The Manchester journal. [volume] (Manchester, Vt.) 1861-current, 1903-12-03
A rhsnhsglying sleigh Ride.


Tbe'e VI. very good reason Tor N,
sousn hstinf.s resson a fsh aud blood
Apits bed listened 10 ny soii scrds iili
msse them . formal declaration. then
sitb oss Of tbose sndssn ieminise rsvu
sior. csi me tf. Hsd msn iressed NJ
90 .hsbbily / should hsvs look upon bin
fortser s',trwsrt With sovereieo COT
tempt AZ Tor Asrs. | simply ssit
'Wbsi can be expected from one OF bt
ssIi
Hostysr, theie wss ote uomsn O
sbom made 90 sioep,iou my mother
| vro,s her that vouli csrtsioly be o.
home for Tbsnk,eisins. bat / preferred
that the .'lovsly sirl" be dispen cd ~iih
Thst year the cold came on esfly. Al
any rate. during The sssk proceeding
rhsnks, isius ve bsd snowsiotn. fvllos
cd BY cold worthy Of niiwinter ! bsd
copclodei 10 take my horse sud cutter
home Tor sle,sbias aud 10 drive there
myself When | stsr,ed the vesther vs'
goi,e mil', and | feared the melting Of
lhe spos. Bat tuidenly the sind veered
into the north, and the mercury tell to .
point cotsidefsbiy below zro. passed
through = sm.li vil!see, spd my mother
had sritien ms to be sure and stop there
and zee my aunt ~ss very glad 10 do
40, ss II gave me . chance 10 warm up,
Jobp. said my aunt. there is lady wsi,
ipg for convsystc, TO town Oouls yon
take ber 10 Jour enter.
1 protested tbsl sny woman would
re, z 10 death 10 sucb exposure. indeed
invented every excuse ior reiusirs, bat
my sunt told me thst the lady hated men
% badly as / hated women end vould cot
On any account talk with me on The asy
90, even abol. the weather / reluctantly
consented snd vent ont TO arrange the
robes 10 few moments my sunt brought
on. the lsdy. whom abe introduced to me
ss Mrs. B1dlons. She was 70 we'll pro
tected agsinst the cold that ! coud Meth
er see her 6sure nor her fses. ! made
o1t one or tso remarks. TO which she gave
moposyll,bio replies. sXcu Ing herself
from islkag on sccount OF q cold and 0
husky voic,. The truth is bad 9 terrible
cold myself end should have been by .
Rsrm fire instead OF facing blast which
Il. {. tho y,aot ~ tha poIa
We soon struck driii 50 deep that
vas obliged TO get out sod lead the horse
over 1t, We cims to several OF these drifts
and 90 great was my exertion that after
passing each OF them l vas in . proiuse
persrirstiop, Then would get back into
the sleigh and cit with the cold wind drv
ing right through ms.
Fiasliy there swept over me from head
to foot sudden, terrible, vrsncbipg
chill
Whst is it9 asked Mrs. Bodlong aux
iously.
twill be pnenmonis.
Without q word she thrust me down in
to the bo,ttm OF the sleigh and buried me
apdsr the robes, was too Ill 10 protest.
Il onsb real d tbst the woman Nss left
to the mercy OF the wind. With her feet
on my PROSTATE body she drove on, nov
and again leaving the sleigh TO lesd the
horse over drifts. enduring the successive
changes tina. / bad endured. yet without
the protection l hsd had. Bu. st this part
OF the road there we're DO bouste, and sbe
vas obliged TO press on. From passing
wagon Mrs. Bndoug obtsined bottle OF
shiskey, which st Intervals she poured
down my throat Isoon drank enough TO
msks rom cstk reel, bat the stuG had no
other fl -ct on me than 10 lessen the ire
quency and the violence Of the chills. Al
t,r sxhile. whether from illnees. cold. ex
hsustion or the q :ct Of the wbiskey, fell
into what was either coma OF sleep, !
don't know to this day which. ! hsd cccs
sioo.l reslz ,tiou OF bumps, bot vs lot
conscious Of anything else. Finslly was
oblivious to evsrytbiog.
Tue next ihin7 knew vas iu bed st
home. aud ny mother wss looking ct me {
though the moment ! opened
ny eyes On expression Of relief came to
her, Ny first thought was for the womsD
sbo when l vs. ls.t con scioos bed been I
driving mel
Mv Badloosi l asked. What hes be
,ome OF hetf II
She's 10 bed 10 onother room recovering
rom the cold sud exhaustion. She will I
,ome ont oil right.
Did she gel me oil the vsy hone her .
seli7 4
Every bit Of II. 4
She's iromp. How tostuuste that you
urote to me TO stop st Aunt Ems. Hov q
vould l have got 90 without Mrs, Bod
opei Ishould have perisbed.
!. vas fortunate. my con. and nov I'm :
soips to mske confession that I didn't .
intend TO make till se we're oil d the table I
OF our Tnsnkseiving dinner, Mrs. bud
ous 10 not Mts. Bodlons. bot the lovely .
Imp wrote you sboot. 6he msde youS
no, visit. sud thought 1t would be J
'isa Tor yoo TO drive her over snd get 90
lated beiese meeting her here. o
Mother, ] sid after some thong ht, since .
be lovely sirl hss ssved my lie forgive
'ou H1vever. ! msy - veil confess to 4
Iouto' tba | hsve bad % sf,is OF The b
lear, sbicb | bsvs never oor6isd TO you
o shich sss treated sbomiosbIy. and l
lont vspi soy more OF them. dare py u
bis-Mr BadIops hes drawn you ioto
deception. Tor II IL cot like you ct ell.
Mother torued svsy cod ssve me . I,
pooniui OF somsthins from . siss.; then, o