The people's journal. (Pickens, S.C.) 1891-1903, 1895-08-22

and put his arm around her, trembling
strongly. Not even to come to my
home, Demaris? | want YOU dear an
| won't let you kill yourself wOrkin',
either. | ain't rich, but I'm well
enough OF TO give YOU q comfortable
home an some'n' to do your work fer
YOU"
There was deep silence. Each felt
the full beating of the others heart.
There WIS Il rose msh under tbn Win.
dow, an old-fashioned one. It's blooms
were not so beautiful, but they were
very sweet 1t had flung slim whito
spray or them into the room. Dcmaris
never smelled their fragrance aftor-
ware wlthonta Keen, exquisite thrill of
passion, us brief as it was delicious.
can't Frank Her tone was low
and uncertain. ~ can't leave my
mother. She's sick an gittin' old. !
cant.
"Oh, Dcmnris That's rank foolish
ness.
We'll, guess it's the right kind o
foolisness." She drew away and sal
looking at nm. Her hands wcrc press
ca t0Ecthcr In her lap.
why, II amt expected that II girl
al ought to stay an takc care O her
mother forever, is it? 1T ain't expect
ed Ihat shcd ought TO turn herself into
a hospital nurse, is it -
Her face grew stern.
Don't talk that way Frank. That
llh respectful to my mother. She's
had hard life, an SOS my father.
lou know want to come, but | can't
It's my place to stay an take care o
her. I'm gOin' to do it--hard's it is.
My leavin' 'cm I'D just take tho heart
out o both OF en-. An there's Nellie,
too.
Dcmaris-" he spoke SLOWLY: his
face was palc--" Pm uoin' to saw somc-
thin to Won | never thought Id saw to
anv girl alive, But tho fact is | di1n,t
know till RIGHT now how much think
O. YOU. Yon marry me. an we'Il ali live
together"
Her face softcncd. She leaned = lit-
tlc townrd him with unrnutroll,hIn
tenderness. But rs he mnIn -, umirIS
movement sbr drew hack NN'0'
nN,, JIr,nI, I .,n,tI o,,,,,, Il
won't do, Such thin"s = whut hrna'..
women's hearts - ''''' - go
"Whut thirrs dcarYr
"k'olks livin, towntbar that. w,r ,
Tbcro,s no GOOD rve,. romos nf T. IA
have to sct m Win NV mothn' nst
the same, and vou'd Ne worrvin' All the
time for fear il ,u'd make me- sick and
vou'd be wanrin, to sn1 mn with hnr
Yourself"
UOf cnnrse - bn s,id .tou,lv ..I,d
expect to. That's What what i ! meno. d d
take some o your load OF O. YOU"
Domaris smiled mournfully. "Nou
| don't know what 1T Is, Frank. It's al
very we'll to talk about it, but whoa it
comes to dom u you'd be tired oNG in /,
montn. 1ouu wish you hadn't mar
rleu mean that u a XIII me -
~ wouldn,t. ON, Demaris, just yor
try me. IN be good TO all your folks
JuSG gooa : can De, GEAR ! swear 1T
i Slo ie"neI i- towa;u nun aGA''i %it;i !;
~ ~ al,I;o ~? GooM 'o, in MS '.,iiiS' nc iel
M To oi'. Ii'', rIal' ~. "tCu ~ ner oouy
Afta p' "I,iii v,oi'It rL ~, ,ou"or:
and Ion,,el .t hi,, a.,.nnst,, """S s'CMl c"i J.,
iirht '>0' ''' I'LL e''' i'o'o'S III '''o '"'l
9.ifJ I tbonuht v,u ,v,,,d,,t o,,o,o
she faltered. II know v0u moun #
now. but oh---''
"Sister," called u thin, troubled
! voice from the hall, "can't You conc
here lust u minute >"
Demaris went at once, closing the
door behind her.
The child threw her thin arms
around her sisters waist, sobblng.
:. OI' slstci' loiSoI L" SGI inc klnu'
Mo""i 'h nov IL , 80 uarh uo"h clie
cei'nt' az III "'r"'o' Gan yo" Z" Win
''io !, wat. .; ,,,.,,
Er.nlx won't st,v lonr TO- uimht"
nr,, >,, ,.,, Co.,, :, ~.
vo;co Sunl, ~ 81 whi.nnr 3i"i 3"I h,,n -
hovc him hnr sistnr Ito t.lins ynN,
.w,v from rs so nu.b ,n,cv'rvthiun
goes wrong when you ain't here. Mas
olrul bad tonight, an pa looks so tired
Don't let him stay long. sister. lie
ldon't need you's bad 5 we do"
Sho tintoed into tho Kitchen De-
maris stood still in the hall. The moon
was coming, large and silver, over the
hill. It's soft light brought her slender
figure ont of the dark. and sot II halo
above her head bending on it's fair
throat. Her lips moved, but the pray
cr remained VolccleS' IN hcr heart.
a moan came from her mothers
room. "Oh, paw, You hnrt my head
Your hand is SO tcrrablc rough Is
that G1rl %"In t" stay IN there for
ever
pcmariS II Itca hcr hcaa ana walked
SCcaully lhLo the 'iIIie poor parlor.