Courier Democrat. (Langdon, N.D.) 1891-1920, 1919-10-30
"Don't make a fuss, mother! Moth
ing's the matter. That darned silly

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ing's the matter. That darned silly
horse"
Sudden tears stood in Isabel's eyes.
ITO see you down underneath-drag-
ging-oh!-" Then with shaking
hands she began to brush the snow
from him.
Let me alone" he protested. you'll
ruin your gloves. You're getting snow
all over you, and"
"No, no." she cried. you'll catch
cold; you mustn't catch cold" And
she continued to brush him.
Anderson had brought Lucy's hat;
Miss Fanny acted as 'lady's maid; and
both victims of the accident were
presently restored to about their usual
appearance and condition of apparel.
In fact, encouraged by the two older
gentlemen, the entire party, with one
exception decided that the episode
was after all a merry one, and began
to laugh about it. But George was
GUNNER than the December twilight
now swiftly closing in.
"That darned horse! he said.
II wouldn't bother about P%endennis,
George" said his uncle. you can
send a man out for what's left of the
cutter. tomorrow, and Pendennis will
gallop home to his stable: he'll be
there a long while before we will, be-
cause all we've got to depend on to
get us home is Gene Morgan's broken
down chatting dish yonder."
They were approaching the machine
as he spoke, and his friend. again I'M
derneath it, heard him. He emerged,
smiling. "She'l CO." he said.
"What!"
GAIL aboaEd!"
He offered his hand to Isabel. She
was smiling but still pale, and her
eyes, in spite of the smile, kept upon
George in a shocked anxiety. Miss
Fanny had already mounted to the
rear seat, and George, after helping
Lucy Morgan to climb up beside his
aunt, was following. Isabel saw that
his shoes were light things of patent
leather, and that snow was clinging
. to them. She made a little rush
toward him, and, as one of his feet
rested on the iron step of the machine
in mounting, she began to clean the
snow from his shoe with her almost
aerial lace handkerchief. "You mustn't
catch cold" she cried.
= "Stop that" George shouted, anG
f%uriously withdrew his foot. "Fol
heavens sake get in! You're stand
= ing in the snow yourself. Get in !"
, Isabel consented, turning to Morgan
: hensiveness was somewhat accentu
ated.. He climbed up after her, Georg'
Anderson having gone to the othe
side. you're the same Isabel I use'
to know!" he said in a low voice
you're a divinely ridiculous woman.
. "Am /, Eugene?" she said, not dis
pleased. "sDivinely' and ridiculous
just counterbalance each other, dom
they? Plus one and minus one equa
t nothing; so you mean I'm nothing i
9 particulars"
mo-" he answered, Juggling at
lever. "That doesn't seem to he pre-
, cisely what I meant. There!' Thi
y exclamation referred TO the subterr:
- near machinery, for dismaying sound
came from beneath the floor, and tn
- vehicle plunged. then rolled noisil
- forward.
"Behold!" George Anderson e,
claimed. "She does novel. 1t mus
be another accident" -.~.~- ~~p>ygsf
":Accident?" Morgan shouted ove
the din. mo! She breathes, sh
stirs; she seems to feel a thrill of lii
- along her keelw And he began I
sing The Star Spangled Banner"
- Anderson joined him Justify, an
= sang on when Morgan stopped. Hi
II nephew, behind, was gloomy. He ha
~ overheard his mothers conversatio
is with the inventor: it seemed curiou
u to him that this Morgan, of whom h
Sc had never heard until last nigh
~ should be using the name sIsabel" s
IL easily; and George felt that it was nj
just the thing for his mother to ca
Morgan Eugene" the resentment
Il the previous night came upon Geors
a. again. Meanwhile his mother an
Z" Morgan continued their talk; but i
could no longer hear what they sale
the noise of the car and his uncle
songful mood prevented: He marke
how animated Isabel seemed; it We
not strange to see his mother SO ga
but it was strange that a man not
the family should be the cause
her gayety. And George sat sroWnin
Lucy turned to him. "You tried
swing underneath me and break IL
fall for me when we went over" ST
said. 81 knew you were doing tina
and-it was nice of YOU"
"Wasn't any fall to speak Of
returned brusquely. couldn't ha,
hurt either of u.s.
"Still it was friendly of yOu-an
awfu!ly quick, too. III not-Tll NJ
}" forget it,
[ Her voice had a sound of genuine
y ness, very pleasant, and George b