Year: 1874

directly toward the steep and precipitou
dethvity near which he was standing


Behind in the road lay man who ha'
evidently been thrown out of the vehicle
while in the carriage was young lady, il
whose terrified manner Robert Parton a
once recognized a nearness to peril, whicl
he az well as herself fully recognized a
imminent. In a moment he had sprung
forward and was ready to catch the horse
AS they turned the road where it terminated
IN the bend Of the same.


On they came at a rate Of speed fright
ful and rapid. Around the bend, ant
then they swung free from the intended
grasp of Robert, and as he wisely foresee
ing his only opportunity to rescue the
lady, the terrified occupant of the carriage
he sprang into the carriage and caught he1
by the waist as the horses, unable to con
troll their swift impetus Of motion CRASHED
over the precipice, He sprang from ths
seat, retaining his hold of his companion
as he did so, and caught at the bushes anc
shrubs over hanging the ravine as the
horses and the vehicle were dashed Il
pieces on the rocky bottom Of the ravins
far below.


1t had been but the work Of moment
the entire movements of the active young
mechanic, vet ere he knew it, before he
coul1 fully comprehend his position, with
an almost superhuman effort he had pulled
himself and his companion, who hung
I heavily upon his other arm and who had
evidently tainted with the fright, up oveI
the edge Of the precipice and upon the
level plateau ground. Then he lay her
insensible form upon the green sward, and
looked down into the dark ravine He
shuddered AS he looked and realized what
a fearful doom he had escaped-he and his
fair young companion, for ne saw that she
was fair that despite the wan pallor Of
her face, despite the bedraggled and torn
dress, she was beautiful as peri, graceful
as Venus AMI intelligent and refined
Darkness was fast settling over the land
scape, as Robert Parton lifted the insensi-
bic maiden in his strong arms and bore
her down the road leading from the hills
to the village below. He did not observe
the form Of the man who had been thrown
from the carriage while the horses had
been dashing down the road, and he knew
that he must have succumbed to the force
of the fall, for he was not to be seen any
where. Robert did not at first know where
to convey the maiden. Unfamiliar as he
was with the locality he did not know if
she was a resident Of Paterson or not
Darkness was becoming an obstacle to
progress when he met man coming up
the slope. The man was at once directed
by him to proceed to the spot where the
man had been thrown from the runaway
team, and he was proceeding on with his
burden when he heard her sigh softly, and
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rest upon his arm and sustained her with
his arm.


Where am she asked, as she gazed
around her and started as her eyes met the
solicitous glance Of her companion, whose
features and form, although dimly outlined
in the moonlight, was strange to her.
- How came l here


She attempted to withdraw from mis-
arms as she propounded the interrogatory,
but Robert, observing that she was weak
from her recent excitement, soOthed her
with the words


+" Do not be alarmed, madam, you have
been insensible for some time, but you are
now entirely safe"


81 have been in danger she muir
INJURED, interrcgatively, and then as her
mind became flooded with a remembrance
Of what had occurred, she shuddered and
leaned heavily upon the arm Of her com
panion.


You are growing weaker and less able
to endure fatigue, said Robert, gently,
" and your friends must be alarmed at
your absence, if they have heard Of the
accident. ! will accompany you to your
home, if you will Indicate the way"


They had descended the slope as they
were speaking and had reached the edge Of
the village, not far from where the resi-
dences Of the more wealthy people Of the
place resided. At the gate Of one of these
beautiful villas the lady stopped. Her
companion opened the gate and led her
up to the verandah of the residence, where
sat gentleman in whom Robert readily
recognized his employer, Mr.. Tremayne.


Instinctively, as he observed his daugh-
ter accompanied by stranger and wit
messed her torn apparel, Mr. Tremayne
started forward and caught her in his arms
as she cried out


"Oh Papa y"


What has happened what is it }"
demanded the old gentleman Of Robert.


''Calm yourself, sir, no harm has come
to your daughter, although the carriage in
which she has been riding and the horses
are lying in the ravine, the former ruined,
the latter dead Your daughters COM
panion l have sent a man to attend to, he
having been thrown from the carriage and
rendered insensible from the fall from it. "


a runaway, then J"


"Yes, sir"


Despite the meagre information of the
accident which had been afforded Mr..
Tremayne, his solicitude for little over
came his curiosity, and he led his daughter
into the house and, having placed her in
the charge of the housekeeper, returned
10 the verandah where he had left Robert.


"Come in, SIR" he said, leadir' the
way into the library, in which the gas " as
lit, I" the rescuer of my daughter must not
leave here until have had an opportunity
to thank him for his heroic deed. No de-
probation Of your deed, sir, my daughter
in few words has told me all. How did
it all happen Z"


In few words the young mechanic de-
tailed the occurrence as far N he knew,
closing with the inference that the horses
had become frightened at something and
had run away.


Their conversation was abruptly termin-
ated by the arrival Of two mea at the hall
door, leading between them man. One
of the men was the same whom Robert
had directed to the spot where the Ermer
companion Of Miss Tremayne had iain,
after having been thrown from the car
riage.


Both Mr.. TremAyne and Robert has
tened to the door, a. they heard the com.
motion, and aided the men in conveying
the bruised and MANNED form of the mar
into Mr.. Tremayne's library. As they did
So, and ~ the pale features Of the insen
sible man were fully revealed. by the gas
light, he recognized the book-keeper of tbs
firm Of Messrs- TremsyDe q Adams-th'
man he had seen somewhere before, h
knew not where-Mr. Edwin Amory.