Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1880-11-19

through her smile, such light into
her great hazel eyes rs she stood one
insta tranStixcd under his gaze. and
then dropped the baby into Charlotte'S
lap, and moved away So quietly that il
seemed To me had been dramng
and had not really seen Marion nj MI,
hut u vision OF her
4 1t was the same evening that there
was shooting III the long meadow, when
Marion, coming acroSS the field with
MIR, MunSor and SNl6c, stopped, as
they did, At the target one moment. to
observe the character otthe shots, Just
rs Raymy nde-who had come in from
shore with bag Of birds, and looking
| like a hrigand. III his high boots and
Slourhed hat had been called and conn
peeled 10 add his shot ~ the score, and
had Just drawn his gun 70 the shoulder,
! Maybank shouted Is Mr.. Mmson, and
he and his party were hmryiug up the
/ field and out Of the way. when, like Il
thunderbolt froura blue sky. Mr. Ray
mondeS gum went oh With u single
bound, rs il seemed, he WAS by Mariou's
side.
Are YOU hurt ?" he cried, "By
heavens, There is another hall len tor
me il you are"
But Marion, With the same haSty red
staining her cheeks for the second
time since had known her, had start
ed back, and conscious that all eyes
We're ON thcm laughing, held up the
end Of the little lock OF hair the ball
had shcared. II heard il whistle" She
said.
"llow tragedy treadS ON eur heels this
summer exclaimed Salhc,
"But We escape him, said Marion,
| Tightly, and passed on, rs Raymondc
stepped aside, STOPPING presently TO Ca
ress the spaniel that, by jumping on
Raymondc rs he stood waiting, had
been the cause Of the possible disaster
There was no more shooting that even
ing, but SAW who caught and hid the
| lock ot hair The bullet cut AWAY.
bay after day went Ivy, and Marion
swept along with the same indifferent
beauty, dancing end driving and bowl
ing and rowing and Strolling with this
one and the other and never Observing
Raymondr'S existence other than when
sometimes that rcheliouS red again
flushed her checks or she laughed
more gayly than usual whom she felt
rather than saw his presence. Mean
time all laymondc's old -timr sweet
ness went he had neither smiles nor in
tcrcst for amy; he no longer paused to
| look over my poor skntching board,
with the old pleasant words, although
/ In l,nI,
and tossed il IN the air. If the nurse
went Ivy with II rs he sat on the piazza
with his cigar The children missed
him III the bathing cove. ana the
lametuCr players in the hall and the
gossipers on the porehrs We're busy with
him, YOU may be sure. But he gave
no signs Of leaving had kept my
observations TO myself, and, except To
think him stony-hearted for being SO
untouched by the loylincsS Of woman
whose life he had saved and then again
so nearly taken, NJ t. make no more
advances. had allowed them rs little
thought aS possible. and no ono else
ever coupled his name with Marion's
even in thought, suppose, and SO the
J, %aSsipcrs were none the wiser. /, TO
he sure, had never had amy experience
i'll love affairs, but know enough TO
mind my own business, although / was
often sorely tempted to- give Raymonde
piece Of my mind, and Marion Il
dreadful taking down
Suddenly in the midst Of the pleas
uring, we awokc one day to find that
there had been FROST and although
as the sun mounted. it was still warm
and genial, everybody felt that sum
mer and plcasuring We're At an end
! The luggage came down as if il had
wings, and the mir, SO to say, was full of
flying trunks. 4 few however vet re-
manned and and among them Mrs
Mercer and her suit She awaiting her
husband and the cluster of more inti-
mate friends. Marion appeared to be
in a fever to get away but Raymonde
sand to me that he should stay ny long
rs the house kept open, for hr had NJ
ways cnjuScd the Indian summer hy
the sen. And tie went ON painting IN
the morning, and cunning in the after
noon, sometimes one or other Of the
gentlemen going with him, and We
could hear the puff of their rifles ccho-
ing away III the fairy music III along
the shore
II was the most perfect day, tlat last
one that he went ont, and went, rs il
CHANGED, alone. All the distant marsh
g and woody thickets were blazing with
gold and carmine under the soitcst VIC
let haze, and a silver sheen hung over
the sen like stretch Of galIze, behind
or through which phantom sails slipped
by For q time we heard the rifle here
and there, at least we might have heard
it; did, and then there was pack
pcddler with struggled shawl- and
laces nj the door, and we were so occu-
pied ia trying to get something for
nothing, with the true feminine instinct,
too, in some Of Us, for smuggling, that
sunset was on us in no time, its wide
blush dying out presently III grayncs.
and mist that before We rose from the
tea table had settled over everything
Ike rain, and through which 10 star
was to be seen
Ram IN the Good nothing but scud
Rain on he cbb 4. wc - u bed
quoted Mr. Munson. " Its going to be
n storm OF quality. If that holds rood =