Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1893-05-19

SAVED BY A CALF.

Ihe whole course OF my life was
changed, and my loves young dream
destroyed in less than minute by a
calf, and a fortunate thing it was for
me" said the wife of prominent citi-
zen of Lycoming county, Pa, now visit
ing friends in this city. my father
was the leading business man Of bustling
lumber village, and there we're three
girls Of us, sister older aud one younger
than /. Father was kind and indulgent
but very level headed, and had been n
widower for some years When | was
Is good-looking young chap from
somewhere down the Susquehanna came
to clerk IN fathers store. | was ro-
mantle snip, and fell in love with the
looking clerk, or thought did,
and he fell in love with me. That young
man, it seemed to me then, was the
bravest, most ambitious youth that ever
lived. see now that it was only cheek
and Drag But be was my ideal of a
lover, and | believed it was impossible
for me to live without him.
Father wasn't long in discovering
the very tender relations that had come
to exist between me and his self-assertive
young clerk, and no called me to him
one day and told me that he was sorry
to see that | was such silly girl, and
that must get over IL at once, aud then
informed my brave and steadfast idol
that at the end of the month he could
go back home. Of course my heart was
broken. Life had lost all its charm I
felt was the victim of a stern and IN
sympathetic parents cruel will and |
wished that were dead.
"Now, although this lover Of mine
was clerking in my fathers store for
$40 month and his board, his father
was a rich lumberman, and he was the
only son. When | was at the height
Of my misery over the paternal inter-
ference that bad ruffled the course Of
my true love, as | think | was in the
habit of calling it, my idol and met
one evening, quite by chance, of course,
at the house Of a neighbor Of ours, and
what did my brave knight propose but
an elopement, and what did my romantic
soul do but prompt me to agree to the
proposition on the spot.
"There was a railroad station eight
miles distant. The last train for any
where left that station at o'clock every
evening. All we had TO do was to drive
to the station, get the train, 60 the
county seat, only an hours ride, get
married, and be happy ever after. We
fixed on certain night-this was along
toward the middle Of December-and
got everything ready for the elopement
II was q good hour-and- a. half drive 10
the station over the sort Of road we had
10 travel on, and 50 were obliged 10
take an early start The winter had
been very mild. There was no snow.
It was just beginning to get dark when
| stole TO where my valiant lover was
waiting for me with horse aud wagon.
knew that the chances were all in
favor of my lcyel-headed father dis
covering the whole plot before we could
reach the station, and [ was sure that
he would be on our track with horse
a good deal faster than the one we had
10 depend on. But had no fear thai
be would overhaul US.
Before we had gone one.quarter Of
the way night had set in for good, bu
there was moon, and that helped III
along amazingly. We had got within
a mile Of the station aud had good rea
sou to believe we we're safe, when sud
denly the horse stopped with a snort o
terror. reared up, and tried 10 turn il
the road. A cut with tho whip straight
) ened him up, but he kept on snorting an'
showing evidences Of terror. | locke
up the road discovered tho cause Of al
this. An immense bear stood on II
D launches at one side Of the road grow
ing and snarlDg aud showing disposi
=. ton 10 advance upon VI. When m
brave lover saw the savage beast he ros
up in the wagon, gavo . Jell, an
gasped: