Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1888-03-09
A CL0UDhURST.

wears when / made llp my mind TO leave him
Nv heart told me l.vas wrong hut would
not draw back Two years before we were
married, Clcm went to Colorado and all the
time he was away wrote INC loving letter.
full of his Lcmc in the new country. the
GLORIOUS climate aud scenery his struggles
and his failure ! luugcd 10 be with him.
the quiet village life grew distaStcful. home
monotonouS and each day $50 like an
other that hated to go to lied at night.
dreamed o mountains and plains and. of
course. Of Glenn At last the time came when
he thought bcs- To come for me and We were
married one august morning. Ircmc,qIcr
he wa. palound quiet only a look i'm li- dar,,
eyes that shall never forget When we
getting ready, rpu away from him tia. r.. i.
haunted mc
When ! saw my uc" home my hear, We,
back with great throh Of anguish to NY
father h,u-c fi" trees and flower, and tue
pretty eastern village Before ne was a.
wide desert dnt,"l with low huts su far
apart / could not tell oven If they were i'll
hahtcl, anu close ut hand WAS a three
roomcd log cabin Nct tree. q hvoc, q lit
of green grass. only ,corchcd plain, with cgv
cardinal flower, OF miles of uunoWur,
quivorinC in the Lot. dry air. The fla: Ji.-
lance ended i'm '-Luucd brown fOotir'. Isn't
Glen slid copld SEQ The Rockies uu q c,c.r
day.
I laid my Ir,.tN gown, aside C.urcd
sOmbCr calicoc- and sun bonnet tha. o,,r
hircd gill at home he'd made me for a ty,d-
ding GIFT had laughed q little at il thoii
but now IT Wus my greatest comfor. tool,
up The weary ..f. ol routine and labor chat
falh> to the ranch,', wife in this land of >slud
and sunshine I 'vas not unhappy fer had
t,,,1 I
the cabin giving it a lived in look. hat tic
furniture va. very limited, and all my cook
ing lessons were of no avail for there was
nothing to cook with
Gem and the man worked all dav in the
fields harvesting with the wild Young horses
that had brought inc and my fincrv from the
town fifty miles Off and | STAYED alone.
There was not even a dog to speak TO- though
Glen had n collie with the sheep hcrtlcr miles
away He couldn't understand why should
want dog to bring in dirt and make me
more work so / never asked again. Nv
hands grew rough aud hard in the alkali
water, and my face tanned with that deep
brown peculiar to Colorado | could under
stand what a little western girl had said to
me III my eastern home when She cried ad-
rnirirg!y: "Why, everybody is 70 yhi-c
here
Still Glenn loved me, he thought me rs
pretty as ever. and our first winter was the
hapIiest in my life. The man was gone and
we were all alone. Wo read aloud evenings.
drove TO tho lo,tofiicc twenty miles away for
our mail and took long walks over the plains.
he promised l should have a saddle in the
spring and ride with lin, then lie would
huld porch around the house, and my sister
should come out and visit me.
In tll,4 lao
blowing, Glen was too busy to 60 to town
for the luml"r for the porch and we were
too poor TO entertain any one. Net | never
thought OF complaining then. | had cast
my fate with Clem's, and | worked for his
interest. never once longed for the old
easy days at home. If he said. GIVE got the
Smartcst little wife in the world wuuld
wori: myself nearly to death for week; but
I've seldom talked on pcttcd me. he was too
hr>H with hi farm work.
That second winter baby came, and the
yong German widow who stayed with ne
six mouths said il was the prettcst boy she
over say" thought it looked like Glen. and
of course ne thought it was my image Like
all young mothers was easily scared and |
think ] had some cause, for the doctor was
fifty miles of may have been over anX-
ious lat the Grst shadow that came between
Glen and me was his Indifference to my
woTric. about baby. lie would laugh az me
and 60 Gholt his work, while | carried the
child al day soothing its frctting. That
snmgei wa, not strong and may have been.
a. Clcnl said, "hystcricy."
Com crew broad ,boaldp,tI end nioolv
LrOr:rG with ruddy health and liz. Ir,t
Wa, weakly and dreaming, with ho,,,-,,,,l o.o,
uns b,ll.1 ,bfcl.. suL, il ,,loin 1,,,,,|L