The Red Cloud chief., 1886-01-29

He lived almost alone through the
wild winter GEd the clustering spring.
Early summer found him more aud
more ready TO surrender himself to the
inioxication Of this singular madness.
Perhaps j: needs that . certan strain
of greatness shall lie in n mans naiure
before he can 90 mad ID that particular
way. The compact small creature
whose faculties are all Of a size is as
safe a the compact great creature
whose powers are equally well bal
anced.
Happily for most OF Us. the world is
too much with us To allow Us 10 develop
10 complete fullne,s Of eccenir city.
Transplanted TO Jupiter. the human
race might find elbow o enough to
grow into a huge asylum If crazy hui
morists: but Our crowded civilization
acts upon us As close shelter acts on the
trees In a plantafion-the outer lines
grow a little twisted. perhaps. but n
the middle of The wood the stems are
straight and uniform. Trcgarthen. in
hi, island castle OF the Cornish coast,
wa It'll a little sheltered. By and b..
a shelter hc had not hoped for began 10
grow about him.
The clustering spring had passed.
and here was a day in mid-June. with
"A sky Of sapphire and pearl. and a
breeze OF warm spice and balm. Ire
grathen wandered, smoking and lost in
idle meditation. to the cliffs on the right
side Of the sea-ga,e. and there cast him
self full length on the warm and scent
ed heritage. The splendor of the day
was nothing TO him just then; and
though his bodily eyes took cognizance
Of u Of the finest reaches OF rock
bound coast England can show. he had
no conscious pleasure In IT. He pulled
his soft ha: over his eyes and surren-
dercd himself 10 his pipes and his
dreams. Everything was wonder
fully still. He could hear the plash
Of the waves on the rocks below.
though he gave no heed TO il. and the
intricate murInurs of many insects
mingled drowsiiy with the voice of the
sea. a, though they were Of equal vol
der these conditions. grew more and
morc dreamy; his f~ancies, like the
sounds about him, became dim and dif-
fused Anything vas welcome TO the
domination of his mind at such a mo-
mcni, and n certain idle RHYTHM in the
fall and rise of the waters down below
did well enough TO think about
He was certainly not quite wide
awake. and he was gust a certainly not
quite asleep when a vision dawned
upon HIM. Two or three yilely- painted
trees fluticrad or a ragged canvas and
libeled the forest of Arden. a dowdy
female. and d melancholy male in a
fools coxcoinb walked before the
PAINTED cloth. and libelei Celia and
Iouchstone. Then suddenly came into
sight Il radiant creature. and a voice
spoke in tones which blended resigna-
ton and fatigue w Tn something almost
iesting-.-Oh. Jupiter. how weary are
my spirits" This voice WAS so near
and clear that il awokc him and brought
him bolt upright, sitting in the hrackcn.
There WAS a sound Of laughter and
voices on the little strip of sand below.
and. moving TO the edge Of the cli;l. he
looked over.
In ine summer weather il was a
common thing for people 10 row across
from the mainland aud picnic on the
island. Tregarthcn's forcbears had per
mitted this, and Tregarthen himself
had never felt an oh, ection 10 it unit
now. Ii may De allowed that. AT the
moment at which he found himself in
,crrupted. his stud es were not of the
most cXigcnt SORT. yet his first thought
was thai the presence of these intruders
and their ike would Toe inimical to
Study. Then he regretted the loss of
his dream, and blamed the irtrudcrs
for breaking ii, though the dream itself
had awakened him.
His half-slumbcr had lasted for so
short 4 space OF time that the pipe he
held between his finger and thumb st II
sent up a streak of faint blue >moke.
lie stuck il between his lips again. and
bad turned to ramble honcward when
the voice of his dream spoke in his
waking ear. and STAYED his footsteps.
That il Miss Churchill. the actress
he said to himself. There is not an
other voice like that in the world. l
should fancy. | should know il among
a thousand
Since the night on which he had
earned his own I'll by rebuking
Colonel Pollard for his story of the ac-
tress he had scarcely thought about her.
but h. felt a uriou plcaSurc and in
fcrcst now in the belief that she WAS
near. In spite of his short->iwh;cdncss
he had a very definite idea of what She
was Ike. IL seemed tn him that he
could her face before his
IN nds exc quite clearly. and. ms he saw
il. il was worthy of her figure and her
voice. He "on:esS2d To himself that he
would like 10 see her nearer II han l..
and 10 know how far her mind CORE
spo1ded TO his own imp cSSions of her
genius rs an actress. Ii could not be
difficult 10 devise Il means of seeing her.
or even of speaking TO her, seeing that
she was actually 4 ire>passer upon his
grounds. He thought. however. OF a
score of dev ceS. none of which COM
menled themselves 10 h N. ani As he
thought he strollci toward the spot
where the gradual rise of the sands and
the more prec pitous fall OF the III
brouCh; the two upon a level. Tbs
spot was about midway between high
water line and the ga.cs of the Old man
sion. and he reached it almost nj the
same moment with the visitors To the
island. He heard the sweet vo:ce talk
ing again. and wa more than ever pcr-
suaded hat it belonged TO Miss
Churchill.
lie polished his eyeglass in rcadi-
ness TO observe. and before he himself
was seen he had secured a good look
AZ every person in the little party. The
i3iy with the sweet VOICE WAS tall and
graceful. but her lace was not the face
OF his memory. Compared with thai
memory the face was plain. though few
psople would have expressed SO I'M
favorable \ Judgment had they bu;
looked 1t it BY Itself. The eve . Of no
part cular color. were large. inselligen;