The Red Cloud chief., 1879-09-04
II "a. very tina o, h.r. su, u. .sagsa

rrAdtEc sfl; nlfs yet EsHiAtY ErVstb&
"It'. tse primary p~n~tuiA;s can't nr 10
nv nind.- hs informed her. and si,h pi;ia-
: bio .~h-epi.hne... be forced himself - add
Al never sa~ sea-"
"Sor T." sbs replied. "sTosps in
PICTURE: but ~. not . hard ttisg
20 imagine; and any way. In ihi. ea-s. u
i.r'i the sea that signifies 80 much .. soms
other thlnx.-ths hip, for c.;Anos ADD the
poor stFl on tbs bank" Thsu sbs went n
10 intsrprst the ysr.e. 20 him, iiSs by itns,
ssshe under.tDod them, dwelling sp~rtails
upon the lone-orns maiden stfh d.nrss}si
hair and xlae-presd arms s~rrturiak her
heart out 90 sea n 4 song, but he sasT
seemed 10 ,sz.- her, for several tine sh~
paused An6 bit her mp a. ]. ~ \ io.- for the
risbt word. and AZ lAst. With -omsihtng Ike
d-.psraiioD. .hs turned Der re. FOIL upos
him and aid rather precpitAtsiy, though
earnestly:
ma, be The bother {. that you 5onr ~
derstsbd whAi being ia love Deah-"
I'm afraid 1 dob't grasp po-try yeTy
well" va. all tine sT-ucr b. mad and ~
he had looked closely he would have srsn
mantle. ign. Of d~i-zoahtUT. in s~r crga
iensncs a. shs folded the little paper and
sAt silently tviriing IL between her rapid
fngers, xatchisg him furflScig, and & anssng
no.. and then nj the csiling. bui he .s~
nothing Of her annoFsccs. He va. not
thinking now % her, nor q tn ye-.-.. nor
va va 80 NAhf = tH'A =. AAEH a. sH-A
Wa busy onoe more With ihe financial psOb-
ism-with the pyramid. the store. b1K and
the ash hopper. and the "dlazrams painted
on rolling canYa-." AMI 20 be soon re-
Cured 10 the matter % the ma-s-meeilng,
the election. and hi. CONGREGATIONS Nth
Uncle Ciif and the editor, and kept on tsis-
, Ing IN thi. strain, apparently forgetful o. al
else, until = late hour. and ceased his dis
course. a; length, only when Mis- Munger
complained. n. pleasantly As she could IN
der the circumstances, OF the chill night air,
and said she must beg 10 Toe excused
Daring the next week, the closing week
OF the campaign. Crayblll industriDu,ly pnr-
sued h. -peech-makng In the country
precincts; but when election DAY came he
Wa not 10 Ice found; indeed, he DID not
show himself until after the voting VA all
over. II was nearly 20 O'Clock Al EigAt- IN
fact, when he slipped into the Ns'- Brr
! Office with hdgety tread and = pale attsmp;
al nj customary smiling, and was received
with sundTy embarrassing eXclsfnatiOn- OF
interest ami favor by the crowd ther. col
/ lec'ei TO hear the returns from the various
I polling places. Uncle Glif was there. bland
and IoguaciOus, with hl- elbow upon the
editors table and hi feet amOnE the
exehanges-;he central figure, g. usu-
al: and grouped about him, on the
few precsriOu- chair, the empty
, coaI-boN, the impo-ing--tone. and the
dsmpcned pile Of paper fol- mex weeA'sy n
Era, Were sill the local politicians, tracking
their rude Jokes and rehear>ing their we'll
worn "reminiscences 81 former election.
crsybili drew apart from the crowd and
stood in the corner where the daily accumu-
( lItions Of Office dirt and rubbish were swept
with rigid method every morning. HIS coat
was buttoned closely and his hal pulled
d wn over his forehead, and there wa. n
scared, apprehensive look In HI eye-, which
deepened 10 species Of W A. he listened
10 the editor calling ont the Agures from the
arriving returns. He was 20 concealed from
view. and - reserved, that biz presence Wa
-oon lost sight OF, or WAS recalled only ri in
teryal> and IN brief HILLS OF the conversation /:
and during the excitement that followed the
announcement OF the final summing up-sn
announcement which told him that In a total
81 over twelve hundre votes, Just two TN
cle Cliff aud the editor presumably had
been east for him and his hobby.-he stole
quickly and unobserved out OF tine office,
and down the creaking stairs, and out be-
vond the town, on the road humeward, the
! fatal news ringing in his ears ~ every ster
like The challenge Of some pursuing ghost.
