The Kimball graphic. (Kimball, Brule County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1905, 1893-02-04
TIE GIRL HE LOVED.

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"He will be with me in m llonr-onc
little hour!n whispered Vala Lee to
herself, assshe stood at tho window OF
her room, and clasped and unclasped
the slim hands above her bosom. For
eightlong years she had not seen his
face, but when last she saw it,
tllrouglra mist of tears as bitter rs the
brine of the sea-it was white with the
pain of their parting.
.lfI could take you with me, my
love, my iife!n he had cried out. as he
held her in his arms; and she, with
sobs rising in her throat, had coun-
sellcd him to be patient-had whisper
ed to him that she would wait until he
could come for her-that she would be
true to him in thought and word-that
when he came he could lind her there,
all his own, just as he left her.
ALI. not as he left her would Roy
Jameson find Yala Lee; for 4 long and
terrible illness had ~blauchcdhcr cheeks
and sunken them. The eight years of
waiting, of separation. of loving
their mark on the girl whose soft lips
nau snsiy ielu.teu l,'s Mss u iaieWeii
Gu TnS aSo'n ~ s.'''"'uS'
ror, scanning her altered face and her
frail slight figure, before going to the
window to watch for the first glimpse
of him: and she had turned away at
last with q smile.
my heart is Just the same." she
said to her herself, thrilling all over
VII sh.on'ss' anu my ON o'ooin
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noMlnoW .hef are nshlhu me, anu
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nv ~ saea !as ~ i'ss anu wiz coiie
.ol nus p,l"e
que colo.ea ron l,hfoae 70 brow us
lne nlue.iini pussy" her ups. S"eii y
Eiaet sol. s,oM s.oao o.ei her ac''st!c
lace INV ipl q iloh'ei ~ was ~ iair
as IL nau oeen Miien hoS jameson,
LOOKING gu IT. toio 'i'iise'i 'h'' no man
had a sSceter beacon to light him TO
success.
Then she saw. in the amber light of
departing day, q shade of swiftly-mov-
ing darkness afal off, and knew that in
a very few moments her lover would
be with her. And she termed from
the window and ran like u child
through the short corridor, and down
the stairs and ont to the little rose-
wrcathed %verandah.
There. where the branches climbed
and wreathed, he had hidden hcl
good-byei there should he receive her
greeting.
And she drew back to the shadow of
Tho ~rosc-bussies, every pulse in liel
her gladness.
She scarcely heard the light footballs
of her young sister Ina; she did no.
heed the pretty girlish figure tina
passed her and went down the steps
sac was listening, heart and ear, sou
and sense, to tho hoof-bouts that came
nearer, nearer, aud paused ut last be
fore the gate. She was listening, Will
4 thanksgiving to God upon her lips
to the quick light step which woul.
have made her heart beat, she thought
should it pass by the grave where sh,
waited-her lovers step!
And when it paused below, slll
! leaned forward from her concealmen
to see wherefore.
Ain, was it because for so many year
! she had made of y creature an idol
that such i blow was dealt her there
. the woman full of love and longing
who for years had yawned for sight 0
t II face. sound of one Voice, touch o
II handP
: The voice. the face, the hand, wer'
; there; but the face, alight with love
, | lVs aIlnilf nvnis tl1sH finn hand hAlI iNo'
closely in its own; the voice caile'
Ina every tender and e%ndearing name
"Oh, hush" she heard her siste
say, IN her merry gil'ilsh voice. "1oI
4 are so dreadfully mistaken. MIR. jaime
son. am not Fala, but her little sis
ter. y ala expects YOU. Sec, shei
g there among the roses
q The girl drew her hands from his
and ran lightly down the path; an,
! 4 Roy jameson lifted his wonderin.
eyes to the face and figaro of Val:
q crimson stain on either dark cheek
Ihat tho girl he loved, was pledge
to-that whitc-facel, ashen-lippe
woman. with checks as colorless as he
dress, u such n still steady light i
her great hazel eyes!
He mounted the steps slowly. al! til
speed OF the love had left his stel
the loye-ligiit had died from his eye:
Surely IL was Nala who had langlie'
in his face aud left liim-Nala rs Ii
remembered and loved her! This palt
still, stately woman. who waited fc
him so quietly, could not be the brid
for whom he had come.
DaZed, chilled, cold with n nameles
disappointment. he reached her sid
and put out his hands TO her.
"FalaRN he asked, half enquirirgl,
And she lad her cold fingers in h
pa}ms-no more.
Yes, slle answered, in a voice thu
sounded strangely in her W cars: .
am Yala, but the years have change
me; they have been kinder to you Ro,
Ina is lust what [ was when YOU aud
last met here. ! am almost rs
stranger to YOU. 1t will take us son
time to recognize each other"
How her heart pulsed and pan
ed for one tender w0rd-onc word til;
would let her know how dear he he
the faith and truth of all those yenrs-
o. in,-o pe tto woman +h,n bo. l,o,nt