Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1888-12-28

in deeper shadow. walking IN TINS yellow
twilight, with his feet nois@lessly trcading
down the yielding carpet of pine needles, it
seemed TO the master that he was passing
/ through the woods in Il dream. There was
mo- sound but the duh intermittent double
knock of the wood pccser, or the drowsy
/ crOak Of some early roosting bird all sug
| gostiou Of the settlement, with all traces of
| cf human contiguitv were left far behind.
, Ii was therefor, with a strange and ncrN Gus
? sense of being softly hailed 10y some wood
land spirit that he seemed to hear his own
name family waited upon the air. He
turned quickly it was Grossly, painting he
hind him Even then. in her white closely
gathered skirts her barred head and grace
fu archng neck bent forward. her flying
braidS freed from the straw hat which she
/ had SWUNG from her arm so as not to i'm
/ pede her flight. there was 50 much of the
/ following Macnid about her that he was for
an Instant startled.
He stopped She bounded to him, and
| throwing her arms around his neck with
light laugh let herself hang for moment
braathicS, on his breast, Then recovering
her speech She said slowly:
II started OH an Injn trot after YOU. just
( as vou turned off the trail. but you'd got
/ % far ahead while / was shaking myself
clear of Uncle Ben that had to iiSt lopc
/ the whoc way through the woods 70 catch
up" She stopped, and looking mp into his
troubled face caught his checks between her
hands and bringing his knit hrows down to
the level Of her humid blue eyes said, "Nou
haven kissed me yet. WHAT'S the mat
/ ter -
| doesn't it strike YOU that might ask
tbot oua.tion CONSIDERING that it, three
days SINCE I've seem Won and that Won left
mo- il, a rather awkward po,ition to ok
,l,ir ,,,ttor. to vo,r motbo,. - no said
/ r,III. lie had rorm,,lotn1 fine sentence in
his mind som, moments before but now that
if ,y,. utt.rpd if onn,ar,l sinpulnrlv wsol,
and i,oro,ent
..Tbot' , $40 She said with n frank laugh
hui..ino br, fncn in his waistcoot .You
soc dandy bov'' his NET none-..I rec,onod
for thot reason VOID hntter lie low for y doy-
or two WcU e she continued untyin,r
hi. crovot and ,ot,-ino If ar,in chow djd
Won crawl ont of it,
ana ,,,, moan tn .ov vour mother did
NOT toll vou.'' he a.knd indionoutIv
"WRy should She ?" returned Cres.v laz-
! ilv ..She never talks to me of these thinrs
/ honey y
.An1 Won knew nothing about if >"
Grassy Shoot, her head and then Winding
one If her lone hroids around fine vounT
mans neck offered the end of it to his
month and ON his sternlv declining if. took
/ il in hrr ov.r
! Nn+ avon bar icrnorauco of what had roallv
bo,,ro,ol ,IiI NOT ,ccoi,ut tnthn no.tnr for
the Indifference of her long silence. and al
Leit conscious of some iuntIicioncv in his
nro.ont unhe,oic ottitude he continued SIR.
r,.tic,u,
..NIov I osl, ,rbot Won IMAGINED would
hammer y.hen Won left mo =,
iN,l = s,it CROSS, rnofdcrtlv ~ rock
c,,l ,biIo ,,u cn,,li lin -. vall =. IN. nov+
man ond fhot beino psfted world .,n,
nav something new and pIrty Why /
oir't ,,ot ,n fancy lint Invrd nm somothin,
AGAINST NAYS uno.tiorino me mode
fiat r,n,nit.d MASTER. urofnis. to s,voo, th,t
h., ,,..,. IA, +h. bo,,, ,,.i+h ma Tho, ,.,l,,.
lo+od tn t,l Paw. that ynI c,n,o maa,J,,.-
inc alone, inst before nav no,naJ in and
tIot Sl,rI,ddIod to ioin Master. or
lo,,,.,. =, She ,dd,d o,icLlv ti,,ht,nir,, ber
hold Of the master rs he made a sudden at
to,nut ot withdrawal II didn't LET ON to
Master ,rLy / Wanted him to nr,mi.e ~,
,I,ot ,,,,, ,r,.,.. tbara
..Gre..,- ." said Ford irri+otad bovond
,,,oa.,r. cara Won mad or do vnu tbiul, I
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Tb, Girl. rona cbonrad Sba cast = half
rrigbtonnd -nuo,tionino Glance nj his
,,.(. and t,o,, ,,,.,,,,ul tbn Jo.l,o,ir,, ai.ln
III we're CONC to ouorrel Torl, {" She said
bn,,.io,l,- ..lnI.t Iot,. do if hefo,.c rains =,
.In the nomnof Heaven =. bns,ii fnIloy-
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Did .be ro,lIy moan tIot She yc,. mora
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