The Opelousas courier., 1900-06-30

"Thls is not the ordinary faint from
terror. She must be taken to he;
home at opse. or the hospital
Tenderly she was lifted in and Johl
gave the address. He rode on befor
to let her aunt know Of the mishap
Running up the steps he asked fol
Mrs. Peters, the girls aunt.
"Miss Bennett was thrown from he
horse and they are bringing her her,
In an ambulance. It is nothing ser
ious, I am sure"
"Miss Bennett, Miss Bennett" sail
the lady. "T don't-or, yes, o
course. And are you Mr.. Asley?'
In . the excitement it didn't seen
strange to him that she knew who hi
a at once.
They carried the girl to her room
and inside of half al hour two sur
geons and a trained nurse were by
her side. The surgeons shook theil
heads and looked very grave. All at
tempts to arouse her had failed. SHE
lay in a stupor and her soft breathing
was the only sign of life.
When the surgeons said an opera
ton was necessary Johns hopes fell
Soon another surgeon and another
nurse and some suggestive-lookine
boxes and cases arrived. Then Johr
tramped the long drawing-room wait
ing for the doctors to come down anc
tell him if she lived or not. The
sickly-sweet smell of ether came float
ing down stairs as the door of the
chamber was opened, and he heard
| sing-song voice that he knew utterine
meaningless words.
Then the door shut, and as one oil
the nurses. came down he waylaid her,
Before he had a chance to ask she TOLD
him the young lady was coming out o.
the ether nicely, and the doctors hac
found a tiny piece of bone pressing or
the brain. But they felt sure she
would be all right with care.
All that long afternoon he stayed al
the house and hoped he might be o!
some service. Finally he fell asleep,
worn out with all the anxiety and
misery. He was awakened by o touch
on his shoulder and found his father
standing over him. Here was more
mystery.
CLOVIS Grace?" he asked.
"Alice is better and will be all right
soon. The girl up stairs is Alice
Cooper. She was Miss Bennett in Eu,
rope to protect herself against a LOT
of fortune-hunters. I knew her when
she came to the dinner party, and
have seen her frequently since her
father moved away from our town.
But I thought I would let you find
out for yourself. Haven't any further
objections, and after the wedding we
will talk business"
John demanded entrance to the
sick room at once. There was really
no proposal, only, "Oh, john" and
ooh, Alice."-Hartford Times.
National Differences in Locomotive Powe,
American locomotive engineers
deem it advisable to design their en-.
gines with a large margin of power.
If an express engine is designed. to
take a 200-ton load at fifty miles an
hour, and if that load should happen
to be increased to 3CO tons, the loco.
motive is still expected to be able to
take it and keep time, and usually
does SO. Such, at any rate, is the ex.
perience of such an impartial and
level-headed observer as w. III.
Acworth. II an American express be
late at n point of its journey, the
engine is expected to make up the
lost time, even if the load be larger
than usual. And, again, this is gem
orally done.
But if an English engine is given a
single coach above its prescribed load,
the driver at once insists upon havin:
a sspilot," and commonly he gets one
Or should the weather be bad, with
strong side wind or a slippery rail, hi
demands an assisting engine and is
accorded one, as a matter of course.
Obviously, this applies especially te
the use of single-wheelers, which are
SO largely used on some English rail.
ways, because their range of power il
much mor sharply limited by adverse
conditions than is the case With
coupled engines. But in either case
it seems indisputable that a smaller
range of power is given to an English
locomotive than to an American.-En.
cheering Magazine.
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