The Dakota chief. (Gann Valley, Buffalo County, S.D.) 18??-1913, 1894-12-20

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fck did not Oifer to c ter. In truth
be felt that the usual social evening
would b as impossible t. him as to
Silence. In their prc.enl crisis OF pam
,hcv needed either to be quite alone
with each other or entirely apart.
Still. when he saW her next norm
ing. looking deadly ralc, b assuming
q faint smile Of welcome, and sitting
down beside him in the old way,
though he noticed. with a slight he /
fatiun. Il, of doing as a duty What had
before beer 50 natural and >we"t, kod-
erick's heart sunk. He waited In a
fever Of apprehension ior what II
hal TO ay, or rather he tried 10 pre-
vent her aging, by. talking ab ut
what he had been writing in the NIT
ter OF B|lackhall. TO all Of which he
answered only by a pale smile, then
said. gently:
"Yon forgot, my friend, the matter
We bad 90 speak about This morning.
NO, | do not ~forgct-but Yesterday,
whenl spoke of our marrlagc,lt seemeI
to pain YOU"
1t viii not to-day, for l have been
thinking it all over. add
You are trcmbling. You are i'll, my
darling"
oh, no" gently putting aside and
then = eiding to his tender car IS.
"D0n't mind me, / am Mt i'll. hut l lay
awake the whole OF last night. ana 1t
i, trying when the morning breaks
upon one and there Is n rest, ~ dlNls-
ion between two d~ays-two such dread
iul DAYS.
"Dreadful! Why: What do YOU
mean
She took his hanl and stroked it
ryit un.fDpn almost 1nDthprIN
Listen t. me. | have Il good deal to
say, and YOU must listen. You viii: |
shall not hurt You, my R~odericK-not
very much. And that love yon-ah,
you know it-only too well, 1t that
were possible. But it is inn ossible,
Were you a vain man, or a tyrant, or
selfish, ii might harm you, and should
be afraid; but you are none OF the
Ghrec. You are Roderick. my hcdc-
rick. ] shall never love any man in
this world but You"
OF course not, it would be very
wrong" but suddenly his attempt at
n smile faded in Il vague terror. Why
Sell me this? What do you mean?"
81 think'-she poke very slowly and
SOltly-"l think We ought t. part.
For a moment 10 erick was com
plctely stunned. Her whole manner
vas 80 quIoU 80 " - Ill ~
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preston OF the fingers she had taken
her hand away from his and claape .
them together on her lap-tha' WAS
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wholly mis-. judged Ter: even her lover
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