Democratic Northwest and Henry County news. [volume] (Napoleon, O. [Ohio]) 1894-1905, 1894-08-09

AsIanR SAT Derore me nut Her days
work ms done She was thinking Thor
wcaid not come that evening. and that
therefore. many others might come In
stead, SO she unfastened the dog. and
without saying anything walked farther
ON. She sat down so that she could see
across the valley, but the mist was ris-
ing there and prevented her looking
down Then she chose another place,
and without thinking more about it sat
down SO that she looked toward the side
where lay the ford. 1t seemed to bring
peace to her soul when she could gaze
far away across the water.
As she sat there the fancy struck her
that she was inclining to sing. SO she
chose q song with ''long drawn notes, /"
and far and wide 1t sounded through
the mountains. She liked to hear her
self sing, so sho began over again when
the first verse was ended. But when she
had sung the second it seemed to her as
though some one answered from far
down below. Dear me, what can that
be?" thought Aslang She stepped for
ward to the edge and twined her arms
round slender birch which hung trem-
bling over the preoipice and looked
down. But she could see nothing. The
ford lay there calm and at rest. Not q
single bird SKINNED the water. So As
lang sat herself down again, and again
she began to sing. Once more came the
answering voice in the same tones and
nearer than the first time. "That sound
was no echo, whatever it may be. - As
lang jumped to her feet and again lean
ed over the cliff. And there down below
at the foot of the rocky wall she saw q
boat fastened. 1t looked like tiny nut
shell, for it was very far down. She
looked again and saw fur cap and un-
der it the figure of man climbing mp
the steep and barren cliff.
"What can it be?" Aslang asked her
self, and letting go the birch she step
ped back She dared not answer her
own question, but well she knew who
it, She flung herself down upon the
greensward and seized the grass with
both hands, as though it were she who
dared not loose her hold for fear of fall
ing. But the grass came up by the
roots. She screamed aloud and dug her
hands deeper and deeper into the soil.
She prayed to God to help him, but
then it struck her that this feat of
Thor's would be called tempting Prov
idence, and Therefore he could not ex-
pect help from above.
"Only just this once. she prayed.
Hear my prayer just this one time
and help him." Then she threw her
arms round the dog, as though it were
Thor whom she was clasping. and rolled
herself on the grass beside it.
The time seemed to her quite endless.
Suddenly the dog began to bark
''Bowwowl" said he to Aslang an6
jumped upon her. And again, "Wow-
wow" Then over the edge of the cliff
a coarse, round cap came to view, and
Thor was in her armsl
He lay there a whole minute, and
neither of them was capable of uttering
syllable And when they did begin to
talk there was neither sense nor reason
in anything they said.
But when old Canute Husaby heard
Of it he uttered o remark which had
both sense and reason, bringing his fist
down on the table with tremendous
crash. "The lad deserved her, +" he cried.
.HThe girl shall be NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS.
/ 6jornson.