Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1916-08-01
CHAPTER XII. (Continued.)

n n answer, he pulled of his coat and
arranged it carefully by the side or
the road on the grass. Then jerking
open the bag he had carried, ne TOOK
out q few towels, and three SOFT snlrts.
Hastily rolling them together Tor a
inflow. he added it to the bed pro tenn.
Then he turned again to Prudence.
.I'll carry you over here. and Tx you
- comfortably as can. Then Ill go
"a the nearest house and get wagon
I to take you home" ~.
Prudence was not shy, and realizing
that his plan was the wise one, she
made no objections when he came, to
help her across the road. L thlnK
can walk If you lift me up"
But the first movement sent sucn d
twinge OF pain through the woundeo
ankle that she clutched him frantlcaily
and burst into tears. 1T hurts, sne
cried, don't touch me-" @-.s.tE J.
d without speaking, he lifted her as
Il gently as he could and carried her TO
the place he had prepared for her
will you be warm enough? ne ask
ed, after he had stood looking aWk-
wardly down upon the sobblng girl as
4 long as he could endure 1t.
Yes" nodded Prudence, gulplng
down the big sob rising in her throat.
.'Ill .run Do you know which way
rs nearest to house? It's been long
thine since passed one coming this
Way: ~ " 49,.
It's two miles, I think. .....,.-...
"Tll 20 as fast as I can, and you will
he ali right. This COMPOUNDED cross
Ecut Is so out Of the way that no one
viii pass here for hours, l suppose.
Now lie as comfortably as you can
and do not worry. I'm going to run. -
on he started, but Prudence, left
alone. was suddenly frightened.
.Please, oh, please" she called after
him. and when he came back she bur
sieti her face in shame, deep in the lin
en- towel.
yfs..I'm afraid" she whispered, crying
again. II do not wish to be left
alone here. A snake might come, or
. tramp - -. -.--.-e. -
He sat down beside her. You're
nervous. ri stay with you until you
feel better. Some one may come this
way. but it isn't likely. A man pass
I'd on the road ways back told me to
would save mile Of travel. That's
how happened to come through the
woods and find you He smiled a
little, and Prudence. remembering
the nature of her accident, flushed.
4 Then, being Prudence, she laughed
ut was my own fault. had no
business to go coasting down like
that. But the mule was SO station
airy. It never occurred to me that he
contemplated moving for the next cen
fury at least. He WAS a bitter disap-
pointment." She looked down the
roadside where the mule was content
edly grazing, with never so much as
j sympathetic glance toward his vic
tim. e.,e@r.>.-' '. ....>.~- % - ri. .-- '
I'm afraid your bicycle is rather
badly done up" =
"Oh-whatever will Matte Moore
say to me? It's borrowed. Oh, l see
now, that it was just foolish pride that
made me unwilling to ride during de-
cent hours. What Ounce l was-as
usual
He. looked at her curiously. This
was beyond his comprehension.
"The bicycle belongs to Matte
Moore. She lives across the street
from the parsonage and wanted to
ride. She said could. But l was
ashamed to ride in the daytime, for
fear some of the members would think
It improper for a girl of the parson-
age, and so l got up at o'clock this
morning to do it on the SLY. Some.
how l never can remember that it is
Just as bad to do things when you
aren't seen as when you are. 1t
doesn't seem SO bad, does it? But Of
course it is.<s But l never think Of
that when need to be thinking of it.
Maybe I'll remember after this" She
was silent while. "Fairy'll have to
get breakfast and she always gets
fathers eggs. too hard" Silence
again. maybe papal, worry. But
then. thay- know by this time that
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