The Dakota chief. (Gann Valley, Buffalo County, S.D.) 18??-1913, 1894-11-01

to his letter and card. Rolerick re-
solved t. change his quarters. and try
fire sh woods and pa lures new"-take.
in short. to pleasure instead OF duty,
and pursue the search after this vague
distant cousin no more.
But the next day in rising, behold a
change, And such a change.
The mist had entirely lifted off from
the lake. Its wide bosom lay, still
gray but motionless and clear in the
soft dawn. And beyond. their intense
purple sharply distinct against the
blight amber of the sky. was the long
line of Alps. Through n deep in.
d~entation, between the .Jungfrau and
the Fensterhorn. the sun was slowly
! rising, dyeing the SHOWS r%ose-color,
and then. as he mounted above the
cleft. pouring a sudden stream of light
right across the lake-that golden
path OF rays" which always leels like
a bridge wherein delivered sous might
wa k--they to us or We to them-tho q
that on earth we see no more.
Roderick. as he gazed. was conscious
of the same sensation which had come
over him a few days b~efore-that in
tuition Of approaching ate b ISIS or
ba g: which by those who have II not
is esteemed mere fancy. and supremacy
ridiculous: and even those who have it
have need to be rather afraid OF 1t.
just as u very imaginative person
would be less in fear of the ghosts he
beheld than OF the CHESTS he created.
"Absit omen.' murmured Rod rick,
a.. having stood in an ecstasy. watching
the gorgeous sunrise, he saw it melt
into common daylight. As all sunrises
do. in Move nbor especially. y. dull.
rainy mist began nee more to gather
on the distant peaks. ANOTHER wet
day. alter all. Richerden itself could
not be worse than this. Shall | go
home again
But it was SO iT%nominious TO go
home. having done nothing. seen Moth
ing, that he thought he would make
an effort at least to get to Berne and
back before the short day closed. And
de ,ccnding, beside his solitary plate
al the dreary table d'hote breakfast
he found Il letter. TIL daintie-t. most
polit -ly worded billet inviting him. in
the name of NJ. lie Professcur and Nine.
Reynier, to pass the evening III their
house.
six o'clock, and a %soiree, What
simple folks they must be here
But i:nding, he could be back in
time. he accepted the invitation in his
very best French. and started OF to
the railway station, on hi, little bit of
solitary Sightseeing.
No one shared hi. carriage abroad
there is a saying that nobody travel,
tirst-clas except fools and Engli,hmen
so he admin ed ali alone the picture
esa uc countrg which skirts tae Long
chain of lakes: very comfort bic. b It
Just a title dull. Not that i}oder ok
Gi>liked his own company: on the con-
trary. he preferred it TO that of most
people he met-but he had had so much
Of it lately. 1t would have been rather
plea SAINT to have somebody tDwhom he
colld say that Berne was a most curi-
Gus Old town, with whom he cOuld have
thrown buns to the bcGrs. tho e i'm.
pOrtant l~erso1ageS." renters On their
W account: still better. wheG ilquir-
ing his way 10 Terrasse, and iinding
the view hopeless, the mountains be-
Ing again "c~ouvcrts." he had to con.
tent himself with admir!ng the rive.
which flows below it. circiing Ii
p city town like Il tender arm, Sill
more would he have liked somebody.
anybody. beside him. with whom lie
cOlld lean over the low wall and argue
about the sensations OF the man on
horseback. who lcared doWa-HeaVen
knows o many ieet-wlthOut being
killed: II what sort of sermons he
preached-since the in cription ass.
he at ncc entered the Church and was
a ministeri n ii fer macy Years.
"Suppcss |. Roderick Jardinc. We're
10 jump down now, Just to feel d sensa-
tlon, or create one Folly"
And laughing at himself. and his IN
ordinate veNatlou al the dull gray day.
the miserable mountains, the solitude.
everything. he went TO iced at a res
taurant. and lounge away the time till
return train.
Just before it started. by q sudden
impulse, hoping a-a.nst hope. he
wa.ket back to the Tcrrao.e. and
turned a last look in the direction ot
mountains. One Instant-one wonder
1ul. Lewilderirg instant and than
IF. alter M Death. / open my eyes
in Paradise. | know. / feel. it will LOOK
like that
The Jungfrau IN the sunset. spiritu-
allied ~ a clear amber glory, till it
resembles nothing earthly, only that
new Jerusalem coming down from
heaven like a bride prepared for her
acknowledgements gazed and gazcd.
almost ont of himself with ec.tasr.
thinking Of nothing. seeing nothing.
though there was a little grou beside,
him gazing too. But he never notice /
them, till. topping backward. he came
against sCmebo ~, and said. Pardon,
mathematician turned and Jaw it was
not madame a. all-mademoiselle.
Size had lever observed him-not in
the lea t iiereyes were too liked up
on the mountain. in entire ABSORPTION
large, calm. blue. almost English
eye. And her short. curry fair hair
might have been English too. But
when at the second Pardon she
turned. there was an u~nmistakab!e
fNrcirn era. IN hnl slinht acknnml-