The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1890-08-21

IlOuI Ou It's lis
ing and then had sunk back out Of
= the heavens and left nothing in it's
place but swelling clouds, which were
Tossed about in the sky like big
lead eel ored waves in the sea. At
times these clouds converged and hid
everything and then the cabin might
have been the home of some malevo-
lent witch of olden times, driven be-
tween heaven and earth by the pow
er of magic. Nothing but clouds,
clouds, clouds; it made us dizzy to
watch them. They came up from be-
low the horizon full of water, drawn
by invisible hands from invisible
wells were emptied upon the noun
tains with heavy splash and were
finally dragged out of sight by the
unseen powers of the air.
Mandy and Sissy Laws were
watching the changes Of the atmos-
phere drearily. It was very lone
esome, very desolate up there when
Frank was away. A day of his alb
sence was worse than having the sun
taken out of the sky, and when both
events happened together the time
passed heavily indeed Aftera while
2the rain stopped falling, b ut the hills
around the cabin were sodden and
black; the swollen stream in tine CAN
yon below the house plunged and
reared through the multitudinous
echoings of it's own startled voice
and the, pines on the cliff shivered
and moaned. But all at once the
sky grew brighter, the clouds thinned
away; then there came a wonderful
glimpse Of black sky, brocaded with
silver, and presently far down the
bigvalley a transverse range of noun
tains flashed into view like heaps OF
furnished, crumpled cloth of gold.
"Looks like it was goin' to STOP"
said Mandy, hopefully
Il do reckon tis," replied SISSY,
going to the door and standing so
that she could watch the broad wing
ed flight of the storm clouds.
'lt'll be a heap easier for him if it
does," pursued Mandy in tone OF
recapitulation which showed that
her thoughts had been with. her
brother Frank and that she was now
summing them up. Mandy had a
deliberate womanly way of saying
and doing things which in one SO
young was both charming and pa
thetic. s'It must be orfe to sit in
the saddle all day long with it q
rainin' like this ere. I'm glad 'taint
cold though. It'ud be turble if the
weather should turn cold"
81 don't see what possessed i'm to
go on such a day." said Sissy. q
should think he might waited"
Mandy sighed. She had given the
subject some thoughtful study her
self and had arrived at the same
conclusion, though she felt it her du.
ty to defend her absent brother.
"He said twas bizness what
couldn't be put off. Ireckon it's the
'o>tllC oIA oUoA OOuu5 Cd ULl6.
He'll come home with six or eight
head from-from some m drive
'em up to the corral, n n buy 'em
IN take 'em off,
81 think it's orfe queer It them
tfellers allus comes at night" remark
ed Sissy"
Mandy sighed again.
We'll, so d. /. But tain t none O.
our bizness. Frank knows what les
up to.
20, yes, Frank knows what he's
up to. But can't help thinkin' il
'ud be a heap sight easier fer them
fellers, whoever they be them drov.
ers to drive the cattle aroun' the
mountain by daylight, n not try tc
Il keep out o. sight the way they do
NJ then, Frank has few herd ur
there Nm that ole corral a waitin,
he hainH the same Frank he is al
other times. i allus hate to see in
comm whep he's got cattle along o
i'm"