The Montgomery advertiser., 1902-01-08
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BY ETHEL M. COBSON.
 fcopyright, 1902. by Daily Story Pup Ce

, the pretty object of the young minister g sdoratiou to care for her mother and brother and to summon the doctor. some how. The grateful look which Nell gave
 made his heart beat joyously, but IL
 didn't strengthen the tired horse wn,ea d
 Brackcn, as 1t did the. tired driver. HaH way to the village the young minlseir
 was compelled to ask shelter for his
 horse and go on Miths ,n ut himi fopr e miIe. eTe on the un and arriv, at Brackon a'l
 but exhausted. Yet back he would go
 with the doctor And. on the whole' IL
 was well that he did. C.,
 recovery. so said the doctor, presently but Ben didn't think so. upon recover ing consciousness. and he wanted ms fAther and brothers. The doctor would telegraph the elder Hardness from the village, but the Mcinness camp lay sixty
 miles out -of the cours; he must follow. There's very sick woman l must
 see. right in the opposite direction, he told Mrs. Hardness. T came here first because she's probably got some other woman who can do almost as much as ] can with her, and 1 never delay over
 calls like this. But l must get on to
 "rll go for the boys spoke up the
 young minister Tt will be moonlight
 after 10 o'clock, and if the trails decent
 we'll have them here by dawn at the latest. A saddle horse will make the best time.
 And a saddle horse it had to be, any way because the only Hardness team
 not up at the Richness camp for the
 winter was in Bracken. waiting to bring MT. Hardness home when he returned
 from Toronto. and all the neighbors were
 in similar cases-both for horses ana men, So the young minister saddied the 1 collie while Nell made him cup of strong coffee; he swallowed it. cheered
 her and was off-just as the clock struck
 1. Four and a half hours later the camp
 trail being fair, and the highway lead ing to 1t hard packed and in good con.
 dition, the men at Richness camp heard
 sound of wild shouting. They turned out of their bunks out into the night and the frozen darkness. to find the young minister dropping over his horse outside. .. lift me down carefully. please. men. he said-and there was a new ring to ms
 voice which stirred their voice strangely. "'rhe horse fell with me. while back and I'm afraid my right legs broken.
 l had a lot of trouble getting back to | the saddle again
 l was set and splinted in rougn but ef- fective camp fashion before he came to: A circle of admiring faces surrounded
 opened. and Big Elder. the camp taIker,
 was performing sort of ecstatic war dance in the corner.
 l Broke his leg and got on again: Riu with his broken leg hanging! Jimmi-
 kin:, but he S grit"
 So chanted Big Elder. over and over,
 until the young minister sohered him
 with the announcement he had come to
 make. And then Big Elders great. ten
 der arms around him, young Archer was | borne to the rude sled which Richness | himself had made ready and driven. ir | fur-encircled luxury back to the Hark- ness farm.
 | Hell go home with us the Harkne ss
 bows decided summaril'- when some
 body hinted that his own lodgings al l Bracken were nearer. the extra elgh
 miles wont hurt hin, seeing how fal | he's got to go anyway. an we can iooi
 after him better'n the hotel people | "He-he rid up here with a broken les | to tell us bout Ben" finished Bill Hark | ness. who had always desuised the yount | minister. "G reckon we owe him some | thing for that"
 And they paid him. paid him in ful and with interest, long before Ben Wa about again, or before the new iogSlnl camp hero had recovered from the feNe and weakness which followed that awful | ride in the bitter cold and with but cup of hot coffee to stay the days hung
 CT and exhaustion. For they. with ever. l man in the whole coumtrv-side, gave hin | their fullest respect and admiration iron
 that moment and the Harkness boy I and their father. to heap up the goo
 measure of their bargain, conscnted [ give him-Ncll. r -