The Warner sun. (Warner, Brown Co., Dakota [S.D.]) 1885-1???, 1886-09-03

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Of faint and died. So father and moth.
er were both buried the same day, and
it was settled that | should so and live
with my Aunt Deborah, some six miles
away. William was to drive me over
that same evening. Well, at SHUTDOWN,
all the things being packed and 10th
inc left TO do, / went through the fields
to the side O. the brook, where | had
used to meet Tom. and there | sat on q
fallen tree thinking OF all the trouble.
and how all my life seemed dead and
buried with father and mother. Close
by me was a thick clump O palm, viii
lows, and dog-roses, an grass al
a-tangle, reaching Ger the bank; an
when I'd sat thinking awhile | heard .
rustIing and a voice saying. 'Eunice,
lass!' / knew the voice right well,
though it gave me q start at the mo
ment.
is it thou, Tom asked.
".Aye,' he says, parting the leaves
and looking through. I've been lying
here all day TO get a glimpse o thee. ]
thought maybe thou would'st come
down here afore thou went of, an,
there's much that I've got to say te
thee?'
1T may be much or little / an.
swered him, but l desire naught from
the, Tom. Dost thou know father is
deadp'
"sAye, Eunice, but that was ill-luck.
/ never meant to hurt thy father. II
were all done in tn hurry. | didn't
notice as he were among the keepers.
That's why | nun run the country. ]
might stand to be took up if there was
naught against me but tn birds; but
this o. thy father is a hanging matter,
so / mum run the country. I'm going
On board ship tomorrow, and I've
brought the enow to pay thy passage
out to me, lass, and we'll be wed when
thou lands
Tom l says. lit is not for we two
to wed now thou hast killed father. ]
wonder how thou canst think of such a
thing. Maybe trouble has made thee
dazed like
81 didn't go for to kin thy father
he says angrily.
"'That don't make no difference I
says; it was thy wrong-doing that
caused thee to be going with poachers
and with a gun in thy hand. Thou vast
warned and thou paid no heed. / can
never wed thee, Tom. I told thee
thou'd break my heart, and now
thou'st done it.
'And l burst out crying. for il was
more than I could bear. Tom came
out O. the thicket and began saying
something; but / ( idn't heed what it
was, being SO miserable, when sudden
ly William came up beside me and put
his hand on Toms shoulder.
".Iln not LET on as I've seen thee,
lad, he said; but thou mum make thy
sen scarce. Eunice is right; there a
be no wedding betwixt you. Thou nun
60; and right sharp, tool
Tom stood silent for a momen and
then he said, quite quiet;
well, good by. Eunice. if so be
thou means what thou says.
AYE ! said, 4 do mean it, Tom.
It's good-by.
Goodbye he says again. and
turned off by the copse; and that was
the last ! eyer heard or saw o. Tom
Marsden.
II was full O. sorrow for many Il lcng
day after that, and thought nothing
would seem fair and pleasant to ME
again. But at last I began to see /
should never have been q happy woman
with Tom. Everything Is for the best
Mss Nellie, though we can't see ii At
the time. So when, at the end Of two
years, John Hartly asked me to marry
him, | said yes, and I have never re-
pentod. Only when / hear the corn
crake II brings back to me those old
days.
Mrs. Hartley ceased, and we sat ST.
lent q little space. The elm trees were
casting longer shadows the sunshine
was more golden, the evening prim-
roses were opening their yellow eyes,
the corncrake had gone, and the child.
ren's voices sounded nearer and clearer.
Mrs. Rarity smiled happily.
II often think = she said. 'sof the old
saying. Many : cloudy dawn brings in
a bright day. "-HousehoId Words.
Diplomacy.