Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1899-09-25

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"When the doctor arrived, he found
the parsons wife had checked the flow
of the blood as skilfully Cd any sur
geon could have done. She was white
as marble, but as cool as ice. Her
little hands were bathed in blood. but
she had saved the ours life. The
doctor examined her surgery, and said:
Madame, L could not have done
so well myself. L presume you are
the parsons wife. Permit me to say
as he lifted his hat and made formal
bow, 'the parson is to be congratula-
ted, and SO is this villainous ruf1ian.
A few seconds more would have ended
his worthless life. I doubt, madame,
whether it was worth staining your
white hands to save it,.
"'His soul is worth a thousand
worlds like this she replied, quietly.
"I presume you are right, but I
fear his soul, if he has one, will never
be saved. He might as we'll die at one
time as another so far as saving his
soul is concerned. But. madame, if
you desire to continue your mercy
and save this mans life, you will have
to play the part Of nurse as we'll as
that of surgeon. He cannot be moved
for day or two. am sorry that
SUCH an experience should mark your
first day in our place
.'Thus two more of our citizens had
been introduced to the parsons wife
the first day she arrived. A few days
nursing brought the injured man
around all right SO he could be moved.
He was flush with money and offered
princely sum for the care he had re-
ceived. The little woman refused the
money with the air of queen. She
advised him to send his money to his
friends at home. She said as he was
abolt to go:
"'If you wish to repay me for my
trihing service, try to lead betterlif
"She saved him, 1 think. He never
tasted q drop Of liquor after his part
ing from her. AS soon as he had fully
recovered he left town. We heard
that he had gone home and settled
down to decent life.
"Before the parsons wife had been
in town week another fight occurred
in front of the parsonage. A hundred
men were looking on with delight as
two enraged men were beating, biting
and gouging each other like savage
beasts. A woman's voice clear and
strong, with ring of scorn and dis
gust, thrilling every word into fire,
startled the mob. Tho parsons wife
stood in her open door:
-" And you call yourselves
men, shame on you'll What q
manly thing, indeed, it is to stand
by and encourage these beasts to
abuse each other like that. Shame on
youl Shamep
"Before word could be spoken
she walked deliberately into the
crowd, and seizing the man who had
the advantage of his antagonist and
was savagely pounding him, she
dashed him aside with a vigor that
amazed the mob. Standing between
the painting, bleeding combatants she
spoke with cutting sternness that
made them both finch and drop their
eyes abashed. Her presence and
words had surprised them into sobri-
ETY.. One of the men who had been
very seriously injured began to sway
unsteadily, and then suddenly fell in
sensible at her feet Looking the
other sternly in the face, she said:
" Are you man or beast? Did
you have woman for mother? Oh!
How could you so far forget your man
hood as to shame even brute with
your cruelty?'
''lhe man, startled and cowed,
skunk away into the crowd without a
word. The parsons wife turned to
minister to the man at her feet. She
found him as helpless as log and
very dangerously hurt. She spoke in
such tones of command that none
though of refusing tn obey:
Pick him up and carry him into
the parsonagep
Upon the same bed from which the
other injured man had just risen this
one was laid. He was carefully and
tenderly nursed back to life and
strength. Vhe day he left he kissed
the little womans hand and cried
like child. She made him kneel
down with her while she prayed for
him, He went out of the house with
a new light in his eye. He went
straight to the saloon where he knew
he would find the man who had beaten
him. The crowd made ring for an
other fight as soon as they saw him
enter. He quickly said:
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