II was a superb night, and wrelched A.
he was, Crayhill could not wholly resist it,
abundant charm. Possibly his very heart
ache helped him in some occult way 10 see
and feel with more than passing acutene~s:
certainly the scene aroused, interested, and
even comforted him. He slackened his
pace a. he passed over the bluff that shut
out all sight Of the town behind him: and
gradually, there in the mOonlit wood, among
the many-shIped and fitting shadows, the
fact of his defeat somehow took the form of
a presentiment in his mind, irstead OF an
experience, and he said To himself:
"shc knows; YES, III" knows"
He was thinking of Miss Munger, and her
Encouraging Don't be too certain" when
he had sought 10 assure her he Wa going 10
D 10 .1...al Th.O D.. slammed and stood liz
tening 10 the subdued and tremulOu> flow II
the river, borne to him like music ON the
clear, eager air; and when he walked on
again, be went cautiously and slower than
before. a. il fearing hs might bresk the
grateful spell.
Miss Munger opened the door for him A.
he came along the little Path from the main
road 10 the house, and her wonan'> swift
instinct read hi~ failure in his face. lie was
spared the necessity Of saving he had met
defeat; she could see that plainly enough;
but il Wa no easy task to tell her how pOIs-
nspt and how crushing the defeat really
was. In time, however, he disclosed II all
not without marks OF deep grief, which he
did not seek to hide, nor yet emitting TO de-
clare bis belief that the result might have
been entirely different "if only he could have
haS the diagrams painted on rolling can
vas" And then, with bowed head, he await
ed her reproach.
But Miss Munger did not reproach him,
lid not 80 much a. remind him that -he had
half predicted just such an ending. She
merely gave him TO understand, in 8 few
fervent words, how Very. very sOTry she Wa.
aud then changed the subject from 4 person.
al to y general character, aud began talking
10 him about courage and fOrtitude and the
chance of finding balm for the worst oi
wounds. "CloudS only hinder the light
she remarked: "thav do not put II out. and
-. = L. bio 20 lra.l n, apr -, "
which was quite a neat way Of putting il,
she battered herself.
He did not comprehend her. however, eX-
cept in a theoretical sense, a. she could read
lily see; and so she made bold "a grasp other
tactics, and assert in plain and direct terms
what she bad vainlv aimed TO betray 10 him
delicsrely and by inference.
This il, all for you," she said and your
good. You are throwing your life await.
You brood too much; you are not enough
like other men. And it's all wrong. You
need a home OF our own"-she spoke less
firmly now, aud in a persuasive fashion," q
home, | saw, and somebody 10 think about.
II wouldn't be anv trouble AT all for you 10
ind a woman 10 love you, and understand
Won, and he o wife-I know il wouldn't.
Why don't YOU get msrried""
"Ies-fnznk you-yes," Craybill STAN
mered, hardly knowing what he WAS
doing, the situation was so new and so con-
IDunuluE-
She could restrain herself no longer. She
started from her seat and walked briskly
across the room; then she whisEei round
and retraced her steps in the same impul-
sive, fastening manner, aud stood erect be-
fore him, her hands clssped, and her eyes red
with repressed tears.
"Joshua Crsybiil," she exclaimed, ''you're
agoose!"
He did not reply st once, and did not look
up until he heard the window raised and the
shutters thrown open violently: and then he
saw her leaning against the ~window-side,
with her arms re>olutely folded. and her
face concealed from him in the RULED cur
tAins.
81 guess l sm." he presently observed,
and dropped his head again and was silent.
She stood CARING through the window At
the heavens, and longing TO have him speak.
But he said no more, and did not stir. The
stars shone feebly, she noticed, and the
moon was dim and unsteady, and sl at once
the surrounding clouds closed upon II and
shut it from sight. Then she turned away,
and went stsslthilv back 10 CrsybiIl, who
still sat there with bowed head and silent.
She called him gently by name, but be gave
no response; she took his hand in hers an
instant, and released il suddenly, and he
murmured something in broken accents. Of
which she caught only the words, .diagrsms