The pioneer express. [volume] (Pembina, Dakota [N.D.]) 1883-1928, 1896-11-13
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mould 60 to Rivers Meet?
"A sWas the only familiar face
z.. ~ these strangers, he had
0lge come near her. He was
tea9t DESTROYS Of her company,
Id u1conscious Of her presence,
hoshA0 certainly been at some
to- secure. She had thought
him good deal; she had never
~ 1ht &c any stranger SO much be-
$ She was thinking about him at
sveEys moment when he emerged
gBehtnd the granite, mOss-fringed
- Sldor before her and Joined them.
|B!yS.e NJ lime he was alone-no insipid,
x ed girl to monopolize him. He
\ q! ~ ~ accustomed to receiving def
Is not devotion, from men; she
Is eOnsidered 1t her due. Almost
ID nuttaneou1ly with his appearance
tooting Of the horn broke above
\ atOatang Of the water and echoed
0ng Tho hills. This was the sound
Il 1t which she had been eagerly listen
III It had come but just three min
II 1tes too soon.
sss That - the muster, old chap" said
Il 1elen's squire, with alacrity, address
aalng NJ. Jones. Come along, Miss
ltf0rd; you and must be of. Aw-
fully noisy place, this-Niagara not in
~ Slant be sorry to get into the
0iet See you again. Good-by. Good.
Good by, Jack" said he, but it
q mt coed by to Miss Milford If she
~: allow me, am to have the pleas
q re Of driving her back in my cart.
u LAdy Lucy fancies there is going to
II - thunder storm. so she booked for
Il ehe landau. and can't he such q brute
n - 10 sunder any of the couples on the
sseoach.
By this speech Mr.. Jones had shown
96e. subtlety Of the serpent by his in
different but incontestable invitation,
4 1ae Trecluded the possibility of Helen's
1 either refusing his escort or guessing
/ ut what Cains he had been in perfect
Z ing tie present arrangement. To
\ WhiCh arrangement she acquiesced
quite .-":Iciously; her pride would not
allow her to vince beneath the pun
lshmc to her vanity.
s5. Wi! you go down and see the start,
Miss Milford? Or will you come q
1undred yards higher up the stream
and have look at the pools?"
Sic hesitated; she had no inclination
p see the start, she had no interest in
Per late companions. Mr.. Jones read
her silence to his liking.
we won't see them off. GOOd-byS
! are melancholy duties; you are quite
fight. Come along down this path: It's
not tar" And he led the way through
the bracken. "But such q ripping
sace when you get there We have
ri plenty Of time. am going to drive
zou home By the New Cut round the
& S5reat Tort IL shorter way than
tne way you came, but the road isn't
d 9aIe Tor coaching. You want q good
nead and q steady nerve to appreciate
s5Sne view. but you possess both, I
81 He went on talking with great ease
ana friendliness. It really was impos-
/ ab!e to remember lost parental his.
eaebeian progenitors, overbearing sis
tetS or purse-proud oddities in COM
& Qony with the sunny mood of this
genial comrade. What qualification
u 49, 10 De FOUND In holding aloof from
ana sulktng with q person who is blind
70 your frigidity, who listens eagerly
% your remarks, who understands and
4 responds to your smiles. who meets
your thought half way with an answer
Il ing thought, and who-this last clause
Z y the most effective in the category
4 0nould 1t please you to turn your back
3 up0n and leave him, would be quite
a g happy, content and debonair with
u g0me other young woman beside him?
Helen did not argue either with him
0r with herself, but she forgot his
Il dra wbacks, though she meant to re-
u member them, and responded to his
y mood. She became friendly and en-
3oyed herself; her face was always
Il dangerously expressive of her feelings:
u ne cav. at once that she was pleased.
S PrecipitOus hills inclosed q wide ra-
line through which swift and angry
3 river dashed, striking against impend-
n shallow cascades over the stones. rush
D ing powders with & roar, gushing in
Ing with silent but mighty force be-
smeath the rocky banks. At one spot a
cluster OF jagged powders had been
4 oetached from the Overhanging cliff
md had fallen into the bed of the
I'LL river, suDduing, by their strength, the
NJ ssfenzy OF the water which lay in deep,
lark; brooding pools between them.
urtner on, Ike giant refreshed, and
nth an outburst Of fury, the water in
~ aspouting sheet poured over a lofty
Ill and laundering down sped heai-
o1g on It's course to the sea.
u To this locality BERTHE guided his
Is e0mpanion.
Isn't this ripping?" said he. leaning
Us against the rock upon the ledge Of
ias hitch i she had seated herself. Il
yanted you to see the pools. knew
~ would like Rivers Meet. just look
d md listen. 1 won't talk to you. A
Il nulnan voice or human being is su.
S rduOus here. We are too insignia.
mt to assert ourselves; we ought to
A1ke back seats and keep quiet"
The brawling river drowned his las,
0sds, which he had addressed more
~ himself than to her.
s She clapped her hands tightly and
4aM as he told her. She looked and
81 stened; she forgot him, she forgo1
ss ar0elf:: her eyes grew dim with won
and with awe; her quickenei
~ 0eelth rose and fell sharply.
Before the eternal beauty Of those
81 61JlsSa and wales, before the overwhelm
4lnG majesty Of Gods creation, her puny
pride of life" was annihilated. Sht
NJ Earned to him for sympathy as q child
IL n1gflt turn. 81
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