Elmore bulletin. [volume] (Rocky Bar, Idaho) 1889-1906, 1892-04-02

rs the noise accompanying the slaughter
OF the bull In the arena evoke him from
his reverie III, instead Of weakly despair 1
Ing and leaving everybody and everything
in old Virginia % come here among d
strange people. | had staid and faced Ia;
fate like a man. who knowsi' 1
He moved ont OF the great, hot amphi- !
theater with the letter still In his hand.
The streets were at their gayess, with all
the action and bright color characteristic
OF a Mexican city on Sunday afternoon.
Richly dressed ladies', with the lace man
tilla thrown over their dark hair: gentle
men In American cut frock coats and broad
sombreross female beRsars and flower
sellers. each with the Inevitable baby fas-
tened To her back by gay hued robozc;
policemen, wcFkmen. dogs, horses. ear
riages and the great mass OF idle popular
tion crowded the main avenues and rem
dered locomotion necessarily deliberate
Edward payson made bis way to his
room In quiet street, and for the twen-
tieth time read the letter be had received
the day before. M
GHEKsFiEtD. va. June - isS-
Nv why do sou not came hackf Why.
do you stay away long from the old homef
II Is ten years that you have been away. and
only found out last week where You were.
saying gpniby 10 anybody ] ought not 10
forgive ynn. but do. You should have thought
that perhaps the trouble whirh made You 20
might mot have been 80 bad after ell. and thai
people may not have meant all they said No
one knows that I am writing you this letter
and perhaps ought cot 10 do II, but am long
tng % see my boy again and do no not care
what folks may say do not wait to write, but
come. CnLoE PAysoN.
week later Edward Payson stood In
the grove OF sycamores, oaks and naples,
looking at the stone mansion of which he
had been thinking so sadly amid the heat.
dust and noise of the Mexican amphithe-
Rter. is was just such a morning Of which
he had dreamed. The sun was shining
! brightly, aud the low hum of insects min
gled with the shiver OF the leaves over bis
bead. an Ii trying to soothe him and quiet
the fierce beating Of his heart.
"Iiow natural the old house looks. What
little change has been made here In ten
years. II looks the same as II did yester.
day wonder what my uncle will say to
me, | wish Chloe had said something
about him. We had q rather serious quar-
rel. ! remember, the day before left him.
Perhaps be will tell me to go back again
and resume the vagrant life that know
he thinks have been leading. No, he
(, would hardly say that TO the son OF his
/ only brother, after his sacred promise TO
that brother TO be as father to me as long
as We both lived.
~ Besides he was always hot headed, aud
no doubt forgave me almost before was
out Of the room. All, we'll, shall soon
] know. and what do ] care, SO that Chloe
has welcome for me' 1t was near this
] spot that she spoke to me so kindly, and
yet, oh, 80 col,lly, when she told me that
we-cousins-conld never be lovers. Ali
There she is surely"
His breath came short as he caught sight
of white dress at one of the open win
dows under the veranda roof He could
not see the face OF the wearer because q
tangled mass Of creeper hung in the way,
but he knew 1t could be no Que else save
the girl as he loved still TO think her
whom be had come thousands OF miles q
see. Thewhite dress moved away. and IA
walked slowly across the lawn. noting OF
every hand familiar objects that brou. :
hack his youth IN food Of fragrance.
q How weak be felt as he ascended tn,
steps 10 the veranda. Where was Chloe
Would she come to the doori
He pulled the bell han die and heard thl
~clang that he remembered SO well resounei
ing through the house He could see it II
bis minds eye swinging near the rear o
the long hall that ran straight througl
from the front door to that opening on tn
yard at the back, where the old cook = cal
bages and tomatoes were carefully tended
and where It was as much as one of tn
kitchen girls life would have been wort
% trcspass. lie remembered how the oil
bell had, to his youthful imagination. pos
seased ghostly attributes, and how be use
70 fancy Il moved OF itself In the dusk Q
the evening. shaking It's head in moeker
and threatening to swallow him up int
its rusty throat
I.isteni There Is step In the hal
!, Somebody lis coming. The door opened
! little way, and the fiutter of white dres
caught his eye. lmpsItientiy he pushed th
door wide open and put out his hand I
take that of Chloe.
awhy, Mas'r Ed'ardl Ef didn't tin
you'd come back to 30 poo ol auntie,
and two black hands, In white sleeve
were placed ON Edward Payson's shouide
a. pair of hornrimmed spectacles fe
with n crash TO the tloor.
! yes, auntie | got letter, and ! cam
right back 20 the old place. How are yos
and how Is my uncle. and how is -isn--
{. His voice faltered, but the old woma
|. did not appear TO notice 1t as she answers
( "Dey Is all well, honey. Deere have bee
lew GnNnkEN RUN ntrc- 1ofuc w anu y
!, me give you something 10 eat. I've u
J some hot con cakes. like yer useter z
i when 20 was a boy. Come along.
uncle's done gone away for all day."
"oh, Auntic. ! want you to- said
child's voice. and little girl with sum-
golden hair came running along the ha
= Just as Edward payson used TO run son
: thirty years before. She stopped when 81
saw him add elang close to the husters
y old woman while she looked inquiring
at him.
.Yo know, Ed'ard, did not know whe
= 20 had gone, but a colored man VIII
y works for Mr.. Sherwood, the butcher,
u was here and he tol me he heard rs
y was In Mexica. And thought yo'd hi
e n little quarrel with 80 uncle. and p'ra
= you'd be TOO proud TO come back II he wro
q to you. and 10 | got young Miss Mab'
,, over to Rs.leighs placr. VINO Is just as goo
as a angel 10 col'ed folks and who writ
splendid, 20 write 20 you, and''----
= "And wRs the letter from your gasp
- Edward Payson, rs he looked down at q
= !, golden haired little girl, while territ
. Thought ran through his brain.
ssGourxe IL was, honey. WA'nttt sign
ie Chloe Payson. and ainst dat my nameW
no .And-nnd-who IL this little childf"
~ THAT, Why, Miss Chl0e's, OF eou's
~ Sh. was married Ave years ago TO you
\. Mr. Willard, who, dey say, will be a jed
u next year. He Is away today with yo'r
~ Gle but come up stairs aud see M
Y Chloe What a fool | In 20 keep yo hs
I'd with my chatterin. and you been aw
e, from her for ten years"
u, But Edward payson, with some excus'
I.