The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1895-08-14

pleasantly, she Dlushlng bit, and he
smiling. Several days after that they
came to my place together, and she
took me away with her for three days.
That was delight to me, for we went
far off by easy stages, and the young
man Oh his own wheel-A beauty it
was, too-went with us.
There were others in the party, but
my interest was in these two, aud 1
paid no heed to what the others did or
where they went. The third day, as
we went bowling homewnrd, my lady
appeared to be i'll at ease, and there
were times when if had not had all
my wits about me we would surely
have gone off the road and over the
bank into whatever may have been
below to have received us. The young
man was never far of, but he was not
as he had been, and after wondering
nearly all day what could have hap.
| pened, l remembered to have seen
them the night before on the piazza,
where l leaned up against the wall.
was feeling the need of rest and
did not pay much attention to them,
but | remembered that they were
quarrelling lone of those lovers quar-
rels, you know and she was an inde-
pendent little body, quite equal to
cope with any man. 1 knew this and
so let it pass and took my rest quite
oblivious to my surroundings or theirs.
What really happened ] don't know,
but it must have been more serious
than l suspected, for our homeward
trip was anything but pleasant.
Then ] didn't see him any more,
though she and took many little af-
ternoon and morning spins together.
! say | did not zee him any more-I
mean, for some time. That was sew.
eral weeks later We had gone into
quite remote section, where there
was excellent sketching ground, and
she had left me by fence and clamb-
cred across stony field among the
-crags overhanging stream. 1 sup
pose she had been gone an hour when
l heard her scream, and minute or
two later mans voice shouting. No
answer came to it, and presently his
head showed above the rocks and he
came tearing my way. He looked
dreadfully frightened, and when he
saw me he said "Thank God I" with o
sincerity that seemed like O prayer,
and swinging me out into the road he
sent me along at speed l thought was
not in me. BY degrees began to un-
derstand that my lady was hurt in some
way and he was going for help, for he
was the young man my young lady ad-
mired most, and it was his face lad
seen in her sketches--even more of
them than before we had gone on that
three days trip and had come home in
quarrel. OF course, when I knew
what was expected of me to get the
young man where help was, braced
myself to do my best, and think /
added greatly to his speed by my
prompt response to his efforts.
He didn't know that dumb wheel
knew anything, but am sure my lady
would have known, for we were such
good friends and had never given her
a moments pain in all my life. Well,
after five miles of run we reached a
physicians Office in little village and
tho young man hurried the doctor in
to a carriage and back again we went,
he riding away, telling tho doctor
where to come. won't say what kind
of time we made, but l think we did
that five miles in ten minutes, though,
being excited at the moment, l may
be exaggerating. In any event the
young man got back quite a time be-
fore the doctor did, and when he came
he found me leaning against the Iocks
and my ladys head resting on the
young mans arm. She was as white
as lilly, With a little line of blood
running down from under handker-
chief the young man had tied about
her head, and when the doctor came she
tainted, though she was conscious when
the young man and got back. The doc
tor Immediately went about fixing her
30 he could carry her to a better place
among those rocks, and as he worked
over her heard the young man telling
him how he had been fishing in the
stream below, and how he had seon
her on the crags above, where a stone
loosend undo her foot, throwing her
over into the water, where she struck
a glancing blow upon rock, which
cut her temple. The water was not
deep, but stunned as she was, she
would have drowned if he had not
been there TO rescue her, and he had
bound up her head and rushed away
on me for the help that was needed.
The doctor laughed softly as the young
man was telling all this to him, and he
looked at him rather queerly, /
thought, for II physician to do in time
of such awful danger, for my lady
looked like she was dead, she was that
white.
as she your wife?" asked the doc.
tor, still smiling
"Oh, no." replied the young man,
blushing furiously.
81 thought it hadn't gone quite
that far, said the doctor, and he
laughed so that the young man got
mad, and began to say words at the
doctor.
That's all right" laughed the doc
tor again. 81 like to see your inter
est in her. She will be your wife
some day or I'm no Judge of signs
Help me TO put her in the carriage.
I think by the time We get her TO my
o1ice she will be sufficiently recovered
to go home.
Going back, the young man wheeled
right along behind the carriage as if it
ull depended on him. L dou'C think |