Putnam patriot., 1909-05-28
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 S A GIRL AND 5 A GANDER.
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i ril that Miss Judith Bradshaw. daugh- fer of the banker. should spend the summer fn the country with her aunt
 There we're TWO reasons for this. Tie first was that young Mir StevenS. of good old family. but without much
 cash. WAS calling at the house too fre-
 fusatlF fer q mere acquaintance and the second was because well known ocallst who had been paid for mak ing tae discovery. reported that Miss JudHGs eYes needed long rest aad
 the green sba6e that the grass and trees would throw over them
 Soon after Iudiths arrival at the
 farm Aunt Martha got word that her
 sister. nviae len niles away was El.
 and she hitohod up fhe horse and drove over thcre When leaving she
 said 10 her niece:
 Judith. ii.s going to be a hot day.
 and wish you'd look aut for WaSf-
 ineton Washington was eanderi.
 If hes in the SUI too much he gets
 giddy and falls dewn as if dead. Yaa
 know I wouldn't have anything hap
 pen to hiH for the world
 Judith solemnly promised. and the
 aunt drove away. to return at sum
 down. Then it was to find that things
 had happened during the day and to
 hear the whole story from her niece
 Well" began Judith. 'as soon as
 you went away I walked down to the
 gate and looked down the road.
 wasn't looking for anybody or any
 thing. but just looking. You know
 folks do sometimes just look g'
 Yes
 .I vas just looking when that old
 house came alcng. Maybe she wanted
 to speak to me. but I guess it was simply to leok at this muslin. l went
 out b see .ip old gauder. He was sit
 ting under the wagon shed. but as
 soon as | gaiied Washington to him he came Iiapins toward me. I saw
 at once fd8t something ailed him. He
 was Jerking and trembling all over.
 His enc eye was rolled up to heaven.
 his legs were spread cut. and he was making q hissine noise just as if be was calling en me to save his life.
 ran to the gate 10 see if there was a
 man around 10 appeal to. There was one coming up the road. l waved my
 hand for him to hurry up.' "So there was manE' "Yes, auRty. He just happened to be coming along you know" And did his name just happen to be stevenss'
 "Why, aunty, how did you happen to guess 1t the first time trying? Yes, his name happened to be Stevens, and when he came running up l called upon him to save Washingten's life or lose his own. It was on your account, you know. I knew how you would take on if you came home and found Washington dead. You ought to have seen how noble he was. He didn't hardly wait to shake hands with me and ask if that old maid was around" "Then-then this Mir Stevens was some one you had met before?" queried the aunt
 "Why-why. didn't I say that I had met him once or twice in town? l am so confused about Washington. you see Well. we ran to the barnyard. The poor thing lay right where he had fallen. Not leg kicked. Not an eye lash quivered. Aunty, it was awful I don't know anything about first aid. and I stood there wringing my hands when Mir. Stevens revealed the nobil- ity of his nature He took Washing ton m in his arms just as if the poor old gander had been a dying child, and ran with him into the shade of the shed Then he stroked his back and blew into his eyes and talked to him. Then he sent me for basin of water and rag. and after he had soaked Washington's head he bound it up with a wet rag. He also soaked his feet to draw tue fever down from his
 head. just wish you could have seen how heroic he acted. Some girls would have fallen in love with him with thar old gander in his arms"
 But you didn't?"
 "I told you how confused and over come I was. It's a dreadful thing 10 see Your good aunt's favorite gandef perish right before your eyes. Wel. when Washington got better we rupped his head with eamphor. his legs wita vinegar and laid him on a horse hiaD' ket under the shed. He went to sleep us quietly as an infant. He seemed 10 realize that he must do just as Artn- Mir Stevens told him"
 And he didn't dief''
 No, aunty Three hours later he got off his sickbed and licked the oao black rooster. No, he didn't die. MI. Stevens says he will probably hss many years yet to bless you
 And about this MT. Stevens! seems odd that he should be out ner in the country at the same time you are
 Not a bit of it. His eyes are aiss weak, and he came out to board whs a farmer and give them rest. He VII call tomorrow to see me. and you VII be introduced, and he will tell you = about Washington and what 10 do '1 him If he has another stroke Of apv plexy. l know you will say nes nice and heroic young man. Just tn'na. aunty. how many young men wo1.. have taken an old wabbly gandef their arms and symrathized with h1' as Arthur ,lid:''
 IL was six weeks before Aunt hAr tha wrote 10 her brother. the banke' and then part of what she sad ss
 "Judith's eyes are well Her nesi. is also good She is also engae0 young MT. Stevens. If that was you wanted you have brought II sv~