Wessington Springs herald. (Wessington Springs, Aurora County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1883-07-21

IF only you'll remember
How much q man sets store
By loves reward Of labor
The bright smile at the door.
"A. Y. Ledger.
AFTER THE CRIME,
Il was at the extremity of the village.
window opened suddenly and a man
peared at it, his features liyid. his
es haggard, his lip agitated by a con-
lsive CULVER; his hand was armed
iii a knife from which blood was fall
! drop by drop. He cast q glance
er the silent country; then he leaped
the ground and began to run across
/ fields.
Atthe end of q quarter of an hour he
bpped exhausted, out of breath, at
/ edge Of a wood. twenty PAGES from
great highway; he sought the most
shy, the most impenetrable spot,
pped in there without bothering him
1 about the briars which tore him;
en- he dug up the ground with his
life until a hole was made a foot deep;
placed the bloody weapon in it, filled
with the soil he had removed, COW
I'd it again with the sods which he
bd down firmly, after which he seated
mself upon the damp grass.
He listened and seemed frightened by
b silence which brooded over the
untry.
IT was the hour when darkness was
placed by that gray and uniform tint
Pch is neither day nor night, and
rough which objects float like ghosts.
IT appeared to him that he was alone
this funereal immensity, amid this
BITE and dull nature.
All at once a sound made him start;
Fas the axle-tree of a cart which was
king on the highway, a league from
|snge d~iscordant noise was heard with
kgular distinctness.
Then nature awoke, little BY little.
c lark Shot from the ground toward
blue sky, uttering those notes at
Ice b%ewildering and charming, from
itch overflow so much life and happi-
Bs;a winged tribe began to sing and
lpitate among the leaves trickling
tn dew; from everywhere, in short,
m the moss, where prowls the golden
Fect, to the highest branch of.the oak,
fere the bird quivers voluptuously in
ether, arose that martin concert so
%rmoniousin its confusion, so power
in its delirium, which gushes forth
tn the first rays from the orient, and
(ich one may call the hymn to the
Nature bloomed radiant and virginia.;
was grace, GOODNESS, sparkle in the
est; all was calmness and repose in
plain, the vast lines of which undu-
Jed to intinity, the gray tones of which
re Illuminated beneath the glitter of
blue sky.
The murderer arose; his limbs trem-
a and his teeth chartered. He cast
gntened chances about him; then he
ntlously parted the branches, paus-
starting, suddenly turning his head
me slightest noise; finally, he quilted
tangled thicket, in the midst of
rch he had buried his knife.
he plunged deeper into the forest,
SaiHs seeking the most somber spots,
Olulngg the glades and paths, making
quent halts to listen or to sound the
Poa with his eye before venturing fur
he walked thus the entire day with
noticing his fatigue, so great was
anguish which had possession of
lie stopped at the entrance of aforest
lofty beech trees, the imposing
INKS OF which shot up, white and
o9oth, like thousands of columns
~ capitals of foliage. A calm light,
Earmonlous silence augmented the inn
Ssloh OF grandeur and absorption
seh came from this beautiful nature.
utlllng animated seemed to palpi-
IN the luminous obscurity which
el through the motionless and SOM
leaVes; it was us if q soul were how
= amld the semi-darkness and muir
u1ns mysterious syllables among the
ne fugitive felt i'll at ease, and,
wing like a reptile, went to crouch
aeath a confusion of briars, the thick
p OF which completely hid him.
r now hungry l ami" he murmured.
we sound of his voice made him
nu' 1t was the first time he had
uu 1t since the murder, and it re-
d"aea IN his a like a funeral knell
u menance. He remained for
b.ai lnstants motionless, holding his
W vtn as if afraid he had been heard.
""en ne had recovered a little calm
ne began to search his pockets,
"i.er the other; they contained a
~ Is enough" said he, ::in.a1owtone;
tA hours | shall have passed the
IIiI'er; then I can ask for work.
~ lhe expiration of an hour he felt
w sae cold was benumbing his limbs,
WI" hh the night the dew had fallen,
ms only garments were a blouse
ouck pantalqons; he arose, cav