Wheeling Sunday register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1882-1934, 1891-11-08
CAAPTER XVII.

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.- color rose higher as her eyes dropped
ShIIu under his look.
Ar the added soft pine padding on
I'D did not succeed in woOlng SUM
20 Apita'S pillow through the hours
',.sst long night; and when she came
.., ig.o the brilliant light Of the mcrn-
10 20 wan and pale she looked that
80 grew anxious, while Mrs Dewey,
~ Isdy Deevish with the problem OF
AZ, exclaimed in surprise;
Mrs Hartels is not sUnburned one
/ 10. and the rest OF US with compilations
ne boiled Holsters! IL is not fair, In
A. sgsri5ved tone.
aren't you feeling well?" asked Don
4 solicitously, coming TO meet her.
rPeriectly, thanks" with a brilliant
,~Ia a sudden wave Of color dyeing
.er creamy cheeks.
Otis pure perversity," pOuted Mrs.
-.Fav. "She is determined 10 be eccen-
,.. Mr.. Bartels please interfere, and
il, that she will get burned up like
q rest Of us"
Iwill." he i~htlyreturned. Il will
,.ra3e her TO 20 fishing with me to-
and see that she comes back regU-
limit brown maid. VIII you go, Nita?"
shade of anxiety in his laughing lnvi-
alton.
is nv complexion at stalker" with
..,-.irr smile, at is rather like TAX
"a, a dare, is it not? 81 think couid
.iy resist that"
And YOU will g.,?' eagerly.
With pleasure, thanks.
"But YOU will repent 10, Mrs. Bartels,"
pfshly protested small Mr.. ingalls,, dis
-,yed al the thought OF having their
aTs pleasure hampered by the pres
.,ca Of women. IL seemed 10 have Oeen
,-.st',, ossu,r.oA ttNOt Il NAao i1S'S~ would
80 they should cOnfine themselves TO
cDing bent pins in the creek back OF
he camp. at Is the toughest trail you
ever saw, going up the creek"
Don't imagine that we are thinking
dtrying to follow you fellows about all
day." retOrted Donald, by no means
pleased at the hint. II feel like taking
/, easy myself, aud we shall just take a
a.surely stroll down stream"
"But you won't catch anything" ex-
y0S.sated ingalls,, lOath, after all, to be
robbed of good company.
"Qgicn sa6e?" laughed Donald, with a
SIDE glance at Anita that called quick
agSh to her cheek aud an answering
smile 20 her lips.
An hour later they were tramping
away through the fields clothed in
grasses waist high, glowing with all the
Wild colorS OF the fora Of the higher al
t.udeS in the early summer, fresh |
washed from the frequent mountain
rains and resonant with the happy hum
Of insect lie.
I'VE have barely escaped with our
lives, Nita,' Donald was saying, wiping
bis forehead with sigh Of relief.
Every blessed one Of those women was
Cen, On coming with US. Did you not |
llcce?p
Unjust have been stone blind not to
have noticed, with a ripple Of amused |
laughter. "And the way you nipped
neir aspirations in the bud was simply !
ugel."
well, I did not want them" he Stur-
Oily protested. did yOu?'
Not the least bit in the world But,
hen, l could have submitted grace
fully"
well, | could not. l want something
DETER, bending smilingly to look into
leT eyes under the shade OF her wide
f!nmed nat. Her color rose higher as
leT eyes dropped Shyly under his look.
as remote from the world Of men asis
HSl Rocky mountain trout stream, the
eager feet of fishermen have found it out
-lt have trodden a well worn trail along
Us 0ankS They were compelled 10 go
single nile, Donald ahead combating the
way against the heavy lunches OF bend
'lS grass, turning often TO hand Anita a
-e" washed flower or help her across
Ole OF the frequent little pitfalls bur-
1o"ed out by beavers. To her il was an
s4elanted land. full of rare beauty and
1ei'ebt as she followed, her eyes fixed
'S'stICiIY on Donald's gOodly form. At
NeS' he was hers 70 the exclusion OF all
U'her women, her heart eXulting at the
thought. II he ever knew all, he might
una II h to forgive her; but even his
lo'lr S 70 a woman was soitened by q
seule consideration that was not far
rom tenderness, and better that than
.le most impaSSiODed love of another
Ile bank rose at last to a hill that
te't the creek brawling over It's rocky
80. 80 ~ below the shadow OF the great
IN They on the top looked down with
S-.eO breath and the eXultant thrill that
,Iules upon one when he stands on high
Not such very good fshiEg," COM
S1eA'ed Anita smilingly, as she sank
s O"n 10 rest upon the carpet OF pine
toeUleS' reSinouS doors waited down
eIi the branches overhead; mot much
rsus' but them al expressive
F@uSe' that told of exceeding content.
I pom my word. have forgotten that
N.Y. T,VeAine fishing, laughed Donald, drop
pug down beside her.
,b 9le was picking up bits Of stone,
cis S"ins them one by one over the
M IN; lie sat furtively studying her
N Ssu lace, grown young with look
aSaspplness it had not worn for many
lsD. .Sis Is rather nice, Nita." he said at
n iuxuriouslJ inh."ng long breaths