The Dakota chief. (Gann Valley, Buffalo County, S.D.) 18??-1913, 1895-04-11
CHAPTER ~XIV-Continued.

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wholly sunshine. And that mad bird.
that l~oud-voiced mavjs. singing Incessahl-
" in the sycamore tree-he covered ms
ears to dcaden the sound. All the sound
he cared to h%ear-and his very soul
seemed concentrated in liStening-was the
moving of feet in that room up stars,
where the terrible battle for life was 60
ing on, and during which he seemed nm
self to be dying Il hundred deaths.
He did nothing. absolutely nothing,
hour after hour: what was there for nm
to do? Once. catching sight of the pile
of etters-those happy letters. which no
body had thought OF posting h rose me-
chauically. in order to put them away
somewhere, and in looking about found
his wife's work-basket. just as she had
|. fl if. the needle still sticking into the
unfinished frill. Would il ever be finished:
With "A gasp and a wild stare round. as
if to call to hcr-to appeal TO her-She,
who had never before forsakcn him thus,
in..9 MISSING when he wanted her. or
silcn, whom he ra!lcd-h s,iZcd and kissed
it. Then IT, pul everything in its place
AGAIN. lnciu!ing her garden shaw, which
b. folded M with his helpless hands as
truivgl, as i il had boon Il living thing.
ami at down again in the Same chair.
Wjjh MS head dropped on his hands.
Presently he had TO arouse himself, and
- g.. a few commonplace words to Sir
luhu. who came to fetch Lady s~ymin@ton
Iu4e TO dinner: people must dine. and TIC
d.aroli lady looked exhausted. 81" went
~, to Roderirb aud kissed him-bad" HIM
hope ,tii-whiic there WAS life there WAS
hope; but nevertheless urged upon HIM
that las, solemn prayer, which often
seem, TO bring back the very blessing il
rc igns "Iny will he done
Il can't say i'll can't,,' he answered
tho young nam to whom angui>h~Snch
au.ri.h - this-was utterly unknown.
Ia after sll" had left. promising to com"
a4'iu before midnight. he fell down on
H. knees. and in an agony such as he had
p9j believed any nan could pass through
and live. he said il.
&GIer has he seemed to grow qulcter,
""li rc"Iy to accept everything.
rs and by the Doctor came down 70
l"rl Tor y minute. with IN anxious face
y. II CHEEKY voice.
Take heart. my dear fellow. As !
said, ~lil" there's life there's hope. Do
u.t - near her. BY and by III fetch You.
>'rrHld here come Il change"
- Change: For the bcttcr:'
EpS. Or what they call ii tightening
h~iorn DEATH"
D.alh and her, Tho two ideas seemed
innaa~@ii,lp -irreconcilablc Slmldering.
p,lcrlck turned away from the old man.
vau diG not mean to be cruel. who even
~. his hand kindly on the young fellows
s,,o.laer AID again babe him Keep up"
ta,i All was being done that could be
iore: that he had seen many a worse
ease, and 50 on, and 50 on. pdi ltoderick
heard il ali as one in a dream. and direct
fE aft"rWard. hearing the sound OF Il car
rHl&c. aid believing il was only Black
Who always meant Wei, but the sight Of
whom would almost madden him just
th,u, nc Oollcd out Of The long window.
a. Went and hid himself III the darkest
d,ptl's OF Me glen.
~" y" y"uturcd back into III" house
tlr hr" nad d!ed out-onlY q SOLITARY can
IL" Gt> iott burning on me 'a'l". lie
St"i' ~I>'ilrS lAd llSt'h"d ~ ms wires
door Nh WAS quiet. ib'r' was hot
rtU" iEt NNulrt 81 TIE doctor quick
r," ~o'HtC voice: J." must have @ou" away.
i'h Ill hope "I"d out OF iiod'rlcE
hVIgi. Gr.it1G us way back /" Inc pa
I"3, hr SIT o''1h ia ms Ola scat Walt'llS
III 4 sort g.! "'Ul''la"Uol l"f Inc hhal
i''o. aI" ffp a)tnG t" himself over aid
't ~ @-''H hA' "il''h '''hl'" l''"-7''hl-
IL '' 'tr3i TIM" to nothing III ms over
sjf''a at bialn Dlh"lloS pi;"ouS moan.
'A.f wife. WHAT Wlie' | nave 70"
VIE. l'"rl"tp" o'"r noW le. zoo. had no
VIE MI Wee HW'.l ''yS were over. her
"rt't happiness was "''!'d' h'E Eo"nS III"
cone. .Nhd A":
Sucl a lu@~ is It common story. Many Il
yoang man had lived though it-living
lun. a+cr il perhaps WON another wife.