The Cheyenne daily leader. [volume] (Cheyenne, Wyo.) 1870-1884, 1883-11-29

swift and eloquent gesture OF longing. I'm,
let ms gol ! must goi"
l was both shocked and disappointed, and
l told her so, and tried to reason with her.
where would you gor' asked. There
are no gipsies near that you could join, and
you would soon starve and die alone; and,
besides, how can you leave poor baby and
NET Do you not love US, Helenorer'
"Oh. / do, / dol" she cried paSsionately,
throwing herself down upon the floor; land
/ do try not to hear them call. I put mine
fingers on my ears, but 1 hear them Just thu
sameIr
"who calls you, HeienoreT"I asked.
"Au things out-o'-doors; the birds and bees
and tho winds. They call me, always, al
ways; they say, 'Helenore, Helenorc, GOMEZ
and l must gol" she cried, springing to her
feet and looking wildly around
1 feared she was losing her mind, and was
much alarmed about her; we tried to divert
and amuse her in every possible way, and for
a few dnys she really scanned TO he more quiet
But one morning we missed her. The after
noon previous, q hond-orgnn grinder AMI a
woman, evidently his wife. entered our
grounds, and Helenore went out to hear
them play; and we noticed that she stood
converting with thom In her own language
for some time afterward
They bad been hanging about the neigh
borhood several days, and somehow we felt
sure that she had gone with them. Our sus-
piciops were confirmed by a farmer living q
mule or so above us, who said he met tbom
just at dusk, as he was returning home from
the city-a man and woman and our Hell
enore. BE said he recognized Helenore at
once. and spoke to her, but she made no
answer.
We learned furthermore from her mother.
that ar oTYan-grinder and his wife-old ac-
quaintances of tho family-had been in tho
vicinity for a week past, and had put up a
night or two at her house; and she doubted
not that they were the same persons we had
In mind. She made light of her daughters
disappearance, saying, with a shrug of her
fat shoulders, that ''she would be back soon
enough aud seeming to think that in any
case we were well ri Of her.
But we missed her and wo
mourned her, and did not
try to fill her place. My livery latest"
as Jack still called her. seemed to have proved
a sad failure.
1 was lingering In my rose-garden In the
twilight OF a warm September day, hanging
fondly over n bed of pet hybrids-latest and
sweetest of ~Ioses-when l suddenly missed
little Ned from my side, and, looking around
for him, / spied Lin swinging on the front
gate. started to 70 toward him, and at
that moment the figure of a woman sprang
up, as It were out of the ground near him,
and at the snme moment l beard a glad cry
from Ned: "Helenorel Heienorol'
1t was our Helenorei She caught him to
her breast and Jew, swift as the wind, across
the lawn to meet me, and, dropping on her
knees, with one arm still round the bewil-
dered child, she chung to me desperately, Sob
bling and groaning; but not one word did she
speak.
/ begged hor to rise, but she would not; no
l Bat down there on tho damp grass, and,
taking her bead in my lap, soothed her With
tho old touch Of the band she loved so well
At last she heaved a long tremulous sigh
and lifted hur face to mine.
81 cannot ask you TO forgeev." sho muir
INJURED hunbly; that would be too good for
Helenore; but | come to SEQ you once more,
and to tell yon what Is 50 heavy h~ere"-press
ing her hand on her beart-"and then TO
die
l led her into the house and drew from her
the history Of her experience since sho left US
In the spring.
"Weis too people with whom you went
away kind to your l askud.
"Kind!n she ciied fercely. "Oh, they were
indeed most crueli True, they did never hurt
me like mine modcr, but they have made me
50 TO suffer that | wish not now to live any
morr."
But you liked It at frst, did you not--ths
fields and woods and the muster
Yea; 1 liked we'll to wander and
TO DO FREQ; but I learned soon that
only children and birds and SOUR
rels are truly free-not woman with u heart
here and here"-tonching her forehead and
laying her hand on her heart
1 wondered at her words, but ! Understood
them later.
For a few days we had a happy time, and
they wore good to me. bat then trouble came.
! could not dance when / was tired, and /
conld not learn to sing their songs-and they
laughed at my own poor songs; 50 they be-
gan to speak only bad words TO me and to
care not II 1 starved and suffered.
1--WE were far nway-I know not whore
when we came 10 large woods. where many
men chopped the trees, and some wives and
children were there too, and l begged the
music mnn and woman that I might stay
and work for them aud leev In a little
hut; and / stayed. They too cam. back
afterward and worked"
And were You happy therer'
She clasped her hands tightly over her
bosom, and u new and strange expression
swept over her face that 1 did not under
stand.
Happy, happyIr she murmured; ooh, yes!
liEtAn-f will tell you'll
Zone chopper was kind to me; he said he
loved me-loved ni"!' she repeated solemnly,
with n tender thrill In her voice that ex-
planned all. "Aud he was so kind to me. asi IL
l had been q queenl 1t was be, too, madam,
that did teach rte to speak so well: for he was
a Yankee man." she added proudly; "and
you see | do speak much betterlr
l asserted. "Where is be nowf' ] asked.
'oh, I know noti l know not!' she cried,
rocking herself back and forth and wringing
her hands.
"Tha wicked man and woman took me
away one night; they said that be, my EloL,
hal sent for me to go to meet him far, far
of; and when we found him not they Knocked
and laughed at my pain. Oh, I could kill
them, liars! beastsr' The last words were
only a hiss of rage, and she stopped short,
choked with passion.
"Helenore, | said, "why did they deceive
you sol What bad you done to themrH
What had l done to themI
Noting, noting; but they hated me
/ should be happy"
of feeling seemed TO sweep over herr
"None are ever kind to Helenore,n she said
Sadly-''nono but you and him" Then lift
ing my hand TO her lips she kissed IL rever-
emily and made again hat sign OF the cross.
/ was deeply touched; / drew tho girl to mo
and said, with tears on my cheeks:
Stay with US, Helenore, and try to be
happy again"
what. say you sofr she cried, Der eyes
wide with wonder. Then, now, you do in.
deed forgeov Ike Cod And she began to
weep naturally and softly, shedding those
tears that always relieve the heart
She was very tired, and when l reminded