The Cambria freeman. [volume] (Ebensburg, Pa.) 1867-1938, 1897-04-16
NUMBER Is,

clouds which looked like rare Jewels
hung in the western skies, as the rays
of the now obscured sun east iDd.scr5l,-
able glittering tints over them. Ru+
poor me, my body and mind were racl,d
with pam, and did not Il appreciate. our
surroundings. After the fall then the
unusual exercise, every muscle and
nerve in my body seemed to tinCle with
electric shocks. l was Just about don,.
up and when l would think of The. IT,
turn journey my heart would nearly
bound from its natural and best Iocs,-
tion. Every breath took seemed to he.
drawing huge chunks of solid ain. into
my lungs, instead of the pure. country
atmosphere which | was actually TAX
ing into my system. / was tired. sore
and disgusted with everything. even
with the maiden at nv side. whom
now thought one of the ugliest. most
uninteresting persons it had been nv
misfortune. to meet. / was thinking,
thinking deeply; thinking some things
/ would not dare think aloud. when
was suddenly brought to nv senses by
my fair companion saving: Well. I'm
ready So was II had In he and
at once arose and grabbed I'D that
I
her hOmeward il was first necessary To-
get her on to the bicycle. and | rrer,-
bled as thought of the task befor,. me.
This time | braced mvseif against a
fence and held onto that wheel like
grim-visaged death. and when Miss
Jones boarded IL in really artistic sr,-I,..
was greatly pleased started her off
gently and then took hold OF the saddle.
the young lady like a dog following lis
master was congratulatinc myself
upon the little trouble experienced in
getting her started. when the front
wheel of the bicycle began To Ivohbl,.
and chI", went the off handle bar into
a fence. Luckily. l was on the opposite.
SIDE Of the y heel and pulling terriiiealiv
1t the nigh handle bar l got IL and its
burden again perpendicular. This time
| asked her if she were injured. and
showing me an aw-ful-ly bruised hand.
she bravely replied. \ little. but its i'm
material Why, the skin WAS Scrape,i
of the whole side of her hand. hut she.
bore 1t like heroine. And right here
wish to say that began TO think Just
wee little bit more of Miss Jones than
had while We were sitting at th, road
side way back
Once again she started hom.war,i
and by the way she pumped and pushed
those pedals / know she was mad al,ouf
that accident. and as she gained speed.
| also began 10 realize that nv powers of
endurance would give out ere long. 1TI,-
less she reduced her gait. At last had
to give up but | said nothing To her.
let her guide on homeward, as l thought
she would soon notice my absence and
then would either dismount or fall OIL
cared not which. But she went on and
gradually lost sight OF her in the dark
ness that was growing upon the face Of
the earth l was glad that she had gone
and leisurely climbed upon a rail fence
at the roadside and sat there nledita1-
ing | was mad clear through and the
more meditaJed the angTier got But
at last II dawned upon me that IL was
not the proper thing for me TO be sit
ting upon Il wayside fence and leave
young lady to take her own WAY home
after nightfaiL. Horror of horrors, sup
pose she had fallen from her bicVcle
and at this very instant was lying in
the road. possibly with a broken leg
or injured in some other way 80 aS To be
unable To move Suppose a team of
spirited horses were approaching and
the driver could not see that PROSTATE
form and ran over il. Ugh, the very
thought made my blood run cold. |
jumped from the fence and started in
the direction in which Miss Jones had
gone. l walked along slowly. hut a.
more horrible possibilities came Ia INV
mind l went faster until at last | WAS
running as fast as could. but even then
l thought | was going at a SnaiI'S T,ace
Half dozen times l imagined | Saw
Miss Jones on the ground ahead of me
but always found IL to be but a halIuci-
nation of my wild and disorCiered brain.
l did finally reach town and because |
had not found Miss Jones living on the
road in pool of blood was sure that
she had been spirited away or kid
mapped.
Il rushed to the home of her parents.
Her brother John was sitting on the
porch smoking a horribly rank stogy
and when l eNcitedly asked him where
his sister was he looked at me as though
be considered me a lunatic. implored
him to tell me, for the love he bore his
sister.
He looked at me again. then slowly
turned his eyes toward the side of he
house. Ny eyes followed his. and there
Miss Jones stood. cool and collected
with n heavenly smile on her face. and
how beautiful she looked. But | fell
10 the ground in a dead faint and when
next l realized anything | was in nv
own room at home, with my dear moth
cr at my bedside. | looked at her ques-
tioningly. and then said: Mother. how
many weeks have l been ill?' She
looked frightened. then answered:
Why, my dear son, you've been here but
few hours. John Jones and his father
brought You here. They said You
tainted at their house. Tell me what
the trouble is After getting over nv
astonishment / told her about my awful
experience of the evening She laughed
at me and comforted me. but say. tell
YOU got even with that John Jones for
palming his sister off on me that night
You want to know how | did it2 Well.
1 just took her from him. from his
mother. from his father married her.
that's what / did. budget
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originated from the Slavonian tribe
called the RoNiIani. about the Christian
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