The Eureka sentinel. [volume] (Eureka, Nev.) 1902-current, 1915-02-20

reins gave me the necessary purchase.
and my first effort proved that the team
, could easily be controlled IL 1 could
only keep them in the road. but as |
pulled they crowded me to one side,
and / was soon fighting to save myself.
| Closer and closer they pressed me to
| the bank until it was no safer to let
them go and have the carriage crash
into me than 1t was to cling OF and
risk being crushed under their hoofs.
Suddenly / felt them swerve from the
bank and. ~glancing to the right. / saw
Barbara Frayne clinging to the bride
of the of horse, and before another
hundred yards were covered the run
aways were at a standstill, painting
with exhaustion and quivering In every
limb.
Bravo, and well ridden. comrade."
/ shouted, as soon as l could speak.
Another moment and I'd have been
done for! l owe you
The passengers" she gasped, point
ing to the carriage.
l leaped from my horse and, running
to the coach, tried to open the door,
but, finding the handle missing. thrust
my head through the open window and
peered inside. In the farther corner
covered the housekeeper, Madeline
Mapes, with the Field girl lying uncon-
scious in her arms.
Amazed as / was at my discovery,
there was no opportunity for conjec-
ture or question. for the condition Of
the Field girl demanded instant at
t~ention, and, requesting Miss Frayne
to leave the horses and get some wa
ter, l hurried to the other door of the
carriage only to find that it, too. lack
ed a handle and could not be opened
either from without or within. A re-
sort to force was the only alternative,
and dragging a fence rail to the car
rage 1 showed it through one Of the
windows and used 1t as a battering
ram on the opposite door until 1t burst
open with a crash of splintered wood
work. In another instant l had the
unconscious girl on the grass by the
roadside, and Barbara Frayne and
Miss Mapes were working over her
side by side. Neither woman spoke
until the patient was restored to con-
s~ciousness, but the moment she opened
her eyes the h~ousekeeper threw her
arms about Miss Frayne, who returned
the embrace with equal warmth, and
the two remained silently for some
moments clasped in each others arms.
1t was. the first sign of recognition
which had passed between them. and
/ vas fairly astounded by the sight.
1t had never occurred to me that Bar
bara Frayne might know more than
one member of the Shaw household,
and under the existing circumstances
the h~ousekeeper was the last wont
in the world with whom l would have
had her acquainted. Miss Mapes' first
words, however, assured me that they
had never met before.
MAY God bless you, dear Miss
Frayner' she exclaimed. "You see, I
know the name of my preserver, even
il she doesn't know mine," she added
smilingly.
you are Miss Mapes-aren't your
Miss Barbara queried hesitatingly.
Yes, and this is Betty Field. Have
you ever heard of Betty? NoT"-the
housekeeper stopped over the pros
trate girl and, placing her arm about
her. slowly raised her to a sitting po-
sition-"Betty," she continued, this is
Miss Frayne-she saved us-saved your
life and NINE"
Indeed, I didn't" protested Miss
Frayne. "Mr. Lambert stopped the
horses. / merely helped to keep them
in the road"
"Mr. LAMBERT"
The housekeeper's arms relaxed and
allowed her burden to sink back unno-
ticed upon the grass as she leaned for
ward excitedly.
"Not Mr.. Lambert, the foreman?''
she whispered incredulously.
Miss Frayne gazed at the woman in
surprise.
Yes. What is there so startling in
that?'
"Why-er-I don't know. Nothing, !
suppose. Nothing is surprising after
Where is he?"
within ten feet of you," answered
Miss Barbara in a warning tone.
I could feel the woman's searching
glance eve with my back turned, but
l continued working with the horses
until she spoke my name.
"Mr. Lambert"
I turned to the group on the road
bank and nodded smilingly to Miss
Frayne.
"Your patient is herself again?" I
queried.
The housekeeper rose without an
swering and came to me, holding out
both her hands.
Il W my life to you, Mr.. Lambert"
she began. II and this girl here. All
we can do is to pray God to bless you
and thank him for you"
II am glad We happened to be here"
/ answered bluntly, ignoring her put
ctrafebod hands ssXouldpff if he u-oll