The Arkansaw traveler. (Little Rock, Ark.) 1882-1???, 1889-05-18
CHAPTER XVIII.


The next morning, upon coming down stairs,
found Lucille sweeping the gallery. The dogs,
trotting up and down, in frosty morning frskl-
ness, were always in the way, and made pretenses
of extreme fear when Lucille threatened them with
the broom The picture was so bright that stood
for some time unObserved not wishing to blur it /;
but did blur it when shortly sfterward, spoke
to her. She replied in cool way, and, placing
the broom in corner, she stood with her hands
resting the railing of the "bansters" gazing far
away the frosted fields.
"You are not well this morning, are you?"
asked.
eyes quite well, thank YOU"
"You seem to have changed since yesterday"
al don't know that have changed" she answered,
CHANGING at me with GOODNESS that made me
shiver.
"Come in to breakfast said the colonel step
ping out on the gallery "Get down, you trifing
rascal Zone of the dogs trying to put his paws
the old gentleman's shirt bosom). Bright day,
Phil. Good day to take up our work again"
Lucille did not even glance at me during the
meal. "What can have brought about this changer
l unused. al see. The freshness of meeting me
again, having worn off, she has turned toward Boyd
Savely. | will not increase the weight of her
burden. l will wait, and perhaps there may come
another day of encouragement" With logged
strength held to this determination. She gave
not the slightest cause to break it. In the hail.
in the parlor and in the library, which, by chance
it seemed, she sometimes entered she wore the same
GOODNESS of eX pressiOn-her eyes had the same dis
tant look. tried TO recall the easy conversation
in which we, riding over too-rapid!y- shortening
road, had INDUCED play fulness of sentimental
fancy, but could only reproduce the scene: the
words refused a second utterance.
The colonel was delighted when resumed our
work, but to me the pen moved with ungraceful
stiffness; but with kindly meant assimilation,
made pretense of keen concern.
"By the way" said the colonel, "you haven't told
me what arrang ements you made in Louisville for
bringing out the history"
81 didn't succeed in making any arrangements"
"Did the trouble come on before you had chance
to the publishers? 1t has been on my mind
pretty much all the time since you came back to
ask you, but supposed all along that the arrange
ments were about completed. Did you call on any
of them?"
1 related my experience. The old man got up
from the sofa stood for few moments in front of
the fire, thinking deeply, and then said;
"Philip, they are wolves That's what they are,
nothing but bowling and snarling wolves. The
life of every man who has ever written book is q
proof of the fact that those fellows wolves.
Well (after few moments), we can't allow them
to Wen go to Cincinnati, to Chicago, to
New York and Boston, sub, before we will submit
to their rascality. What do you think of it?"
81 have been thinking" Ireoined, "that ii would
be good idea tor you TO bring the book out your
self"
"How2 What do you mean?"
"Why, have the type set, plates made, and pay
some printer to do the press-work. Then instead
of receiving mere pittance royalty, whatever
10 made on the book belongs to you"
"Phil I" exclaimed the colonel, reaching my chair
almost at bound and slapping me on the shout
der, "you have simply hit the nail square on the