New-York tribune., 1896-03-29


hesitatlngly Then the girl said: him, hu,
"Doctor says there's chance fot mn" rpav
perhaps the doctor doesn't know ahy'"'"
mostly don't 49,, hoaou,,t on q
| went softly in and put the o''f
chair. , uo sniffed
at the open door of the bedroom; tneie ha air ""'
sickening odor OF anaesthetics IN the ar,
Vent ont as softly and quickly. l had had
ol,mnse Of the figures OF Miss Runciman ana tne
doctor The whole house seeineu e' ssw
Rachel Cobb's plate and cup and saucer on tne Nv,
checked tabecloth of the table tha' se' up
against the wall. T hrrried ont
as several rods away when | heard low
whistle from the direction of the mouse. ,.,o
looked back there was L1'hs hsck IP' in Tesponse
10 Bashy's whistle. but he ana not ',,oa "ury.
glanced at me pleadingly was sulp,'Seu ., d
had not thought of his following me now ,ni hna
7 was touched at the same time tnat dec,ueu
that he mus. be a tickle dog. And were dogs
fickie? | didn't know much about mem, nro,o,od
| tried to motion Lotus away ,iro d,J the I'm
down. slowly and interrogativeiy moN''s '"e up
Then went on again. heard Bashy si, whistle nc
once more plunged in among the vi nc 60 an
huckleberry bushes In the o're''''"
Medders." o,o,ced hacl,
when came to an opening l glanced paGk; rTo
Tbora was Lotus. stepping softly alohs' lie
stopped the instant looked Al nun nun tro dasbod
smiled and held out my hand. re uaEneu SI
tor,.ord stump of tail M. ears cocker. how
eagerly he licked my fingers! How )oy1uiiy ne
whned! ,. ,,s bo,d between nv
.o.S ~ rayed Intently at this new companion
ns ,,;na We had bright. light hazel eyes snub
nose protruding lower Jaw d" SOU 0 ~
side of his grizZed facv' ,r ,a "hu, you
you don't look incohs''"'' '"''
must be So ho ,rot.ed cheer
fulIv at nv heels all the long afternoon or he
luz ~. Sou.r n. 't gravaIv by me when eat down
II was altogether as / said. strange DAY 10
mo ond Il seemed q week long before IL was time
20 exnact the Farwel baker to be on his way from
~ 60, Nadders But was sitting on big rock
under a pine tree on the Great Medders Koad al
50 carly an hour that knew that baker would nor
escape me. II Rachel Cobb snou'd ho' " with
him 7 should be greatly surprised.
A. las | heard the tinkle OF bells. lhere ne
u-as nd there a woman on lhe SEA, peslue
him Very soon saw the leather bag In her zap.
IT,, IT,, haq held her body" / walked out To the
roadside Presently the wagon was suinciehtiy
rear for me to see that Rachels jaws were CLICK
ing up md down. The baker wo,e i.,r, JtJTn Sor
meet nee poor man. lie had heard that choking ior
nearly an hour ,,o, o demand
LOT pSni leaned forward and stared at Lotus.
WHY" she exclaimed. That's them singers
dorg. amt it? :, ,,,s, voud got out Miss
Cohb and walk home with me from here
"Gracious"' was the response. III course
will. What's happened? Have the hens oeh
When I assured her OF the safety OF the fowls
ehn said thered BEN a terrible time TO Great
Medders with hen thieves -.
While she spoke she was climbing down from
her seat. and the baker looking much relieved
was saving whoa, Sh. stand still. tell ye'
to his horse, though the steed was drooplhs LOT
ward with IN air OF not being able 70 move agaih
Rachel landed safely on IN" ground ana thc
haLnr then handed 10 her n paper bag when us
owner explained contained dried hiHh-'ops
from the Moscly farm. These hign-'opS were
earIv sweet appes and Rachel would stew them
,,,I rt-os or
In milk In conjunction with bread
volunteered to carry the apples ana we
started forward across" toward my com
You said 'twasn't the hcns." she remarked; as
soon as we were well on the way, ana she hao
cried scat" two or three times 10 the u9s; & a. ~
II he were a cat. lie had manifested wish 70
smell Of the leather bag, and she was equally de-
termined that he should not smell OF ~ .,.
Nor fire." she asked. before could speak
you've got kind OF a looks II twas iire.
"No-n0" answered. felt very murh en-
harrassed II was an indefcnsihle thing that
had been done. plunged at once Into my story y.
She stopped in her walk II listen he!i 'hc
bag of apples well up In front Of me ana spoke hS
Sast "a could Twice she exclaimed.
''I-he old cat. and when was through she said
"C,oodncss gracious mci do declnreV
Then she sat down on a convenient stone and
announced that she could not noways take II IN.
and she didn't know as she should ever pe apie
take Il In. and she hadh 80 10 si,,n, ~ ~ ~
home 10 20 10. she that set 50 much store py
sh. talked thus for some tine. and d'd mo-,
,n,errutt Indeed I had nothing 10 ray. /
,bouaht Rathshcba Hnireth had done an un-
warrantable thing. Her brother should nave
taken his chances In the big wagon. wouIt .,
not In my Own mind. admit or the p"s''D'n.> ~
Rashy's being right IN what she had Just ef-
fec,ed. -
At last was aware that my companion was
asking question. , <..u
'yve been askin' you over n over. what In the
world | was go!n' 10 do? .,,,
"You might visit" suggested. timidly
"Visltr' she repeated. What do you mean by
saving ANYTHING like that? know in n mildeT
tore. II s'pose | might 60 vistin' some day
times but I'VE got to be here nights n rornin s.
for there's my hens n my cat must be seen TO-
You saw that feller's all smashed t. a jell?
There was a certain satisfaction In her tones;
n tisfaction. | suppose. In the distinction lent
10 her house by the fact that man 50 smashcd
was at present It's occupant
No" / answered irritably. II didn't say go"
wall ! d'know $ it makes much dfrunce
whether he's partly jell. or all jeil
She rose and took up Der bag.
I'VE nights well go long, | guess" she re-
| marked. .
| dried apples She walked on ahead along the
| field Dath and she talked all the time, but ow-
| ing TO my not listening and TO her face being
| turned away from me. | only heard word now
and then
When we came to the door we found that II
etin stood open. but Bashy was not there.
| I extended the apples 10 Miss Col b. but she
| said "I'd got to come In II Introduce her. n
| kind Of see how things were
| shrank from doing thf. but | could hardly
refuse ] tried to have no feeling about the mat
| ter.
| followed her into the solemn. hot little house
| The sickening scent OF ether was still In th'
| air.
Miss Cobb paused in the entry. and snuffec
| audibly
Perhaps Miss Runcman heard this snufflng
| ANYWAY she came forward from the bedroom
| and paused by Rachel: she glanced at her ther
| lad her hand on her arm and pushed he
| gently outside again |. being behind Rachel
, stepped ont quickly
| Miss Runciman looked very pale and YER,
| gentle.
| saw that the owner Of the house tried 4
| resent being pushed out Of her dwelling. ever
| though the ejecting were kindly done.
Il s'pose I've got a right here" She began
| but In n hushed voice
| Don't let's waken him: think he's asleep.
| said Miss Runc!man.