Idaho semi-weekly world. [volume] (Idaho City, Idaho Territory) 1875-1908, 1893-05-23

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looked up into hers. Tien Ton, 81 mn'cl
70 splash wildly with lie oa,s A's ossan
~ eyer come out on Tho wa,e. .,.6...
~. : riae' noisy hoy" began Maria 81
the shore al once. ~" "
what makes you so cross this rno,,i,,,
sisf said Tommy plainfiyelv - I' bapn,4.
done anything. have ls'' ~"
Let US get ont below here and ,,a, !. a..j
margnerites," said Adelaide. 'O'''s
As they stepped cut OF the Inn, f,,,ra 49,.
..I TN around Tommy and kissed him
Tommy, "oat' said
Tommy, don't you dare To Iool ha.. ),
said Maria. W 'ooH pacK,
i know him." said Tommy .ba i.,..
- .o's nouse across the river. He talLe,l
~ r. 'ns yesterday while was catchin, frogs
s showed me where he lived and asked
ng " come see him, and Pm goiny III
were my sisters.r 'o'i'' '''''ies
., nope you told him nothing about MS >
saiu you two girls we're my sisters and
Ira was my cousin, and then he asked II
.n., ''ark young lady was Miss Cora. and +
s sa. ,as' ana That she didn't live with us
wa. .ha. sne iiyed IN Greene county. o.. and
.hat sne was engaged to he married. but
.na' neither OF yon girls was--ob. lookl
there's frogP - 'oSA'
Ihey staid for some time gathering
Iharguerites, but Cora wherever she Looked
20" o,iy Two mowers, side by side, and Of a
usep pihe coior. When they rowed back
sue saw them 10 the water but the boat
| was gone "o"l
me next morning she came alone m
walk py the water. Adelaide had head
acne ana the children were off somewhere
with Maria. She was glad to be by her
sell, IN the quiet Of the woods and away
from the sound OF their noise and bicker
ing
she walked down the stream as far az
the dam, and returning sat for a long time
under the overhanging rock. Suddenly A
boat glided around the bend and came III
rectly toward her. In it sat young man.
he rested on the long oars and looked at
Cora The boat slid into little cove inst
above the rock. and kneeiing on the seat
the young man began to fasten it with A
chaln. One OF the oars dropped from the
rowlock and fioated down the stream to
ward Cora She had risen to 90. but see
Ing that he did not miss the oar she STONED
and lifted it dripping from the water. He
turned at the same moment, and seeing
what had happened sprang from the boat
and came toward her.
THANK you, very much, be said, 'but
am sorry you have wet your arm"
1T is ofno consequence" said Cora. dry
ing her hands on her handkerchief.
He stood before her, a slender, graceful
figure, holding the oar lightly in one hand
and his hat in the other, until Cora had
dried her hands and tucked her handker
chief in her belt Then she turned 10 90
away.
Please don't go just yet,p he said tax
inga step forward IL haven't thanked
you enough. have driven you away from
your place too"
"Oh, no." she replied. Il was just go
I ing"
Won't you sit down ard talk to me,
only for few mouIentst" he said smiling;
then ! won't feel that | have dispossessed
you. have been out rowing for two
hours, and it is very lonely. not having a
soul to talk to-"
Cora was greatly embarrassed, but
feared to appear rude before this hand
some and polite young man.
81 must go back" she said irresolutely
for my cousins do not know where am."
Then she sat down He flung himself on
the grass near her. Now" ne said. we
can talk like two old friends
He began to tell her of tie Bronx region
and Indifferent beautiful places along the
river He pointed out the gable of great
white house just visible above the trees on
the other side Of the stream, where he
lived in the summer with his mother and
sister
eve are very quiet now" he said, 'bnt
little later we shall have house full Of
company, and if you are to be here this
summer want my sister to know you.
What you are going away tomorrow
Oh, am sorry for that-just as we have
become acquainted. How often it is so
the beautiful and charming things IN this
life scarcely come 70 us before they are
gone"
He looked down into the water as he
made this commonplace remark, and Cora
stole a swift look at him His face was
serious and had an expression of real pain
She thought him very handsome. Little
by little her eons'raint disappeared. In
the rapid flow of his talk there was little
required of her by way Of reply, and sht
spoke mostly in moaosyllables, but she nc
longer felt i'll Mt ease. She was sorry sht
had not met her companion week ago.
After awhile he talked more slowly, anf
paused between his sentences IL though Il
give Cora an opportunity to say some
thing. but she remained silent After one
of these intervals. during which she hac
gazed up into the swaying branches abov'
them. he turned his eyes to Cora's anf
said:
isn't there something fascinating Id thf
thought that we have met ike this haS'
sat together on the banks of this river ant
talked as two friends, neither knowing
even the name of the other-when, unti
Yesterday. YOU had no knowledge OF ny
existence even, nor OF yours and tomor
row YOU will be far from hereG Perhap
we shall never meet again, but, no matte
what happens, in this hour that we nav
spent together our lives have touched ans
ioined: nothing can change that, or TAX
the memory of this day from either oil US
II must have been written that we shoul'
meet for.l have wished it very earnestl.
since Yesterday, and all this morning nav
been rowing up and down the stream mop
ing to see you" ,zo,.
He WAS leaning on his elbow now, LOOK
ing intently into her eyes. For the hrS
time vague feeling that it was not rlgh
for her 10 sit and listen to this beautiIu
Young man stirred within her
81 must go now" she said standing up
"goodby." an !, M. q,
vet y he cried, sit is our last, our on
morning together You don't know nov
much it is to me, and it Is so little 10 ASA
Cora was alarmed at the earnestneSs y
sis blue ewes, but still more at the strangt
new FEELING in her own breast