The Kimball graphic. (Kimball, Brule County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1905, 1889-06-28

murmur to him all the loving words
that came from my heart-how l had
yearned for him-how long the days,
the weeks, the months and years had
been-how | had thought of him IN
ceasingly-how, feeling sure that he
home Of my heart-how had been in
many places and seen many men, but
there was none like him, none to be
compared with him. All the loving
thoughts that had eve passed through
my mind were poured out like water
beneath his feet. The wind family
stirred the green boughs above our
heads, the birds We're singing blithely,
and | could hear my own voice ripping
on. but not his-not his.
a gust of wind blew a llac-spray
right into my face. l seized it and
kissed it ~passionately.
"llow strange, Mark, that you should
come back to me in the time of the Ii
lacs. They seem almost like living
friends. Bat, Mark, speak to me. l
say all: you say nothing; speak to me-"
Still lcould not see his face.
Great sorrow made ne dumb, Mark;
great JOY gives me Words" l said. Tell
me that you are pleased to see me, to
find me-
Nellie, my true, loving Nellie!" he
said.
And | was content. Oh, wondrous
love! l was content and happy. l too
stood for some minutes in silence, the
dark, handsome, beloved face bending
oyer. niue
But for all answer. he drew me near
er to him and whispered:
MY dear, loving Ncllie!"
l was quite content, safe in the shelf
er of his arms, my happy face resting
on his breast.
"Do you know. Mark" 1 said, 81 was
so sure you would come back TO me in
july, when the four years were ended,
that | spent the greater part of every
day. while the month lasted, under the
trees? Since the world began no wom-
an has ever loved more truly than I
love you. | am proud of my faith,
Mark-proud of my answering truth
proud that | knew and understood you
so well-proud that no shadow of doubt
has ever dimmed the sun of my great
love-"
Still was he strangely silent, and the
fiery passion of my words was wearing
away. l wanted to look into the be-
loved face. l wanted the dear lips to
lavish love on me, as mine had on him.
mark, look at me!n cried, in rapt-
Tire of loving Impotence. at seemed
to me, as you came along, that you were
sad and melancholy. Look at me. See
the love that beams in my face and in
my eyes for you.o
But his head dropped lower, and he
drew Inc nearer to him.
A thought came to me that possibly
he had been i'll, and / knew how illness
changes people. Yes, he had been i'll,
and seeing me had been too much for
him. Perhaps if he could have express
ed his emotion in a torrent of words as
l had done. he would have been better.
Mark said, 'look at me; let me
see your face. ! am beginning to fear
that you are ILL.,"
lie raised his head, and once more
the dark eyes looked into my own. All
me, the face was changed. The youth,
the hope, the brightness was gone; it
was pale, careworn, Wistful. But tho
eyes had their old power over me.
Have you been i'll, Mark?' L asked,
a~nXiOuSly.
Mo- he replied, mot in body; I
have been in mind"
II will cheer you and make you bet
ter. Why, when you went away, your
face was bright and brave. What has
changed it?n
Was l mistaken, or could it have
been a moan that had fallen from his
lips.
core trnnbla IT.T y 80 ~ ihH,ntp = pe; % III -
oVtT Vr now. Wa ~ eh "li" nava guy 10 ~ 10 a.,
oeein WbvNwb en1 40 M none not W en pai.t 10
me as | speak to you?"-and again my
trembling, burning hands chung to him,
a MA th iae .ealS ra1Lled LIZ from my eyes,
found expression i'll whispered words.
All me. he was strangely silent. And
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fG ~ w Sjhinih"I I'M w, en"v i,,o
r;9gia WHICH e'uns was sAo"lis
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do Won not sneak to me- MarIyW 'A'
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idea of # y no ronI;sd
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yon d;d ~ ~ ~ hnao" nn"oh Ma3 heaei
meyu 7 :, cried eoNi0 puifo'o' " niu
he answered sadly turnino b;o
face from me
"Then y asked in wonder TWIN
ala n nn,, ! asH WE ~ mpiiueai why
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