Barbour County index. [volume] (Medicine Lodge, Kan.) 1880-current, 1884-01-18

lanes Of the highlands. with the con-
seriousness OF the awakening spring
| everywhere i'm the air; the twitterinS
birds, the gay blue sky, the sea i'm the
distance shining dazzlingly. Yet IL is
often ON such days rs thes that me sad-
dest fancies arise in our niuds-the
most sorrowiul thoughts steal into our
hearts, lust rs
e""uest thou<ht."
III was thus with MARGARET Barrinr-
toh' as she rode by Mr. La,ccllps' side.
"-lo looking over the brown hedgerows
gu which the first exquisite Yellow
/ green network was appearing. bebeld
beyond the rolling downs of urass. the
sea; and. despite the radical brightness
OF u all, some strange and melan holy
lines would steal into her head. and re-
| peat themselves i'm a kind of tune tho
rhythm vt which was kept IN by her
horse hoois-thOse lines which tell
/ how
The swallow has set her six young on tho
And looks soawarl:
Ihe waicTs In stripes like a snake olive
To tho lccwnrd.
Oh w wcaiher.sidc black. spot'ci white
Good fortune dcrarfsand disa. tore ,,,,lr,.
liars che wind with IL wants st.d it, inhnite
WALTZ
She remembered tho drowsy summer
ait5rno"u on which. months AGO. In
I happy times. Louis had real the poem
10 her and Rupert. and she sighed.
while still her horses hooss marked the
| rhythm If the words:
I " 60 u fortune departs ana disaster behind .
The ride was such long one thai IL
was almost dusk. and after six O'Clock.
when at last thcy turned i'm nj the
/ Grange gates. Slowly they mounted
the slOpc, aud as they arrived M the
door one of the grooms, who seemed
/ To have been sitting In the porch. came
| forward To take their horses. Even i'm
/ the twilight Margaret noticed that the
/ lad IA . was grave. even Ia dc ton.
/ As Mr.. Las clles lifted her from her
! horse the groom said to his master:
III You please. sir, | was to say that
/ Mr.. baldwin is within and wants To see
you. Mr.. Rupert has had an az ident."
"What?' cried Mr.. Lascelles. his
hale chick pa'ing, while Ma -garet, with
I 3 sudden terrible dread at Ter Least.
/ looked ~. cchcssly at the lad. and saw
| something in lis face VIII ch made her
| glad Mr.. Lasrclles had hurried forward
/ INTO the hnusc. She followed him. A.
/ they went into the hall, the school
! room door was opened. and Louis Bald
/ win came out. shutting il after him, and
m1tiou"d them into the DRAWN r-room.
Even then even in that moment of
/ great dread and terror MARGARET per-
Ccivcd with sudden. quick panr. the
! change which had passed over Louis
I lace. ID could not be- that all that har-
gardnc~s, that worn and pall.d LOOK,
and those sad eyes. could have
been called there 10y the "accilent" of
/ this afternoon only.
what the matter? What ais NV
/ boy, and has my vi C come in?' asked
Mr.. Lasccllcs hastily
." ! hardly know how To tell YOU Whist
has happened, said GUS. but think
II best To make no delay about il.
While you were all out. Rupert told
John that me- was not going out this
afternoon, and that, if John liked. he
could g out himself. which he did
| But Rupert must have changed his
/ mind, for some reason. aftcrward. Ter
haps the beauty of the afternoon Tempt
ed him. At any rate, lac must have left
/ the house and gone into the garden.
lie had made his way down the slope to
! the bridge
1.-The bridget echoed Margaret.
"And they think John thinks (hc
was not out long. and il was he who
/ found him) may have been irving
TO gather some Of the flowers ON
/ the bank-at least. he lost his bal
ancc and fell in. IIe-thc pool.
hoy was drowned dead" sad Louis.
| speaking with almost passionate grief.
They fortunately got him into the
house and had me here before h.s moth
or returned"
"Ah, his mother gasped the Squire.
who had been leaning trembling against
the wall. my wife where is shc2"
They carried him 10 thu school
ROOM said Louis. She i there: and
no one can move her. have been with
her, but she neither looked at me nor
spoke
But Mr.. Lascellcs was gone Louis
did not finish his sentence. 4 sob
chokcd his voice. lie turned away 10
one Of the windows, and raising his arm.
leaned his head against il. and looked
out upon the garden and the terrace:
upon the sloping green bank. the
rushing stream and the gray stone
bridge.
"Ah!' he exclaimed nj last. with
sort of passionate protest in his voice.
the place VIII be haunted for them
from henccforth. How will they live
here with that prospect staring ut
thcm?'
lie paced about the room. choking
back the tears that would rise. Ills life
had not been too cheerful of late-his
reflections not too soothing tn his aDlonr
PropTt. Aud he had loved Rupert with
the love Of n friend. brother. bene-
factor, ever since he had begun to be-
ms stay in pain and Illness.
Margaret. about To leave the room.
broke her vow. She had said she would
not even speak to Louis Baldwin unit,
he had apologizcd to her.
''DO you think ho died soon?" she
asked.
II imagine so." wss the answer. as
he suddenly ceased mis- hasty walk. and
stood still. looking at her. "At least"
he pursued. speaking rapidly rs he
averted his eyes, sou NAV comfort
yourself with this asSurance-he has
been spared long, lingering illness.
suffering and misery drawn oht indcf-
nitely, and death at the end of all. He
was much worse, but the worse was vet
to come. He has escaped il. Whom
the gods love, die young ="
81 avn glad tn know that" said Mar
garet, leaving the room. May he rest
in pe-ce," she whispered To herself. a
she went up stairs. ''IR peace-at
last ~
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