Fairhaven herald. [volume] (Fairhaven, Wash.) 1890-????, 1892-11-30

dealt out to ourselves2 Such irony rs was
IL my voice was foc myself,
And why for yourselffb he asked qui-
city, his eyes full of interest. He was cut
ting the end of a fresh cigar. WAS it' (he
was about to strike a match, but paused
tuddenly) because you had thought the
same thing"
She looked for moment rs though she
would read him through and through; as
slough, in spite of all their oandor, there
Mas some lingering uncertainty AZ to his
perfect straightforwardness then, AZ If
Vatisfied she said ut last Eyes, but with
difference. have no doubt which mem
ory it will be- You will not wish to be
again on the plains of Nindobar.
"And you" he said musingly, you
will not wish me here" There was no
vanity in the question He was wondering
how little we can be sure Of what we shall
feel tomorrow from what we feel today
Besides he knew that wise woman is
| wiser than wise man.
81 really don't think shall care particu-
larly. Probably, If we met again here,
there would be some jar TO our comrade-
ship-I may call it that SUPPOSED
(Which is equivalent TO saying that
goodby in most cases, and always in cases
we can never meet quite the same again"
She bowed her head, but did not reply.
Presently she glanced up at him kindly.
what would you give TO have the past
back before you were disillusionizedt BE
fore you had-trouble"
81 do not want IL back I am not really
dsillusionized. ! think that we should
not take our own personal experience and
make il law unto the world. | believe
in the world In spite-of trouble. You
might have said trouble with r. woman-l
should not have minded
He was smoking now, and the clouds
twisted about his face 50 that only his
eyes looked through earnestly.
"a woman always makes laws from her
personal experience She has not the
faculty Of generalization-I fancy that's
the word to use" This was her reply.
She rose now with little shaking mo-
ton, one hand at her belt, and rested a
shoulder against pillar Of the veranda.
He rose also at once and said, touching
her hand respectfully with his finger tips,
I'VE may be sorry one day that we did not
believe in ourselves more"
ooh, no" she said, turning and smiling
at him, ~ think not. You will be in Eng
land hard at work; here hard at living;
our interests will lie far apart. am GER
tain about IL all. We might have been
what my cousin calls trusty pals'-no
more"
ct wish TO God felt sure Of that, Nellie
Ashforth."
She held out her hand TO him. 81 believe
you are honest In this. ! expect both Of as
have played hide and seek with sentiment
fn our time, bat 10 would be useless for rs
TO masquerade with each other; we are OF
the world, very worldly"
Quite useless-hcrc comes your cousin
Now for the actors game. hope I dom
look a. disturbed As ! feel"
"You look perfectly cool, and know
, do. What an art this living Isl Thai
cousin Of mine comes about the boar hum
tomorrow. can see il in his eye"
, "Shall you join usY
"Of course. ! can handle n rifle as wei
, as any Of you. Besides it is your last da.
! here"
. who eau tell what tomorrow ma.
bring forthf" he said.
, She smiled strangely and then greete'
) her cousin.
The next day the boar hunt occurred
They rode several miles to "A little lax
and a scrub Of brigalow, and dismountin
7 soon had exciting sport Miss AshfOrt
!, was a capital shot and was, without loe
: OF any womahliHess, a thorough sport
|, man. Today, however, there WAS some
= thing on her mind, and she was not q
!, alert and successful as usual. Sherma
: kept with her as much rs possible-th
/, more so because he saw that her cousin,
believing she was quite well able to TAX
20 care Of herself, allowed her TO her own r,
-. sources Presently, however, following a
: animal, he left her a short distance b.
J, hind. On the edge Of little billabong sh
came upon a truculent looking boar.
turned on her, but she fred and IL fel
Seeing another ahead she pushed o
: quickly TO secure il too As she went sh
!" half cooked her rife. Had her mind bee
}. absolutely intent on the sport, she had fu
cooked it, An at once she heard the thu
d, Of feet behind her. She turned swift
b" and saw the boar she had shot bearin
upon her its long yellow tusks standin
J. up like dagger. A sweeping thrust froI
=" one Of them leaves little chance Of life
She dropped upon knee, swung be
: rifle to her shoulder aud pulled the trigge
- The rife would not 20 Of. For AN instaI
= she did not understand what was Il
- trouble. But. with singular presence
Il mind, she never lowered her rifle or too
her eyes from the beast, but remained il
- movable. IL was ell a matter Of second
=, Evidently cowcd. the animal when with
y few feet Of her, sweryed 70 the right, the
=. made as though To come down on h
. again. But meanwhile she had discover
I her mistake and cooked her rife 81
a swiftly trained IL on the boar and fired.
was hit, but did not fall, and came o
Then another shot rang out from behii
nv her and the boar fell 30 near her that
tusk caught her dress.
OF Tom Sherman had saved her.
OF She WAS very white when she faced biz
Ell She could not speak. That night she spob
however, very gratefully and almost t.
y derby.
H. To something that be said gently TO b
then about memory, She replied, 1T
81 me now as candidly a. If TO your own sol
CIV did yon feel 10 the critical moment Oh
M life would be horrible and empty witbo
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