rHE MAID of the MOUNTAIN 



" De sam', m sieu , I 'av' seen de name h'on de 

 prayer-book which she keep h'on de 'ouse. I 

 would h'ax you, m sieu\ wat it ees bes' for do ? " 



I thought for a moment or two, and decided 

 upon a plan of action. " Leave it to me," said 

 I to Charlo, " I '11 make it the event of the 

 winter." 



I got up and walked around to the bedside of 

 O'Scanlen. " Well, my man," said I, extending 

 my hand to him, " I 'm glad to see that you are 

 almost better, for I 've some news for you that 

 you '11 be pleased to hear." 



"Is it" — and here O'Scanlen raised himself in 

 the bed, and fixed me with an appealing look — 

 "is it that she's alive and well?" said he, in a 

 voice trembling with emotion. 



" It is," I simply answered. 



" Glory be to God ! " said O'Scanlen, " but this 

 is a great hour." 



Thereupon I told him the story of the Maid of 

 the Mountain, and Charlo's part in the discovery. 

 " And now," I added at the close, *' as both 

 Charlo and you are to be discharged from the 

 hospital to-morrow, I am going to drive you two 

 out to the mountain, instead of sending for Mrs. 

 O'Scanlen, and we '11 have a house-warming when 

 we get there." 



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