The Red Cloud chief., 1884-06-13
enough. feel so much. much more.

enough. l feel so much. much more.
No. l Am not afraid. There's more
He in his turn was silent. Perhap:
he iorebore. out of pity, to put forth a
word against her hope; perhaps, in his
: SOU. too. u like hope. which he had
taken 10 ae long dead began TO stir
and mu-mur.
The moon had put on. minute bv
minute. 4 III Ter glory: it was illumin-
ing an arch Of clouds, and beyond the
arch Law measureless. liquid. lucid
depths. She looked and pointed up
ward. The full glow shOne az he,
face. He saw in her dark eyes 4 slow
inetfable %sOfiening: in all the lines of
her features ireathed 4 spirit of ex-
Lltant reception.
The open doorway of infinity," said
he. fitting to this radiance its apt poetic
description. but without ANYTHING of the
pOe:r rapture or belief. Her lips moved
to a recognizing smile.
land al You look up 10 that and
despair she asked.
THAT has no voice for me. It is
too far Oft. too silent, too unmOved.
That glory may come back, as serene,
w Jun VII u u1oN UCt l1Ct. DuI
you have to die with me. What hope
there is in life or death YOU have shown
me. don't know that it is lasting Or
that it is good for much; but such rs it
Is, 1t from YOU
Again the waters came rushing over
the fallen chimneys. aud they locked
out in momentary apprehension. But
the sudden torrent subsidized, and the
waters went on rising again slowly ~
before.
He then quietly proceeded: '.One
thinks of life rs the lie one has known.
Tonight 4 81 mpse has come to me o..
something that seems to make Ii
worth going on with. 1t NAV be life
on the other side of a division; | can't
tell. don't want to be carried back
into the Old life, ut l do want kfe--the
lie that 1 nearly saw just now. when
We thought that our time was upon us.
And | have found you, standing with
ME upon the brink. We do not know
each other. you say: we are not friends,
and we can't be. l don't know. | ONLY
know that | would neither 90 on MOI
back. alone
Her hand. which still chung to his arm,
trembled and was Withdrawn, and in
the next moment stole softly into his.
They sat gu tie silent, and the endless
night drew on. Memories rose before
each of them of no; rs and dreams III
had One been all in all. and now were
small and faint and immeasurablv
distant. Around them. rising always.
surged the persistent waters. Now and
again gusts Of WIND awoke suddenly
and brought a sweep of waves over the
submerged masonry.
Presently, Oozing drors began to
creep between the oh;mneys behind
them.
I'VE mus. go up higher" said the
man.
They Quilted their sheltered nook. !
and. mounting, stood upon the platform
brick work. The wind flung itself |
upon them in fury. They chung I o the
and to each other, and for a few
minutes stood so. battling stienuously
10 keep their fOo,hold.
The msn, cried ont suddenly: .'Oh!
if there were only some place for you!
is too hard a death for you. lam So
sorry for you"
u even whlle he spoke the water
was up To their feet, s%natching and
dragging at them.
Il am no; sorry she answered.
land oh. no, it is not hard: it is the
moment life ha> ever brought me-"
Her voice was blown away a il
her lips. 1t was only be ause
they were uttered at his ear that he
hear her words. And his, of re-
ply, the winds snatched and carried
away forever. Tine time of words was
over. There was nothing now but
lard-drawn breath. and thcn 4 vain
Of res stance. and then, {:
placid MOON. shining over = waste Of
GODS. -BtiJrnria.