The Wilmington daily Republican. (Wilmington, Del.) 1890-1902, 1893-01-14
A WESTERN STORY.

tNNVn1,l tIn t,pht l.vpst tpb1ra hard nf
.1,a,,, ,.,,,id ,,o cea,,
az 80. ~. -, H.,
~" e"'' ,res ~ Nv :. oi' 't'o uNs sias''
anu now can Vfarlie even preteha 10 IKE
II, the horrible 2 lonely Me IN such desc
latlon and isolation! Hush, baby, dear,
am coming. How the mosquitoes and
flies tease andItorment him. poor little
withnriptr bios aeo,n--fo,. oven ba has felt
,b, llig,,t :"
m.
-'' Gun - ~ N'i'',S'' VIC "ii'' Di'"
iiaf'et' anu 1t Seei''e'' 10 hsNe II 'ot'cii oi
llre.
Il wonder why baby'a checks are 80
red: can he be seriously i'll? Papa won't
be in until eyening, darling: mamma
will do the beat she can"
Charlie ns,,,, wondo,od r,bv no wife
,,.,, ,.i,i,,a H. .,,,,,',,,a,,ca -.
-, -. - /,
mP''''eiot ny y WY nv siii'ho is9t'''a
from the chlihi"y' Us vas nslal at sup
per 'ih'e' a@i ahy'nihs happened ne
wondered mas Atehins his naturally slow
stGls'
nc scehe fat met il's gaze as ne en-
Hted MS nor Ne WIS one never 10 pc tof-
gelteh'
ms Wite-hFs pretty h'lie glriish "lie
ne tia' broagtI from her clty hone-'ay
oi:cR III tae Woodeh roefer whlte ana
s'ii' "fllie vhe naes' the httio SIN
moiiths-o4a o, halief. was moflohless
WITHIN her sfns' ana me sweet fnea
Wore Il look tie horrliied father under
stood.
Glare! Clhre" he cried brokenly.
"Baby-oh, MY loved ones!"
Then Glare opened her eyes and per-
mitted him q place the child in its era
dle--a cradle he had made out of a
wooden box.
In voice he scarcely recognized she
said;
"1on knew the life | was to share out
here; why DID You not tell mey"
"Bnt he sd tmed we'll this morning
well as he had been lately. mean Oh,
never expected this. The ranch is no
lonelier than hundreds Of others. lncvcr
thought -
NO, hut Y pa have had TO think now.
He died an liotr ago. | corld not leave
him 10 .sefs 1'''-it did not matter &fter
that III neE'ei forgive you Tor bringing
me ont 10 this.
"tl&rci lo1l knew ! owned the ranch
You knew Was poo"
II ncTer GnnEsc'' what il would be. es-
pccialiy il 4 daso like this" pointing tt
her child. Il Ettlo realized what it was
to he woma p"
Let her sui he said, ''aile ENJOYS 1t.
ANYWAY. Il Ind Q'eer trends,
And he tllf lie secured the services
OF boy III W lose care he left the steel
and ~eht o.f &linost daily to llttls
toNTli, Pleas put ride iof INN OF only III
teen miles, kYten thefe, hls place Of
iohnglng can be easllN guessed,
its Glars 'ol,!gs, he unused; ''wo,
me' bic to hd men TO the dogs.
Ii Clare s;sNf anything norethan usua
she remained silent. Sometimes when
he came homa almost too stupid 10 tals
he caught u { mn Sc of contempt IN tht
cold eyes OF IT'S wife. Her silence was
fiirly maia1Ning
wv ny don she howl and storm like
other wemeaa he mnttered. "she nevel
] even wept oter the baby. I'd give 9
g9eG dead to 8 1ee issr cfs. just once.
The summer i:2d gene and winter had
cone; 4s usual on saturday morning
Gsarlia had rfidel away III the direction
OF tie town without y word Of farewell.
i wo years ago. said elare bitterly
Tho sought me in that coy home of lhy
aunt, with its soft carpets, its lowing
frienas, and no persuaded ne to marry
INN and come ent TO rms dreary plaee
where he has even forgotten to DO hut
man2.
Then glare Ing toward the northwest
she saw ma Is Of clouds lying, q threat
ehing aspect Elowing over all the sky.
u here Ilorin coming and m glad
One OF the freaks III my makeup Is that
IKE sfer&s, particularly now. Had
been Il t1mld l''ss ] would long since haSt
died OF fright, have felt sometime,