The Arkansaw traveler., 1886-05-01

beautiful. ciear-cut face stand oVt sharp and distinct against the far~oh, faint evening sky.
 He said, repeated slowly that he was much surprised at getting your letter, and that he couldn't possibly do what you asked him to, whatever that was
 And did he speak cross
 He did
 Then. Will. you'll have to carry another message from m" te Mr Arthur
 That shant, Hester. not even to please you. promise you Ve done all the meS>agiug betwiXt you and htn that 1 m game for Come with me, and make up your mind Ia be a sensible maid
 This iS the message, Will, she went on, as if I'd been promising to carry II instead of just the contrary Fell hlm that perhaps it's too much trouble for him to meet me al the tep ot the hill, where he used to-wherr he used to and So to save his steps, Il wait for him at the bottom hy the river until he chooses to come to me
 let her have her say aS being the best way to bring her round. and when Sit' uIli$HtNt | iittt isilAi 't INi AEtAlts and tried to oeoax her along torlt seemed uneauny 10 leave her there with her sal and bitter thoughts
 Let me be. she said in such a tone that knew she wasn't Eoing to be Der suadcd sha u't % down just vet and sha n go down with you shall stay here or shall so back up hill just a> choose. and shall % alone lonly stirred to make you speak Ne heard everything now and shall com" no further
 We'll answered you cant lun= der me staying here too
 oh Will Will she et,cd and her voice changed from angry to Very slow and sad you don't know what s work ing in me l must he alone The feel ing of any one near me ehokrs me Ii ever YOU felt sorry for poor stricken creature. pity me and let me hlde alone d bit Nou ve been very kind to me many timc amt most of all to-day after all the hard things vr ~aid tnNeu lie kind new Will and % away puck ao away quick Don't go [" trli mother where am. and don forget tho word, l hade you carry to that tn hun Good night Will
 Good night Hester answered for I saw II was no use holding out And then yc often thought ot it slnec and wondered why did It 1 took her III uly arms and held her to ule, and kissed her cold pale cheeks and treIn hlue liI,- and her c}es that were Wet with great tears ~hrdidn [ struggle or even seem ta know what did
 l. 1 back. aud -aw her sitting en tho ground crouchjnE much as had dou" that daS in Calder Rough when hll seen her with Mr Arthur iWrut a lttie further and looked again but the gathering night had Ind her from me altogether
 How long she stayed on the hiil shall never know or how she mad" ur her mind [" bring her great grlet [" such terrible cnd, whether she hc~,tatcd and hung back from the fatal leap ~hr hai resolved to make CT whether ~he took bold plunge and sn left her life behind her All wccvcr knew Wa that in the carly gray ot thr morning when the first gang went up lhr lfne thoy found poor mangled body lNing cold and dt.a.! at th. foot of the cutting which l was the one to idcutty a4 the budv of Hester Welsh II wa- fully be licv,d hv every one, including h"r mother that she had met wlth an acci- dent and fallen over th" railing ln the dark thought otherwise. but 1 took it to hc th" wiscst plan tp keep my thought, to myself and ind"r.t who would have been any the better for what l could have told2 Not poor Hester certainly
 What Mr Arthur thought 1 can -ay He looked very grave when he heard th" news, but then he would have looked the same about such sad accident no matter to whom it had happened never could mak" up my mind whether he had really deceived the girl and l"d her a4trav pr whether her pretty face had caught his fancy for a while .rud hi- foolish words had turned her head fer alway~ Anyhow he married Miss Baird about Christmas time and there were great rejoicing. at the wedding
 \, to poor Hester, last inc--agr l never gave it for before next saw Mir Arthur understood what she had meant tv saving that -h" would wat for him beside the river. since be did not choose to climb to the top of St Martin llll lH 1e Ie9r Ho..ad
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