Union County courier. [volume] (Elk Point, Union County, D.T. [S.D.]) 187?-1913, 1896-11-19

over four feet, and he's 4 hunchback a.
WE'LL"
He opened the door for Stamer, who,
with a doubtful shake Of the head. step
ped over the raised threshold and went
out. Az Stamer sauntered down the
street he muttered to himself, "IN keep
my ~ on this affair anyway"
When the door was closed Timmons
took up the fish basket, flung away the
red behring's q second time and descended
to the cellar.
CHAPTER XIII.
That sam, evening Dora and John Han
bury were sitting close to one another in
the window place where Leigh and he had
found her earlier. The long June day had
faded into luminous night: the blinls had
not been lowered, or the lamps in the
room lit. The long, soft. cool. blue mid
summer twilight wal still aud delicious
for any people, but especially for lovers.
well, Dora he began, 'this has been
an exciting dny."
YES" she said, softly, and added, with
tender anxiety, II hope you have quite
recovered? l hope you do not feel any
bad effects of-of-%of-what happened to
WV V6SAs@M 00G O1u uOl KNOW now ne
would take even this solicitous reference
to his fainting.
4 feel quite well. dearest. Do not let
us talk OF that affair again."
Tel me all" sn- said. ut was so
good o. yon to bring him here. felt
quite proud Of you when / saw you COM
ing with him. Many men would have
been afraid to trust so uncouth a man
with so unpleasant q secret into this room
Of a Thursday
1.-THE fact is. Dora," said he in a tone
Of deliberation and dissatisfaction, II
did not bring him here OF my own free
will. Indeed, ] do not know how you
could imagine | would invite such a man.
! found him contemplating a paragraph
for the papers, and he promised he would
say nothing about what had occurred il
l would introduce him to you. He seems
to have conceived a romantic interest in
you, because Of your likeness to some one
he knows" Later this evening he should
tell her all about this ''some one"
II see," she said, her spirits deciinius.
It was not ont Of good nature or gener-
osity. but co~wardice, moral cowardice.
Jack had brought Leigh. "Oh, Jack. I
am 80 sorry"
"Sqrryt Sorry for WHAT" he cried.
She did not speak COR a while. She was
looking out into the dark blue air OF the
street. She had formed a high ideal Of
what be, her hero, ought to be, nearly
was. But now and then, often, he did
not reach the standard she had raised.
She started without turning her eyes
away from the blue duskness Of the street,
and In a tone Of wonderful tenderness and
sadness said:
Il don't know exactly what l was
thinking Of, Jack. The evening Is 20 fresh
and still j. IL not necessary for one 10
think. Angry with you, dear! Oh. no!
Oh, no! Angry with ron for whaty"
about the harsh words said OF Leigh.
It seems to me your manner changed
the moment I mentioned his name. Let
us not speak Of him any more this even
ing"
"But why should we not speak Of him.
Jack"
because. dear, we are here together.
and we are much more interesting to one
another than he can be to either"
Yes, dear, in . way more interesting to
one another than all the world besides:
but in another way not nearly so interest
ing 90 this poor clock MAKER she said
slowly, In q dreamy voice.
"Well," said he. Withdrawing his arm
from her waist and taking a chair oppo
site her In the window place. II don't
zee what you are driving at"
Il cannot help thinking Of the man and
plying him. He will 60 into his grave
having missed nearly everything in the
world"
"Why, the man has enough conceit to
make 4 battalion happy. He ID 4 greater
man in his own opinion than the Presi-
dent"
"Many are not afflicted 10 he is. You
say he II interested in me because l re-
mind him Of some one, How must it be
with an ordinary human heart beating In
such Z body2 Would It not be better for
such Z man to be born blind than to 6nd
his Pallas-Athena, a. he calls herr"
The eyes Of the girl could not be seen
In the darkness Of the ROOM; they were
full OF tears and there were tears in her
voice.
Hamburg started, he could not tell why.
He exclaimed: 'Good heavens, Dora!
you do not mean to.tell me that You feel
seriously concerned in the love affairs, il
there are such things. of this man?"
Jack" she confessed, II will not try to
disguise 1t, l am intensely interested in
this poor clockmaxer, this mad visionary.
il you prefer to call him that"
This was not at all the kind OF preface
Hamburg wanted to the communications
he had to make to her. He felt discon-
certed. clumsy, petulant. Il have been so
unfortunate as to introduce the cause OF
all this anxiety to you. l would have
been better for every sake il / had not
gone back and met the man the second
time, much better than to cut q ridiculous
figure before all the town tomorrow
He was growing angry as his speech
went on. His swn words were infaming
hs mind BY the implication Of his
wrongs.
She placed her hand gently ON his, and
said In ~reproachful voice, q voice quite
different from the medatitive tones in
which she had been speaking, 'sJack. I did
ut mean that. You know I aid not mean
that Why % ron repEoAeh NJ witt
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