The Cheyenne daily leader. [volume] (Cheyenne, Wyo.) 1870-1884, 1883-12-09

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"What of thati You are 20; and what ara
you but a girl. 1 should inquired -Four weeks
ago there didn't anybody round hero think
hs'd ever get out again. The doctors gave
him up and his sister was almost crazy; but
the fever turned and he went TO sleep and
slept two days steadily; but when he woke
up he was as bright AS a button"
did not see my new friend for two days,
He had oYer-excited himself, and the result
was solitude for this length of time. 1
roamed the fields and haunted the woods,
read, wrote and thought. l never did so
much thinking in SO short a space Of time
with such unsatisfactory results
"Where under the sun have you been all
this afternoonf' said grandmother, as at sun
sat the second day l dragged myself into the
kitchen porch.
"Up a tree"
"Op a treeT' This with considerable dlsdain
In voice and manner.
"You have torn a great slit In your dress,
Sue. and you look like "a fright. l nave
wanted you-nor'n your worth-for the last
three hours"
What are you making, grandmotherr'
"Panada."
'How many quarts OF this stuff does your
patient consume, Mrs. Bliss, in the course of
twenty-four hoursf'
''Tha Is according TO his appetite, Miss
Saucebox," said u rich voice at my elbow;
and there stood MIR. Alcott.
mo. 2,n he continued gravely.
They've sent for me up to Jones'. They
think the baby Is dying" broke in grand
mother. while | stood blushlng like an en-
barrassed schoolgirl.
"And | want you TO keep house and take
care Of him while I go up awhile and see If /
can do anything to help them. When this
,aaoAa rate a lftIa lft aaII G,n ,,e f.. 49,
tablespoonfuls of brandy that's the bottle on
the second shelf" And the provoking old
lady tripped away rs composedly as II 1t were
the most commonplace thing in the world for
II young lady TO be left with the care OF an
invalid, and the said invalid a man and a
stranger. A few minutes sufiiced to place me
entirely at my ease, and no veteran hospital
nurse was more composedly e~xacting than /
In my new role. Grandmother's orders were
explicit; David mustn't think of such a thing
as reading aloud, and he must lie on the
lounge in the sitting-room until she returned.
Such an evening AS that was. l read to him
out OF Au~erbach-and this took us naturally
TO the Rhine-and then l found that my
companion had Travelled among all my favor
tie European cities. What wonderful pic
lures he drew me OF tho Campagna, the Coli
scum and the Forumi How exquisite was
the play of the moonlight on the Sabine
mountains, and how charmingly picturesque
the sketch of the old Roman rainparts, in
some places bare and black with age, with
here aud there patches of scarlet and green
made OF peoples and ivy.
Grandmother came too soon. Six weeks of
this dolce far niente life-and then
There is no good of life but love-but Lowell
What else looks good is some shade flung
from love.
Love gilds it, gives it worth.
know AS well as the Queen and poor Con-
Stance what there was in life worth living
for-what love meant. Not one word was
spoken b.Sween us OF the one subject that all
engroSsed US. and yet | knew that his heart
was irrevocably in my possession as was mine
In his.
One day, when he was fully we'll, we
attended Il little picuic in the grove down
the road.
"we'l have a good time to-day, Lorchen. y
he said. as we made our preparations in the
morning. 81 will take out my scrap-book,
and when the others are engaged and won't
miss us Wen wander of by ourselves and
enjoy after our own fashion-won't we,
Lorchen ~
"Lorchen" How the word thrilled me,
and how it epitomized the tender purity of
his regard for me.
Oh, day long to be remembered. Oh, day
Of heartache and agony indescribable-
Steep thy soul in one pure love,
And 1t will last thee long.
What kind OF a love was my love stepped
int Aye! love has its NORWOOD and gall as
well as its honeyed sweetness.
A party of friends-David's friends-came
down from the city, aud, as we were walking
slowly In the grove, they came upon us from
the depot road. | had Dnyid's arm. 1t was
my arm-I knew it-and we should walk that
way forever. Greetings and introductions
were over. Shall l ever forget the face of
that man who aimed straight for my soul
with his poisoned arrowi Walking up to
David's side, with contemplate familiarity,
he said;
saw your wife last week, DAVE
"Ahl' replied my companion, perfectly at
his ease.
Coming down in the . o'clock train u pos
able"
Good" replied David; and then followed
inquiries about various friend in a thoroughly
cool and self-posssssed manners. 1t seemed to
me that my heart stopped beating. The
hand on his arm involuntarily clutched itself,
and there it remained until we arrived at
headquarters, a little round bunch of cords
and knuckles.
'You won't he gone long, Lorchenf" in
CURED David, as | moved away, ostensibly to
help the committee of arrangements to de-
eide where the tables should be set
whats that you called herr my mortal
enemy asked, inquisitiyely.
"Lorchen; y replied David.
"why, that's a Dutch name, isn't III
thought she looked like a foreigner"
l heard no more, waited for no more, but
watched my opportunity, and when sure that
no ewes were upon me, struck the path lead
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