Morris tribune., 1895-10-16

him or dissemnle When uninvit6d he
he'd visited them. She only recognized
the justice and truth Of what he limited
at, and pressing her hand YEARLY to
her forehead she waited for him to con-
tinue, which he did:
"But let us speak more plainly in or
der that we may not misunderstood
each other. AS you know, / have called
several times upon your father here,
just as any other civilian would, in
purely private and social capacity, and
you have always been good enough to
make me welcome as such. Indeed
often have been only too glad to avail
myself of the opportunity your father
SO kindly placed at my disposal OF
spending an hour or two pleasantly, that
would otherwise have been spent very
drearily indeed in this lonely part OF
the country. OF course-and am vel I
sorry to give you pain by referring to 1t
again-I have always been aware of the
traffic your father engaged IN with Mon
tana, and I have always, SO far as l
could consistently with my sense of du-
ty and ideas of what was proper as his
guest, endeavored to influence him
against the suicidal course he is pursu-
ing, for SUCH a course in the end must
always prove disastrous. Indeed the
very last time I was here gave your
father very direct warning. 1t seems
madness to me that he should have at
tempted another venture in the teeth OF
what was said on that occasion. And
now we have been sent to intercept him
as he comes across the lines. 1t will be
a very serious affair for him if we get
him with contraband cargo, which he
is pretty sure to have. / can assure yon
I dislike the painful task of arresting
him only less than the necessity of hav-
ing to prepare you for it.
And now the composure of the girl
seemed to have deserted her. She grew
very pale, and a dizziness seemed to
seize her. She swayed for a moment
where she stood. The trooper caught
her by the arm tenderly and respectful
~ and placed her in seat. Looking up,
she saw the sincerity of his great pity
for her in his eyes, and it moved her
strangely. But she seemed to recover as
she spoke to him.
IT am afraid I am rather upset, she
said, with pitiful little smile. Then,
as if unconscious of the presence of any
one, she involuntarily clasped her hands
in front of her and moaned "Oh, my
poor father, it is all for me you do this
thing Goodness knows would rather
work from morning till night and live
on crust than have things as they are. =
She remained for few minutes as if
buried in thought, with her hands nery
ously clasping each other on her lap
and her eyes looking out tearfully and,
oh, so sadly, into the blurred, hurry
ing snowstorm. Harry Y orke stood with
his hands behind his back and trou-
bled expression upon his face, looking
away from her into the wintrylike chaos
of drifting snowhakes Once or twice
the girl stirred uneasily and regarded
the trooper intently as if she were
studying him. Some struggle, some
conflict of inclinations was going on
within her. Was it her maidenly pride
and that sense of duty she owed to a par
emit: Her knowledge of the convention
alities of life might not have been 50
complete as many of her more worldly
wise sisters in more favored parts Of
the world, but her innate maiden mod