. "Courage"; a story wherein every one comes to the conclusion that the courage in question proved a courage worth having . dstill, rearhigh in the air beside her, and Courage, unableto stand another moment, drops in a limp littleheap to the flooring. My darling, darling Courage! whisperssome one close bending above her. Dear Miss Julia, and a little hand all of atremble gropes for Miss Julias face in the dark-ness. The draw swings back into place, and Sylviais on it in a flash. Oh, you didnt gib us nough time, shecries accusingly to David as she flies instantly divines her meaning,
. "Courage"; a story wherein every one comes to the conclusion that the courage in question proved a courage worth having . dstill, rearhigh in the air beside her, and Courage, unableto stand another moment, drops in a limp littleheap to the flooring. My darling, darling Courage! whisperssome one close bending above her. Dear Miss Julia, and a little hand all of atremble gropes for Miss Julias face in the dark-ness. The draw swings back into place, and Sylviais on it in a flash. Oh, you didnt gib us nough time, shecries accusingly to David as she flies instantly divines her meaning, for theyboth know Courage well enough to fear shemay have run some terrible danger, and seizingthe lantern, hanging midway in the draw, Davidfollows Sylvia as fast as tottering limbs willcarry him. What a sickening sensation sweepsover him as the horses loom up in the darknessand he sees a group of people crowding aboutsomething lying on the bridge ! She isnt deaded ! she isnt deaded ! Sylviajoyfully calls out, and that moment the lightfrom the lantern falls athwart a prostrate littlefigure in the midst of the FAST AS TOTTERING LIMBS WILL CARRY HIM. 9« COURAGE. I think I can get up now are the wordsthat meet Davids ear, and an answering Godbe praised ! escapes from his quivering some one turns the heads of the quietedhorses, and two ladies, one on either side ofCourage, help her back to the house. Larry,who has heard the commotion, succeeds ingetting dressed and out to the door just as thelittle party reach it. He starts alarmed andsurprised at the sight of Courage, but for-tunately is too blind to see the alarming stainsof blood on her little white face, but themoment they enter the light the others arequick to see them. Courage is lifted intoDavids big rocker, and Larry, groping into hisown room, brings a pillow for her back;Sylvia disappears and returns in a trice with atowel and a basin of water; Miss Julia, withshaking hands, measures something into
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