Union County courier. [volume] (Elk Point, Union County, D.T. [S.D.]) 187?-1913, 1879-10-08

q natuSe snlhcisatt TO have drawn M On
sNos roinsis crisd ssslla, coming
down 10 - q her blue yachting dresl
and broad hat, with tho fair hair waving
around her sweet face-ase - nymph In
disguiss.
aosrtainly nott' aid L "And
. as;1 ]. 9ss:sly prefer that Jon also y
tip ahe cried, in gay astonishment.
Why, how could ], deari couldn't,
you know. Tho sail ID given for me. I
wish you would co.
"Gol"I answered her In scorn.
She looked ct me In amazement.
!" Why do you speak sof' she asked.
"What right has that man to give
the sail TO youi-that-"I paused, re-
msmbering myself.
"Piease tell mo what you mean," she
aid, gently.
al msan nothing, except to insist that
You sAall not Join that party"
ut d absolutely impossible for me
mot 10 do 70" ahe said with 4 little gasp.
II you had spoken before; but now
now II would b rude and unkind, and
he u always 70 kind to me, It would not
even b decent; and then you know how
Mira Rattener-"
"Confound Mn. Ritteneri What do
I care 10 herf care for You. / won't
have ron compromised BY this fellows
address, Twill mot have the good name
- 49, kk~~~ tie
"Your future wife can take carr of
her own good name,m aid Stella then,
softly and gfavely, with . lovely digni-
u that for : moment quelled me. II
cannot 10" ahe resumed, breaking the
abort silence, the surprise not all yet
rome from her eyes, "why you will not
70 yourself. Just think how perfect It
q, DEAR" and her face began to kindle,
"sweeping out under the great white
sails In the sunshine, beneath blue sky
and over blue sea, with music and dane
ing and the glorious wind-and sunset at
|sea-and the little young moon sailing
along beGide NJ; and then tho starlight,
dear, when the dark II overhead and un-
derneath, and We seem to be floating sus.
pended in mysteryi And then, at last,
the sunrise, after the dawning, al pur-
pie and rose, and al the dewineas of
morning at re-. / was once with Mr..
Rittener. Oh, darling, do comet"
"Neveri" I cried, like the brute l
VA, rage and bitterness getting the bet
tor Of everything else ~ l thought of he1
with that wretch In all those scenes
"neveri And Il you persist In going, /
warn you now that IL Il the last request
ahall ever make of you. I shall leave
the place, and / shall consider every
thing between us 1t an end" And BE-
fore another word could be said, Mrs.
Rittener and Do Luyster and Florence
and Percival were ct our side, the scr.
wants were hurrying down with luggage,
the horses were pfancing ut the gate.
There was Q moment of confusion, some
protestatious, / fancied, some outcry,
and then, whether she would or no, sur.
rounded BY the others, and, all taken
for granted, she was In the carriage, and
they were Of
Well, what day., what hateful days
they were, that followed Of course ]
did not leave the place, and / spent the
time incoming about the island with my
sketching book. But all the glory had
gone from nature, all the mtiafaction oil
beauty from my soul; the sur shone and
the skies were blue, but tho world VA,
. wilderness. I could see nothing but
the great yacht bending and bowling
over the waters, . aiming phantom By
day, . pale ghost BY night; visions Of
the luxurious life, the dance music, the
A0weFs, the feasting, and in It all my
Stella and that man; when the sunlight
softened, when crimson suffhsed the
waves, when the deep delicious dusk shut
them In, rocking IN from billow to BIZ
low under the towering Of the great
shadowy sails, under the powdery splen-
dor of the stars, Stella and that man TO-
gether.
By the end Of the third day ] VA
wrought to . pitch of madness. ! felt
myself justified in my wrath-openly
de6ed, my tenderest feelings outraged;
/ aid / should never zee her again. /
abandoned her to her fate. I began to
paint then impetuously. Such sea scenes
q swept across my fancy such colors q
seemed to ripen ON my palettel Such
reefs wrspped with foam-wreaths Of
summer seas glimmering beyond them In
the hAlf-risen moon, like the paved way
into heaven, or those same reefs when
their horns tore the angry waters into
Aeece, stretch after stretch of storm
drowning out the horizons and the stag.
Eertng masts, or yet again the placid
dawn Of rudy day about them q long
waves dreamed up the curving shore,
and broke In rainbows round the naked
babies wading in, and the dipping wing
Of ssabirds. My pencil seemed possessed
OF magic; Fame danced before my eye
. ~resplsndent shape. Stella should
lament the day abe forsook the painter
Of pictures for that imbecile wealth.
And all at once / turned the canyases r.
the wall-my heart WAS breaking.
The Flight had been due ON the mid.
night tide. OF course, had Stella signi
lied the WisA, ahe would have beer
there-would have been there ever
earlier. The day drew ON to nightfall.
Other sails few budding in, pleasure
boats and stately ships and fishing Heetl
made anchor, and found haven from the
gathering storm; but there was no aigr
Of the Flight. Tho roaring east wind
came driving all the mists across the
land; the world Was wrapped In rain,
All night the tempest ragged, swept acroaI
the gardens, and beat down the blossoms
on The terraces Of Aowen, sent great
boughs Aying through the air; all night
hearts stopped with its every fresh gust;
al night the land shook with its shock;
al night the . replied; and when ai
last day dawned, great racks of pearly
cloud lay Oh In the low eastern sky, 1
sephyr only moved from the south, and
all the sapphire blaxed above and blaxed
below, - Il the storm had been an evil
dream.
But It was no dream-the coast va
strewn with wrecn; more than one