The Red Cloud chief., 1896-07-17
A LITTLE IRISH GIRL.
fsy "Ehc DucErs,."
CHAPTER ri CONTESTED

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e! won't go home with him" says
Dulcinea IN II choking tone; II won't
Don't be II fool says her cousin.
angrlly. you shall go wish him, II
will kill all talk. iou must he mad
TO refuse such u chance OF doing away
with your oily lie takes u step for
ward.
ANDY franticaily. But he has
escaped from her now, aud has
reached Anketcl. There is IL word o.
two, and thea both men return TO
where she is standing, feeling more
dead than alive.
Here Is Sir Ralph. Dulcic,' says
Andy, in "A rather nervous fashion.
''By the way, you are driving, Aukc-
tell-ch? Could you give my cousin II
liftP"
With plcasure'-gravcly.
II on pass our gates. o see. aud %
er-we we'd no idea when we started
for our walk, that or cr we should
be so late, Found ourselves. YOU
know'-thc fslsehood sticking horri-
oily in his throat "at the station be-
fore We knew where We were
81 understand quickly. 1t cuts
hnketell to the heart to hear the lad
lying thus; aud such fruitlcss lies
and delivered 50 hnltingly, 50 lovingly!
Eyre left tonight by the train
says Andy, with II highly nervous.
miserable laugh. "Shc We
81 see says Anketcll. hurriedly.
you came to see him oT?-ycry nat
ural.'
lisa long walk home for Dulcic."
says her cousin, more haltiugly than
yer. ''But IT
"Of course can give your cousin n
seat says Anketcll. lie addresses
himself entirely to Mr.. McDcrmot,
altogether ignoring Dulcinea. This,
and something in his tone strikes u
chill to Andy's heart; but no compels
himself to go through with the sorry
fhrce. As for Dulcinea, "A kind OF cold
recklessness has come - her that does
duty for courage. Her late tears lie
frozen in her eyes. Her glance is
fixed immovably On the ground be-
meath her; yet, in spite OF that. she
knows that Anketcli has never once
deigncd to glance in her direction.
"Thank you, SAYS Andy diflidcntly.
"And-'-pausing iii, when you
came to our back gate If you were to
drop her there, it would be better.
viii You? You see. If the governor
knew that -er l. had kept her out
so late, he he'd be down on me. It's
all my fault, dye SEQ ever hi. OF it"
81 quite See" says Ankctcll grave
ly. TECHNICALLY, AS before. .'By the
bye | can give you n seat, too"
mo, thanks, Id rather not really.
i shall enjoy the walk" The poor
boy is choking with shame. and feels
that to accept even so triiing favor
as a seat nome from the man he is
trying 30 deliberately to deceive
would be more than he is equal to.
at u lovely evening. and nothing Of
a walk"
Ho waves au adieu. and turns aside:
but seeing him go, Dulcinca wakes
from her stupor.
Andy cries she wildly. a fever of
entrcaty in her whole air; ANDY,
come with me. Gomez
But he is deaf to her cntrcatics. He
shakes his head. and hurries out into
the darkness OF the night beyond.
''rll bet I'll be home before you.'
he calls ont from somewhere they
can no longer see him. Its a mile
to walk, but three 10 drive; that gives
me IA good chance
IL is three miles indeed, three OF
the longest miles Dulcinea has ever
driven. . There are moments when she
tells herself hat il cannot take all
these hours to come this short, short
way, and wonders ift\nkoicll has not
made "a mistake and turned into some
,nlsnntyp pnnI IL l. -, ,ln,t. L., At,
time that 10 see whore she Is Is impos-
siblo.
And yet il is n fine night, too-no
sign OF rain or storm. Certainly the
moon is lying hidden, and the stars are
apparently forgetful of their duty: bat
the wind that flies past Dulcinea's
check is singularly mild aud kindly
for the time Of year. Everything
seems hushcd: no sound arises "a
break the monotOny of the silence
that has fallen on her and her com
paniOn. Now aud again a rustling IN
the waysidc branches, II Tutoring OF
wings, a sleepy 'Chccp-chccp," betray
the presence Of those "smalc foule."
'rnat slepcn allie night with open cye,'
according to Godfrey Chancer; but
other noises are there mono.
Shame, fear, fatigue, are all keepina
Dulcic dumb. oh, to be home in herowr
chamber. safe from prying eyes. safe
in any place where she may weep on
her very soul in comfort. Oh, thi,
terrible, terrible drive, will 1t never
come to an cn ? Aud hc-why i, he
so silent? Can he know? She starts
with n herself rs this thought OCCURS
to her, but quickly ilings it of with
one as grim. No, a thousand time,
no. II he knew, he would not be here
with her now. He would not condo.
send TO sit beside her; he would cas-
her off. Oh, II he ever does hear OF il
what then? But il he knows moth
ing, why docs he not say something Ia
her? Again tho first torturin doub,
sots in.
AS for Anketell, no has even forgot
ten he is silent, so busy are hi,
thoughts with all the past miserabl,
hour. Again he seems TO be standing
in the dusky corner OF tho station
again he sees her come slowly forward.
Tho quick advance OF Eyre, her recep
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