The Dillon tribune. [volume] (Dillon, Mont.) 1881-1941, 1885-10-31
like You, listening to the rain"

like You, listening to the rain"
Meanwhile Vanity. who had hole
across the room to the window comn,,t a;nnss
OF the retreating face of Gracious Me- -''
There is a man looking in.''sha sbr;o,,,,,
are lost" we
The sute,rs fell wide open az she ra;so,
ner land. and Gracious, even in the terror Of
his NaShs. saw the tall man start from III;
cna.r an stascl up the gin bottle. Gracim,s
making madly FOR the garden gat, il, ths
thick darkness. went head foremost int -
ge'oseberr; bush, AID had not recoverei hi.
legs before he saw the gigantic figure Of tn,
drunken man wildly gest;culating around
him. What followed would have been excit.
ing to spectators, had any been there to 500
Little Gra lou, leaped up, and ran from one
bush to another in the extremity Of fear. the
tai! man flying after him, whirlinx the bottle
IN his hand with a violence thst foretold
1leaatul events. The chase was short.
Gracious. to his infinite relief. felt tho he,.d
path under his feet. and bounded alone -,
the garden gate, faster than his pursuer co,,Id
follow. But the swinging gate had latchei
itself, and the trembling fingers of the furi-
tive vainly tried to unfasten It. The stranger
was upon him. Gracious faced desparatelv
round for another fight into the darkness of
the garden. just as the bottle fell on his head
with crash, and he dropped on the ground
insens.ble.
When the spy recovered his senses he fo,,nl
himself stretched on sofa in room which
he sool, recognized as the parlor into which
he had peeped. A fire now burned in the
CRATE and helped the feeble beams Of one
candle the better to light the room. Beside
the fire sat Vanity, but the fatal stranger
was gone.
For few minutes Gracious lay without
speaking, Knitting tho events last past into
one connected whole as we'll as he could. Az
he thus recalled what had happened it seemea
| as If he were actually going through all
| again, 50 thai when in fancy he tugged wildly
at tho garden gat, he saw an imaginary bot
| tie whirled at his head, more plainly than he
could have seen the reality, and he started
and groaned.
The grcan brought Vanity to his side.
"How are you now" she asked in a low
voice.
''Better, miss, thank you," he replied, a.
submissively us if he had bean in hospital.
'1Iow does your head feel:' she ask ed
again, bending over him and adjusting some
thing on his forehead with hsu anyers. Is
this handkerchief bound too tightly!"
ut IS a Handkerchief, then," groaned littla
Gracious. Il thought it was my own head
and wondered why it felt so queer like
can scarcely tell which is hend ana which i.
handkerchief. Oh, II my poor mother was Il
see me NOW! Oh, what crack it vast
Here the softer feelings Of his nature werv
touched, and he began to cry. Drink, pair
and stupidity ali together threatened to max,
the fit a severe QUE; and Gracious delivered
the opening note of his wos nasally, and in q
! form that would no. have r1isvracc1 a trr,n,
hone. Vanity grew frightened and tried t.
scothe him, glaucing round apprehensivel,
ut the same time. as il she feared that tn,
noise might be overheard.
'Never mind your bead" she said; lit vii
soon be well. Depend upon it, you will e
such payment for that blow that you will b,
wanting another on the same terms!"
The greedy eyss Of Gracious glistened Q
the word payment. Cupidity showed itssl
stronger than pain, for the second note O
grief, which Gracious was just about to dis
charge with great force and volume, he r.
strained, applying the materials to the or
binary purposes Of respiration.
"You had better have q cup of tea befor
you leave" said Vanity, seeing that she ha.
50 far succeeded; then you shall see how 70,
are, and dare say you can walk home. D
you live far from heref'
mot very. miss; a good bit though" n
piled Gracious. He had wit enough to aflmi
Is little rs possible.
Tin Hamptons" pursued Vanity.
s.Solnetimes, miss"
Gracious made that clever distinction u
his mind against which the legal formula
"the truth, the whole truth, and nothing b,l