The Holly chieftain., 1906-08-31
THE SYMPATHY OF
MISS AUDENREiD
LOriginaI !

Hiss Auucnfelu one Gay on going TO
aer window noticed that the sign
Apartments to Let which had for
'ome time decorated the house opDo-
site had been taken down. 4 few
lays after this she saw a youn. man
whose overcoat reached TO his ankles
walk somewhat stiffiy 10 carriage
standing at the door. get in and go for
4 drive. He was a very nice looking
fellow, fauitiaAsly dressed. and just
before being driven away he east Il
glance at the window where the lady
vas standing looking at him She at
,nce lowered her glance and left the
window.
A few days later she SAW til" same
young man driven away again. He
Looked up at her window: but As she
vas standing at a distance. sh" kept
Ter position and noticed that The oc-
.upHur of the "a arriase kept his eyes
liked on her window till he had passed
Dcyond her house. Several times a
week he took a driY" and always look
ID for her. Miss Aulenr"id'S curiosity
vas excited 10 know why In" Young
nan always wore the long oycrcrHt. br
he weather cold or warm. and why
,he never saw him leave the house on
loot. She also noticed that rs soon as
lie was comfortably seated he bent
DOWN and adjusted something. but
What the process was she could not
see.
one day she went to the window Just
Is he was driving away. not knowing
hat he was ont, and received look
N which there was unconscious ad
rniratiou As the carriage turned an
automobile came tearing down the
street there was Il collision. and when
It was over a painful sight greeted
Miss Audenreid. The man who lived
opposite was being carried back into
he house But the most horrible sight
VI all was man disappearing within
he house carrying a leg.
To see a mans leg cut of in this
horrible manner completely unsettled
he ladys nerves. and she had not the
courage to even look at the houst.
opposite for several days. Mean
while her heart went out to the
Inutilated man. She was anxious
70 know whether he would live and
would have asked her brother 10 in
Juire il she had had a brother, which
she had not She restrained her sym
Dathy for awhile. then wrote note
stating that lady who had witnessed
the accident wished to be informed
now the injured man was doing.
v'his she sent by maid to the propri-
.,Or Of the house opposite. He sent il
ip to the sufferer and in few min
ties a reply came down. written on
lote paper decorated with Il crest. say
ng that the gentleman was profoundly
moved by the lady's sympathy and he
vas happy to say that his physician
assured him that he would recover.
Miss Audenreid sent her maid over
again with inquiries, and with the reply
she brought number Of roses with
1 request that the sympathetic lady
would permit the sufferer to thus ex-
press his appreciation of her kindly
interest.
Miss Audenreid looked at the beauti
tul flowers, remembered the mcon
iciOuS glance of admiration the invalid
lad given her but a moment before
Saving been mutilated for life. and y
ear stood in her eye. She considered
hat she was warranted in encouraging
I sufferer to get. again on his feet-or.
rsthcr. his one foot--and permitted her
Seif by sending note Of thanks to
De drawn into a correspondence, Tor
The sufferer replied to her note of
hanks begging her TO help him bear
MS confinement and his sufferings by
writing him occasionally. promising not