The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1884-06-13

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''One would say" said be. watching
the dark cameo Of her face. As Il de-
tached itself from the straight line u
masonry. that you had Kind Of en-
joyment Of al this"
I'm sense l have. There Is 50
much space and power. And there il
the feeling u having for once put &c
ton and responsibility out II ones
hands. There il nothing now which IL
can possibly be ones duty 70 do
"fou don't feel any fear d death.
then?'
- fear Il physically. u course-the
actual drowning and choking -ah.
don't let ns talk of IL But Al least we
shall have had this hour Of freedom and
rest"
II could bear il better" ho returned,
III there were any element OF struggle.
To sit still IN a cagr until death chooses
%. come and put an end 70 you-that's
horrible.'
She turned toward him and seemed
70 consider his point OF view until Il
became hers. for she shuddcrcd and
said "Itis horribler'
There was silence again between
them for little while. Again. when
her face was bent forward, he was able
TO watch Us outline Surely she was
younger than he had supposed.
What made you sfayer he asked
suddenly. She hcsitated little.
'.What made COUP
~ hardly know. more than what
said that nobody cared much whether
l did or not. and that did not care
much myself. But am older than you
and have had about as much out Of
life as il will ever give me-"
II don't think that II need be ques-
ton Of age how much ones life Is worth
Mine did not matter 10 any one, either:
and il was not very easy or hopeful for
myself had wanted SO much, and
had to learn that must do with SO lit
tie. Of course, II Is not noble to care
50 much about ones own petty happi-
ness. but OH one does care! And then.
al ut once. here was way Of escape
not selfish. but 10 help happier people,
and il seemed the key to
everything when you stood up in the
boat and said that you would stay"
yet said he, II could not help
wondering, as we stepped out, whether
what we were really giving to those
young lovers was only time TO lose their
love for each other. even in remem-
brance. For death can only destroy the
future. but life can destroy the past,
too.
Are you sorry. then. that you staid?"
There was little note Of mockery in
in the question. or his conscience ere
ated il.
mo. it seemed the thing to do One
can but act in the present And even If
a man could know certainly that death
would keep their love for them. and
life would lose il. he could hardly bring
himself 70 say: Then let death some.
Il takes Apollo 70 give death when he
is asked for the best gilt. But yet.
what chance for two lovers 70 have
died together so'''
She drew rather deeper breath and
made no spoken answer.
Down At the far horizon the late moon
was rising. vague and cloudy. ghost
" light. bringing in it. wake mySteri-
Gus shadows, spread slowly as the moon
drowsily lifted herself and dropped the
mists from her shoulders The man.
looking down, in this clearer light. to
the water. started and said 1T il COM
ing up much faster.
She stopped and looked. Then their
eyes. lifting. sought each other. Both
faces were pale in the moonlight On
both sat the human shrinking from this
upward crawling fate. Yet it was
something 10 SEQ each other.
How long Is il 70 morning. she
asked.
He drew out his watch. but there
came cloud across the moon and they
had to wait.
"It i just past twelve. /" said lie.
Perhaps they will come out by
moonlight
Perhaps" said Ne. But neither OF
them had any trust in the hope.
He had seen in the moment when
they looked AZ each other that she was
indeed Younger than his first SUPPOSE
ton. though hardly 50 young as his sec
ond. She might be iive-and-twenty. II
was not the face Of a girl. She had re-
turned to her former position. and now,
leaning back against the chimney. lift
ed up her face 10 the sky. Her eyes
were closed and her lips drawn in.
There was hut time 10 look once before
the lips curved again into smile and
the eyes opened TO calm gaze.
The man sitting BY her hesri the
changing and deepening tone q the
water As il came up and up.
You are too young for this" said
he, abruptly.
His voice had changed and decpencd
like the tone of the water.
No, no" she answered. after mo-
ment. Don't trouble about me-"
~ do trouble about you. It's horri-
BILE! horribler'
She again kept silence for little
space: then she said: when heard
YOU sav--that in the boat, and get up