Union County courier. [volume] (Elk Point, Union County, D.T. [S.D.]) 187?-1913, 1896-10-15
4 HARVEST or TARES.
b HJALKAR HJ0RTH BOYEsEI.
Copyright. 1883. by the Author.l

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Copyright, 1888. by the Author.1
lege to install any one, even though 1t
were her sister, amid all the precious
memories which belonged to her and to
her alone. His heart was like a hushed
death chamber which Is scrupulously
kept in the condition in which IL was
left BY the dear departed. Hulda had
draw from his soul the finest music
which it was capable of yielding. and
now the instrument seemed cracked,
hopelessly untuned. and it was but right
that it should resign itself to silence.
He tried sometimes to persuade him.
self that he had been ill used, that he
had . right to be angry, but though the
argument was irrefutable the resentment
failed to come. She had ruined his life,
to be sure, but, all things considered,
that seemed a matter OF minor conse.
Quence compared to the vastly more inn
pOrtant question what she had managed
to make Of her own. It was absolutely
essential to Falck's we'll being, nay, to
his very existence, to have this question
settled, and it was therefore that he set
out in April, 1885,, for the United
States.
He landed in New York the LIST day
Of May, and on the evening Of the next
day he found himself borne along
Adams street, Chicago, by a torrent Of
humanity which was pouring westward
across the bridge. Falck was by no
e q practical traveller. He felt lost
and helpless amid unfamiliar surround
.ngs. as ac aa:s:.-Ssted everybody in this
bewildering land he was afraid to take
. cab or even to give up the check for
his luggage. After an hours aimless
tossing to and fro he found q shabby
hotel with a ~reassuring Scandinavian
name, and there he established himself
and commissioned the landlord to seq
for his trunk. =
1t took him but two days 10 get on
the track of the Bruins, who during the
Is months Of their marriage had expert
enced some of the vicissitudes Of fate.
Falck, who received this piece Of infor-.
nation from DR.. Trump, reflected that
his apprehensions probably were well
founded. He felt, however, no satisfac-
ton in the thought that he had proved
. reliable prophet. Full Of compassion
for Hulda, he started in search of the
address which the clergyman had given
him. It was fully an hour before he ex-
tricated himself from the stream Of hui
man life which pours through the great
arteries of the city and filtered. 20 to
speak, into a sequestered, elm shaded
street where there were little well tend
ed garden plots before the houses. There
was an air of peace and quiet, unosten-
tatious prosperity in this clean and well
trimmed oasis which made Falck look
about him in surprise and then stare
obviously at the card DIR. Trump had
given him. Surely this was not n place
where poverty would be likely to hide
its head But there was the street, and
there was the number. There was 10
possibility of mistake.
Talck pulled the bell handle Of a vine
embowered cottage and inquired OF the
neat looking maid who opened the door
whether Mrs. Brun was at home.
II will see, she answered in Nor
wegian as she received his card. won't
you step into the parlor?"
Scarcely did he dare trust his eyes
when he entered the room indicated,
which was furnished with admirable
taste and pervaded with al air of do
nestle comfort. There was a fine piano
Of the style known as baby grand, and
leaves Of music were scattered on chairs
a. il they had been in recent use. There
was a large flower stand between the
windows with blooming roses and
fuchsias and Gala lilies. A mahogany
table covered with a red and black cloth
stood in Norwegian fashion in front OF
the sofa, and the white lace curtains
and the arrangement Of the chairs re-
called the parsonage at home. A broad
stream Of sunlight poured in unobscured
through the gauxy ~draperies. Light aud
fragrance were prime essentials Of life
10 Hulda, as Falck we'll remembered.
Many old aches which he fancied the
frost of time had benumbed revived
again and began to throb painfully, for
he raw everywhere the evidences ct the
efficient hands creating order and COM
fort by q sort Of happy witchery which
he had never p~rofessed to understand.
He was in the midst Of these reflec-
tions when the door to the adjoining
opened, and Hulda reached him
her hand with : simple aud unembar-
raised cordiality in striking contrast
with his own awkward confusion. She
presented to his amazed eyes vision Of
pare and rich womauhood which bore
no traces Of privation. She had grown
more beautiful il possible than in the
day Of her ~maidenhood, and q certain
bidding matronliness in her form and
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