Union County courier. [volume] (Elk Point, Union County, D.T. [S.D.]) 187?-1913, 1886-06-09

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.Bue ! cannot my what / think. / only
blundsr atupidly. Yon DO mot understand,
Q could nyOns else, for that matter.
NAywss I Gtsen strange thoughts without
Ind without waiting for reply, she
opsAng from her chair and slipped into the
house. Not even did she say Good night
remainedstn the porch long after,
einkfng Of her beauty and her youth.
Her friends did not arrive the day fol-
flowinBs nor Indeed for several DAYS. In
this period If0und and ayailed myself Of
the opportunity to make the more Intimate
acquaintance a Delight Nilliston. There
ere those whowOuld term It s~sinfntuation;"
steSe ats others wh0 would know it for
samsthing better and grander, my strange
! aw1ft- increasing regard for her. I my
sslf not pause 70 analyze my feelings.
We Two we're thrown together hour by
2E84 2 0YSNALy 0x4tAA W. 4OOAO0 ~ ChG0
CGhers syes, % II they had always smiled
r~ssponsivsly, until We fancied we had heard
each Others voice for years. We
were almost Alone Ut that mountain
Inn. We climbed the steep road
and sleeper hillsides hand in
hand, md talked and laughed with
bcundless pleasure. She was SO swift, so
tenacious, 70 ready. % fearless! She was
70 sweet with w0man's archness, 60 warm
with matdenis blushss, 20 shy with virgins
tnnccencei
And yet throughout that long. sweet
wesky-hov long e seemed, because it was
- bltsslal-ny heart fcrebore TO formulate
II meaning o. it, swift pulsations, until
tho night before they came-her friends
when word was brought that she should be
ready on the morrow TO start on toward the
great hotel upon the mountains brow above
then something seemed 70 snap, a. il it
wore = spell which had grown upon me.
gether.
.Dsliahtw I cried out wildly. Delight
III L0se tOM!"
We rushed to each others arms. All was
silent, save tho beating Of our hearts in
welded unisoni
The rest y quickly told. 1 met her
friends, and 1t their request and hers,
yvaA0u Su1M Ou S0cAr upWAEu progress 10
the mountain summit. The great hotel
above, just opening for the season. was Of
itself acity. BY scores, by hundreds, came
the summers pleasure-seekers.
But what cared we-Delight and 1?
OF our love We had not spoken to others,
but they seemed to look with friendly eyes
upon our constant c~omradeship. Always
together, under the clear sky or in the
breezy parlors, where Delight would some-
times play until the murmur Of voices died
away. sand all hearts-save mine. which
throbbed as II TO burst with cxultation-
were socthed with q great peace.
Our love was the pure, sweet blossom Of
nature; the love that buds and
and Of summer sun. warmth.
Nearly all OF that last day we
spent together under the blue sky, alone
with each other and far ava from the
world. I hold her hand in mine as We
walked, her soft, warm human hand. 4
shall hold it even 70 again, by and by.
think I conh remember every word We
spoke, had ! strength or space to write it
down.
II was a long, long ramble that we took
that day. Far away into the depths Of a
mountain grove, whore the silence sang, Of
it, " grandeur.
Side by side We sat, upon . fallen tree,
still hand in hand. Suddenly she turned
her lovely. liquid eyes, her melting. mid
night eyes, upon me.
*IfI should die, (" she said, syou would
not forget mels
Delight" l cried, with dull pain at her
words.
may" she said, "such thing might be.
But you would be true. If / should die to-
day-if my soul should be, for some
strange purpose, withdrawn from my body
-if Infinite Wisdom should decree that It
were not best we be together yet awhile,
and this nameiess fire that animates my
body-this invisible, indescribable force
called Life - be suddenly shut off,
you would not give me up. You
would would 1 e psss'sns ,ns and m.n wait ,ni non
we have talked about in this
connection. You would wait and watch
looking in the eyes of every little child you
met, to see II I were yet come back into
bodily existence"
Her words moved me vastly.
Eyes, yes said. "But do not let us
think Of this. There is no reason, dear;
there is no reason. We are too happy; no
Infinite Wisdom could or would divide u.s."
Her head lay on my shoulder. We henrd
something else beside the singing of the
silence-the trickling Of q mountain
stream somewhere in the distance far
away
That bit Of space, that brief, sweet hour,
was heaven!
Enclosed by trees We could not see the
sky grow clondy, nor had we thought Of
storm. The low mutter, which rapidly in
creased TO angry roar Of storm, brought me
no terror. Only the rain beginning to fall
in huge drops on the face of my beloved.
Delight" l said, arousing from my
dream. 1Come, my dearest, we must go
quickly"
We crept out Of the wood. And all at
once the fury Of the universe seemed to
beat and fash upon that high world. I
threw my coat about her, that she be not
drenched. Then we fed together, hand in
hand, blinded by. the constant blaze of
light and deafened by the crashing Of the
thunder. We fed until one final, mighty
fame enveloped us, and all was silence.
The rain had ceased when once again I
looked about. The rain had ceased and
there was nc more flash or crash. / dragged
myself s~lowly-very slowly, for one
arm hung ~ dead-dragged myself closer
Delight. I cried in agony, Delight.
speak, speak to mel"
But she lay silent. Her face, half hid
den in the cost that I had thrown about
her. seemed to smile vaguely. ! could al
most hear her saying again: IF ! should
die |"
Then l lifted her drcnched and yielding
frame, and clasping her to my bosom with
my u living arm, toiled slowly, painfully
back to the great hotel.
] have . dozen years to wait long years.
And in the interval pause whenever n