Lexington weekly intelligencer. (Lexington, Mo.) 1871-1887, 1877-11-10

AIN III lO re way he WOuIa ASK, |
apologcticalIy; and the answer y as iu- |
rar!abiy gracious II curt one: NO
no more than In cat Stay whccr yn' !
are. lad an make yn rcSen' cn,uiOr- |
table
There WAS Il change, however. in the |
nature OF their intercourse, hut III b, dId |
| not occur until the lad had been with |
| them some three months For several !
days he had been a!ing AMI unlike him |
seli lie had even been more silent than |
| usual he had eaten but little, ,and ltggrd |
Oh his way to and from his work: hc |
irUkcd thinner. and IN Sep WAS So" |
and uncertain. There was great An |
alteration III him, in fact, that Be>s soft |
rncd toward him vi~lbly >h" secretly |
brst"wcd the best mor~r.- upon him, |
and even went - tar ~ To attempt con- |
yrr-ltIon. Let yo're work 90 II Bit"
eh" advised: ''yo.r T.. moan 1t tur it
But he did not give up nnt.i HE third |
week ul Illness and then one warm day |
at noon, brss. At work in her kitchen |
among dishes and pans. was startled in !
her .Hb"r> by his appearing NJ the door
and staggering toward her W hat =
mp wi 50" She den;tnI,.d 40 look !
ioike death
4 dunnot know, he it}t-rcd.ud then. |
staggering again, caught al hcr 'irr>- /
with feeble hands ''Duuuot ,u'. he /
whs! !errd. siihng l"rwald. ''daunot /
lu let no one com" aUigh M.
She hung a strong arm around hitn. |
and saved him from II heavy ia.I. Ill, /
head dropped hc.piees!y against h"I /
breast
Hes tainted lead AWAY she aid /
"hc mum hi hc..u worse lnan he lhoH ,
iur
She laid him down. amt. !oosening
his c.othc, AT the throat wen: ipr water
but a lew moments alter ~hc had bent
over hin an exclamation, which was a
most cry. b:uhc from her. Lord iI;t
/ mercy she said, and tel back. losing
! something OF color herself
! She had scar, ely recovered herse!!
! even when, alter prolonged efforts, she
! succeeded III restoring animation to the
! PROSTATE figure under hvr hands. The
heavy eyes opening met hers in pteous
appeal AMI protest.
| th0wt / wur death CONN. said the
| lad. Il wur h"pin' ~ il wur death
| w nat ha Y" don't a. y" need wish
that = said BcSs; ami then, her Voice.
shaking with excitement. which got the
! better OF her, and lprc,:d her t. rcvea.
herself. she added, I've fan cot that
a. yo've been hiin'.
| Abrupt and unpr-iaced rs her speech
was, it scarcely produced the effect -he
expected il would. Her charge neither
! ilinched nor rc,id-nrd He laid wcIM
rough hand upon her dress with a .ceb.y
| pleading touch. ''punnut 20 turm aGen
ne" he whispered; ''yo' w"u.dUt il 30
/ knew
! But duuuot know. Bps> answered,
trlti" doggeilv. despite her inward re
ientiM--.
Il conn to vo'." persisted the lad
because thuwt y"' woulina turn ag,'n
me; y"' wnuldna.@ patiently AGAIN, 1t
yn' knew.
Gradually the ponderous witticism in
which Janmer had Indu, -ri hecamc Al
accepted Joke in the settlement. Bess
had tal en- = victim TO the tender senti-
ment al last She had found All Itdurrr.
aid had apparently sUccumbel 10 hl-
opportunities Seth spent les time in his
shantv and more in her society. He
fingered IN her vicinity on all possible
occasions. and seemed ~ derive comfort
from her mere presence And Be-- not
only tolerated but encouraged him Not
-
cffu>iye: she rather extended q. rough
protection to her admirrr. and displayed
Il tendency to fight his battles auI eirI-
pIoy her sharper wit rs 4 weapon in hl-
brhaii.
"lo' may get til best O. him." she
once said Grylv to the wit "r the
Creek. VIII" had been j"cular At his r1-
pcn-e. hut yo Gonna get the best "
me. Try me bit. lad. IN better
worth your mettle.
What takkru yo,' lass ?" said her
mother. ut another time. ~ ore tina;
thecr soft about tn cnap a thcers 10
makkin' yo out. Yo' wur ri,vcy loikr
to be SOFT atorr. somewhntl"StiIy An
its noun his good looks. nrlther."
No." said B.sS-''its moan his good
looks"
'Happen its his lack on EN-. them"
''Happen ii i " An! there the dis
cus>iOn ended Tor want ul material.
There WAS one prrS"n. however. who
did not Join III In" i"-timy and this was
Langley When he bean Ia understand
: tn. matter. he regarded the two VIII,
: sympathetic curiosity and interest. WIN
shoIId not their primitive ami Tn"o"tn
love develop and form 4 tie To- b!nd the.
brighten them? II may have been that
l> own mental C"ndit."u Al ;h> time
was such a. would tend to soften h>
heart. ivy an innocent passion. 'nnG cher
: i-hrd in its bad. had burst into its iu,,
! blooming during the months he ha'!
. spent amid the novel he etutv and lonrii.
ness, and perhaps hi- new "Ei>. Subduc,i
+ hIu somewhat A.wuv- ready with =
q I.
) with il where Seth WAS concerned He
/ never passed hm without one, ami !rr-
| queut'v reined in his horse I" speak t,
. HIM nj greater length Now and then.
: on his va; home at night he stop
i ped at the Shanty's door. and sum.
{ mnuing the lad detained him tor a few
= minutes chatting in the odorous evening
. air, 1t WAS thoroughly in accordance
- with the impulses ul his frank and gen
I erous nature that he >hould enhrhvur t,
win upon him and gain his Confidence
= I'VE are both Deception men" he w0u,d
q say. 'aud it i natural that we should ht
a friends We are both alone and u long
way from home
p But the lad waS always timid and slow
of speech. His gratitude showed itsc.,
o in ways enough. but it rarely took the
y form t.! words Only. one Night rs the
D.. horse moved away. ne laid his hand
n upon the bride and held il Il moment
S some powerful emotion showed itself in
} his face, ;lni lowering his y"ic" until il
= was almost a whisper. ''Mr~i"r. he
: said. "l threr ivver owt to h. done Il,
| is hare! an loike t" bring PAIN An dan,
l. ger. y"'ll-yo Il not Iorgct me
:, Langley looked down at him with d
mingled feeling of warm pity and or"p
e bewildermcnr Forget yea - he
echoed
The dullneSs seemed to have Grnpped
. away from the commonplace lace Is il
, Il had been aveil the eyes wcr" burning
: with :. hungry path"s aud FIRE and pas
., sion: they were raised tu his ana he'd
HIM with the power ot an Understandable
: anguish. "Dunuot forget aS I'm here.
. the voice growing sharp and intense,
| ready an eager an waitin fur III tom.
to come. Let me dH Summat or brave
Sumnat OF suffer ,ummSt, tor God .
sake
Whom the Young man rode AWAY il
was with :, sense Of weight and pain
= | upon him. II. WAS mystiiicd People
were often grateful :" him. but their
= gratitude was not So much a> this: this
I.