The Indianapolis sentinel. [volume] (Indianapolis, Ind.) 1880-1904, 1885-02-01
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In the spring, however. change cave over
lour Helenore.
Her deep conteni gave place gradually TO
= strange restessness- She Was no longer
the faithful, attentive little handmade had
learned TO love and trust. She seemed to be
irresistibly drawn away from all her indoor
Occupation; II q bird sang near the louise che
sould drop her work and run eagerly 10 the
xindow as If che heard her own name called. /
II she we're cent down town on an GRAND,
he was unsccounfabiy long in return |
ling; and fn ally one afternoon when she |
took little Ned out for his accustomed air |
ling she ives gone for hours, wandering |
across the fields, and bringing him home 81
dusk, lying back fast asleep in bis carriage
with a wreath of violets like q halo round biz
golden head and more clutched tightly In
nis chubby hand
She received my surprised reproof in sui
Hen silence, and waited In VAN for some
sccount Of her absence.
She grew more and more strange and rect
less every day, fretting and cbatng over her
light tasks and like some Gagged animal, IN
til, fr ally. questioned her.
"Helepore," said / kindly, what 10 IL tha
lails you? Tell me, and will try to help
lyou."
At FIRST she frowned darkly and would not
J answer but when laid my hand gently and
lcoaxingly upon her head bad nouced she
loved 10 have me do so-she yielded and her
tongue was loosed.
.Oh, madam. do not be angry !" she cried
1--WE have Gypsy blood In us mine moder do
lsay-and oh, / would be goin ,'-stretchinR
q swift and eloquent gesture of longing
Oh, let me go! / must gol''
was both shocked and disappointed, and
III told her so, and tried 10 reason with her
e Where would you GER asked. There
are no gypsies near that you could join, and
lyou would soon stsrve and die alone; and be
sides. how can you leave poor baby and me ?
Do you not love Us, HelenoreY
"Oh, do, do" she cried passionately
Throwing herself down upon the floor; land
1 do Try not to hear them call. put mine
n fingers in mine ears, but hear them just
the sameW
Who calls you. Helenore?" asked.
"Ali things cute o. door; the birds and bees
l. and the winds. They call me, always, al
" ways; they say Heienore, Helenore, come!
And must go" she cried, springing to bel
Is feet and looking wildly around.
gl feared she was losing her mind. and Wa,
IA much alarmt d about her; We tried to diver,
; and amuse her in every possible way, and
:, for a few days she really seemed to be more
a lquiet.
2, Bat one morning we missed her. The az
ternoon previous, hand organ grinder and
woman, evidently his wife. entered our
grounds and Helenore went out to hear
!. Iconversing with them In her own language
n for some time afterwsrd.
They had been hanging about the neigh
u borhood for several days and somehow we
felt sure that she had gone with them. Our
Is suspicious were confirmed by farmer liv-
q ing mile or so above as, who said he met
them Just at dusk, as he was returning home
from the city-a man and woman aud our
]. Heenore. de said he recognized Helenore
e at once and spoke to her, but she made no
O ANSWER.
o We learned further more from her mother
that an organ. grinder and his wife -old &C
n quantsnces of the family-had been in the
u vicinity for week past and had put up q
T night or two at her own house. and she
:. doubted not that they were the same persons
We had in mind She made light of her
Q daughters disappearance. saying, with a
J. shI ug of her fat shoulders, that ''she would
be back soon enough" and seeming to think
that In aoy case we were well rid of her.
% But we missed her and We mourned her
o aud did not try to fill her place. My very
latest" as Jack still called her, seemed to
!, have proved sad failure
q was Ii lingering in my rose-garden In the
e ltuilight OF warm September day, hanging
L fondly over a bed of pet hybrds-latest and
sweetest of roses, when / suddenly missed
o little Ned from my side, and, looking around
y for him, / spied him Swinging on the 'front.'
II gate. started TO go toward him, and al
that moment the figure of woman sprang
up, as il were, out of the ground near him
and at the same time heard glad cry from
= Ned: ''Helenore! HeleDore!"
Ii was our Helenore. She caught him to
, her breast aud few, swift ae the wind across
the lawn TO meet ne, and. dropping on her
knees. with one arm still round the Devil
I sobbiDg and grooming, but not one word did
she speak
o | begged her to rise, but she would not so
y III sat down there on the damp grass
and. taking her head In my lap,
500 he'd her with the old touch of the har d
. che loved so well.
= at last she heaved q long tremulous Sigh
q and lifted her lace 10 mine.
Il can not ask you TO forgeev," she muir
1 INJURED humby; that would be too good for
y 9eleDore; but come to see you once more
and tell you what is so heavy here"-press.
/ ing her hand on her heart-"and then to
(; die"
led her into the house and drew from her
}. the history OF her experience since she left
u us in the spring
Is Were the people with whom you went
!, away kind to your asked
u "Kindr' she cried fercsly, oh, they
IS were indeed most cruel True, they did new
+ made me so to suffer that wish not to live
. any more"
8 But you liked it at 1rst did you not
the fields and the woods and the music2'
3 Eyes; and liked we'll TO wander and to
be free; but / learned soon that only chill
} dren and birds and squirrels are.irult free
not woman with their heart here and here"
: touching her forehead and laying her hand
on her heart
1 wondered at her words. but understood
> them later.
! FOR q few days we had happy time, and
they were good to me, but then trouble came
could not dance when I was tired, and
= could not learn TO sing their songs-snd
9 they laughed at my own poor songs; so they
began to speak only bad words to me and
cared not If | starved and suffered.
I'VE were far sway-I know not where
when we came to large woods, where
many men chopped the trees and some wives
!. aud children we're there too. and I begged
= the music man and woman that / might
stay and work for them and leev in a
. little hut; and / stayed. They too
came back sfterward aud worked"
And were you happy there?"
She clasped her hands tightly over her
bosom, and new and strange expression
swept over her face that did not under
stand.
Happy happyr' she murmured oh,
e yes; listen-I will tell youi"
Zone chopper was kind to me; he said he
/ I'd he afoIo al prr