The Somerset reporter., 1895-02-28

Slade, who had approached unperceived
by the girl, who had been busy with
her ablutions.
The girl, startled by tho sound of
human voice sprang from the brook and
prepared for flight in thG direction Of
the cabin bat seeing the kindly face Of
the old gentleman she stopped and ac-
knowledgcd his salutation with a nod.
do you live here2n asked Mr. Slade
Yes, she replied, pointing toward
the cabin
Now, said Mr. Slado as his horse
came up from tho brook after satisfying
his thirst, "can | not get cool drink
from the pring:'
"Ob, yos I've got gourd there,
replied the gil As she led tho way Il
the spring.
Taking largo gourd which hung on
broken bough of a poplar troo over
shadowing the spring she dipped il
trimming full of the ice cald water t.
tins thirsty traveller
"Ab, That drink fit for king. -
said the gentleman after he had almost
drained the contents Of the gourd
That what pap says, - said tha
maid "Thorc hahn { no colder water in
the Blue Ridge - she continued, filing
the gourd again and putting 1t to her
lips
apanl \y5y he i nv fatber -
q lnov. t,,t bnt intendcd tool.
his na,no =,
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l.na,,s him, calI. Inn, fa,,.n ualn ,,.,r.
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w. gai,, t,,rc aud believe it 81, -.
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f6a b,l1si1o ,aar the eattasa
Nd b,,.o ven, M l,rotl,.,..su
o.Narv ono nnlv i've ittIa sisters
Tnev and SalIie -
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not nlo,,;nc, instead IF va,,s,,
So boro ni,te, nm ain,t milo IN
nlao. nor do notbin o1sa lie cau't,,,ll,
nm, set nm ms cot what tbov calls
nargvsis I told ven ~ how nan was IN
f6a VIZ Wall ovsr wonder nj Cbj,l.a.
,a.,l,.., ,vhc,o tb,,a va. i, IN, fol,t tba
yani7e1s .h.t nan two i'm and t,.v
a1n,agtl,,1I,d nm I1,ata Yanl.o,. d.,,'f
49,,
". oI,do ,v,. .ilont Sbo.c,,tiu,,od
hsr story. ,.Artsr a1yb5la nan ,,,,del
a,,a ..t H.. c,nld viii .,r',,,,.I ..,,,,.
n.5,b - nrr,.h a,,d ,v,,l. a fttI.1ft Ma.
has told ,nn a. how afara tho war s,,..
a4d nm had q. nlenf,. !, liz. mn L,,t
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II ,,..,s all ,,no p.,n-sa ,oi..b,y .,,,,a
,o3,, .dhnd.,,o the ba.t ho corId ord
aff,,. o,,biIo ,.h,,, w.. ,.t,jItI,on ,,.,s H.,
enonob vo hrlnod him and ma sine NJ.
w.,vs beIned him one dav INST bofora
~, was tn.l. down siel. MN wa. c,,,,in
a.,.,, tl,,,,,,,,+,i, md H. faI1 ardh,-t
bissalf IN tho bins where tbe Yonl..r.
shot him Poor nan he mauaoed to
l;nde, crawl homo and WE all rn+ him,
to bod and no 10 in bod vet ana oar, +
tnrn bisseIf without holm poor nan,
and tba bDun ovos grew moist and thoro
was n choking in her thront
After a short nansa she cnntinnnd bar
story. M, tended him the host sbe
/ could and sbo sold one of tho stoors-
tbe mate to old Snot ont there-and
i che t,cly +ba uonov and she want and
i hirad a doctor who l;vas wav ovnr von-
dor across tbo p,onnta;, an tbo otbor
side of tho Hia,v,ssea rivey IN co,,o and
soc nan We all nraved ybiIo ma ,y,s
pane that nan uiobt live and Oft ,vrll
md tho cn,d Lord h. hoard u. rbiI.
dren and wan aid live and ma wa. d,
sipbt better when ma and fine doctor
como Tho doctor he looked Mt nan and
he 'xaiuinod linn close and bn hold
/ doy,, hi, bn,d and e+,,di.a md e+udinl
j Finally Ina looked mn and said rs how
nan ,niobt 1.-Two a lapg ti,nn brt Iva
wanld never aot mn and Ina aronud amy
more lie said he would do all he
copId INIT ina nor nary other doctor
: was aida tn cnro nan-n oor nm
Rnt tbot Doctor ,yonlan,t toch ~, i.
money-not a cent Of il Has a..
other one as is poin to heaven when
bn's de,d and b,riod Tben ma .bn
tried ia l,oon mn Int she GOT weaker and
,yaal,.r ard ono dax, ,,.bon tho ,r,,,.
was ~, the Ground ni,b an 70 two ,.oa,.
400 .ba cor,o down 70 rho spring In
s5a wa. co vocal, sbo conIa,,t rit bacl.
mn tbo hin wa children hrna her.
call and ,yo come a.rnnnin and we