News and citizen. [volume] (Morrisville, Vt. ;) 1881-current, 1895-08-01

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 on his own wheel
"a beauty it was, too-went with
US.
There were others in the party, but
my interest was in these two, and
paid no heed to what the Others did
or where they went. The third day,
as we went bowling homeward, my
lady appeared to be i'll at ease, and
there were times when if | had not
had 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 off,
but he was not as he had been, and
after wondering nearly all day what
could have happened, | remembered
to have seen them the night before
on the piazza, where | 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 tone 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 to my surroundings
or theirs. What really happened |
don't know, but it must have been
more serious than | suspected, for
our homeward trip was anything but
pleasant.
Then | didn't see him any more,
though she and took many little
afternoon and morning spin to-
gether. l say l did not see him any
more-I mean, for some time. That
was several weeks later. We had
gone into quite remote section,
where there was excellent sketching
ground, and she had left me by a
fence and clambered across a stony
field among the crags overhanging
the stream. [ suppose she had been
gone an hour when l heard her
scream, and minute or two later a
mans voice shouting. No answer
came to it, and presently his head
showed above the rocks and he came
tearing my way. He looked dreadful
frightened, and when he saw me he
said "Thank God!" with a sincerity
that seemed like prayer, and swing
Ing me out into the road he sent me
out at speed l thought was not in
me. By degrees | began to under
stand that my lady was hurt in some
way and he was going for help, for
he was the young man that my lady
admired most, and it was his face |
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
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 moment of pain in all my
life. Well, after five miles of a run
we reached a physicians office in a
little village and the young man hur-
ried tue doctor into a carriage and
back we went, he riding away and
telling the 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, l may be exaggerating.
In any event the young man got
back quite a time before the doctor
did, and when he came he found me
leaning against the rocks and my
lady's head resting on the young
mans arm. She was as white as a
lily, with a little line of blood run
ming down from under handkerchief
the young man had tied about my
lady's head and when the doctor
came she tainted, though she was
concious when the young man and |
got back. The doctor went about
fixing her so he could carry her to a
better place among those rocks, and
as he WOrKeQ over Her L uedFu Ule
young man telling how he had been
fishing in the stream below, and how
he had seen her on the crags above,
where stone loosend under her foot,
throwing her over into the water,
where she struck a glancing blow up
on the 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 help that was
needle. The doctor laughed softly as
the young man was telling all this to
him, and he looked at him rather
queerly, 1 thought for a physician to
do in time of such awful danger, for
my lady look like she was dead, she
was that white.
"Is she your wife?" asked the doc
tor still smiling.
ooh, 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
doctor again. 81 like to see you in
terested in her. She will be your wife
IL oyI, M ,YIo.n g .:.s.,s,