The Worthington advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1874-1908, 1899-01-12
help. We mustn't let old Charlie die.
You must 60 at once for help. !"
Aunt Tempy still stared up at her.

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Aunt Tempy still stared up at her.
"Why don't you go, quick! quick"
cried little Miss.
Then Aunt Tempy nodded toward
the cloth pressed in the wound and her
stained hands holding it in place. go
way" she commanded, hoarsely. He
was jes' a-cavortin' ter please me, an
he's killed hisse'f.s It amt fittin' for
you ter see" $ I@ ID
Little Miss had scarcely realized be-
fore that all the stain upon the ground
was blood. A shudder went over her,
and she felt her new strength giving
way. "Quick I" she cried sinking down
beside Aunt Tempy. II can hold that.
and can't walk any more. Go quick
for help"
"But, little Miss" Aunt Tempy was
scarcely able to form her words. Lit
tie Miss reached out her thin hands,
and though she had almost fallen to-
the ground, her eyes were imperious.
go quick!"- she said. ):
Aunt Tempy rose clumsily to her feet
and moved away, at first pausing often
to look back. She was half expecting to
see herlittle Miss spread out white wings
and fly away, for it seemed as if she
must have come by some such means;
but before the old woman was bit of
open sand, and in it she saw the marks
of two small, slippered feet. : She
stopped and stared at the footprints
until she knew that they were real:
then she began to run.
"Little Miss has riz an walked!" she
shouted. "She's gwine ter git we'll, fer
she has riz an walked!"
The bay, the beach. and the wild,
windswept lawn seemed full of voices
echoing her words. Far up the beach
toward the doctors house she saw some
moving figures, black against the white
she'll of the road. "Come! Comet" she
shouted, waving her arms against the
fierce north wind. "Come! Comet"
The creaking gate of Byrd's Nest
slammed as she passed. Her torn
and blood-stained garments futtered
around her; her turban uncoiled and
flew off, uncovering her knobby, griz-
lied head.
The doctor and the two men with
him caught sight of her and spurred
their horses to gallop. "In Heavens
name" the doctor cried, as he refined up
beside her, whats all this blood?''
"Come!" she painted. >"Ole Chawlie
has killed hisse'f a-cavortin' ter please
me, but little Miss has riz an walked.
He was jes' a-cavortin' ter please me,
but little Miss
The men saw that they could learn no
more, and spurred their horses again,
leaving her behind. She plodded after
them, half running, half walking, and
nodding her grizzied head. Slowly
some of the words that little Miss had
said came back into her ears, giving.
variation to her thoughts. She
stopped a moment and looked up into
the infinite blue sky, murmuring some
thing over and over to herself. Then,
as if remembering that there still was
room for fear, she hurried on.
The doctor came out to meet her as
she labored through the gate. THAT
old horse is not fatally hurt" he said.
you and little Miss stopped the loss
of blood so quick that reckon we'll
pull him through; and as for little Miss,
her fright has done what no doctor on
earth could have done for her. I'm
ready to promise you that she will be
we'll girl yet"
Aunt Tempy stared straight into his
eyes, making sure that he meant just
what he said, and then she hurried on.
He turned and followed her, and heard
her murmuring to herself: 20 blessed
Lawd, dis ole niggah is paid for takin'
faithful kyah of her. She's nightly fond
of ole Chawlie, but it was fer de love
OF me she riz an walked. Y. Out
look.