Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1893-10-07

tiA R'h bltdh YOUR arm OF 40 any
thing, ever he inquired in an ag-
grieyed tour.
1t was a long day aud when the
purple twilight fel and the crescent
moo hung low in the west where
the soft half rose, half opal tint had
almost died. Helen fell to wondering
if The rest OF the Summcr-if the rest
of her lif~wou,d be just as pleasant
spent with Billy away from her as
these five INDECENT, dreamy weeks had
been.
Saturday after tea Helen, louuging
in the garden with a novel which she
had not opened, heard the front gate
slam theoretically and saw a figure
come tearing up the walk at the pro-
verbal break-nCck speed
Harry she cried, what in the
world is the matterg'
big wreckr' he shouted. leaping up
the steps three mt a time, engine
smashed TO flinders lotS killed-wreck
on fire his voice was lost as he en-
tered the house aud she FASTENED after
him.
What train was itg' she inquired.
as she hurried into the sitting room.
Through mail from Boston ans
wered the boy, terscly. 'grhe awful
est mess YOU ever saw The through
mail from Bostonl Could it he
The uNmoe," she said. eNciteilv.
Have YOU the list of the dead found2"
ttNlt. - Ia. V.ry.y,lA1 I,.A.s..Ir-
"Fellow give 'em 10 me. Here they
are. Hurry mp, J want to copy them"
She ran her eye over the list, her
heart beating rapidly, her face blanch-
ing Carl Adams, unknown man, Mrs.
Winsley and child, Mary Thorne,
Davenport
A mist C,,mc before her eyes in which
the characters on the paper danced
uncertainty,
It's right down below the station"
Harry ratified on, fran into the way
freight; you just ought 70 see"
"Sbe waited to hear no more. but
turned ana hurried through the garden
into the lane that ran to the station.
Her mind was confused and dazed;
N thing only asserted itself to her.
She must get TO the wreck at once
and before her, like the figure OF some
horrid nightmare. stood out that name.
Davenport
The twilight had fallen and the
moon was shining softly. Cropping on
for a moment blindly she stumbled
ana fell, half crouching under a low
bending tree.
"Oh, God" she cried, covering her
face with her hands. "Oh, God! let
him not be dead Let him not be
deodr'
How long she lay there with that
prayer rising again and again to her
lips, her mind dazcd and confused,
She did not know, but at last, strug.
Cling to her feet, she tried to collect
her thoughts.
In a moment, whether the figure
which had shaped Itself out Of dusk
or not she could not tell, but someone
w1s standing before her; some one
who bent over her and said tendcrly:
Helen, my darling, what Is lt?' She
looted up with n little inartieulate cry.
"lcu are S~afe-yOu-"
She stopped suddenly. II was not
VIII, this tail manly figure; the hand.
some face looking into hers was not
his. 1t was Harvey Thomas.
"Ohn' she cried, chow dare you come
TO me now? | thought Il was he; don't
You understand? | must go to look
for him"
In the soft half light the face which
vas so near hers grew suddenly white
and set as It's owner drew back quietly.
III You mean Davenport" no said,
slowly 81 think I can show you where
he u.s."
Isis he dead?" she asked in a low,
tense tone,
NO. he answered quietly, che IL
not and with a dull strange pain at
his heart as he saw the white eager
face light mp with a sudden passionate
joy at his words, they hurried togeth-
err down the lane. With no word Of
himself ana his pain, which he knew
was far stronger thar WITS physical
one, he tOld her how a beam had
fallen on his right arm and rendered
II useless for long weeks to come; but
he was not dead.
In a moment they reached tho SPOT
where he lay at the end of the lane.
He was alone for he had insisted that
they leave him and look after the
others.
And Harvey Thomas turned and left
them silently with a world Of pain
In the frank brown eyes as with a
little low cry Helen bent over the
figure on the ground.
Billy" she whispered, and at the
low, tender tone the dark eyes un-
closed suddenly. Straight into those
above his he looked; it was only for
a moment but what he read there
was enough.
-Zona Gale.
ARTIFICIAILY TINTED FRUIT.