The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1895-07-02
SOUL

SOUL FRIENDS.
They had been mutually attracted at
once. At least, SO Sada fondly believed.
1t was not hard for Sada to believe q
thing when she wanted it to be so.
He isn't at all my ideal man phys
ically," she explained to her cousin
Tom. She was telling him, because he
was the only person she knew to whom
she could talk with absolute freedom.
The fact that Tom loved her did not in
terfere with their friendship She made
. business Of forgetting all about Toms
love. She had q happy faculty for . e.
getting everything she wanted to forget.
He is little. round shouldered and
not the least bit in the world handsome.
but, oh, how my soul goes out to him!"
she sighed.
tom, dear, she went on after q lit
tie, touching her Cousins cheek caress.
ingly, do you believe in reincarna-
tiony"
1--WE never thought about it, Tom
answered. That touch Of Sada's hand
had made his heart beat wildly in spite
Of her frequent assurance that her ca
resses were only given him in a sisterly
way.
"Hendrick and I must have been
twins in another life. How else could
VI have known each other SO we'll from
the first?" Sada unused.
tAnl uhop oro -o, ,o;,o ~ -o..-
him. asked Tom in a husky voice,
which he tried to make sound matter of
fact.
Saia looked at him pathetically.
Glow a you, Tom? I should think
you would know l did not mean my
thing of that sort. I'm disappointed in
you, Tom. Such a thing as marriage
has never been mentioned between Hen
drick and me and never will be!'
Tom was silent a moment, then in
CURED in a h~esitating way. as if he were
not quite sure how she would take his
question:
Did you ever pat his cheek as you
did mine a moment ago?"
rush Of color came into Sada's face.
W SouASC LOt, Su0 WeE SH-
phatically. "I'm not given to doing
such things. Only there is something
about your silly old face that tempts ME
when | am with you, but with Hen
dr mel. it. I'll is different 1t is bis soul that
Toms first expression of relief was
followed by one of mournfulness. What
if Sada did speak in this way now? OF
course she would be betrothed soon to
the man whose soul had attracted hers.
A season passed, during which daily
letters were exchanged between the soul
friends. As the hour approached for
them to meet again saba could hardly
wait for it.
Tom, dear, I am SO happy! I have
been counting even the minutes" Sada
said, when her faithful cousin put her
in the car that was to take her 10 Sum
mer Vale Springs. the trysting place.
Aunt Lucy was slightly indisposed
yesterday, and I almost killed her with
attention for fear she would not be-sbfe
TO travel today. she added. Now,
kiss me. Tom, and hurry away, or you
may be carried of when the train
starts.
When Tom stood on the platform be-
side her window, she cried out:
Smile! How dare you look solemn,
you selfish boy, when I'm SO happy?'
The journey was very trying. She
couldn't read, and there was no Tom to
talk to. Aunt Lucy was no company.
She was too poor a traveller.
When Summer Vale Springs was
reached, the soul brother was at the
depot to help Sada of. She gazed jeal-
ously into his face, but did not tell him
how she had counted the hours.
Then began those delightful talks and
walks. So much new music had to be
conned. SO many new books discussed.
One day saba made an unusually be-
coming toilet and asked Hendrick eau
tiously how she looked. He studied her
attentlvely. and she found herself wait
ing breathlessly for his answer.
That night she wrote to poor, long
suffering Tom: "Our friendship-Hen-
bricks and mine-is more ideal than
ever. 1t is SO soul satisfying" And Tom
sighed as he said to himself, "She will
tell me Of her engagement in her next
letter"
At the end of the first week Sada said
to Hendrick:
Il am making the most of my time
getting all Of your life that l can. Soon
you will tell your love to one Of the
many girls who cross your path, and
she may object to u friendship" As
she listened for his answer her heart al
most ceased to beat.
No" Hendrick said slowly, Il don't
think l shall. 1t is probable that | shall
never marry"
That night Sada cried herself to sleep.
The next morning she tried 10 find out
why she had cried.
1t is because l am a woman. and
women are senselessa about some things"
she told herself furiously.
A few days later Alice Baudrst ar.
rived at the Springs Hendrick remark.
ed that she was one of the most beauti.
full girls he had ever seen. A dreadful
pain shot through Sada's heart, and she