The Iowa plain dealer. [volume] (New Oregon, Howard County, Iowa) 1867-1895, 1877-05-04


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last, a. tlr hnr " Tie Ing Kitchen cl.s.k
STRIKING n.
N WAS III tie same instant TINT The
shadows III swn who were walking side
,,y aide In The moonlight fcll I'm the gate
/ In singnlarly unified manner: anil then.
- tic gate opened. Barbara sprung 81
lcr feet Mith slight exclamation. Size
i,n.i hcen sitting clpse 10 the low window.
seat, anil sir had not seen iii, or had
! forgotten. 81 light lamp.
There may or there may not have i,cen
any cause for surprise, Int Tho way vi II
ha,l been this; No sooncr were tile tea
things us,t III tho way tlan Mira. Hawkins
remembered nh crrs.Ml she hui in the
village, and Ind slipped quietly ont ~
perform Il. Nor would M simple mat.
ter have taken two long hours, hut that,
Just ~ thu widow WINS stepping across the
little foot-hriigc M the brook. the form
III n tall. brua,l-shumll,rd, vigorous ina,l
Of. say, ID summers stoo,l before iler, and
deep voice remarkcd:
hight about face. please. want |,
lit III talk with you, and there Il he ii,
chance for Ii NJ tho house.
| Not u worl xsid the widow, M Dai
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thought, If he wants ~ speak ri bar,
lMra, hc's right. for Bill EmMons mus,
10 there by tliS time. What fool sle
IL! lie don't begin 10 compare with
Dan.
II must be- confessed. however, that Il
seemed wonderfully pleasant, even when
Dnn turned mp the sha,lowy lime toward
tho grove, Ana when hr seemed disposed
10 put Of his express business md h
talk of his farm and his house, md ut last
ii himself.
~ have everything around me- fixed
~ nicclyn IN could n4k for, hc rcnnrkc,
M length: "bnt | gruw lonclicr every
day. The f,1t IL, I've determined Il
have u wifi. II can get the one | want;
hut there's only une IN all the viii.
world. Ill he lonrlier than | nm now
with my other"
Why don't yon speak ~ her. then y
Anid the widow, will, u hulf.cl,okr.l feel.
| ing ia her throat. She's very snsl.
blc girl. hut don't think il would b.
right for mo - try t. influence her
believe u woman ll.n ~ right u marry
without loving"
| Quick IN lightning very different
from buns Ordinarily caln, slow style
wns his responsive query HIVE yon
always lNen III that opinion !? ilnvr You
n.tcsl IN its"
The plump, noft ha,,,l on his arm wan
| jerkcd nWay In nn instant, nn,l llurlmr,' i
| angry nn,l mountaineering. IN she stepped
hsck from him, oxelniming. How
dare yon! Whit have yon ~ 10 with
thatY AK Barbara for her secrets, II
yon will. Mine are my own
Exactly" responded the ste,uly-
minded Dim, bnt his voice was shaking
now IN spite II Ills self-control. !" Yon
have told me part u your secret, Marian
Hawkins. whether YIN meant 10 or not.
knew yon could never have loved him.
Now ] will tell yom mine. You nrc the
ono woman without whom must forever
~ lonely. ion hayr been only tn
faithful to Barbara, or yon would llayc
seen II before.
Rapid, earnest, passionate, grew tlc
strong mans words IN he uttered them.
and he closed with IL sudden forward
movement. Before tl,c wi,lnw knew II,
/ Dams nrnls were around hcr, and even
her trarx betrayed her.
II WIN TN lntc for anything Int ~ III
Dan have his own why. Snrl, Willfnl
lrlluw lr WAX. tn. AMI WHEN III Inst
thu widow insisted ~. going honcWnrl,
their arrival III the gntc waH siglAlixrl by
just sucll another THEFT M he had periM.
tmtcl twenty time. already, for itar.
ban's exclamation Ind been simply,
Kissed her"
Never wa~ = lamp lit ~ quickly III MI
| tile world before hut, between tlln iinl-
ing md the scratching II the match, Bll
Emmons managed a. nny---for he WIN !,
fellow I'll excellent mind" Perhaps
barbara, TINT mny remove some II ~,
difficulties.
And Barbara made no reply Int when
Dan ana thu widow came into tho parlor,
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