The Fairmont West Virginian. (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1904-1914, 1904-06-10
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after had sluTed him TO q "declafr-
lass tim name was James,
FTaza he wa s; a tall, awkward
honel and l1gainly man, but his
heart swassa as n true as steel. re-
specIed him highly. and felt panied
when Fitnessed his anguish at my
resecs.en
E3lst ne fact was, had myself fall
eli sin ieyewith Elliott Tracy, smart
city Ss1aIl. who had been unremitsing
ms Hi aeyot;on to me. James Fra
yer armed me agains Elliott, but
charged him with jealousy and took
z his earnings as an insult few
days later Elliott and / were engaged,
and my dream f$romantic love seem
ed to he in a fair wa y toward reali-
cation. had week of happiness.
MANY have not had so much in
lifetime Many awake from the bright
short dreamsfo find themselves in life
arkness, and bondage from
God ii was not to be SO miserable as
here was party on horseback
winding through our grand old woods
and quiet country roads. Elliott and
lied the cavalcade. rode my own
ssbsautifuI Brown Bess. Elliott was
mounted on the handsome black
horse tina Il had been given to him
rich uncle. Following US were
ssa hevy of$merTy girls and their cav
ssaI iers, and among them, tall, awkward
& and silent, rode James Frazer. His
Ssprasences had marred all the pleasure
ysrid and was glad TO be in
SadFanceS ofsthem all, that I might not
see Il, 81 VI =.
And so we rode on through the love
lsseountry and j listened, we'll pleased,
u e low bit animated words of Ell
~ lott Tracy VII wished himself a
llnigl and NE a fair ladye of the
ssofden time, that he might go forth
Il 10 do battle for me and compel all
men 70 recognize the claims OF his
peerless love:
cry eloquent1y he spoke of the in
and perI1ous exploits it had prompted,
wishing again and again that he might
thus proclaim and maintain his love
before the world. 1t pleased me to
listen to this, and to believe it sill
SaceEe. though i surely had no wish to
H m lover 10 such a test.
Suddenly a shot rang through the
ssti II woods, and a wounded bird, dart
ing past, futtered and fell at the feet
ofs Brown Bess. With bound and
spring, that nearly unseated me,
She wa off.
Struggling to regain my seat, l had
no power TO restrain her, and even as
u she flew the fear and madness of the
moment grew upon her. l could only
cling athlessly to name and bride
\ and wonder heiplessly where this mad
gallop was to end She swerved from
a passing wagon, and turned into
n cart track that led to the river. In
\ the stldden movement the reins had
been tron from my hands. and l could
mot regain them.
chung to the name, and closed my
eyes that might not behold the fate
Il in those precious moments which
#Ss thought my last! How all its joys
Its affections, its last crowning love
Tose up before me! I thought OF the
Il pan g$that would rend Elliott's heart
Esas he saw me lying mangled and
dead, and then the thought would
come that he was pursuing and try.
W ing to save me, even, as he had said,
ssat8the risk of life and limb.
remembered no more. felt a
sudden shock, fearful rushing
Through the air, and knew nothing
rs Until, days afterward, woke TO q
faint, weak senblauce OF life in my
room at home.
never saw Elliott Tracy again,
The last words I ever heard from his
lips were those of knighrly daring.
The last act of his life, in connec-
55sSstion with mine, was to follow in the
train of frightened youths who rode
81 after me, to contemplate the disaster
from afar, and as soon as he saw
u me lifted from the shallow bed of
;@6SSt he river into which | had been
81 brown when my frightened horse
stopped suddenly on its bank, to
ride hastily back to the village. That
evening he sent to make inquiries,
and learning that was severely but
mot was hoped, not fatally injured,
he thenceforth contented himself
It'll such tidings of my condition and