The Warner sun. (Warner, Brown Co., Dakota [S.D.]) 1885-1???, 1886-01-01

ed Slngle-nanaed.
Then many weeks passed till it was
| the dead Of winter, and she knew II n
he avoided her. One Sunday after
! s~Grvice, he found her, by chance as 1t
| seemed, right in his path.
"The Lord be with you Betty" he
| said, and then passed on.
"Renold! Remodel" she called gently.
"YOu spoke, Bctty?"
"My father is i'll, and desires above
all things to see you. Will you not
come tonight? You will find him
alone"
III it's to see him, so be it, Betty"
When on that evening he had spent
an hour with Father Lee, the old
man said, "RenOld, the maid hath a
sweet voice. and on the Lords Day
night she reads the Scripture to me.
STAY you and hear her"
Then Capt. Marvin, much as he
! wished to 80, wished more to stay.
and while thus STRUGGLING with himself
in unaccustomed h~esitancy, the father
called the girl. She came, just court
eseying with indifference th&t panied
Renold. Then when her father asked
her to read she took the great Bible
in her lap, bent her fair head I'VE its
pages, and began in soft, but clearest,
tones to read the tale of Ruth. AS
she read on, Capt. Marvin forgot him.
self and all save this sacred tale SO
sweetly and effectively repeated by the
gentle maid. She paused not till she
had finished. Then she rose, babe
them good night, and was about to
go.
"Stay, BETTY" he said. "Let me
thank you. Never was sweeter ro-
nance written, but before knew
l that till now"
"'Tis indeed q beautiful tale" she
said, 'buU | almost wonder that you
liked it. There are others in the Word
more to your liking"
"What OtherS?"
"JOshua, for instance, the mighty
warrior"
"Aye, but I want q strong MAJ to
to eadthat."
who but yourself should read it
them"
would you like me to do so?"
"Greatly."
So he took up the Bible and read
with strong, resonant voice, of Josh
ua's mighty deeds.
- II thankyou, Renold. Never before
realized l the half of Joshua's valor,
/ think he must have been somewhat
like unto you, Renold; and now, good
night"
"Stay, Betty. The hour is early
yet"
Nay, l think It's we'll l bid yougood
night"
She had opened the door, behind
which were abrupt oaken stairs that
led almost perpendicularly to her lit
tie chamber under the r~afters, and
with one foot on the lowest step, she
turned her head, looking over her
shoulder to say good night.
"No, but you must not co." said he,
and he arose and went to detain her,
SEEING her by the hand. Then for an
instant the maid struggled, and some
how, by chance it seemed, in the dura-
ton of that struggle the maid became
embraced by his strong arm, so that
he perceived the exceeding suppleness
of her slight figure; and as her fair
head for the time of one breath rested
upon his broad chest, and he caught
the glance, half modest, halt amused,
from her uplifted eyes, her the
strength he gIoried in seemed to de-
part from him, and the maid, slipping
gracefully, quickly from his OBTAINING
grasp, fled up the stairway.
The strong man stood there q mo-
ment like one bewildered, and then he
heard the father laughing heartily.
Captain" said the old man, with
all your strengththe girl seems strong
er than you"
"Truly, she did give me the slip.
My head is in a whirl, and my heart
doth beat. What strange power hath
the maid? / know it not except with
her. Bid her come back, neighbor
Lee
Not tonight, Captain. The girl, l
surmise, is better alone. She hath
said nay, / think, tonight to young
Matthews avowal, and it panied her
to see hisgrief."
"Yet Matthew is well favored"
"Not for her, | trow."
81 wonder If Matthew ever felt her
soft touch, and her head resting for an
instant on his breast, though by acci.
dent. Ii SO, did it unman him, and
take his strength away? | willnot wait
hers longer, neighbor Lee. | am
strangely at unrest. wonderi if the fe-
yer is creeping in my veins. / burn so
hotly. will go into the cold air with
out
With mighty strides the strong1imb-
ed Captain went down the highway,
for ne was beset with stranger and
more peculiar excitement than he had
ever known.
Hath the maid the power of sor-
Gerry that she bewltches me?" he unused.
"She doth unman me, and / have no
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