The pioneer express. [volume] (Pembina, Dakota [N.D.]) 1883-1928, 1896-12-18
III BRATR1cE WHITLEY.
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14meS leaped out OF o kindled
a. ~ played on the fire Of his eyes.
f9Es the 1irst time In all her guile
Miss Elizabeth created plot.
Jones, " she said, .you hear that
shAs gone out. 1 am vexed with
~ doing 80; she sho.td have sern
Exents with the-letter. 1t is grow
rapidly; the road through the
1!I.st Very lonely; 1t is not tit for her
great hdget; but 1t would be such
No. t0s my mind IL you would so
Ineat her. them, seeing the hesita-
re his face, che went on trem-
have been i'll; the illness
le1t me weak 0md nervous. l am
g1oN1 about her, and presume upon
Kindness"
10 request 30 couched was almost
Cqsible to- refuse; he did not at
TO refuse; he went. When she
ESs nd the garden gate slam a minute
tMo later she cried plaintively:
|sssEs Dear, dear! am creature of i'm
81 - after all;'' and she buried her
IL her hands and trembled. Still
hell for iBetsey.
gis Befsey," she said, 81 am exceeding
K 1ined; shall go up stairs to my
and keep quiet. Tell Louisa to
Ess EeI the lamps In here; she may put
r large fire and keep the mullins
IN Mr.. Jones and Miss Milford will
sS o II TO ten before long"
How long, ma'am?"
Yell. indeed don't quite know,
& ea1ey. Give me your arm; must
$sS - ON something. feel SO very
W
Young girl. however courageous.
s. - seldom the harlthOOd to lead her
Ace a difficult situation when
my possible action she can escape
ia ordeal. Flight is the first and often
H@sA only available tactic. 10 this ref
Helen had resor.ed. She had put
her coat and hat, stamped and
ed her letter to Mrs. Milford, and.
mentioning carelessly to Mrs.
TIA 10y that she was going to the post,
softly crept along the hall ard let
5 Delf out by the front door. Ii was
Bs adful to leave the house, hut to re-
In there was worse: she had escaped
meeting, but, unfortunately. she
mid not escape herself. She walked
ay quickly; 1t was dark beneath the
eeg In the glen and their branches
Ieaked, for the wind was blowing
AIply. Down the steep, rough vii
re street she sped-how soon, how
lr too soon, she reached the postoffice
- fulfilled her errand!
The sun had gone down, but full
CON was rising over the sea; the tide
- high, and the rough waves were
Moving at the feet of the cliffs. They
111ed the broken rocks, they drew
eien toward them, for their loud vail
- was attune with her heart; they
were In sympathy with her mood.
Their might, their strength, tehir mai
4egfy overwhelmed her personal trouble;
l,e could forget all things in heaven
@ and earth IL she could stand beside
rs them. t
Il was long before she turned away
from the wonder of the waves; away
M from the beauty and grandeur of the
z ~; she was calm and strengthened,
BIC - was ready to Ego home" Close
beside her stood a figure whose ap-
S Qroacl the roar of water lad drowned,
and who had neither spoken nor
vowed, but who had been standing mo-
100less watching her.
HIS face was set and stern, and there
n - q great sadness in the eyes which
III 1T hers as she turned slowly around
III inward him. Her mind was SO full of
Inn; he seemed to have been so near
~ through all these months that she
k1dkNlAy 0ul pll6Cu " Auu IIICTes
the flesh, by her side. He spoke to
as though their meeting and his
esS eDence We're things of course, as IL
ny had never parted, as IL he had for
NJ item their last scene from the men,
~ Of which all her meditation had
en drawn of late.
4 heard where you had gone and fol-
1W1d you" he said. 'sThe tide Is COM
n; thu waves lick over this rock in
Aqual1; It isn't safe place for you"
H1e was angry at the raging waters
a1e deadening the full sound of his
#si0elce. She had to lift up her head to
itch the full meaning Of his words.
was sent to fetch you home"
Alas! lie had been sent! He had al
esSnys read her thoughts; he did so now,
M df not correctly.
Miss Milford sent mel hope you
NS not mlnd--she was anxious about
S0u, 90 j. came; it was'-slOWly-st
s sSss 70 chance I had of seeing You, so,
sss ht or wrong, took it,
We must co." she seid.
sSsss Not yet, not yet. Wait; you won't
lind waiting just a moment; 1t will be
Ssss Last time-the only time; don't you
NE NE nember we used to want to watch O
nm tOgethery'
II - she turned again to the sea, as he
1hed, and waited. He was young:
IT, black nightmare of all his troubles
\ elled away like dream, and the
lnour Of the past returned upon
Mn He had ben bereaved, ruined,
4 leed, but his years were few and his
1ve was great-how great It was he
ssS ~ discovered when. from q careless
hit Of drifting with the tide and in
None, he had bound himself irreyoca-
~ to another woman. He was free
sss 49, to play With fire; he might seam
M nj scar his fingers at his will; he
ight. Just for this one last time, re-
ssssl nm to the dear days when he had
Sa oen - hopeful, 80 happy, when life
NH u been q merry game, when poverty.
E8 ellness and failure. had seemed re-
rs Me as death. He might feast his
|a3ls ID upon her for the last time; he