Hopkinsville Kentuckian. [volume] (Hopkinsville, Ky.) 1889-1918, 1913-06-21
DlAAOND 5IlCk I'm
II Held a Pink Carnation Which
Fulfilled Its Purpose
In Life.
BY NJ. pIssELL.

on the last long step down from the
car and would have gone headlong
had not man who stood waiting to
come aboard made quick step for.
ward and received her in his arms.
Il beg your pardon" he said as he
released her. But it seemed the only
way to keep you from a bad fall"
Thank you, for 1t was all my fault
L hope did not hurt your" The
shock had restored Doris self control
and she tried to smile as she asked
the question.
mo indeed; am very glad was
on the spot when needed" and touch
ing his hat, her rescuer swung aboard
the already moving train.
He dropped into the first vacant seat
on the station side of the car to look
back at Doris hurrying down the plat
form. II never saw a sweeter look
ing girl, but the DO, T little soul seem
ed to be in trouble" was his mental
comment
AS he settled back in the seat,
loosening his overcoat. something fell
to the floor with soft tinkle. He
stopped in surprise to pick up a pink
carnation, caught on the stem Of
which was a gold stick pin. The pin
was an exact imitation of four leaved
clover and tiny diamonds in the two
upper leaves formed the initials ID.
NJ"
Great Jehoshaphat! Have l taken
to robbing people unconsciously was
Stephen Lorimer's first thought-then
suddenly he remembered that the
pretty girl he had saved from a fall
was wearing a pink flower. "Oh hor-
rors-she win think that was why l
caught her. to relieve her of this!"
Doris had not noticed the loss of
either pin or flower, but was Fastening
TO her afflicted brother. Six months
before, he had come to the small town
Of Brantford to become assistant sur
veyor In a firm which had chosen him
from their numerous applicants. He
was getting on well until one unlucky
day there came q farmer from an out
lying farm with the request that some
capable man be sent back with him
at once to survey certain fields over
which he and q neighbor had come
to disagreement.
The work fell to David Mortimer,
and he made successful Job OF it
for his survey was accepted as salts
factory by all concerned, q friend of
both farmers acting as David's assist
ant. Late In the afternoon as the
farmer was driving the surveyor back
to Brantford behind team OF young
and spirited horses, a runaway result
ed from the sudden bouncing out of
big dog from behind a wall. Both
the farmer and David were thrown
out, but In some marvellous way the
farmer escaped injury, while poor Da-
vid who was flung onto a sharp rock
at the roadside received a broken leg
and a severe scalp wound.
The farmers frst thought after
picking himself up was for his hors-
es. He ran after them and found them
at standstill not many rods away.
They had swerved into the dense un-
dergrowth which came to the very
edge of the road, and were unable to
proceed. The light wagon which had
tipped over on its side behind them
acted as a sort Of anchor. 1t took sew
eral minutes to extrlcate them, but
to his delight their owner found that
they had not been hurt. When he had
righted the wagon and got his team
once more within the traces, the far
mer suddenly thought of his COM
panion in misfortune and hurriedly
drove back to find him. David lay I'M
conscious from the wound on his head,
but the farmer managed to lift him
into the wagon and drove as speed
lily as possible to a Brantford doctor.
II was in the doctors spare bedroom
that the young man regained con-
sciousness.
The scalp wound made him fever
ish; and after a day or two it was
thought best to send word of his &C
cident to the Mortimers. Thus Doris
came at once to nurse her big brother.
1t was the thought of him which had
brought the terars which caused her
own tumble.
Dr. Rogres' house was short dis
lance from the station and Doris was
shown at once to Davids room.
Doris! How good 1t is to see you
Il didn't know they had sent word
about my smash up"
Doris kissed him wherever she could
find a place below the bandage. You
look as though you had been on a reg
ular orgie-I never expected to see
my immaculate brother making such a
disreputable appearance. But as little
Alice said when her brother had chick
en- pox Il love you just the same. even
II you are ugly"
David laughed for the first time
since his disaster. Always something
cheerful even for the battered-you
are dear girl Doris" and he squeezed
her hand.
Father and mother sent you a car