Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1897-06-03

and sister. We often ..r.-.
Well, afterwards | rememsed VI
talks. and it struck me thu. oered
Yes? That Rertie~N"a' Bera
That he did not speak !,
true friend should. / you
While he was talking II na u not
to me, for Berthe had a t orser ov
OF saying things. / alwav s0
that he meant well by My ~
that he was afraid az l OF U
pening-some evil. scnsc.ullt
II we We're married. Ha caasa
think that We ought no, sesaa
When. afterwards, / thonss % n
he had said, that was over
preston. He really seemss VI
that we-that we ought not
married." uevef
She closed her eyes. worn
effort to solve the eniemas vus
and she took his hand anS y. IAtn
as she held it in her owu S,ntl
Tried to look into that labyr,rne
past; but he could discern aea(
memory carried him back y a'
days in London; and ha eef2
something; he recollected w
ren's stern tone when ba v
said he would call at the phssN
remembered Berries ursens ~
get out of London and waas aaSs
the world. Could Bertie-S
tie any interest? But he On,ia
Germ IL, in the simplicity OF his -
teal Needless friendship ws.a
never taken any account A.
always sharing what be haa ~
companion, because he had nl..a
the other had nothing: no cop,a
1t. since he had never though y
a possibility In his strange indls.
to everything that approaehsd =
matters-an indifference 80 =.
as TO constitute a mental deaeIssF
another man is Indifferent "a N
concerns politics. or art. or wbs,
matters which he held so Che.
understood SO little, and mua
shake his head over, as over u
cadabra. He looked, but saw NJ
You see, / fancied afterwsa,
Fertile had been opposed to On, i,
ing" Eva repeated, dreamIr
then. bewildered by the mystpr, ,
life had woven about her, she rsv|
Tell me. Frank, what was ~
him? What was he, who ", q
Why would you never tell me ann
about him? For | discovers
too, later, during those two yesyt
| thought out SO many things'
He looked at her In dismay n
self-reproach anne upon him fgz
having told her that Bertie WA
penniless and dependent on his NJ
bounty. Why was it he had ne,s]
herr Was 1t out OF a sense Of /
at being himself so careless, sotx
ly weak about a concern In win
crs We're 50 cautious and prudsa
f~oolishly weak-careless to inbs
And still he looked at her In dsHd
Then n suspicion OF the trutA n
across his mind like the zigng
mer OF distant lightning, sK
shrank from its lurid CLEAN.
Eva" he said, Il viii 90 b
tie"
ITO Bertie.." she shrieked 4
hereI"
Eyes"
she! here! Oh. I had never M b
of that. | fancied he was AVA =
away-dead, perhaps. | did nsd
what had become of him. Great
Frank. / implore you, Fran,
him; do not go near him.
"But, Eva, l must ask him
"No, Frank-oh, Frank. for
sake, do not so. / am a~frsid-7
Do not co."
He soothed her gently with .
sad smile which just lifted hsF
moustache; with grave fondnesa
honest eyes; he soothed and psaa
very gently, to reassure her.
do not be afraid, my darllnt
be quite calm. But still, uu1
don't you see? Wait for me y
will return In the evening
"Can you really be calm Wy
had better not GO
II promise you | viii be gun
quite cool" And he eInora0a
fondly. closely. with passionate
''Then you are mine once uas
asked. ~
She threw her arms around
and kissed his lips. his eyes, ~
YES" she said. Il an y2
what you will with me-
Till we meet again. then
and he quilted the house.
Eva, left alone. looked
with q shudder. as If seeking
she dreaded. She was afrsa
for herself and for Frank, ~
for Frank. In an instanI y
had risen to i~ntolerable aa,s
heard her fathers step IN
she recognized his shutting
was impossible for Der .
Just then; she snatched upsu
wrapped 1t about her; puiius
over her head, she rs'sileu
1t was raining heavily.