The Banner-Democrat. [volume] (Lake Providence, East Carroll Parish, La.) 1892-current, 1897-06-19
horse veered Suddenly 10 one side, and

horse veered suddenly 10 one side, ana
then plunged on more madly than be-
fore. Both she and the doctor were
thrown violently out.
When the doctor picked himself up
and looked around in q dazed way, sne
was standing eject as ever, vigorously
brushing the mud from her aress,
She had experienced an accident anu
had come out of it, as she had come
out of everything else, unscathed.
The party on ahead, alarm ed at the
sight of the runaway horse dashlng
past, despatched Mr.. Lumb. who was
on horseback, to investigate. AS they
were near town, it was not long pc
fore he had sent Gao to their assist
ance.
Caroline" said the doctor, as they
drove back in tho twilight, II nave
always been impressed with the rapid
ity with which the brain acts. Man
thinks at lightning speed"
ssThat depends on the man" MISS
Briggs interposed laconically.
"When we went flying through the
air." he went on, without noticing the
interruption, ''it flashed across my
mind that I should find you lying
stunned and insensible-that l would
pick you up tenderly in my arms, and
kiss you, as I did long ago-that !!
would claim you for my own again.
"Well," she swered provokingly,
81 suppose the shock of such fall,
to q man of your weight, would natu-
rally bring him to his senses"
sit was not that" he said, little
confused and nettled by her cool re-
ply, "but the situation was not as ro-
mantle as I had imagined-as hoped
it would be-" :.
"You had hoped. then, that i should
be stunned?"
ooh, Caroline" he demonstrated.
sis there never to be anything but
misunderstanding between us2 You
must listen to me. for it is fate that
has brought us across the sea to find
each other at last. l was sure OF 1t
when 1 first met you, although you
seemed so stolid and Indifferent.
Z. Think of the time when we were all IN
all to each other"
81 thought Emily" began Miss
Briggs.
4 The doctor laughed happily. ''No
mol Emily is not as blind as her aunt.
She has known what I wanted from
the first. You have not said no." he
added presently. as they rode, on
through the darkness. "and shall not
| let you say it now. You. are mine
and thousand times dearer than
when you were the sweetheart of my
! boyhood.""
j He slipped his arm around her, and
felt her shaking with suppressed sobs
"Why, what's the matter r he asked.
"I don't know" she answered. Fol
Miss Briggs had met with an expert
: ence she could not fathom. The ten
der undercurrents ofhe nature, frozel
, so long that she doubted their exist
ences, melted as in a February thaw,
7 and found vent in tears.
I At the hotel entrance they fount
! the drunken driver awaiting them, ha
/ in hand, sI'm sorry to be troublin
r yeZ, sOrf, DnC liner tne t"o enh'o
6 sixpence for the journey ont, and tw'
shillin' sixpence for the journey back
, An the same shud be more, for
broke me vehicle an famed me haste.
The doctor smiled down into tn
face beside him, where his fond eye
:, saw blooming again the beauty OF girl
" hood, and said, "The rascal knows tn
accident was all his own fault, but
= J it had not been for him, 1 might neve
- have found you as did, on jauntin
4 car"
u He dropped shower of silver piece
> into the outstretched hand.
: "Shure an ye're fit for princ'
- sorr |" cried the man, delighted at til
. unexpected generosity, and shrewdl
:, - guessing its cause. "Good luck to
70 an the swate leddy!"
= And as they walked on down I'll
corridor, his voice followed them, Il
, yoking the blessing of all the saints
his calendar.-The Puritan.