f the mysteries
of anatomy to discover that the arm was broken between the elbow and the
shoulder.

"I am afraid your arm is broken," said he cautiously, as though he feared
the announcement would cause her to faint again.

"I am glad it is no worse," said she with a languid smile, and without
exhibiting the least indication of feminine weakness.

"It might have been worse, certainly. Can I do anything more for you?"
added Lieutenant Somers, glancing at the wreck of the cars, with a
feeling that his duty then was a less pleasing one than that of attending
to the wants of the beautiful stranger; for there were still men and
women lying helpless and unserved in the midst of the ruins.

The train stopped upon the road; and the passengers, though appalled by
the sight, rushed down the bank to render willing assistance to the
sufferers. Among them was the father of the young lady, who leaped
frantically down the steep, and passed from one to another of the forms
which the survivors had taken from the wreck.

"There is your father," said Lieutenant Somers as he recognized him among
the excited passengers. "I will go and tell him where you are."

"Do, if you please," replied the lady faintly.

He ran to the distracted parent, and seized him by the arm as he dashed
from one place to another in search of the gentle maiden whose life was
part of his own.

"Your daughter is out here, sir," said Lieutenant Somers, pointing to the
spot where he had borne her.

"My daughter!" gasped the agonized father. "Where--where?"

"In this direction, sir."

"Is she--O Heaven, spare me!" groaned he.

"She is hurt, but I think not very badly. Her left arm is broken, and her
head is slightly cut."

"O God, I thank Thee!" gasped the father, as he walked with the
lieutenant to the place where the young lady was sitting on the grass.

"I think you need not be alarmed about her," added our officer, anxious
to console the suffering parent.

"My poor Emmie!" exclaimed the anxious father when they reached the spot,
while he knelt down upon the grass by her side, the tears coursing in
torrents down his pale cheeks.

"Don't be alarmed, father," replied she, putting her uninjured arm around
his neck and kissing him, while their tears mingled. "I am not much hurt,
father."

Lieutenant Somers had a heart as well as a strong and willing arm, and he
could not restrain his own tears as he witnessed the touching scene. The
meeting seemed to