The Van Buren press. [volume] (Van Buren, Ark.) 1859-1914, 1896-05-09

/ this mornin'. gentlemen. And YOU uus
do look Ike you'd been swailerin 20
peek of dust ali tsonect.s
Lumley took his hand off the latch
and faced toward The men.
We're fsolin' away valerabie time.
gents Will>You step down TO the milh-
house and wet 20 whistles before We
start ag'in 81
Won't the gentlemen stay and take
a bite 2" Sues hospitality waved ur-
gent as she perceived her father wa
bent on pushing forward. 'Twcnl T
take me more'n half an hour, pop, to
ger en- somethin hot"
They'll have something hot when We
keteh the Teller that done for Jeb VII.
son. 50 VII he"
TINS wittieisnl revived the Tagging
energy Of his followers. and after a
hurried excursion 70 the spriHghouse#
Sue had tine satisfaction Of seeing them
mount their horses aud disappear down
the steep, stony bridle-path By whicd
they had come.
When the last hoof-beat had ceased
- sound upon the rocky ground, she
fed her prisoner, and loading him down
Rith provisions and good advice, semi
him away in an opposite direction from
that taken BY the horsemen. Re turned
and waved his hat to her before the
0laele woods swallowed him mp.
of eo0rse, ] won't never see him
again. she said, stolidly, sand / don't
know as care to- but I lied for him
right on top Of nammY's bible, AMI
that's qoin' To make it hard for me to
forget him out and out
IN point Of fact. she found it impos.
sible to forget him sout and out. She
called herself a mean-spirited creature
for eiinging so tenaeiouslY TO his nleln.
CRY, but it did not mend The matter al
all
Jeb Wilson's real slayer was diseoT
cred and summariiy dealt with. JET
Wilson himself was well nigh forgotten
hen Sue, sitting On the slab Smelling
corn. a. she bad been doing that even
ing. lifted her eyes 70 guage the length
eniug shadows Of the familiar land
scape. as she had done on that evening,
and saw a man standing on the stiIe
that spnnned the rude ward fence
She sat quite still, but a slow, sweet
smile came to her lips and glad lighi
into her clear. steadfast eyes.
you be come baekl What for?"
He was by her side IN a few swift
strides. He held out his hands 70 hel
and smiled down into her uplifted face
I'm building house over t'othel
side Of the dell"
"Oh, you be?'
"And I'm eoin' to live there"
"Yes7" The color came and Went lr
the girls sunburnt cheeks in hot tor
rent.
I'm going to take my wife 10 live ~
my house when it is finished"
Yes - it was almost a whisper. She
fell to shelliHg corn as if the world held
70 other possible occupation for her
trembling little hands.
He seated himself boldly on the slat
by her side. He laughed and filled his
hands with corn she had shelled.
Don't you wantIto learn something
about the girl I'm building that house
for?s
IF you be anxious to talk about her,
81 am"
lie flung the corn from him. and TIE
pigeons came in a white-winged throng
to repair the waste.
"Shc's the pluel<iest girl I ever saw
She's worth ten dozen of me. She got
the dearest, clearest brown eyes in the
world, and and once upon a time she
saved rue from being hurried out Of the
world by a lot of idiots who insisted
upon calling me a murderer"
Slowly the truth dawned upon Sues
pind. She leaned toward him with
hands folded on her knees.
Il lied for you on mammy's Bible.
How are we going to get around that?"
I'VE are not going to try to get around
it. We are going to forget it. No one
need know we ever met before"
And Sue placed her hand in his, with
a smile Of absolute trust and content.
Pending the furnishing Of his house
and the fencing Of his farn, Martin
spent much time at the LumL,ys. Peter
fancied he came there to learn wisdom
in farming of him. Frank Thought he
came 10 learn how 10 make colt pace.
Each masculine member Of thc Lumley
household had his own sole ton Of the
mystery
Sue alone knew why he came. Martin
alone knew how he had been saved
from an ignominiOus death by the SUI
perb courage Of the mountnin girl. No
one else will ever know hotg handsome
bradley Martin came 10 throw himself
away on Peter Lumley's sue.-N. Y.
ledger.