The News-Herald. [volume] (Hillsboro, Highland Co., Ohio) 1886-1973, 1888-01-26

large eyes In her direction, with an admir-. |
ing emile, ssand I have really begun re-
GREETING already tho necessity Of getting |
well, and losing 30 mrch that u pleasant"
You must not hurry" stammered
Beam, while Trean's eyes were Hxed upon
her work, with q tremor Of almost invisi. |
BILE color fleeting up through the shadow
Aim that sad6ened her face.
ayes, the doctor, who was here this
noon, says can not safely 60 on for two Or
three weeks" he answered. II am afraid
they ore already growing uneasy over ct
Eagles on account Of my absence. / wish
there were some way by which I could let
them know"
II will go for you," said Beam, taking up
his hat.
"Thank you. Oh, not now, SIR" catching
him by the hand In o grateful protesting
way. "You are very good indeed, but in
the morning will do quite ~ we'll"
s'If they are anxious guess had better
go tonight" he said, half doggedly, getting
up.
"Oh, it will never do; you slept mono last
night; it is altogether too muchi''
II slept some to-day" gong toward the
door with feeble sort Of laugh. Elchard
reached out his hand. The other came and
took it and stood looking down at his hat.
"You are very good frieQd," said Elchard,
Wtvu " uuO WbIAutu III ho AuC0s yOu u0v0
me at q disadvantage now, but sometime
hope I may ind q chance to return your
kindnesss Ny horse is at your disposal, -
I, also, shall be In the future. Tell them,
please, that have q cracked rib or two, nnd
that as soon as they knit little / shall be
over on the range. You had best wait till
morning."
"No; it's moonlight I shan't mind tho
ride. have work to do In tho morning.
Goodnight" and he tramped heavily out.
When he had gone Elchard said, softly,
without turning his eyes from a great
milky star that from over far mountain
top looked in through the open door: II
like him. He is good, honest fellow and
seems like brother"
'Yes," said Trean, quietly, and silence
fell between them. After q time the girls
father came in with weary sort Of step.
He sat down and said few words almost
with his customary childish cheerfulness,
then fell to gazing moodily at the floor.
He did not light his pipe as usual, and Trean
went to the mantel and filled and brought
| It to him. She said nothing, only laid her
hand ON his shoulder with a>fond and pity
| ing movement as he looked up in q half sur
prised and trembling, tender way. Then his
| eyes filled and he sat q long time looking
| through the open door into the soft dark
ness with his pipe unlit in his crumpled
| hand. Soon Trean arose and went dr0op-
| ingly about the duties common to the retir-
| ing hour, and ere long the old man went out
through the kitchen and found her standing
on the back steps looking sadly up at the
| untroubled stars.
20, my pore darter," he sobbed out, and
he put his arm about her shoulders, sits
| come out ut last Yo'r to be tuck away
from me, my pore purity gal! The Bishops
been moved by the Holy Sperrit to make ye
his wife, It's His will, but it's hard, O,
it's hard to give ye up"
The girl seemed to sink down for q mo-
ment, then she suddenly flung him of and
stood erect.
sIts ler she almost hissed, "the
Bishops told you q lie. It's the Evil Spirit
has moved him, If any thingi The Holy
Spirit has been revealing itself to me the
last two days, father" with softening voice.
"Oh, it has been speaking to me, in the
silence that drops from the stars, the
flowers round there in the yard have been
whispering it to me, and the birds have
been singing 1t up there in the pinesi Oh,
father, l can't marry the bishop nowr'
The old man looked at her with dumb
amusement in his tcar-wet eyes. he
seemed to be feeling feebly after her drift,
then suddenly he came toward her with
outstretched, trembling hands. "Don't ye,
darteri Don't ye sin agin the Holy Ghostr ~
he gasped. "Ye know that air the unpar-
donable sin, an ken on'y be atoned for by
the sheddin' Of yo'r own blood That air
revelation, darter. Don't ye bring 1t down
onto ye. The Bishop hes seen 1t In q vision
that ye was to be his seventh wife, an hes
prayed over it, an desires ye, an hes been
counseled to it by the twelve elders Of the
Stake. 1t air the will Of Heaven, darter
don't ye turn agin It'll Don't ye turn away
from the truth es revealed through the
Lords anointed, or, es ye well know, no
sacrifice but the spillin' Of yo'r blood here
among these mountings Of Zion ken save ye
from eteral burnin's! Don't ye turn agin
the will of the Lords chosen priesthood,
darter, or, es the Bishop said last Sunday,
yo'r lost! Yo' kent marry no man but one
Of the Lords Saints an be savedi o, dar-
ter, be keerfulI be keerfulp'
She stood almost within his trembling
arms looking dumbly up at the silver surgea
Of stars, but not seeing them for utter mis-
cry. Then Q quiver ran through all her
frame, and her eyes filled slowly. 81
| "Is duty greater than lovea" she said,
hoarsely.
Eyes, it air, darteri Yes, it airi The
Prophet in the book Of Doctrines and Gov.
enants say 1t airi" and she turned away
among the trees, and down at the foot oi
the orchard fell upon her knees and
stretched her arms up In the moonlight