The Red Cloud chief., 1896-07-10
CHAPTER Y.

'F
The WORK Of their hoa,,,, an1 tina,
mus; bc
Our cnustiScrcn' ~ rrrompcut &C
D%ulcinra, left a.Ouc upon tho plat
form, turns with u quick breath 81
mingled fear and rnl,cf ~ Andy, who
has only just joined her
Nice bit oi bu. uss.. ia 49, say,
that young man
"Oh. don't talk hero, Andy' Come
outside. como hes ond the gate. -
81 don't sec what going beyond the
gate viii do says NJ McDcrmot.
looking like ndlmant May A. we'll
have II out here. whore | can soc you,
rs in tho dusty road
'l'm tired, Andy" SAYS shc family.
with a vague but fruitics- effort OF
softening him.
Not too tired to come here in the
middle OF the night, anyway
''ln the middle Of the night Oh,
Andy. Why, IL cant be more than
half-past siX!'
How well you know the hours OF
the train! Who Indignantly taught
YOU? My word, all ! can say is. that
o have done it thi, time. a. all
events
done WHAT (norc family still).
''Do YOU want me to put il into
words?' says her cousin, regarding
her in the dim dull light Of the sta
ton lamps with a disgust hardly 10 be
put into words. .lou are a fool. Dull
cinea,'
''You don't know anything says
Dulcinca. taking all the courage she
h.. IT,, IA, had ,,l ,r,,N,pfp Y 20 do
battle with it. You accuse me; you
say things but Gncoherently) you
know nothing! Nothing! | came ont
only-only to-to" desperately see
il | could match somo wool IN the viii
lagc down there. and | wandered on
here. and
What II baugcr!' says her cousin.
is that the best you can do? To match
wool by this light, Why not say
you came to meet a young lady?
There would be Il pretty color about
that, at all events
at was wool" persisted Dulcinca,
dismally.
with Il pretty color about it. too
with growing scorn. "Oh, no, IL wont
do. my good Dulcic. Dye think |
cant see how the land lies? Wait till
you see Bridget. She's got IA word or
Two to say To you, believe me! she's
rot it bot and strong for you, and no
mistake"
bridget will say nothing to me-
says Dulcinea. "She, ut least Gum
steadily, has always been kind 10
me-
Your quarters up, there says
Andy. expect no grace. She's only
waiting to SEQ you to give you the
biggest bit Of her mind on record.
Take me to her. says Dulcinea. in
n low tone, suggestive of intense IA
tigue, bodily and mental.
What makes you so tircd?' asks
her cousin. trying to see her face.
''You seem done up. What as the
thought dawns upon him, do you
mean to say that you walked hercP
Marched every step of the way
through the cold and damp to meet
that follow"
Dulcie mods her head; words now
are almost beyond her.
by George! you must be fond OF
him.
Il nm not says Dulcinea, with Il
faint. Il very faint return OF her Old
spirit. ,
.'You expect me TO believe that, and
yet you certainly come all this way for
tho mere sake of giving him Il parting
word, of seeing him safely off,"
"Yes-yes," says his cousin, with
such M ovcr-cager confession that she
opens his eyes to the full truth.
ITO go OFF with him. says he
slowly.
at that it. rcallyp Oh, Dulcie!'
There Is such r%cproach, such sur
prised reproach in his young voice
that Dulcinea gives way beneath it.
"Oh, it is all true, Andy-all! every
word you have said. Father, Sir
Ralph--even YOU, were unkind to me.
And he-though | didn't care for him
he was kind; and he asked me to come
away from all this trouble
you mean to say you spoke TO him
you complained to him Of Sir Ralph
of your father"'
IL did. know now it was hateful
of me; but-hc was very kind and |
was unhappy. And Sir Ralph was so
cold. and so lecturing-likc -and'-Shc
breaks of.
We'll, | wouldn't have believed it
OF you" says Andy, shaking his head
gloomily. "And Ankctcll such a good
sort! However," quilting himself to-
gether) '.the que thing now to be o
Gidered is how you are to get home.
1t will take u long time to get acnr
up here from that beastly hole below;
and by the time W. reach the house
the governor will be in such IA fume
that there will he no holding him"
Giant we wal<Jn (oapprlV).
THAT would occupy even longer. |
suppose. | know what girls ire
stumbling ove every stone and Shrek
ing AZ every shadow, No; that would
take hours, and set the governors
back up an inch or two higher. He'd
be all alive o, with n vengeance, like
the cookies, if We didn't get home be-
fore that"
"What shall wo do, then?' says
Dulcie, glancing round her.
Il wish | knew. Better stay hero
until ] run down to the village and
brink back u car OF some sort. Pom
my SOUL (moodily) you have done it
for once and handsomely when you
,,n,o .hn,,t u ~