Waterbury evening Democrat., 1890-05-06

"sTANp BAcKt' SIZE CRIED.
hard like sound smitten from piece Of
steel
Tho two heavy figures stopped with as-
constituent changing every line of face and
form, then they advanced again, and Leo
growled, roughly: ''Stand aside, madam"
But the statue-lilSe barrier did not move,
nor the repcllant hand fall, while the girls
eyes looked straight into the eyes before
them with the burning steadiness of the
eagles. What superb bar in the way OF
violence!
s'He shall say what he pleases," she said
"and If you injure him you shall first pass
over mel"
'Miss Hartman" said Richards voice be
hind her, "come, can not subject you tc
this" and she turned and followed him out
like an enraged Queen.
1t wasn strange and dramatic scene, but
would have been ridiculous had less gravity
of feeling and underlying tragedy attended
it. AS it was, the meeting came to rather
embarrassed close, and Trean's hands were
trembling and her eyes upon the ground "a
she walked up the lane by Elchard's side.
Color had returned to the young mans
cheeks, but his head was held erect and the
pallor of anger still lowered about his lips
and nostrils. Had he not loved this girl be-
side him perhaps he would have turned
from this credal horror with no exhibition
of repugnance stronger than disgust, but
now he seemed involved in it. Had she not
suffered while this man talkeda Had she
not gone forward shuddering and suffering
all her life under the moral and material
plague which this man had engenderedf
It seemed to him she were being smitten in
the face with filth as he had listened to the
Prophets words, and his lovers blood
leaped and hungered to throttle the insulter.
No words were spoken until they stood
%,,,s, ,xal
and looked at her. The eyes were full and
swimming that she lifted to his face.
"You must go away now," she faltered,
tout of the Territory; twill cost your life
for you to remainp'
"No" he said, steadily; ''my fathers IN
terests and my own are over there, and you
are here could not go. even if you bid me,
Trean." The expression of sorrow and appre-
hension deepened in her eyes as she gazed
at him.
81 shall care for myself, darling, she plead
ed, in answer to her look. ''These men are
towards they can not be else. They will
never modest me when the sun is over US,
and shall have care where am when
that goes down. Trean, do you think could
leave you no52" and De held her hand tightly,
looking fondly down into her face as they
| went slowly forward.
For answer her face fell with q rush Of
| while her heart leaped there was q low
beating at the bottom which said: 81 shall
| lose him! o. I shall lose him because he loves
| me sol"
They found her father lying weak and
silent when they went in, but he turned his
| eyes to them with expectant hope What he
| saw in their faces, though smiles were
there, made him turn his head away with
o groan. So the magic of the Prophet had
failed2 Alas, that which had seemed half
beautiful and wholly compelling to his crude
| and unpublished perceptions, had proved q
thing most frightful to the finer nature Of
this young New Englanderl
They did not touch that which had occur
red with words they had no need, the
trouble Of it was in their faces-but inquired
his feelings and his comfort tenderly.
| Just after the sun went down he fell
| asleep, and, leaving q kiss upon his fore
head, the daughter went out where Paul
was pacing to and fro along the porch.
The flame of his anger was still licking at
his heart, but at sight of her face it died
away, and they sat down and talked while
| the day went out. 1t was q sweet hour,
despite the shadows Of evil omen which,
falling from all points, seemed to converge
upon them. The sun having put out its
fires upon the western mountains and
slipped down behind them, those stupen.
dous walls slowly turned an Opaque blue,
leaving DuG one OCQer SpOC OF Color IN the
whole gigantic curves, rose-hearted heap
Of filming ashes where the sun had seemed
to rest q moment among the eagle prongs
But for long time the eastern peaks were
tipped with gold with faint wisps Of pinl
floating above them, while their bases rest
ed in pale and shadowy blue. The all
that filed the valley, too, became visible
lake Of lightest turquois reaching half way
up the mountains, and in which buildings
and distant objects stood submerged ant
vapory Then slowly the twilight deep
ened, so slowly its changes could scarcely
be followed, for when the eye was lifted the
gold tips seemed Ieaden russell and the
mountains solid lumber at the base, ant
now the peaks were dead lumber and the
mountains black at bottom, but the eye hai
not been challenged; insensibly the color.
} had come and gone, pushed from theil
| places by milder, sabler layers until al
was shadowy and dark
Still the lovers sat and whispered, foldct
close in that soft and musky murk which
lying upon the ground like vast and vel
vety mat, seems the foundation upon which
the darkness rests, while one by one tn
stars strayed into the wide upper air ant
the turning Of the world brought the moor
across the mountains. Very brightly hi
silver forehead was,pushed above an east
; ern peak, then her whole benignant visag
followed, looking down into the valley an,
J upon the happy lovet with something liz
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