The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1889-01-06

.rvoz oF THE LUCK OF ROARING
CAMP TALES OF THE AReoNAUTs,"
CIV THE CARoUINEz WOODS"
"MARuJAN," ETC.
,,o,u,jobted 1888 bU the author.
CHAPTER XL-CoNTINUED.
,,,-o,,,o ;, she continued, tenderly, still
o;nr however, uneasily around her,
come Wen be more comfortable IN the
hollow It's only step"
SIN holding him by her braid she half
~ half dragged him away. To the right
i''' - those sudden depressions in the
was Que ~ .ansed by the subsistence of the
grou n erorn hidden springs and the uproot-
ear'I W. = one or two of the larger trees.
ing % sba had forced him down this de-
. ner helow the level of the needlestrewn
Sarast Aoor. she seated him upon messy
III III ADD shaking out her skirts in half
I rSGd. like half coquettish way, comforta-
Nv seated herself in his lap. with her arm
sSaiyDplsmenting the clinglng braid around
his neck. s. A.u
IL sba said. turning his face to her ques-
. .Guu ayes Whats gone of you anyway.
should be promised that Cressy's terms
= andearmeut were mainly negro dialecti-
vi "reminiscences of her brief bahyhood,
Ssr slave nurse and the only playmates she
had ever known:
,.atod the counts of his indictment against
10 GIRLS strange indifference and still
stranger entanglements, winding up by set
ting forth the whole story of his interview
pitb ner mother, his enforced defense of
the barn. Seth's outspoken accusation, and
their silent and furious struggle in the loft.
Rnt if he had expected that this daughter
Of a southwestern fighter would betray any
enthusiasm over her lovers participation In
ona Of their characteristic feuds--if he
looked for any fond praise for his own
yroUass he was bitterly mistaken. She
ioosened her arm from his neck of her own
.ccord. uuwound the braid. and putting
her two little hands clasped between her
knees crossed her small feet before her, aud,
albeit still in his lap, looked the picture OF
lanquid detection.
Nav ought to have more sense. and you
ought to have lit out through the window
after me- she SAID, with law sigh.
"Fightn' amt in your line---it's too much
Ike them. That Seth'ssure to get even with
YOU"
i can pTouoCb iu9 sSlL1 no SdAo' bduSu1I-
Nevertheless, he had depressing CON
sciousness that his 1.-THE and graceful burden
was somewhat in the way OF any heroic ex
preston.
Seth can lick you out of your boots,
caie,n she said, with naive abstraction.
Then rs he struggled to secure an upright
position, "Do1't get riled, honey. or
course, you'ld let them Kill you before
WOULD give in. But that's their best holt
that's their tradel That's all they can do
don't you see. That's where you're not like
them-ihat's why you're not like their low
down tind That's why you're my boy
that's why love you"
She had thrown her whole weight again
upon his shoulders until she had forced him
back to bis seat. Then, with her locked
hands again around his neck, she looked in
tentIy into his face The varying color
dropped from her cheeks, her eyes seemed to
grow larger. the same look of rapt absorp-
ton and possession that had so TRANSPORTED
her young face at the ball was fixed upon it
now. Her lips parted slightly, she seemed
TO murmur rather than speak;
What are these people TO us9 What are
Setb's iealousies, Uncle B ms and Masters
foolishness, paw and maws quarr'ls and
tantrums to you and me, dear! What is it
what they think, what they reckon.
what they plan out and what they set
themselves against-to uss We love each
other, we belong to each other, without their
help or their hindrance. From the time we
first saw each other it was so, and from
that time paw and NAV, and Seth and
Masters, and even you and me, dear, had
nothing else to do. That was love as
know it; not Seth's sneaking RACES, and
Uncle Ben's sneaking fooleries, and Mast
ers sneaking conceit, but only love. And
Knowing that, | let Seth rage and Uncle
Ben dawdle, and Masters trihe-and for
WHAT To keep them from me and my
boy They were satisfied, and we were
happy"
Vague and unreasoning as he knew her
speech to be, the rapt aud perfect convic-
tlon with which 1t was uttered staggered
him.
But how is this to end. Cressyy" he said,
passonately.
The distracted look passed, and the
A'gnt color and delicate mobility of her face
returned
10 end, dandy hoyY she repeated, lazily.
gu didn't think of marrying me-did
your
he blushed, stammered, ard said eyes"
aloelt with all his past vaciIation and his
present dlstrust Of her. transparent on his
eueeA and audible 10 his voice.
No, DEAR she said, quietly, reaching
uown' untylng her little shoe ana shaking
, tue lust and pine needles from its recesses,
MOI don't know enough to be- wife to
YOU Just now, and you know it. And |
oouI9n keep house fit for you, and you
eyulun afford to keep me without it. And
tuen u would be all known, aud it wouldn't
ne Us 700, dear, and our lonely meetings any
more And we couldn't be engaged-that
"ou.u oe 100 much like me and Seth over
aasaih, That's what you mean, dandy
tpoy-tor you're only a dandy boy, YOU
nno%' ana they don't get married to back
b %oou southern girls who haven't Niger to
s y,eos themselves with since the war; Mo-
.. que continued, lifting her proud little head
tiomptly after Ford had recovered from
; -,o SUI IP prise as to make the ruse of empty
W. ter Sooe perfectly palpable, mo, that's
IA na' we've both allowed, dear, all along.
90 CO." T low money, it's near time for me 10
Soii leL me something good-before 90.
te Ii' n nle mat you love me as you used to
VIII WI. aie row you felt that night at the ball
p pneu you hrst knew we loved each other,
fo r' r syop-Siss me flrst-there, once more
CHAPTER XII