Santa Fe daily New Mexican. [volume] (Santa Fe, N.M.) 1885-1897, 1895-09-23

she and L took many little afternoon spins
together. / say did not SEQ him any more
Il mean for some time. That was several
weeks later. We had gone into quite d re-
mote section, where there was excellent
sketching ground, and she had left me by
a fence and clambered across stony field
among the crags overhanging stream l
suppose she had been gone an hour, when
l heard her scream and a 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!" with sincerity that seemed like
prayer, and swinging me out into the road
he sent me along with speed 1 thought
was not in me. By degrees 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 adj
mired most, and 1t 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 quarrel
OF course when knew what was expected
of me, to get the young man where help
was, l braced myself to do my BEST and l
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 mo-
ment's pain in all my life. Well, after
five miles of a run we reached physicians
office in little village, and the young
man hurried the doctor into a 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
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 long time be-
fore the doctor did, and when he came he
found me leaning against the rocks and
my ladys head resting on the young mans
arm. She was as white as lily, with
little line of blood running down from
under a 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 1 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 loosened
under 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 doc
tor laughed softly as the young man was
telling all this to him, and he looked at
him rather queerly, I thought for ply
stefan to do in time of such awful danger,
for my lady looked like she was dead, she
was that white.
'Is she your wife'" asked the doctor,
still smiling.
ooh, no!' replied the young man. blush
ing furiously
~ 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" said the doctor
again. II like to see your interest in hor
She will be your wife some day, or I'm no
judge Of signs. Help me put her in the
carriage I 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 as If it all
depended on him. don't think ever saw
SO young man who had quarreled with
girl take so much interest in her. He
even forgot me at the doctors office, and
they had to send out for me the next day.
But my lady was all right, and that was
enough glory for both of us.
Postscript. -Didn't begin this by say
ing that was bicycle for hirep wish
to correct that. My lady and the young
man came into my place today, and she put
her pretty white hand on me and patted
me as if 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.
My husband will pay it, she said, and
the young man smiled radiantly ON her,
and, giving me sounding slap on the
saddle, remarked, cold fellow, you're
corker."
don't know what that is, but I guess I
must be it, for he would hardly tell fb
in the presence of my lady.-Detroit Free
Press.