The Manchester journal. [volume] (Manchester, Vt.) 1861-current, 1911-01-19


aud idol since bis only daughter ha,
chosen hcr own mate regardless ~ hi
wishes and hnd preferr~d docto
with n city pactice 20 n vel 20 IL
farmer whom he had picked onf ~
her ns be would have considered pur
chasing for ber new saddle pony
III anything was 10 happen 3,
rhillpf mused Susan Beverly as sh'
put up clean rolstr towel aud hegnI
to clear away The breakfast dishes
"ii'd nigh nbout KIN his pa"
Then sudden chill, OF rebellion
struck her Hadn, she given up hei
idol. her only giri almost. !, SEEMED
70 hrr. before dul- aud mud plies had
given place TO beans aud long dresses
not as other mothers do, % see hci
settled In her own home. 20 visit back
and forth. TO share her sweet domes'
tieify. TO hold her little children In
her armsi No, She had said rnudhy
TO Mile as II she had been laying the
pretty. gentle child In her grave aud
had never seen her since nor the dear
little babes rhat God had sent her.
Surely hers was a sad. bitter lot.
Yet something sang In her heart as
she worked today. the vague melody
hope croons for us sometimes when
our prospects seem darkest She
baked and brewed and scrubbed aud
polished, and when NIL wns done aud
In order she carefully ironcd her own
neat print dress. white collar and
apron for the morrows donning.
Six o'clock approached, the hour
when her husband and son might be
expected. and bountiful supper was
keeping warm In the range oven. The
pantry door hid from sight goodly
collection Of the usual Thanksgiving
viands. the floor shone spotlesSly. aud
every pan and cup CLEANED like n mir,
ror from It's place ON the kitchen wall
The kettle sang; the cai plrcrd the
kissing nre warmly dehed toe biting
frost Of the blast outside. which was
rising In severity. All was peace,
coziness and comfort when Mrs. Rev
erly was suddenly startled by a wild.
disheveled figure 1lnging itself In al
the door.
"Phillp" gasped John Beverly chok
lngly, his face whittier than his wife's
apron. He is burt--crushed under II
tree"
Even as her shrek of Wild dlsmny
rang out huge automobile came churf-
chufiing up TO the gate, and stranger
sprang out
"Quick. come and help me rescue my
boy" cried out John Beverly. running
toward him wildly. "Ile was cullIn
down tree an 1t fell on him, an
itr'
"0h. hurry painted Philips mother
He may be dead --dyin ALREADY"
The stranger spoke a swift word OF
two to the heavily veiled woman IN
the big red car and helped her out
then lifted to the ground the boy and
girl on the back seat. Then he almost
dung the old man into the seat. sprang
In and at touch sent the huge mn.
chine gliding over the smooth white
roadway.
II seemed incredible 10 John Beverly,
who had walked the weary mile many
Z time. that they could have negotiai
ed II In such short space of time. but
.it hot he tI,4lt
the stranger directions they rol'ed into
the wood and the next Instant were nj
work freeing the unconscious boy,
The stranger made rapid examInH
ton Of the atter's injuries, which con
Ilrmed the grave fears he had enter
tained nt the first glnnce.
"rhe hospltnl-an immediate opera
hon. It's his only chance" was his
lersp comment.
But" his father cried, aghnst NJ
the awful possibilities. "the nearest
hospital IL twenty miles away.
Silently the stranger pointed to the
moiorcar. Together they placed the
Injured boy as comfortably ~ possible
within II. The stranger did what he
rould 10 stop the bleeding and make
the patient easy. pulling ont n black |
medical case from beneath the sent
You're dociory" quered John
Beverly. eying him curiouSly. Thu
nan only nodded. being engrnssed In |
his work. When II was finished he
snapped shut the case. threw II Into
he machine. sprang In himself and |
without a backward glance. sent the
,ar spinning out into the rond ngain.
That wild ride was dream. kind |
II nightmare 10 Philips father, crouch |
ng low In the seat and holding his
Boys head In bis lap. NOT knowing |
10 hope or 10 fenr. IIonses |
ind hills and trees few by. enveloppd
n kind Of haze. The walls Of the /
hospital rose before them --nenr-n near 1
,r-they were there. And they carried I
Philip away and told his father TO
walt In the room outside.
II was nearly an hour after they had (
AIKEN him into the operating room
hat the father heard the glad news
rom the bead surgeon: