The West Virginian. [volume] (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1914-1974, 1922-02-25

Nv HsE eyes Lltt Ihst hu4hB VI
which she became conscious
was a pair Of gray eyes very close
70 her own, and handsome face
on which anxiety and relief strus-
gledtor mastery.
She was vaguely conscious that
all her body was one vast ache;
that when she tried to move her
right arm II refused to obey the
hehest OF her will; and that some.
thing-her hat. probably-was
twisted around her neck awkward
" and prodding with a sharp wIr.
into her shoulder.
Dimly she remembered what had
happened: how she had taken the
touring car and started downtown
10 meet her father at his office:
how she had swerved TO avoid run
ming down a street urchin who had
sprung from nowhere directly in
front OF her car; how there had
been a Changing OF gongs; and Il
erindlng OF brakes in her ear, and
4 looming vision Of the menacIng
front Of a heavy street car over
her very head; then darkness and
void, till the aching return OF con.
Hciousness and tho knowledge OF
the eyes near hers and OF a strong
arm supporting her shoulder,
AZ Weakly she tried TO raise herself
70 a sitting position, but the pain
made her sink backk again with
sroan. A voice belonging to the
man who owned the gray eyes
spoke.
Don't movc-you're all right ~
khey'll be here In a minute
SsWho were they? she wonder.
ed. Then she thought again Of the
ntchin who had been the cause OF
her accident. "How is-how is the
little boy?" she asked.
Hes all right-got off with a
bad scare. You saved his life. and
risked your own to do 1t. All
here It is"
1T" proved to be an ambulance,
which drew up with much ringing
Of the bell and chugging Of motor.
The crowd parted, and a spruce
Young inferno assisted the man
With the gray eyes to place Ethel
Sn the car. She made a last effort.
"Tell my father. W. Dor
rance-tell him I'm all right she
said; and then the cool white walls
OF the ambulance wayered queerly,
and there was a confused buEzing
in her ears, and she sank down;
down. through limitless space till
she reached a place where there
was darkness and silence and bless.
ed relief from pain.
When she came to herself she
was lying in her room at home.
Beside the bed she made out two
faces; ono OF a white capped nurse,
and the other tho anxious countcn-
ance Of her father. AS she opened
her eyes she heard him say THANK
God" and felt him take her hand.
Ehe held his fingers in convulslve
grip
%Am lam l all right?" she
\ whispered. 49,
eyes. thanks to the man who pick
ed you up. You gave US an awful
fright, little girl, but you're all
right now" Her fathers voice was
CHEEKY and his eyes met those OF
3 the nurse with a smile.
swfo was it?' she asked.
Il. don't know. He disappeared
after the accident. But the doctor
at the hospital said that II It had
not been for his first aid you might
have" he did not complete the
sentence. Sec here's the only
cIew we have to his IDENTITY" He
held up a handkerchief. "He twist
ed this into a tourniquet on your
arm and stopped the bleeding
where the glass from the wind
shield had cut you. The handker-
chief is marked j. H. That's all
we know"
neutrality-suspicious. he'll come to
claim It," she said with a faint
smile. Then, for she was still weak.
the nurse forbade further talk, and
gave her something that tasted
bitter, but which sent her into n
deep slumber from which she woke
refreshed.
Two weeks later, when she could
,sit up and felt able TO receive her
friends, many OF whom called to
congratulate her on her speedy re-
coyery. her father entered the
room with a twinkle in his eeys.
ETHEL my dear, have surprise
Tor you. no said Some one is go
ing to call on you in half an hour
some one you don't know yet,
but whom you will before long"
With these words he was gone. nor
could all her coaxing call HIM
back.
Promptly at the set time there
was knock >at her door. To her
1 Call her father replied, and entered
tishering In straugor-a stranger
with gray eyes.
t'Ethel" began her father, this
Is the young man to whom we owe
your life. May present Mr.. Harris
-my daughter. Mr.. Harris want
her to tell you herself how CRATE
full Ne all are for your prompt aid.
And by the way, she has some.
thing Of yours which you may
want. And the good man chuckled
to himself as he left tho room.
Two hours later Harris took his
departure. Ethel called her father
to her.
Daddy, think he's splendid.
How did you find who he VASE"
"WeIl, It was. curious coinci-
dence. Old man Morton. of the big
n firm OF lawyers, wrote in to ASK
how you were-he's an old friend
81 mine, you know-and said that
this young man. who was new
member OF tho firm, and a very
ciaYeT one had been there and