The Portland daily press., 1895-11-02

to have seen 1lieili Ine 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 re-
memlbered that they were quarreling Zone
of those lovers quarrels you know, and
she was an independent little body, quite
equal to cope with any man. / knew this,
and so let it pass, and took my rest quite
oblivious Of my surroundings or theirs.
What really happened don't know, but it
must have been more serious than I sus
pected, for our homeward trip was any
thing but pleasant.
Then didn't see him any more, though
fhe and ssok many little afternoon spins
together. l say did not seq him any more
i mean for some time That was several
weeks later. We had gone into quite a re-
mote section, where there was excellent
sketching ground, and she had left me by
a fence and clambered across a stony field
among the cragH oyerhanging a stream. 1
suppose she had been gone an hour, when
! heard her scream and a minute or two
latsr 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
GodP' with a sincerity that seemed like a
prayer, and swinging me out into the road
he sent mo along with a speed thought
was not in me- By degrees 1 began to
understand 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 that had
seen in her sketches even more of them
than before we had gone on that three
days trip and had come home in a quarrel
OF course when knew what was expected
of me, to got the young man where help
was, braced myself to do my best, and I
think / added greatly to his speed by my
prompt response to his efforts.
He didn't know that dumb wheel
knew anything, but I am sure my lady
would have known, for we were such good
friends, and had never given her a mo-
merits pain in ali my life. Well, after
five miles of a run we reached physician s
office in little village, and tho young
man hurried the doctor into carriage and
back again we went, he riding away, tell,
ing tho doctor where to come / won't say
what kind of time we made, but think
we did that five miles in ten minutes,
though, being excited at the moment,
may be exaggerating In any event, the
young man got back quite a long time be-
fore the doctor did, and when he earne he
found me leaning against the rocks and
my lady's head resting on the young man S
arm. She was as white as a lily, with a
little line Of blood running down from
under handkerchief the young man had
tied about her head, and when the doctor
came she tainted, though she was con-
scious when the young man and l got
back.
The doctor Immediately went about fix
ing her so he could carry her to better
place than 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 seen her on
the crags above, where stone looscned
under her foot, throwing her over into the
water where she struck glanoing blow
upon rock, which cut her temple. The
water WIS 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. Tho doc
tor laughed softly as tho young man w@