The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1895-08-16


piazza, where leaned up against tho wall.
was feeling the need OF rest and did
not pay much attention to them, but l re-
membcred that they were quarreling Zone
II those lovers quarrels, you know, and
she was an independent little body, quite
equal 20 cope with any man. knew this,
and SO lot IL pass and took my rest quite
Obliyious Of mY surroundings or theirs.
What really happened don't know, but IL
must have t.sep more serious than i sus-
peoted, for our homeward trip was any
thing but pleasant, H
Then didn't SEQ him any more, though
she and took many little afternoon spins
together say did not 500 him any more
Il mean for some time. That was several
weeks later. We had gone into quito re-
mote section. where there was excellent
sketohing ground, and she had left me by
q fence and olambered across stony Held
among the crags overhanging a-stream. l
suppose she had been gone an hour, when
heard her scream and minute or two
later a mans voice shouting. No answer
came TO IL, 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 sincerity that seemed like u
prayer and swinging me out into the road
no sent mo along with speed thought
was not in me. BY degrees L began To
understand that my lady was hurt In some
way and he was going for help, for no
was the young man my young lady ad-
mired most, and it WAS his face that had
seen In her sketches-oven moro OF them
than before we had gone on that three
days trip and had come home Ia quarrel
OF course when l knew what was expected
OF me, to got the young man where help
was, / braccd myself TO do my best, and
think 1 added greatly TO his speed by my
prompt response 10 his efforts.
He didn't know that dumb wheel
knew anything but 1 am sure my lady
would have known, for we were such good
friends, and had never given her mo-
ment's pain In oil my life. Well, after
five miles Of run we reached physicians
Office in n little village, and the young
man hurried the doctor into carriage and
back again we went, he riding away, tell
ing the doctor where TO come. / won't say
what kind of time we made, but think
wo did that five miles I'm ten minutes,
though being excited at the momei.t,
may bo exaggerating. In any event, the
young man got back quite long time be-
! fore the doctor did, and whom he came he
found me leaning against the rocks and
my ladys head resting on the young man 5
| arm. Sho was as white as q lily, with u
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 / got
back
Tho doctor Immediately went about fix
| Ing her so he could carry her 10 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 n stone loosened
under her foot, throwing her over into tho
water, where she struck glancing blow
upon rock, which cut her temple. The
water was not deep, but stunned as she
was she would have drowned IL 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 doc
tor laughed softly as tho young man was
telling all this TO him, and he looked at
him rather queerly, thought, for ply
sician to do In time of such awful danger,
for my lady looked like she was dead, she
was that white.
"Is she your wifeS" asked the doctor,
still smiling
"oh, mol" replied the young man, blush
ing furiously.
81 thought 10 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" said the doctor
again. II like to sec your interest in her.
She will bo your wife some day, or I'm no
judge of signs. Help me put her in the
carriage. / think by the time we get her
TO my office she will be sufficiently recov-
cred To go home"
Going back, the young man wheeled
right along behind the carriage rs II 1t all
depended on him. don think ever saw
so young a man who had quarreled with
girl take so much interest In her. He
even forgot mo at the doctors office, and
they had 20 send out for me the next day.
But my lady was all right, and that was
enough glory for both of US.
Postscript. / begin this by say
ing that / was bicycle for hire? / wish
20 correct that. My lady and the young
man came into my place today, and shc put
her pretty white hand on me and patted
me as IL were very dear TO her, and she
told the man in charge of the place to send
me up to her house and send the bill along
"Nly husband will pay IL" she said, and
the young man smiled radiantly on her
and, giving me sounding slap on the
saddle, remarked, "Old fellow, you're q
corker."
don't know what that Is, but guess
must bo IL, for he would hardly tell I'll
In tho presence of my lady.-Detroit Free
Press.
| beautifully SimpIe.