Wheeling Sunday register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1882-1934, 1900-06-03


Il see. / understand III you mean. 4
clever, active brain. Of hne fbre, /
suppose"
Exactly, and q fine physique In its
prime. The man is only eight or nine
and twenty. He is at his married
brothers place, e which the acci-
dent happened"
"A railway accident, wa it?" asked
Mrs. Sayile.
NO. About two miles from the lit
tie town Of lockwood there is a hill
where years ago there was a landslip,
and the sort of canon or huge gully so
formed is a sharp. deep descent, sheer
down like coast cliffs. A by-road from
the highway leads straight to the top
of the declivity. OF course, the by
road is unused, and a board marked
No thoroughfare. Dangerous is plac-
ed at its junction with the main road
-
Eyes, / see."
But horses can't read. you see"
continued the narrator; "and one day
a big char-a-banc, full of happy young
sters from a distance out for a days
holiday-making, came along. Somehow
the horses took fright and bolted, but
instead of keeping to the right must
needs turn along the road straight on
to the cliff. That the whole party was
But Wilfred Erleston happened to be
on the cliff talking to a gamekeeper.
Ericsson saw the terrible danger at once,
dashed forward. and on the very edge
of the cliff seized the horses heads,
forcing them, in sheer terror at the
sudden attack, to turn aside, plunging
and rearing, the driver pulling them in
with all his strength. Their wild plung-
ing, however, loosened the earth. and
just as Wilfred let go his grip on the
near horses bride the ground under
his feet, not two feet from the edge,
broke away, and he fell to the bottom
of the declivity. He must have caught
at the bushes ven then, and so brok-
en- the fall, or he must have been kill
ed" said the doctor, huskily.
And Clare shivered and held her
breath. What daring! what pluck!"
"As it was" resumed the physician,
"he escaped with the injuries l have
mentioned"
but he will quite recover in time,
won't he?" exclaimed Clare, eagerly.
have every hope if the requisite
care is taken, as it will surely be in
your hands, my dear. Why, for a
whole month he lay perfectly uncon-
scious, and it is yet another month
since then, you see, before we can dis
miss the trained nurse we have had all
this time. She only remains till i send
what I now require. You will take the
berth, won't you, my dear?"
Certainly DR.. Faber. 1T is very
good of you to think of me and trust
me, if they don't object to me-"
II should like to see them! l spoke
of you. They don't mind since / rec
ommend, and you, I know, are too
much a woman of the world and too
young and good-looking. When can
| you go down."
When you please, doctor-to-mor-
row, or Wednesday, Or"
"wednesday will do, child. You are
to name your own salary, and 1 have
now only to give you my directions in
detail.'
Il am all attention, DOCTOR"
The doctors directions occupied
some time, and then he spoke of the
family of lockwood Hall, explaining
the elder brothers change of name
and unexpected accession to the Erles-
ton estates.
But" concluded the old doctor, as
he rose to take leave. 81 shall let you
find out for yourself what they all are
personally, save that l think you will
like them, and will entirely betreated
as only thoroughly well-bred people do
treat a lady or gentleman in their
service. | shall see you. | daresay,
on Wednesday evening or Thursday
morning, as now, indeed, all this sum
mer, / go down home nearly every
day. | am en- chemin now for Rock
wood, and shall see the Mowbrays
about you, so you need not write If
you can tell me about the hour of your
| arrival, so that a carriage may be sent
to meet your train"
How kind you are" said Glare,
gratefully. Shall l say, then, about
four o'clock on Wednesday? / will
look at the timetable. Yes, there is
a train reaching near that time, and
that will give the nurse nice time to
leave before it is too late" added Mrs.
| Savile, land l can make my patients
or charges acquaintance before it is
late in the day. He is up by day on
a sofa, you said?"
"Oh, yes, and getting FESTIVE al
ready, pest on the fellowl" rejoined
the doctor. That's where it is that
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