The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1897-01-03

fprfzs story written for tne Ns" La
edition Of the Post-Iutssigencer' oy
.Posyanthuz." J. i. F. Powell. o. F1oaiso
city,
.sDsa- .as8 Poly Miller, 81 abe lifted
her tain. slightly flushed face vita tns
tkr raourrfuI brown eyes. from the aog OF
cedar sne rad beer watching cTsekle ano
snsp and throw high UP the rough stone
fre~lsns It's tongues o. fame; DAD. yer
sfnsf nIyer kssrsd much bout me. hsV
ysr7" -
1T AMT none O yer darn BIS ness,
ana-fsd the thin. piping voice Of Old Seia
zItnsr With the slow nasal draw pecu-
lar 20 the men OF the great Northwest
~ nfver he'd no love fer yer, END ain
nfyer likely ter
poly drew a sharp breath. and rising
went 70 the door OF the shack. Pushing ],
a3ar with some difficulty. she stood gaz-
ing cut az the black desolatlon-
''shet thet door. yer lit Amt yer
70. no more sinse taen ter keep i open on
sech er night ez tilsy'
The ole man had risen. and vas regard
fng his daughter with malevoient eyes
What's gotten inter yer ternlghts nc
demanded. suspicboudy. standing very
erect hix bushy grey eyebrows tightly
drawn together in MS wrath. and his lips
igviG with passion Yer ulver axed mo
no saeh fool questions sz them afore ter
night"
The girl trsmble5 Her tall slender
frame seemed 20 weaken. and bend. Her
face bianched. and the Jet black brows
and eyes intensified tho sudden pallor OK
her thin face. She shrank. as II she ex-
poctea a blow. and shut the door with an
evident effort Again she took her place
on the other side - the fireplace. Tho
Old man seated himself. stiH glaring re-
sentfully at the bent form OF his only
child.
Outside there ragged one Of those terrible
gtorgus that usually herald the approach
Of the equfnox In the Northwest The
wind shrieked and tore Ike a pack OF
wolves az the wooden shack, perched hish
on the top Of the hiH and every moment
as II rocked and swaycd in rhythm TO the
yale II seemed az II the next blast must
huri IL lnto the valley below Once in
awhile could be heard the crash Of some
falling monarch Of the forest. which only
after a m.gnty struggle yielded to force
stronger than ia own. and In its fan car
rfed down other trees more feeble man
Itself The rain sel In torrents.
polly had slipped down on the cold
stones cr0uching rather than sitting.
Both haads were clasped over her knees.
her fnge.s were interlaced and her hedc
tarned slightly to one side, as she listen
cd 10 the violence OF the storm without.
From her earliest childhood. she had gio-
tonight. more particularly, II seemed TO
suit the turbulence OF her own feelings
Dad" she said suddenly. as she turned
her besecchlug eyes full upon the sulien
face Of her father. ITS true ! amt nIVer
axed yer afore terniEht; but I've tAo
q lot herd ez yer niver treated ma
ez yer hev a'treatd me. end yer ain
nIyer bin noxays gintle with me sence
Kin rememb'r.'
..So. - said the old man refectively.
Then he added. slowly: yer amt niver
he'd ther sfnse Nv a bluojay. end ef yer
bin smart now. yer'd tho't A lot more
a'fore yer'a a axed me ternight But
I'll tell yer. sence yerfe 20 uath aiNuS
ter find out" ,.,
lie leaft forward and nxea his oaneful
hack eyes fun upon tho girls faSt-hiEns
ones.
III wuz tins way. nlver wnz in love
with yer ma end / niver wanted notnIi ter
do with her. ] wuz in love "..h Aiay
Tompksns. Her ez hez Their yalier mar
end cigny blus eyes. Their wuz hun raft
NV them light haired gals a-down by theF
neutrality-suspicious. marshes yer'd heer
tell on. a-aown Their, Ell Their foot Nv ther
hsil-end ia kinder sot my heart on May.
%, VIZ o'long bout thet time yer ma
como ter Fidalgo City ter iv' she wuz
frum Georgy END wu4 DARK emu 1ai -
i5okin'-end / never c1fd a-beaT them DARK
vyonen-wei yer ma alters sed ez how she
tuk a real shine ter me; but knew e.
wuEn't so Il wuz this way. ter my way NV
fhinkin' Yer uta STE how tasnSs Wu@
a-goiu' with me end May end. thinks she
ter herself seth Mller's ther richest man
erhout these yere parts cnd no SHY bfue-
eyed eapa asgoin' ter stan up again me
End ws, yer ma made 40 hcr mind ser .
thing. she s.. druv in he's stake end tuA
Ep her clniml
rs A tlsy farm up here FER tkem DAYS
cnd / done more'n on my Ian thon ther
res Nv Their boys he'd. Some Nv them ned
b'n here more'n ten year erd they done
nothin' ter Drag on, 'cept ter n0mested
ther Ian They wuz a-Wa.tin' fer ther
hoou~whlch didn't never come" Ills
voice trai.c5 or complaulngly and he sat
iuuttersng and shaking his head in A
thrcatentng manner.
Th,, rri crouched closer 20 the noor.
tfer bands claspsd and uuciasped them-
selves uervousy. a. her large. clear eyes
devoured the passionate face Of tha man
opposite her
Presently he reused hilusels and took up
e1e thre8d - h.s story I'D Eot tn.er
tber Aahit uv "a nirbt w-n ms chores wuz
done. uN a-Goia down fa Their u22rsh tcr
49, May. Ind ez thar OF r1an wuz alters
tt htck with hls Nork-1e wuz salfflfes7-
Ikt-ra TAX hoit end help him. And arter
thet me eud May ud ge "a waik.n'-. Folks
az Know es how ~ wuc wish IS. tho ]
hedn't asked Ter Aar-swette -arttn' ~ Il
80 sNees. May. she wuz thcr puraest gal
or ther huE island i'm taem days. end Wuz
mss 3 ,aiy. Shed "a bed edieauon end
0UE mortal nrogd % her
Then coues ser ma along end nolhin'
vent straight w.th me afterwards. ShE
U4s alers prstartu' Be end e tolern
re up. eUd somehow or t'othrr, she pu;
-ne .a yher wrong. ead folks began .eg
easke saer Beads end lax wise Rut May
sae s.ack ov ne end d.aat -eraeve mona
o. thrr sales thet WIZ a-d9attn' around.
ere WAC aae ntght in Jaly-ther eight
Centh-t3artt I'u never fevEit'-ho burst
olt lerce,y-''eud I bed bin coarJln' ar
Stay. LonE arheut ntue o'clock. I started
te~ Fe. tr4 N1y. she walked up ter wneT
tseT bars var. end she luke So bcaGti-g
startled 1eoS eaa away she went Ike q
deer. 3 elHed teg her emf run bat she
vHz ius'la ,eer house oef0T' ser cud Say
fr Z WHsat tor hev 8xrd Aer shin end
q A tfafar w Whisper ana ATS head ftll upa1
rs eFeaat fti@ rr-", Was 50 genuine, ths
sir ttrea nat speak
Axalu 30 r~s3ur.t. MY head WIZ n
whgrl sa3 aeaes So. ! ih3't Ia &c 81
eaWu tsF fbsr bav roa the. thcr eco
szlt sir Wvld stop ther thr5ab3n'-aus
then ia 81 Aome
II WIS a. stau3fa' on thar bach a
traauign' uv Their way I'd ax 90 tber ra7ce
when NNy come ther ter tive. when :
voice SAYS. soft-iiAs.
-' Nsaosi evsnia'. Mr Miller r. -run Ma
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