The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1894-04-29

breathins hard after their rus, I ths,sAt tie
Vswba ssTs /: Ri Mari. . hGTff h0 %s
She did not answer. No one ,snsEsrsd; snd
tnosn from s he I bssinntng began to trs en-
bic. On = sudden my lady lifted up her voice
Msrisi Msrier'
Again no answer. But this time DID not
S.s. tSs way We had come my legs auvsns
under me and ny mouth dpII .o I'll IIo t,ss
i poStlns the poplars on the other side Of the
way. which had marked m systematically at the
nom emit OF the fall an ash whose lieht upper
Where the mooriand began to rise on tina, side;
f.s sSal p sss S s and od SfHssd
iesrfuiiy., Then. q couple O, PAGES on. made
so dark sRS hssS sns sIs scSH
my hand. eyer T. Ala.l Il was a w9m won. nrS,re
the on iS her fG san. e. ~Gs Ss ynd
swayed the bouehs overhead. and. besides
thit sna Do. al the sSs Sns inn
my arms, Rnseilng. in the dust beside her.
felt bllndly for pulse. q heart beat found
the i body d' down 90 quickly and stand up peer.
us bloSod O SrTm%sd in my ears my heart beat
wildly. The woman was dead; but she was
She was an old woman so years old. When
! stopped again. after assuring myself that
there was no other body near and Geer,ed intp
and mean. She had the reek OF one who slept
IN ssn sed az ms shs was SorrSs
mockery OF all that men love In women.
.ssS ny head pssIina Where was the mSP
had seen scouting up and down. where was
Ssa Become this fRns nat deat or nasc
had transformed the fair Young girl into this
toothless has was not too wild LOT me; Aaa
Such things. were; and Marie was gone: In
sn lay s' my %pR fset WHAT R was a'ft to tSnt
calico 60. t re on Marie ran to one si%S
got no answer ]. climbed the m ound on which
the ash tree stood. and sent my voice thrilling
else | could do. / went. down .wrinRing my
found pSsS my lady Ia F v s
steve and the whole party
had to listen to tneiT smszement and a
m. no Sep Tns ssarneS % o
s sna tfsd 'P TO fsk The moor
missing too. and there lay my only hope-but
s soa a sAae noS1e 'a more Soad
I'm the morning =, Ieried isalously.
search. and stood In q dark group round the
body which they had drawn to the side OF the
road. 1t wanted an hour OF daylight yet, and
could not see their faces. but read In their
silence the answer that no one liked to put
BE a man" Steve muttered. after a long
pause God help the girl But God help US
too II we are found hereW
Still my lady did not speak. and knew her
brave heart too we'll to doubt her. though she
had been tho first to talK Of going. Get to
horse" said roughly.
:, No. ne" ny lady cried at last We will
..Ay. all stay or all GO" steve muttered.
Then all gol,' l said choking down the
aobs that would rise And turned first from
the place.
/ will not try to state what that cost ne. I
the darkness. and the eyes Represented me.
That she Of oil should suffer. who had never
tainted. never faltered. whose patience and
courage had been the women's etay from the
first. That she should suffer! ! thought OF
the tender, weak body. and Of all the things
that might happen to her, and seemed. as l
went away from her. the vilest thing that lived.
But reason was against me-. III | stayed
there and waited on the road by the old crone's
body until morning. what could do Whittier
could turn Marie was gone and already
might be half n dozen miles away. SO the
bonds OF custom aod duty held mo Dazed
and bewildered. lacked the strength that was
needed to run counter to all. was no knight
Grant. but a plain man. and l reeled on
through tho last hour OF the night ana tho
first gray streaks OF dawn. with my head on
my breast and choking sobs In my throat