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

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or understood by mem
1 saw his face droop, his mouth culver.
and then | felt "A sob rise in his breast Glenn
crying-the great strong mani could not
bear that. Forgive me- was wronr.n l
said. 81 fancied all this. You did not mean
it, But he only muttercd. "Blindl blind"
Still the food went on: still the dark
| waters encompassed us about, till thought,
| Verify the foodgatcS of heaven are opcn =
| Then, ms the old tree rocked and writhcd in
| the torrent Glen told me simply and hon
| cStly THAT he had not understood He thought
| was contcnted, and he was not used to the
little carcsseS that come natural to other
mcn he had 10 mother on sistcrs-dear,
| quiet, old Clem-to teach him. But he was
! bitterly sorry, and he thought from my raw
| ings after baby died that | hated him and
blamed him for the childs death. II was so
| good to hear him lcproach himself and to
have him kiss me in that passionate grief
that | was Indifferent to the food or future
| For moment we were silent. and looking
! into Iris dear face, | mercifullv did not SEQ
the coming wave, but | heard the louder roar
echolng the far away thundY rcal and COM
ing with the crash of a gale in pine forest
or the breaking of the surf on rocky coast.
Ihere was one swift moment of agonizcd ex-
pt'u''l'n WITH IL Wtsileu over us bending
the Tree TO ITS level but it went on and the
tree ana not follow. remember Glenn kissed
me ana sald he thought the water was going
Gown out somehow ! did not heed | think
tainted When l did begin to realize again
the flood was quite low, gone as swiftly as it
came. Only muddy brook creeping down
the sandy creek bod where n mighty river
had been; the sun had come out bright and
( warm and the storm was OoSt (Vbn+ havoc
ana desolation the flood caused was recorded
IN all the papers, but our deaths were not
among the dlSaStcrS fanccd that great
FoIuhe Oh water roaring ON to the Platte
river sWclllhG MS tide to wash the shores of
sunny Haihs ana fertile meadow lands, far
90 inc turbulent Missouri ending Mt last in Il
SHINING u.ue sea- inc great CUR Of Mexico.
HhoIl carry you. YOU httlc thin thing
Sald Clem.
O" might Shp, / SAID, 80 hand in hand
hk' TWO cEliurcn We crossed the slippery
laHu 10 the rahch TWO milo away On hill
ny Iho creek saw our wagon flung bottom
up ana py thr ranch we found our horses
lecdlng quietly. Luckily Glenn, matches
III the SllvoT case had given him long before
We were llaiIled-Nere dry and he built up
Il IRE III the fireplace IN the log cabin When
STOOD there to dry my clothes took my
treasures out OF my wet pocket and put them
bN inc IRE Ci"m came IN with some wood
anu saw them. tie stopped down on one
knee ana TOOK theln IN his hand.
was running away when saw YOU /
sand determined to keep 10 more secrets
from NM lie looked up at me and said,
Slowly:
II was running away myself thought
you mated me- sold the ranch to Mrs
france good business woman-lnean. though
- HaSsrs icu year ABOUT the price, $4,000.
was gong TO mall You the particulars, and
Sho would pay You one OF those visitors of
hoa has offered me place on his big cattle
ranch IN Texas was going there. You
na'e had lour years OF mlsery-the money
would pay you a little and you could go
home-l would not trouble You any more
wrote TINS IN a letter
can see 1t, Glenn
III was carried on IN my coat-probably
Oh us way down the Platte nou-letter was
nara 10 "rite-neariy broke my heart-told
o'sen 70 LOOK out Tor you-Wns going to send
'nc team pack' so you could get away all
flsnt-taihe Gown 10 Dry Greek canyon
AFRAID meet MIS-. France and her crowd
ne spoke III qulck, Jerky sentences, looking
III my treasures nc turned them over IN his
hahdS ana looked up at me Fifteen dol
iarS' the photograph OF man who ruined
your life, and-and dead baby's shoe. |
wonder II the pilgrim entered the gates Of
paradise WIN so hight load?
Cem' crlcti, 1T Is heaven NOW If you
VIII love me ana forgive me
ne Jnmpcd up ami took me in his arms.
MlSerade towards that we were, Molly,
running away from each other, too silly and
PROUD 20 tell each other the truth! Shall We
oeSin all over aSaln-let me win you once
moro and Keep You ret!7
II dld not seem ike sober indifferent Glen
at al, this eager. passionate lover. 1t was
very dear to me, too, had starved for love
so long.
And Will you take ME to Texas said
'Of course laughed. I'VE are Just mar
rcd, arc we not And no moro ranches for
me OF my own, Somebody else can do the
work; it's beyond lis two We don't WANT
to be rich; we want to be happy
While we stood there hand in hand, like
two Young lovers, we heard loud rafting,
and there came Olsen and Mrs. Bolnn, driv-
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