were making
that hre,thl.ss rim IN the coach.
"Goinr faro" he asked, indifferently.
mo; / have been travelling w rail
for a week. but now I am nearly home.
l am going to Longtown."
"Homep Lougtowno WHY. that is
where liver
He could not disguise the pleasure
that the announcement gave him. nor
the complete surprise it was to hear
her speak of Longtown as "home."