Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1897-09-02

swallowed her. Stand out Of my way,
say! When 1 fell n man, l Hhi5Yi
him. cried the frenzied old sailor,
hurting the youth from his path q
rushing down into the lower regions OF
the house, where his voice was soon
heard ~reverberating through the Gel
lars In wailing cries OF "Daney. Ia
ney!'
II must go after him! For heavens
sake. send for a doctor! How Is the
poor lady?" eagerly spoke the little
major.
Her maid has got her into bed; she IS
very i'll i have already sent to Torn
port for a physician. And l VIII so
now and help you look after the cap
tain: you cannot manage him Alone.
said the young man. following Major
Burns down into the cellars.
But the captain had already tray-
ersed the whole extent. and hurried up
the back stairs and out into the
grounds, still waking all the silence or
the night with a~gonizing cries upon
the name of his lost child. They FOL
lowed him a short distance behind. to
see that he came to no personal harm.
As to restraining him, no two men
tOuIt udNC uOlt hot Win ~ -
frame Of that vigorous old octogenari-
an. while his nerves were strung TO the
highest pitch Of tension by the frenzy
of excitement. Through and through,
over and over. round and round the
island they followed him as he strobe
about. calling in ear-piercing anguish
upOE the name of dis child.
For hours they followed him thus,
until AT length they noticed that his
voice grew weaker, and he reeled In
his run. Then once more they at
tempted to lead him into the house.
They came, On each side of him.
and took his arms and placed their
hands s%oothingly upon his shoulders,
the major saying:
what, captain. what, old soldier!
you, who have faced a thousand foes!
you, who could fight a thousand fields.
will you yield to the effects of any af-
Fiction it may please heaven to send!
Rouse yourself, old sea-lion! Think
no more of your child: she is at rest.
Think of ~vengeancet!"
But their touch seemed only TO sting
him into new strength; breaking yio-
lently from their hold. he ran on, call
ing as before. But his strength was
fer spent; he reeled to and fro and
staggered as he ran; his voice uiv-
cred and faltered as he called, and,
finally. when near the house again, he
fell forward on his face, breathing
forth in an expiring tone, the incohe-
rent words:
"Daneyl Daneyi / can see you no
more. my child: am dying aud COM
ing to you. my little Daney."
They approached him very cautious
ly. He was lying quite still. They
took his hand; it was cold and pulse
less. They raised him gently in their
arms. he was quite insensible. They
carried him into the house and up into
his chamber, where he remained like a
dead ma
"Shall | open a vein? l have some
skill in bleeding a patient. and always
carry a lancet about me-" said the ma
jOr.
NO: / would prefer that we should
leave him to nature until the doctors
arrival" answered the young ann.
They sat, two anxious watchers, by
the sick bed, until the doctor was
shown into the room.
He took the very measure that had
been previously recommended by Ma
ior Burns for the recovery of the pa
tient. He bled the old man; and as
soon as he Va symptoms of returning
consciousness, he prepared and admin
istered a composing draught that Qui-
eted his nerves. and he o sank into
a restoring sleep. The two anxious
watchers remained in the ROOM; the
major extended upon the sofa, and the
young lawyer seated upon an arm
chair.
Meanwhile the doctor visited the bed
side of the lady. He found her sensi-
bic, though very weak, and attended
by Miss Hit and her own
Madame Elise. He gave some careful
directions for her treatment, and then
retired to the parlors below, with the
intention OF remaining in the house
until the morling.
Of the two sufferers, the lady was
the first TO recover the possession of
her faculties. There were many good
reasoI $ for this. In the first place.
she was younger and more elastic in
constitution; next. she had been Injured
to suffering: then, she had never, since
the Infancy of her child, been accus-
toned to her society; therefore, her
grief partOok of the nature of a Sc
we're disappointment rather than that
of Il cruel bereavement; finally, she
was not without hope, and that Is a
great mental support.
And thus it was that when she had
taken the neryine stimulant prescribed
by the doctor, she felt herself stronger
and calmer, and turned to Miss Hit
andsaid:
Madame, It was you, I think, who
spoke of my daughters fate. for she
was my daughter and only child. Will
you now be so good as to tell me all
the PARTICULARS"
".Ma'am. it seems to me l never can
do right, do what | may! You heard
how that old brute of a Major Burns
blowed me up for telling the captainy'
mo. | did not
"Oh, no. so you didn't. You had
tainted. Well. he did. then! he called
me a horrible fool, and said that l had
driven the captain mad! And. now.
You see. II you should be taken worse
through anything that l should tell
you. the blame would be laid on me-"
Il shall not be worse; the danger of
the first shock Is past; the rest may be
very cruel, but it can be borne. Tell
me all you know of my child's fate"