Lyon County times. [volume] (Silver City, Nev.) 1874-1907, 1894-04-28
Dayton, Nevada, Saturday, April %, 1894.

all those shuttered windowsi"
|. .."fbat is the part we have not yet found
uxe for, Eight or nine rooms are about az
many IN Mere Lucas can comfortably man
aye"
"The best part of the house 10 unoccu.
pied," added Judith. So Be-. - r9e
THE best part. do you sayf That sounds
~ II 1t might be good enough for Nv What
do you think, partner mine-shailw build
our nest heref" is1l II, .t.tH
Like the swallows, without asking
whether we are welcome or noti" suggested
Judith st SIS ~ ',H'~
YES" said Taras. land, like them. bring
ing happiness TO the house" l..t.a ...#
Judith and went up stairs together. We
hal great deal to tell each other. Looking
from the window. we saw Taras and Gordon
on the lawn. Oh, 1t was good to see them Oil
Ing their pipes from the same pouch. stroll
ing ACROSS the smooth grass with their
arms linked, putting out clouds Of blue
smoke. and still better TO bear them join
ing III hearty laugh
''It is the first time I have heard him
k,igh." said Judith. His patience has
r0mei lines panied me. His endeavor to find
cheerful outlook in the future only proved
how pprsistently memories Of the past
nent waA Now you have changed all that"
"lr'
''Yes. you were more TO him than sight.
The loss Of yo,i."sts the real grief, not the
lu~s Of his eyes nat he looked upon al
most as foreseen calamity-'the chance Of
WAR ~ he Says He has always main
tanned that you would come back. The
next room IL yours Il was furnished ex
p-e..s!y for you, and all that belonged to
you In Lambeth il In there. Nothing yet
fruni my little friend?' he has asked some
times after have read his letters to him.
You have always been present here to him.
/ felt that. II hurt me sometimes to feel
that ! could never be 30 much TO him IA
you were. ! am sure that my presence ir
ritatetl him sometimes, and that he was
glad "a he left alone. In those moments he
wrs thinking Of you. Something In my
mmnner compared unfavorably with his
recollection OF you. ! eau arrOrd to tell you
all this now, dear At one time IL wounded
INV pride to suspect It, and would not have
confessed the fact to myself but it gives me
! Joy to tell you all now"
| She left me as Mere Lucas tapped at the
door and humbly begged to speak to her
| dear niademoiselle. wished ! could es
cape also. thought the poor old woman
would never be eomforted or cease to beat
her ample breast and call herself hard
names.
ITO think of the indignities. the affronts
the insults offered you. my dear. my most
respected mademoiselel What brute !
was. what an animal what an imbecile! To
! offer you a place as domestic servant ir
eiis house: to take you into my own room.
when ought to have led you into the best
drawing room; to permit myself to eat AT
the same table with you, and to offer you
the little wine and the remains of food that
are only good enough for fool and dolt
such as ! am though certainly they are
better than deserve And TO think that
you had behaved unworthily at the very
time when you were risking your life TO
save my dear master, and, what is more. To
believe i'll of that dear NJ Gordon. who
could do no wrong to save his life, God
bless him-as droll as ever aud rs kind
But am richly punished for it. look you
| for broke three things since lunch aud let
rHy milk boil over for the first time in my
! life All, mon Dieu. that it should come
to this at my age"
Happily the fear of some further cull
nary disaster put an end to her sobS and
self reproaches, but fora long while nfter
! ] never passed her without hearing Gcrid
dress herself as n camel; pig or SOME
other object of contempt
George Gordon, going to the window
after dinner, eXclaimed
"A glorious night, by Jovei How wouiG
1t be II we went out for half an hoEr,"
"Very agreeable, | should say" replied
TaraS
The idea was equally acceptable 10 in
| dith and me, and when we had put ul our
wraps we joined Gordon and TdiH> Ia tlr
garden. Chatting aud laughing we stroiltsi
down the broad walk in IA row, but pHSsius,
through the gate Taras and judith too
the lead, and in that order we sauulrrr,
along the Woking road, Judith. b-li"yt
intending to take the bypath to her i.Aor
ite seat in the wood
At the angle of the road Gordon stopped
to relight his pipe
"This IN the old box. :" said he, scrptchn,
vesta. do you remember thrt da
when we found there were only tw,
matches leftS
made no reply, for looking down tht
road saw Taras and Judith, who were !,
dozen yards or NO IN advance. suddenly
stop.
Bother the wind" exclaimed Gordon
throwing away the dead vesta and taking
out another
But he paused in the act OF striking il
for we both heard well known voice say
ing: a. Ht
"Taras-Judithi Why, this is Il Surpris.
for me, and suppose my coming is foi
your ] thought might steal a few hours
to satisfy my anxiety" $3.50 M
IL was Kavanagh His voice bad dropped
from tone Of cheerful astonishneht To
uneasy perpl-sty, and he added
HAS anything happeneds"
Come on" muttered Gordon, eat ching
/ INV hand in hin "xye'II Shou shp vill,,it,