The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1883-07-08

woven arches OF the wood. Tho breach had
sea. ' sants a. had S. Rp q on and
ynE r sSSsp angle against st,S one o. IL
osser sSee n the arc q 0H ts %
Sns Tss q IL soS : arg b.:
can't cause Of this vast disruption Saraed,
dashed. and srarkled a. the base; the iimpid
Of that fallen column played with the still cling:
Ing rootlsts: layed the e., fractured and twisted
ihs graves from which they had been torn M"'.
sss,d Low pointing y ; osyiy rom yhi;S he
sprinss and rivers witch always occurs At
6Hnppsncd =" little after midnight, wh.s-
troublsS md 9Spressea oi IN my sleep by what
you would call a, nightmaro-s feeling as II I
i WAS Kept down by bonds . and piaons that !
this d rsction. and The frst streak Of morning
brought me the sound and scent Of water. Six
did not dream that should ever stand beside
filling it at the spring handed It TO her. But
the ET 9ans the 9o and pouring
| don't understand you." he said wonder
looks Is d d, cool. May II"
. He turned away As Nellie. with apparent un.
consciousness. seated herself on the bank and
ser s% IN the
..N,., can talk Just as well-can't ?"
Vol. then. why didn't you come to church
more often. and why didn't you think Of telling
M an tnt you were D., convicted OF Sin. and
.'.Il9n'. know, hosi,ntod tho young man,
We'll. you lost the chance al having father
convert you. bartize you. and take you Into
full church fellowship.
Il never thought" be began.
"Iie sappossss. so. Have you no convictions
.Rut. Nellie ,hns,, never eyer thought that you .h.
not bcIicve in justification by faith. or in, the
covenant 6n Of Church fellowship? Do you think
| to her side. But seeing her little feet shining
through the dark water iko outcroppinss OF
raised. Miss Nellie. however. leaped to ono
b m"d M s ss TO s,aa sf DGS pnt
| You haven't got IA towei-or.' she said dub-
| Gusly., looking at her small handkerchief.
| anything to dry them oil 2"
| offer his own hand kerchicf.
g II you take bath after our fashion," he
sa ad srsvely yon must learn to dry yourself
Lifting her again lightly in his arms he car:
babe her buy her feet in the dried moses and
baked withered grasses that were bleaching
holoT The younEE girl uttered cry ayrs o.
! touched her sensitive skin.
1t is healing. too" continued Low: a moe,
| cason filed with 1t after. n day on the trail
but Miss Nellie seemed to be thinking OF
something else.
% Is that the way the sauaws bathe and dry
| themselves p
don't know-you forget was boy when
| And you're sure you never knew any ?"
| The young girl seemed to derive some salts
| faction in moving her feet up and down for
several minutes 1, amor the grasses in the mol.
certain am tho first woman that ever touched
Not only the first woman. bu. tho first hui
man h oSin nics sTi"e'p' myself
They had taken each others hands: seated
them. The girls capriciops. fl,ful manner
her e"mpanion. Lookins into her e eyes. Low w
fell into sweet. selfish lovers mpnologue. do
ssy Of S S1 wR
strange curiosity The sun had panted their
tree trunk and began to decline unnoticed; the
ripple OF the water minglins with their whis-
| even their eloquent slenccs were as deep. and
wot. perhaps as dangerous as tho dnrkened
away So quiet were they that the h trem iS Of
| invading W ings oncc or twice shook the silence,
! or the quick scamner of frightened feet rustled
| the dead grass. But in the midst of pro-
| lonEcd stiffness the young man sprang up 30
suddenly that Nellie was. sti! half ic,!!ipging to
| his neck ~ he stood erect HuSh!" he whis-
percd. some one is near!'
He disengaged her anxious hands gently.
Leaned Leap upon the s i tree trunk and run;
squirrel, stretched himself at full length
| 1t seemed an age before he rejoined her.
s Is ss a.E1a bnR or lip. with
a poorly restrained gesture OF modification
and disappointment
As long s' as Rs WASN'T ' eoming here why did
you giyo me such fright p she said pettishly.
ysI u because single wayrer
keen n was tho %srs io Eon he Hs ws to
way every now and then. He was seeking or
expecting some one for he stopped fre4nently
far for hc wore spurs that tnkied and caught
in the brush and yet he hsd IL not ridden here
hayn been here. He must have como from In
Just a ssstr Nelly '% G% nfa listened
o to asr lev led
1
anybody in Indian Spring who would likely
| spy upon you p
The young girl was, conscious OF a certain
| ill.denncd unensiness. but answered No."
Then it was not you he was seeking" said
| Low thOughtfully.
phnsis. for no added: You must go Mt once,
| and lest you have been followed. will show
| you another way back to Indian Spring. 1t is
| longer. and you must hasten. Take your shoes
and stockings with you until we are out Of the
| bush"
He raised her again In his arms and strobe
once NOR, out through tho cover. into tho dim
aisles of the wood. They spoke but little She
| could not help feeling that some other dis
| cordant clement affecting him more strongly
| than 1t did her. had come between them, and
| was half perpeyed and half frightened. At
| the end Of ten minutes he seated her upon n
fallen branch and telling her he would return
| by the time she had resumed her shoes and
| stockings. glided from her like n shadow. She
would have uttered an indignant protest at
being loft alone; but he was gone ere she could
| detain him. For u moment she thought she
hated him.. But when she had mechanically
shod herself once more. not without nervous
| shivors Mt every falling needle, he was ut her
side.
| DO you know any ono who wears q frieZe
| coat ike that?" he asked. handing her u few
torn shreds OF wool affixed to splinter of bark.
Miss Nellic instantly recognized tho material
| OF u certain sporting coat Worn by Mr.. Jack
| on nsi Inn strnp vat