The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1893-01-13

fact. so sudden. that the CARL had no
cl,pnce. She flushed AID then iaied.
She shook her head firmly, however.
and her fingers slowly framed the rer
ply: You guess too much. Foolish
things come to the idle.'
Il raw you this afternoon" he
slightly urged.
Her fingers trembled slightly.
There was nothing to see" bhe
knew he could not have read her GEES
lures. Il was telling q story"
You ran from him. Whyf" TINS
questioning was cruel that he might
in the end be kind.
THE child runs from its shadow.
the bird from its nest. the ash Jumps
from the water-that 10 nothing.
She had recovered somewhat But
he said: Tho shadow follows the
child. the bird comes back to its nest.
the fish cannot live beyond the water.
But it il sad when the child IN run
ming rushes into darkness and Loses
its shadow; when the nest falls nom
the tree and the hawk catches the
happy fish. Hawiey saw you also"
Hawley, like Ida, was deaf and
dumb. He lived over the mountains.
but came often. 1t had been under
stood that one day she should marry
him. II seemed fitting. She had
said neither yes nor no. And nows
A Quick tremor Of trouble trailed
over her face. then it became very
still. Her eyes Bonded upon the
ground steadily. Presently . bird
hoped near. its head c~oquetting at
her. She ran her hand gently along
the grass toward it. The bird tripped
on It. She lifted it to her chin, at
which it picked tenderly. Pierre
watched her keenly. admiring. pity
INC. He wished to serve her.
At last, with q kiss upon it, head,
she gave it a light toss into air. and
it scared, larklike, straight up. and,
hanging overhead, sang the day into
the evening. Her eyes followed It.
She could feel that it was singing.
She smiled and lifted q finger lightly
toward it. Then she spelled to Pierre
this: 1T is singing to me-. We I'M
perfect things love each other"
AID what about loving Hawley.
thena" Pierre persisted.
She did not reply. but q strange
look came upon her. and then in the
Talton came from the house
and stood beside them. At this Pierre
lighted a cigarette, and with q good
natured nod to Talton walked away
Talton stopped over her. pale and
eager. Ida" he g~estured, will yor
answer me nowi Will you be my
wifef"
She drew herself together with
little shiver. NO" was her steady
reply. She ruled her face into still
ness. 90 that it showed nothing o
what she felt. She came to her tee
YEARLY. and drawing down . Coo
, Towering branch Of chestnut presse
it to her cheek.
You do not love mel" he aske'
nervously.
II am going to marry Luke Haw
lev" was her slow answer. Sh
, spelled the words. She used no gel
: ture to that. The fact looked terri
r bly, hard and inflexibly 80. Talto
was not a vain man and he believe
J he was not loved. His heart crowde
+ to his throat.
please go away now" abe beRget
with an anxious gesture. While Ii
! hand was extended he reached IN
|. brought it to his lips. then quick
kissed her on the forehead a.
walked away. She stood trembling
0 and as the fingers of a hand hur
a at her side they spelled mechanical
"a these words. 1T would spoil his If
am only q mute-a dummy"
Az she stood 40 she felt the q
n proach Of some one. She did n
:. turn instantly. but with the aborit
nal instinct, listened. a. it were, wi
!. her body. but presently faced abo
4 to Hawley. He was red with 9
4 ger. He had seen Talton kiss h
|, Less one Of his faculties, he had pl
: portionately less self restraint ]
caught her martly by the arm, b
awed by the great calmness Of B
"a face dropped it. and fell into . fit
: sullenneas. She spoke to him;
. did not reply. She touched his ar
he still gloomed.
= All at once the full price Of her Q
rifce rushed upon her and overpc
I. cred her. She had no help at
~ critical hour, not even from this m
ho she had intended to bless. Tn
ar came q swift revulsion-al passit
~ stormed in her at once. Despair '
N the resultant Of these forces.
swerved from him immediately
m ran hard toward the high banl
riveri
nv Hawley did not follow her at on
an. he did not guess her purpose.
She had almost reached the leap
place when Pierre shot from the tt
=. and seized her. The impulse OF
-, was 80 strong that they slipped
auivered on the precipitous edge;
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