The Dakota chief. (Gann Valley, Buffalo County, S.D.) 18??-1913, 1895-03-28

love me now. And you will love M You
when ] am old and gray-headed'" even
say. | shall love you, Roder;a,a s You
when you are an elderly gentleman wen
not handsome at all. Nothing on "nu-
could ever part us; nothing-notb;na'" r'n
nat is wrong, dear? Are Won o,,,,
We will go H." v coidl
NO: wait-just one minuto"
lie wrapped her closely in his nl,;d
she nestled in his arms, but still ken. ana
ing up. far up, into that mystic q" saz.
heaven. which, though we SEQ IL OF
night of our lives, never loses its wo e,sry
glory. and beauty. "'"ueF,
Il should like to live to be ~ -.
woman: ! should like us both 70 ~ on
and yet love one another "a d. oo'
when we were young 1t makes ono ,as
immortal. this love. l should like, as von
say. nifty years hence to stand with you
under these stars, feeling that notbiDu
could Kill our ove-or us. But if tb;nn,
were TO be different: if this time newt vns'
| am-not here, but a~way-beyond IL.
stars" "e
What do you mean"
She turned upon him those eyes of h..
-~"heavenly eyes" he had called th.,'
since the day he first saw them on ,h
Tcrassc at Berne. u"
Il may die this spring. Sometimes W,
know, wOmcn do"
He shivercd, but violently contro,o, |
himself.
ives. l know that; but-you are no,
afraid:'
mo. ] am afraid of n~othing-neithe.
life nor ~dcath-now. And l would h,va |
died. If ! might have chOsen-died rlad,v, |
To have been for this one year-this ono
happy year-my Roderick's wife. and |
his child's mother"
There was such a rapture in her foco |
that whatever dread her words NIGH
have aroused in him sunk down. 1t was /
one of those supreme moments when two
who are wholly united, as these were, feel
that no real parting is possible. that |
"whatcver happens" (as people saw. thoy
are one through all eternity.
"IIush.' ltodcrick said at last. in a
broken voice. God knows best. Let rs
leave it ALL"
And her taking her indoors, he de-.
clarcd that the first of January was no
time for moonlight rambles, and that he
should abolish them altogether till the
Sumnle nights came
Which seemed Il long way off now; fol,
not unusual in the north.
AS the days heightened,
So the cold strengthened.
and a long frost and snow shut up Silence
entirely within her own peaceful home.
4 dull time 10 most people; but nothing
ever seemed to make her dull. Not even
-, la, 80, ,.A,I., n TtN, Ilo1Io', 4 ,,,D !
her husband was restless and troubled,
evidently expecting some news which
never came. One formal letter of thanks,
announcing her safe arrival, a month
after date. but explaining nothing further,
was all Mrs. Alexander Thomson
vouchsafed TO her brother and sister. She
rover mentioned her mother at all.
"Evidently Blackhall is tabooed," said
hC. with n bitter laugh. "Never mind,
my darling. Let us give it up, and not
vcX ourselves about the inevitable
And by that she knew how, until this
iuoment, he had not given it up; had never
ceased to hope and crave for something
the one blessing which no man gets vice
in Il lifetime. He may have as many
wives and children as fate allows; ne
never can have two mothers.
But-and some mothers would do WA
Ia remember this-when a man has Il WE
and his home. his interests and his work.
he does not mourn ctcrnally; rs Roderlck
said. he accepts the inevitable. ana
turns his mind to other things. Though
the young Jardines had a shut-up anl
rather lonely life. it was anything but an
idle one. The Ms. novel came back once
s.,rn n1nSf historical novels always ~ |
come back nowadays-but the solid ar
ticle did not, until it had become trans
mutcd into a bundle of those d%ellghtu'
pr~oof-shcets which raise into the se'e"'n
heaven of happiness young authors anu
even old authors can hardly see, wi'nou'
n certain thrill of pleasure, Il faint renee
ton of the time when, as now with i"u
crick,
The world was all before Them w"''
Reason their guard and Providence then
guide
And both reason and Providence seemeV
to have taken in charge this young au
thor. Roderick had mo nonsense apou'
him" He did not start in literature WIZ
a picturesque and imaginative vie" "
his own deservings, and how they weIs
to be appreciated; he worked hearty y
whatever came to his hand to DO ~. ~.
consequently he did good work. IL m's'
not have been the highest work OF ~
utmost he was capable of d~oing-SienS'
often thought so. She copied MS M',
taught herself to c~riticise them fairi!.
see all the faults she could. lin oroe. "
prevent the world from seeing them'
she one day said. ,.u.a
You see, dear, if you had to be kle~
| would much rather kill you myseii '""
let another person do it," .,h
At which he laughed heartily anu ' Wv
mittcd to all fault-finding and supsequ ,hs
correction with the best grace III L.
world "Who knows! Such a sever a..
nestle critic ought to make me i rir
brated author in no time. thlhh l v"
begin mother magnum opus--nol Il no ars
though; and by working at all iei S",-
nm WA