The Coalville times. [volume] (Coalville, Utah) 1894-1923, 1896-08-14

latl0n had somehow become imposaibie
and into their intercourse a strange
now element had croDt
well Miriam. how's that bct7' said
Mary sauborn. one morning some
months after the scene with which
our story opens. as she met her iriend
coming out Of college.
IAN right. We had a nght that very
evening, you know. and the SKYE
cloudy even yet"
That's nothing" said her com
panlon. with a laugh Il don't believe
I'll buy the gloves Just yet
"1'll get them for you n you Ike. I'm
going to ride over TO lpll this aiter-
noon"
NO. thanks" was the laughing an
swer. and then the girls separated.
But Miriam was not 80 llght-hearted
to-day ~ she had led her friend to
Imagine. Somehow Karl's treatment
OF her had often wounded her OF late.
II was not that he was unkind. but
some way the old, friendly relations
were broken. Karl was not tho Jolly
companion be had once been. lie was
silent and reserved. kind. always, but
somehow the girl was miserable ana
unhappy
And Karl7 lie. too. felt the differ
once. but 10 save his life he could not
treat Miriam In his old. friendly fash
lon. Why. he could not have told, but
he realized that life In these past
weeks was very different thing from
that Of the years before. The hills
about the little college town had looked
more beautiful In their snowy white
ness against the winters sky when he
went with Miriam In their weekly
rnmbloa.
on this December day. when Miriam
had met Mary sanborn. the girl was
unusually restless and unhappy. She
could not study. and after wandering
almlcnlly about the house for some
hours. she suddenly put on her hat, re-
Wondering some tribe she had In
tended 10 buy az lpsi, a town a fow
miles distant Hastily putting the
saddle on her horse. she started on
down the road. This was Mlrlamb
usual mode OF recreation. and no mat
ter how cold or stormy the day. she
always returned from her ride re-
frcuhod and In good spirits. II was
carly In the afternoon when she
started
"l'il surely be back before dark"
she said. as she left the house. but the
hours wore away and she did not re-
turn. 4 binding anowalorm had nct In
with the approach OF evening. II was
difficult to discern objects In the gath
oflnE dusk and the fakes fell thicker
and thicker as the darkness became
more intense. SO II was with "A start
Of aurprife that n man refined In his
horse a. the animal started al tho aizhi
Of something By the roadaido-a dark
object. strangely like q human form.
In an instant he had dlamounted and
then Karl Scott heard q aobhing voice
that sent the blood TO his heart In
great bounds. llo bent over the
mournful little figure and the next In
slant he had gathered the sobbng form
In his arms and was holding II ~
though he would mover let II 80 again
"oh. Karl. thought no one would
over come and my foot hurts mo uo'
Then two arms crept up about Karri
neck and Tor awhile the darkness ant
the storm were forgotten by the Nv,
there alone ON the hills.
Mlrlama horse had thrown her al
ahe was returning aud for seyera
hours she had been here by the road
side with n terrible pain In her ankll
and chilled aud wet by the storm. An,
/ then the darkness had come aud thl
girl had given up all hope OF rescue io
that night. TN she had looked up Il
zee Karl'a frightened. gray eyes an,
| folt HIS kisses ON her lips How sh,
got home that night the girl ooul,
never have told, but there was Away
the dreamy consciousness Of her lover
white. anxious face bending over her
but. Karl. Just thlnkl How viii
ever endure ~" said Miriam one oven
Ing. few days later aa she was lynn
on the couch by the open IRE. who's
/ ruddy CLEAN was making a hundrel
fantastic shadows In the little room
ana making the sweet, girllsh fac
there among the cushions more beauti
ful than over a. Karl, who was bend
Ing over IL. fondly imagined,
"You know these girls will neyo
get through teasing me. And I was 3
sure. tool why dld you DO u, Karlg'-
this last with reproachul glanc
from her brown eyes that makes he
lover answer softly, as he bends an
kisses her;
why Just because | couldn't hclp 4
dear"
And. strange to say. this illogicl
answer seemed quite satisfactory 6
the college girl. though In all he
studies In Kant and Spencer no trace q
such reasoning had ever been found.
The next mornings mail brought
package to Mary Sanborn, and as sh
held up 10 view dozen pairs OF glove
she said. critically;
Il always knew Miriam Wcatcott Ia
good taste In gloves"
Ia the Maynowcr
Jonks-"If America had the Ma,