Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1894-10-08
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Tightly clutched inione of the lads
hands was sheepfold!apple.
Pushing the body through the win
dow, Eben crawled out, and taking up
his burden again, carried it to the side
of the ravine, where there was a pile
of dead leaves.
He noticed that the boy's right leg
hung limp and distorted, and he laid
him down very tenderly.I
For u moment he benttover the boy
and Strengthened out thei broken limb.
A feeble moan issrledfrom the white
lips.
'Thank the fates He lives !' cried
Eben; and he rushed'back to the work
of rescue.
The newspaper accounts of the ac-
cident paid glowing tribute to ''the
courage and gallantry of one of the
Pullman passengers, Eben!Hallet, Esq,
e Texas cattle baron, whosenoble work
of rescue was Instrumental in saving
many lives.
1t was the truth, for before all the
wounded were remoyedi the wreck
caught fire, and the few Whose lives
and limbs, like Eben's had been mi
raculously spared, would, never have
been able to have gotten out their less
fortunate fellow-travelers, but for the
burly Texans herculenn labors.
Skirting the ravine where the wreck
lay was woodland, andj beyond that
succession of fertile Ohio farms.
To the nearest house ran brake
man for assistance.
Soon the whole neighborhood was
aroused, and farmersin their wagons,
filled with straw, camp hocking to the
spot.
Only three persons had been killed,
but more than two score were wounded,
and it taxed tho capacity of the big
wagons to tho utmost,to ,accommoda
the sufferers.
The locomotive, fortunately, had
kept tho track, aud.as soon as the ma
ture OF the wreck became known, the
engineer put on all steam and dashed
on to Talbot for surgical assistance.
Having helped to remove the last OF
the wounded from the, wreck, Eben
Hallet returned to his young friend,
the train-boy.
The lad was still in swoon, but
Eben laved the white face with water
brought in his doubled hands from a
nearby pond, alnd forced a swallow
between the boy 's,colorless lips.
These ministrations caused him to
open his blue eyes wonderingly, and
then close them again with moan OF
pain.
"You'ro all right" said Eben,
soothingly. "Yoar leg is broken, but
it will soon heal. Lay perfectly quiet
and trust to me"
The boy raised hisIhand; it was the
one in which he,still clutched the ap-
pie. I
AT sight of 1.-THE smiled feebly.
81 remember now," he whispered,
family. "We were talkingl aboutithe
sheepfolds. What happened?"
"rrain jumped the track, answered
Eben.
And he would have explained all
about the wreck had not IL couple of
farmers come forward with,a IA stretcher
to carry the wounded boytto one Of
the wagons.
'Lord bless us!" said the foremost
man. cts Gale Givens's little Billy" "
"Hullo, Mr.. Stetson - saidithe boy.
''Take me home to mother"
Then turning to Eben he asked:
"Won't you come with ME, sir? You
shall have all the sheepfolds you can
cut.
"Reckon 1 WILL" answered Eben,
grimly.
And he took seat in theswagon.be-
side the wounded boy.
The farmer drove slowly, and not n
word was spoken during the journey.
Ebeu Hallet, busy with his
thoughts. saw only sweet-facedI girl,
who laughingly caught tho rosy
checked apples heHossed downfto her
from the spreadingsbranches offa great
tree that overhung a sheepfold onlthat
rugged New England farm he had left
SO many years before.
"5he married Gale Givens," he
mused; "but L thought they were
still in Naumkeag. But then haven {
heard from there since Belinda Will
kins wrote me that Am-she was going
to get married And'this is her boy.
Well, we'll, time brings about strange
things. l wonder if she'll know me,
and what she'll say, and whether"
His meditations were broken inup-
on by the stopping of the wagon.
He glanced up quickly. Theyfwere
opposite comfortable Hooking farm
house that stood back nishort distance
from the road.
"Here we be" said the farmer.
"And there comes Miss Annie.
Eben's heart gave ibound as he,saw
coming toward him sweet faced
woman-the Annie of other days ma
tured.
"What is it, Mr.. Stotson ?" she asked.
And the tones of her voice caused n
thrill to shoot through Eben Hallet's
body.
Before the former could answer, he
stepped forward and raised his,hat.
"Ilere is no cnuSn for lalarm