The sun. [volume] (Morris, Stevens County, Minn.) 1882-1895, 1893-04-13
LsI.A.N.E.

I'VE were sitting just there" said
Alice, indicating a spot with the end of
her brush. Il was on that stone, and
lane little behind me embroidering
and humming variation on Webers
Last Thought We had been sitting
so for three hours, when suddenly q
strange voice exclaimed, Really, that
is prettyr We turned quickly and per-
ceived a peasant, whose approach we
had not heard@over the soft grass. He
was so near, as he leaned over to have
a better view of the picture, that our
faces almost touched. He was dressed
in a blue blouse, sabots, high leather
CATERS, and gray cap striped with
red; he had a gun in his hand, and
horrid dog by his side"
You are exaggerating now," inter-
rupted Lame, smilingly. ''The dog was
really magnificent spaniel, some
what rough and q trifle wet, perhaps
still You returned his caresses when he
fawned upon you"
well, no matter about the dog: the
MASTER"
Neither was the master as frightful
as you have represented"
He was giant-a Titan-an ogrer
Nonsense! he was tall, and strong
and rough. Put there was power and
energy in his face, and when he stood
on line with the old tower of the
CCnqueror's Castle / could not help
thinking so might Duke William have
locked when he sailed away to conquer
England"
True; he did resemble a Norman
pirate of the olden time reioined
Alice.
He laughed when he saw how much
we were startled, though he immediate
ly said, Excuse me, ladies, for having
disturbed you. l am not the trespasser,
however, in this case, for I am on my
own land. All you have put down
there is mine, and much besides, for /
am the largest proprietor in the
| county Alice made an apology for
having trespassed. oh, it belongs to
you now as we'll as to me, since you
can carry it off under your arm like
that pointing to the picture. But sit
still. / will so in Il moment How
ever, he did not go, but remained as if
planted, his elbow on his gun, watching
Alice paint. After a little while, see
ing we neither spoke nor raised our
| eyes, he shrugged his shoulders and
walked away, whistling to his dog to
4O+1O" HILL ANO was nS OllI VI
sight than we, too, arose, taking that
pretty path home which runs along the
slope of the hill among the trees. We
had gone but short distance when we
heard a report of firearms, and a poor
| wood-pigeon fell dead at our feet,
which a spaniel, bounding out from
the trees, caught UP in his mouth. Tt
is he! said Alice, pressing close 10 me;
| and indeed the hunter appeared in the
| road few yards behind us as she spoke
| At sight Of him Alice lost all control of
| herself, and sped along the road like
| an arrow. l followed, trying to reas-
sure her, though much startled my
self. The hunter, understanding the
! cause Of our alarm, ran after us, to
| apologize, probably. When we reached
| Tongues, the TrOuville omnibus was
| just about to start. There were but
| two vacant seats, which we secured.
| So fancy our CONSERVATION when our
rustic Nimrod stopped the conveyance
and clambered on the drivers box,
| while the spaniel bounded along by the
side of the omnibus, barking fiercely
at the horses. It surely seemed as if
the dog would devour us when we
alighted, unless the master first crush
ed us by falling through on our heads.
| When the omnibus stopped the dog
vanished, and we hurried home with
out looking behind u.s."
| When the story was ended, I was
obliged to confess I could not see the
least occasion for fright, and / ex-
pressed my surprise that one so gen.
orally calm and self-possessed as Lame
should have yielded to the childish ter
ror Of her sister.
You are right" she confessed, with
smile. "But there are days when
am weaker than the weakest woman,
and when / am overcome by ineXplica-
BILE terrors which have the force of pre-
sentiments" She had scarcely finished
her sentence, when a large black SPAN
lei bounded over the garden double
door, only the lower part of which was
closed, Norman-fashion.
''There is the dogH' exclaimed Alice
And there is the mani" added LANE
pointing to the street. Through the
half-open curtains l perceived a tall
young man, very robust and powerful,
in q blue blouse braided with white,
and a gun in his hand. Seeing he was
recognized he colored violently, re-
moved his cap awkwardly, and, whist
ling for his dog, disappeared. When J.
looked at the sisters, Lame had a
troubled expression, and Alice was
deadly pale.
How stra1 ge you should disq'iet
yourselves OH account of this man."
remarked.
Alice il terruptcd ME with a quick
gesture, and said: "My sister just now
spoke of presentiments. Have you
eyer read Lucia di Lammermoor"
Certainly; why do you asky'
Look at the bottom Of my dress;
what do you see thereY
''Some spots of blood"
'It is that of the pigeon he killed.
That man will be the cause of unhap-
piness to u.s.