Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1911-03-30

cross the street. They were IN the
path of the oncoming vehicle.
She covered her eyes instinctively.
The next moment there was crash,
and tremblingly she looked out. the
autoist, at the risk of his own life,
had avoided the children by steering
against a large rock rising on one
side of the roadway. The car was
badly damaged. and it's one occupant
lay beside 1t unconscious.
Elinor ran down the steps and
knelt beside the still figure. In MIN
she saw a stranger, perhaps 1orty
years OF age, broad shouldered, and
with touches of gray in his dark halr.
She ran for Joel, who with passing
neighbor, carried the man into the
house. A doctor was sent Tor, ana
meantime Elinor bathed his foreneaa
and bound up the cut on his head. A
letter had fallen from his pocket; the
name upon it was Charles F. Taylor,
and a Chicago address.
In due time DR.. Sprague arrived.
His patient must have few stitches
taken. but lust yet he could not tell
as to how much or little he might
otherwise be injured.
"Can YOU keep him here, Miss Brad
ford for a day or two?' he asked. Il
present" 49,.
She could keep him, Of course, but
e was not until the following morn
ing that the strange man opened his
ewes To a realization Of his surround.
ings. -, -. ar,+ 1vord.
EIinor moved over beside him. You
h,,rk che answered.. 'AnO
Several moments later he asked a
second question What happened?"
"You risked your life to save two
little children" -,
"Did it-were they-saved"
Eyes, oh yes"
A few days later DR.. sprague pro-
nounced his patient out OF danger.
There, Mr.. Taylor" Ellnor Desan
one morning as she placed bouquet
on the table beside him, Il am Drihs-
ing bits of my garden to you' Dut
soon, l hope, you can go 10 tne
garden. I particularly want you 10
see my hollyhocks.
A peculiar expression passed over
the mans. face. Il Wonder why you
all call me Taylor" ar
In surprise Elinor explained:
see,' he said then, "and am from
Chicago, but my name happens TO pc
Wyman-Tom Wyman."
His companion gasped. TON wy
mani" she exclaimed. and never
mistrusted It,"
II must have changed more than
YOU have" the man went on,
would have known you anywhere.
Whereupon, to her own Indignant
amazement, Elinor found hersei1
blushing Hike school girl.
"For several years l have been IN.
tending to come back to the Ola
home" the man continued. but 1t
never cams right till now. hoped
TO call upon you while here, but dld
not intend to literally hurl myself at
vour doof as / seem to have done. so
vo,, see. I have seen your garden, put
for that reason I am all the more
anxious to see it now.
week later his wish was realized,
and az they walked through the old
garden he was telling more or MS
Rife to his companion than ever be-
fore. But" he ended gravely.
~ have never married. There has
never been any one-else."
they walked on in silence for a
moment, before. he paused looking
down at her. Her glance met his ana
fell before it. Then with all the
longing of twenty years he reached
ont his arms. "Elinor."
And w ithout word she went to
him, A little later he took small
case from his pocket and held It's
contents before her. ;.
do you remember that?" he asked.
II was faded, pink hollyhock.
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