The French Broad hustler. [volume] (Hendersonville, N.C.) 1896-1912, 1906-12-13

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The Widow Drunlmond cid not
Hesitate TO call ugly thiHssvby uSiS
names. NNhen ehsHos9swhus@a
an e~asy-Soing, plea~sure-loFing man,
she -seand&lized erervboa9 O3 6penRMl
wonder: L, where horses went to, as
she ead5a net iMagneAiAF 82is9
anywhere without them. And yet she
had
meant - harm. That was the pity
OF Ii: she meant no harm, but did SO
mucA H. her uncompronisinS can
dor Her intimates, with 4 smile.
called her Truthful JaLe," hoping
that by = little gentle ridicule a
certain discount might be made TO
attach Ia whatever she might say
next. far she was no respecter IT
perso~x. Eat, though she ' ould
make 10 truce with coEyeutionalitieS,
she was warm-hearted and S.mpa-
thet1c, end shl did al immense
amount OF gnod, though she would
RS often as not. undo it with hR
tongue. She would speak tie trhEls
the whu!a truth, and nothing Dut the
fru:h-h Iiiat modified form ct truth
sonae;ihsrs> spoken OF a{fack SHh R-
RorreG. She stoutly maintained thde
1t was but 4 refined name fer lying,
End sheswould hare none satlt. n '
TWAS certainly a cdrods thfrfg"
that, being what she was, it should
have llsea her beiiEthat was evidently
rung ore day. K 5attered. Gazed-'
looking coachnlan> had Nlng it, and
he ght with him an eutif0 VIC
doreseen opportunity for the testing
of her principles. =
He was SO badly shaken that hN
was iacoherent at FRS, but a few di-
rect Questions from MFrs DrgEpmqad
reused him s~afffcfently To ehable hhf
to make a. confused statement as to
n carriage aeciaent and the nseeesif1
OF help being sent Immediately.
"Wnere?', she asked, sharply. e
Close bysSoatr1 bafIL ma,aA Oh,
my head" noaned the man.
with Observation-Disclosures she
had him attended TO id the house
keepers Toom, sent orders to the
stables for aSgrogmtq sallogof 1T
once for a doctor, and then, accom-
panied by some Of the servants, carry
ing blankets. brandy and whateyer
else she thought night be needed,
she hurried down toward the barn.
On OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES aE-
rihed at the seriousness of what had
occurred A light wagonette was
lying upside down Completely
wrecked. The horse had broken away
and was not insight A female Ser
want was wringf1g her hands I'd help
less despair bGa o0C ns8w!sd 9nisns1
Obs ma'amas' she criedg as6hef
mistress came up, "theyHare both 81
them dead! Isn't it awful ma am y
1t was awful to see. A young lady
had been hurled upon her head. and
She lay quite sti1I IN the" middle Of
the road. The other was a man, and.
to judgeeby his dress atgsntEaman5
The carriage had fallen on his hands
and head which were mangfea In
the most terrible way. AoTher men
sickened as they removed the car.
riage- from the body, and thenscaE.
ried il onto the grass ByJthd Goad'
side. He, must have been killed in
Stant1y. 1 20
ISIS The lady was breathing family
They dared not moyevherS SO sAIrs
Drummond and a servant placed
blanket under her head and did thei
utmost to revive her. But in VAIN
she was alive, but she remained un
conscious. On removing her gloves
Mrs. Drummond caught sight of he
left hand, and muttered:
Poor, poor thing! He vas he
husband"
When the doctor arrived SIZE Ts
unconscious still He turned ana
abruptly from the motionleSs fgut
on the grass, biting his lip VAN
Nothing to be done the*e.~ b
said. 1t is the unfortunate lady W
must attend teyT AhShiszwiff6 see
She will have a mfserabfe awakenh,
1 fear, if she awakes at all in TIL
world BukT is7imposfW fgrshea
judge Of her Injuries hefeM M
Drummond, will you allow her to
carried to your house? Thank yo,
10 Her husband can be f the no
pita1 in my carriage, if one Of yor
men may go, too. Now, the soons
Acan make a7pFopef exanina+iop~t4
bstter.f etg
litter was Quickly fmprovfse
with the BLANKETS, and 1T was III
.5G1IOng befofeIthe' inseAsbl6 MR6hnhnaR e
placsl upon the bed that had bee
RfGEafed for fherland tRd dodtS5 Ri
xivsn a fair chance of ascertainil