The pioneer press. (Miller, Hand County, S.D.) 1893-190?, 1896-11-12
CHAPTER y-(ContinuedD

houSh Ills was llt ohiN IdlIIlill li't
among all these strangers, he nae
never once come near her. He was
not the least DESTROYS of her company,
he was unconscious of her presence,
which he had certainly been at some
pains to secure. She had thought
about him a good deal; she had never
thought Of any stranger so much be-
fore. She was thinking bOu him at
the very moment when he emerged
from behind the granite, moSs-fringed
bowlder before her and joined them.
This time he was alone-no inSipid,
pale-eyed girl to m~onopOliZe him. He
len was accustomed to receiving def
erence, If not devotion, from men; she
almost considered it her due. Almost
simultaneously with his appearance
the footing of the horn broke above
the roaring of the water and echoed
among the hills. This was the sound
for which h had beer eagerly listen
ing; it had come but just three min
uteS too soon.
THAT Is the muster, old chap" said
Helen's squire, with alacrity, address
Ing Mr.. Jones. a." Come along, Miss
Milford; you and | must be off. Aw-
fully noisy place, this-Niagara not in
1t. Sha'n't be sorry to get into the
quiet. See you again. GoOd-by. Good.
by"
'Good-by, Jack said he, but it
isn't good-by to Miss Milford. If she
will allow me, | am TO have the pleas
ure of driving her back liz my cart.
Lady Lucy fancies there is going to
be a thunder storm, so she booked for
the landau, and | can't be such a brute
as to sunder any of the couples on the
coach.
by this speech Mr.. Jones had shown
the subtlety Of the serpent; by his in
different but i"ncontestable invitation,
he precluded the possibility of Helen's
either refusing his escort or guessing
at h pains he had been in perfect
ing the present arrangement. To
which arrangement she acquiesced
quite g~raciously; her pride would not
allow her to vince beneath the pun
ishment to her vanity.
"WiH you go down and see the start. |
Miss Milford? Or will you come a
hundred yards higher up the stream
and have a look at the pools?"
She hesitated; she had no inclination
TO see the start, she had no interest in
her late companions. Mr.. Jones read
her silence to his liking.
w won't see them off. Good-bys
are melancholy duties; you are quite
right. Come along down this path; it's
not far.' And he led the way through
the bracken. But such a ripping
place when you get there We have
plenty of time. l am going to drive
you home by the New Cut round the
Great Tort is a shorter way than
the way you came, but the road isn't
safe for coaching. You want a good
head n a steady nerve to appreciate
the view, but you possess both, l
know"
He went on talking with great ease
and friendlineSs. 1t really was impos-
slDle to remember lost parental his,
pieDelan prOgenitOrs, Overbearing sis
tiers or purse-proud oddities in COM
pany with II sunny mood of this
genial comrade. What qualification
was to be found in holding aloof from
and sulking with a person who is blind
TO your Trigidity, who listens eagerly
TO your remarks, who understands and
responds to our smiles, who meets
your thought half way with an answer
Ing thought, and who-this last clause
Is the most effective in the category
Should 1t please you to turn your back
upon and cave him. would be quite
as happy, content and debonair with
some other young woman beside him?
Helen did not argue either with him
or with herself, but she forgot his
drawbacks, though she meant to re-
member them, and responded to his
mood. She became friendly and en-
joyed herself; her face was always |
dangerously expressive of her feelings: |
he saw at nee that she was pleased.
PERCEPTIONS hills inclosed a wide RI |
vine through which n swift and angry
river dashed, striking against impend- |
shallow cascades over the stones, rush.
Ing powders with & roar, gushing in
Ing with silent but mighty force be-
meath the rocky banks. At one spot q
clAster of Jagged powders had peer
detached from the overhanging cliff
and had fallen into the bed of the
river, subduing, by their strength. the
frenzy of the water which lay in deem,
dark. brooding pools between them.
Further III, like a giant refreshed. and |
with an outburSt of fury, the water in
q spouting sheet poured over a lofty
fall n laundering down sped head
long on its course to the sea.
TO this locality ~; ..c guided his
companion.
Isn't this ripping?" said he, leaning
Ing against the rock upon the ledge of
NlhNh SHe Hiu Sedleu HerSel1. Il
wanted you to see the pools. / knew
you would like Rivers Meet. Just look |
and listen. l won't talk to you. A
human voice or a human being is SUI |
perfiuous here. We are too insignifi- |
cant to assert ourselves; we ought to
take back seats and keep quiet"
The brawling river drowned his last |
words, which he had addressed more
to himself than to her.
She clapped her hands tightly and
did as he told her. She looked and
listened; She forgot him, she forgot