The new North-west. [volume] (Deer Lodge, Mont.) 1869-1897, 1872-11-09
THE NEW KoRTH9MEsA

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IT, passssely Niss Armour ope b9ck, via
u disorder Of the seron2 Sea>~s4d u II,
lsir; s'4 ~ f''aApsfs n peg p''''y p'a'
"Iss come - l. paid," she, ,.ssnur,d,
u Apppis1 q my feet again, and smiling up.
~ thou1h she had got where she best loved
sobs, jest such sails - she ~dalt hay
4 given 70 The stokers down in tie engine
II roam .sos 70 the ships cat But It WAS love.
~ 70 look upon while It lasted, and We
Il nkddi:agod people have learned u vssm
l9srsdves In any chance ray of sunlight.
4 thout- stopping 10 eossidse vhcaher II b
likely to Ike perpetual.
This Vino the bit Of sunshine did moi stay
png, for there came ~ "a sitiss with bib
ketc1 book and when Miss Armour had
Sufficiently admired his grauh,c penSiunss of
the captain and the q uartcrmaster, and the
sea>sick occupant Of IN upper berth, It vas
time 70 throw the I6g, and 20 he bore her
~, II iind out BY. her OWL eyss whether
We wcre actually going 1t the tsse Of thif.
teen knots or only twelve snas.half, r. p,
CTh ras how the days went. The. pas.
scngcrs read and paced the deck, played
games and guessed riddles, and were always
hungry; the pilot stood steady and firm at
the wheel. TIKI, aailon nan up and down
tht rigging, like oyergrown spiders. and
were forever securing and >crubbIng. tying
aud untying, drawing up and letting down.
Thus at last We had come safely almost to
our desired haven. With fair, sailing, VIC
were only oss day out from port; and, fond
NJ We bad grown to he Of each other. We
tfrae getting impatient ~ part, rrurnEC
Miss Armour, during all the voyage. had
kept on o. she had begun, beguiling every
one with her trick of lip and eye They ran
after her like boys At the string Of q kite.
Wei Abey had nothing better. to ID Just
tiAa< I'D when she faded out, -, the rain.
how fades, made no doubt she would he
~ easily forgotten, or only yepenbered -
midsummsr's day dream. by al. unless Il
might Ike . solitary, warm hearted man like
the New Zealander. To tell tho truth, l WAS
little sorry for him.. Evidently, life had
~ hsought him Ill it might; and he was
hungry for the love and confidence that had
sever been his. So / 10, afraid he would
miss this little sparkle Of girlhood and warm
youth, and find the void deeper when it bad
gone out. ~r9 .r,,y..y,lt.
To the very last day Rosa kept Der place
BY my chair; and 10 TIC very last the New
Zealanter kept his place BY her when no one
younger stepped IN to carry her off
which was pretty often, to Be sure. Then
he always aaictiy went away Ai,nsssf. with
kind Of regret in bis facs q o. dis last
morning, Miss Armour had just left. "
aloug with z young lawyer, to drop oranges
and Lemons among the Storage passengers.
VIXEN I noticed che New Zeslauder looking,
after her with sadder regret than usual
almost psin-in his eyes! He had such
handsome dark eyes! could 80 that with.
ous my glassss reg. -.,. ... ..r,t ,..,.
Now" said l u myself. II hops l,s
isn't going 70 GET sott-a sessible. gentle.
manly, agreeable man Ike lin. Old enough |
to'be bcr father" And 20 I looked At him
II rec II he Was, when suddenly he turned
upon me. - - III f'tS'
AT least you might have written Agatha
WcIls!" said 10 sharply, , .....,,.r,
I stsrted, goa may think. to hear my
name 50 faauiasx Sroken BY > stranger;
shsn, looking again, behold saw be.
meath the bronze, and behind the beard, .
fsee that twenty gears ago wss the dearest
10 abe world to n,s-thc fsce Of Duncsu
Ashley! We parted one day expecting to
meet or the next; but that evening h. W.
tesaled away. and wrote instead Of coming.
In bic letter he said what he had said before
with hiscyes-yes those same Beautiful eyes
-that l was the choice Of his hsast and the
desire of bis life
b s''Answer me-" he said, II cannot wait Till
I 80 you"
: Sol answered. long foolish letter, though
there was no need Of writing; for be had
read Oh could say long before, will, those
eyes OF his. Than I watched and waited
Tor him; but never SAW him or heard one
wordamorc. i, you sre young, you can i'm.
asiss the slow dying out Of hope and ex.
pitlon, and ifyou ore old, youknow how
.sucA shinss can he lived over, and hidden
IN secret grsvss. s..-.a., n. a..
But now, ~ though the graves hid bssu
opened nd tbe Judgement ~, came this
.Saldp and reproschful question up from
Tho buried past. fairly caught my breath,
. ! turned tack my eyes and looked him |
II W. face again.
H. ''R6rgixs ~, " aid he directly in : gen.
tler tone ~ did not mean to speak. You
brought it out with your eyes; that q1es.
tioninE turn was 30 familiar OF course
JON were quito right. and never blamed
you. ! nsver meant you TO see me
@eaiN; hut the temptation 10 feel myself be. |
~ you, only 70 IL IL the soothing CHARM |
" your presence, Wa ITO great. It has
-: :.:I.. e's e y! 1.h s,, <l'A ~ a. 'A'
80 vas ri.iakie xb bssy hpl / pas oss my |
md, Il wrote, Duncan Ashley said i,
et.:th9 les.ss Asss sss6 oewAas.r- - ~
t'.Ysu did! You wrote he cried. siaking !
hack In bis chair again, and looking n me
enksfly. "Whs! did you ssy :"
"Tbess was oily one 'ti3l6g coud fay.s
lqd1 mid that answered, blasaiss -
though had just vtites6 ne letter '.ss,
A mlddlc.sged wosnin m hood and vaeiss !
nof! But dear nsia.Is ~ esly N.Y.
sassathas was middksd after a.; ~
Asazt vss - young sad silly y ever. And |
a. fcf Duocan's face, the marks Of care,
~ thought, and time AN OH leaving In
i only the eternal yoptb Of love.
Its,s bssM yt .Ms Iost 'let,eI, ~
thaS3ler story Of proud man believing
hinef rejected asd hsmiliaisd. >and aseipg
tsshe ends If The earth with bis pain.
"Tveuty precious years W2tod!" sa,d my