Herald and news. [volume] (West Randolph, Vt.) 1878-1943, 1894-05-10

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How cold it wasi The brigb, a.,
Venus shoue with wonderful 80, 1'oN q
and the pitiless wind seemed s i,,1 -
straight from that star There 60
70 be merciless glare in The snia .-ls1
planet, and longed for a elous II ..,-,i'a
it from sight so'sf
Are you cold?" / shouted. To- I.
wird rendered it useless to speal, :. '--7
ordinary tone, muffied as we wera az -
not facing each other. -'-a
She answered that she was ,,L.-
upon told her to get as low down z
the sleigh as possible, which She 5;s
and ] pulled the robes over her bss5
she nesting very close to me.
Somehow this was not altora,t
disagreeable, and in my imapinatior +
began to picture what my compaBio-
was like.
The wind-swept stretch Of road ,r,.
six miles long. and when we had eoo@
about third of the distance the bors..
stopped
Looking ahead | found that the dr,f.
had deepened and that they were stands
ing in ii up to their bodies. prgs4
them little, but soon saw that II ~
OF no use. They only plunged inaman.
ner to endanger themselves and tbs
sleigh.
There was but one thing to do-to
get out and break road Telling m-
companion to crouch low in the sefg5
! covered her well with the robes a1a
going in front of the horses began Il.
tramp down the low.
worked with "a my speed. yetitras
more than an hour, judge. before
had q track made for them.
When I returned 70 the sleigh ! ws.
thoroughly heated ami as wet from
perspiration as if had plunged into
water
/ knew I was running d fearful rs-
in sitting down i'm that fearful. wind
but there seemed To be 30 altsrna-
tive; 50, protecting myself as well as
possible from the blast, which seemel
"a grow in strength, l urged the horses
along
As they proceeded sloSl = my compa1-
ion threw the covering from her head
and said;
''4ou must have got heated working
as hard as You did, and Won will take
cold unless you do something at ones
II You ST there tin the cold strikes yen.
you viii die"
leo 30. think there IS any danger
] said.
But know there Is, p answered she
Then throwing down the robes She
stood up ii the sleigh and added
Give me the reins Get down there
ont Of the wind and cover yourself up
At this moment shulder passed
over me and realized what truth
there might be in her words She
OWNED the reason for my silence and
said:
you know ! an right Ga, why
will you not do as ask?"
but YOU"
Never mind me l VIII be- right
Besides, it win only be for a little
while"
A second shudder. worse than the
Grst, reused me thoroughly to my dan
ger, and protesting that il was only
for Il minute or two that would avail
myself of the shelter Of the sleigh box
crouched down and allowed her TO
cover me up.
! was soon shaking like one in az
ague fit, hot and cold by turns. How
slow we seemed to be goingl Two or
.hree times tried to rise and take the
.eins, but was quite unable and my
assured me each time that
he was not cold, and was doing "a
excitement kept her warm,
he said.
| did not believe her then. and
know now that what she said was not
rue-that she suffered terribly. But
did not know, unlil they told me tive
weeks afterward at the hotel in Bren-
on that she took off her own wraps
o make my covering heavier, for was
nsensible when they lifted me out
f the sleigh.
When. three weeks later. weak from
ever. / employed my first conscious
aoments in asking after my compan'
on, the nurse told me that she had
riven the horses into Brenton at
allop
Not knowing about the roads she
lad naturally enough followed the
traight one. and for fourteen miles had
riven through the forest, with me "
no unconscious at her feet
They carried me in and put me to
ed. while the lady fell before the fire
4 faint, caused by WEAKNESS and the
eaction of her nervous power
Strange to say, she was really not
cry much the worse for her terrible
Sperience. but l had walked up IN
,ver, and for three weeks had been de-
rious.
Where is tine lady now?" asked.
ut added: ''Of course she is gone.
lould like to have seen her"
The nurse stepped aside without re-
ying. i looked up for an explana-
on. when my eyes rested on the face
Kate Mcdonald
"Katier' was all could say.
"Aleckr' she replied. and took ny