The Weiser signal. [volume] (Weiser, Idaho) 1890-1904, 1891-07-16
II PROMISE.


"You shall mott You shall mott You
belong to me'
The beautiful little creature stamp
ed her tiny foot on the turf, as she
spoke; her eyes famed with anger, q
dush shot up into her dark cheek.
81 belonged to my country before |
ever saw you, Viva" answered Tom
Creighton, in sad but steady tone.
"You shallnot go thought Ali dear,
dear, darling Tom, canyon leave your
little lassie TO die OF fear? Don't you
love me?"
She gathered the tall fellows hands
close to her heart, and clasped them
there with strange, passionate
strength. Tom stopped and lifted her
to his bosom as if she had been a tiny
child.
81 could not love thee, dear so much
Loved / not honor more"
he said, slowly, bending his head to
her ear. A splendid head it was,
crowned with close curls soon to fall
before the shears, and its symmetry
to be hidden by q forage cap; and the
face did not belle the head; its strong,
regular features, its cleft chin, and
resoute lips, all "gave the word as
surance of q man." while the express
sive gray eyes revealed humor, tender
ness, pathos, passion, and possible
flash OF rage.
"Don't talk to me about honorl'
sobbed Viva, hiding her face on his
shoulder al shall die if you go away
from mel can tt can't bear itl'
/, There was no heroism about Gene
We've II Estrange her French descent
had given her inexpressible charms OF
aspect and manner; she was as slight
t as a girl OF ten years, and no higher
t than her lovers shoulder, but the
: contours OF her exquisite figure showed
the roundness and grace OF woman
i hood, and her piquant, glowing lace
4 was alight with all the fire OF an III
:. tense feminine nature. There was
Il nothing childish in thered, mobile lips
q the delicate, irregular features, the
l brilliant dark eyes that sparkled OIL
r melted according to her mood, th'
8 abundant, silky black hair that fell tC
Z. her feet when it escaped from the heav,
81 coils that seemed too weighty for tn
= lovely little head they covered
c She was spoiled from her babyhood
= being the only child of wealthy parents
in not II wish had the wilful creature eve
IS, been denied; never had she wanted
OF luxury, or failed TO indulge n caprice
Sc indeed, it was caprice that this FER
" Summer had taken her to the Whit
'' Mountains before the great hotels wer
. opened. to a small house near the vi
\ lace of Francona. She wanted to sc
! the Spring blossoms of the North, I
I'M cat her the dawn pink arbutus, she ha
IN so often bought in Broadway, from IT
/ urking-places under the pine needle
Use OF the forest; she had heard OF "tl
ga shy Linnna," the white wintergreel
and many another early flower this
Y fades before fashion comes 10 G.
mi plore its haunts, from a scho
,ta, friend who lived in northern Ne
the Hampshire; and so, weary
n the early terrors of the great WI
W 5 looming blackly i'll the dIstanc
! tired from the two years in Euro
that followed her school days, al
rs, the long winter of dissipation IN Il
aa. city. she had minated to her obedie
-, naIents her desire to visit Franconi
=, and they took her to the Pine ii
House accordingly.
Here she met Tom Crcighton; !
father and mother lived on far
ncar by. and the handsome you
- LAWYER from New York had come
'e to say good-by to them; for he h
Ej enlisted in volunteer regiment a
- daily expected orders to the front.
~ Viva had met him often in sociei
~ and the two opposite natures, in
"A measure counterparts, had been II
~ tually attracted Tom Creighton W
,ns q typical New Highlander, strong {
phIs stinate enduring with a rigid sense
duty as his dominant trait. He
RED. not entirely approve of the war
adj he was naturally conservatives but
r : .ss considered that he ought to go and
ny he would. 1t was n thorough surpi
- to both the pair this meeting amt
'- the mountains; and it was the j
ks, thing Tom Creighton intended, to
IS. in love with Miss II Estrange, mi
ha. less to let her know it, but he co
- not help himself; with characters
10 impetuosity she lost her heart
ny. these solitudes, where all the ]
M ~, character of the young man sho'
best, itself, no longer overland by the
INV toms of society. She saw how II
thfal how tender, how brave he was; !
DeSl, superior to the society men who
srers bored her IN New ork' one Ia so,,
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