The DeLamar nugget. [volume] (DeLamar, Idaho) 1891-1900, 1897-08-13

very day went VII Johu-an' waved
her hand to him, bGshful-lilie, an he
threw her clumsy kiss, 7 felt could
ha' knocked him Off the engine.
81 fought again tan, YOU must
understand, l didn't feel that way all
the time, for we were good friends, an
no one would have seen a difference;
but when he talked of her, in his quiet
way-of bein' wed, an such-like-it
WIS Ike knives in me.
Then he pressed me to go again an
spend u Sunday at the cottage. 1 pat
him of, but ne souldn'ttalle no fer an
answer. SO, whether for fear of hurtin'
his fcelin's, or because l couldn't keep
a"ay, cant say, but l yioll.el, an
went. After .iiat went several tines.
an each time l got deeper an deeper
in love with Johns sweetheart. aye. an
what seemed worse, 1 couldn't help
Known that Mary was troubled the
same way. but l will say this, never
triei 10 make Mary love me, an never a
word OF lo"c passed between us, nus,
sometimes, l Thought l saw trouble in
70 50 - I@ore.
Often enough I'd be on tn front O
t. crrinc. or On III tender, when We
passed The stile that summer. an do rs
| would. | couldn't help but loot: TO
catch hcr eye. An l never missed.
though she waved her hand to cid John.
"0He eycn.l', in the early aut uan of
that year, We were goin' III az good
srceI Us tiie incline would let rs. an
Just Se;tiu' towards the cottage. John
md cHtmeround to he front q then
gre with my oil-can, an | couldn't help
.ock;n' ahead 20 see if Mar WIS stand
n Wa.t.n' at the stile. Yes. she was
there &C usual, right in front Of us, for
The Lire curved to the riqfht lust Ht the
Stile. az WIS hidden from view behind
a little wood. ] could see her print dress,
an the same white Iinen bonnet she
'rorc When ] first saw her in iic garden
ar that epr;ng evcnin'. Oh, llcw my
heart went out to her, an isnw that old
+" ckCl f5clin' towards john rushed
through me. an made my nevres Jingle
from head to foot.
"Niary rad her back towards uS--a
very unusual thing-an' ! remember
Wonderin' Why. Then tho usr.l threc
Whistles sounded, short an sharp. She
armed Instantly. an throw mp her
hands He one dcmcntcd. We went
tfuldeiin' Gown to The croas;n' where
lie stood, an ] saw her eye st3ru' at
&c, Ike Goals of fire set in FREQ rs
whi:e - chalk. She fasri;.lic,i rn.
"Just then old John shut CT steam,
an heard him dom thing he'd nelcr
done afo~e--revcrsin' the engine! Al
CT sudden Mary seemed 10 N5a,:e. UP,
an find horrible dream true, for 1
heard, above the roar of tie train, tho
gg.Hdin' Of the rails, and the shrek OF
the Lr,.kcs, tllat had been ianamed hard
doW:i--i beard one piercing sci c;.m. 1t
was a woGd-my name-'Bar.yi'
"Of course all this happened in
brcathless second or two. Half . life
time is sometimes squeezed into half
sir. | tool. lay eyes from
MarF'5 face rs we passed her, stanIin'
- II turned ~ stone, an looked ahead.
q
on rs at p1rat rate OF speed 7yac an
r@iHc an tendcr-a runaway! 1t
was comm down the bank, tCI.dCr first,
an We were timed to meet al tie june
ton. saw it all in Il flash. The train
was junpin' like bucliin' l'orse, tn,
with my body all of trcIrbic, I'd as
much ~ could do to get back to the
foot plate.
There stood John Wright, of course.
| seemed 70 see him, and nau%ht else.
He'd 4 ne all man could do, an was
stauGin' a:ocll-still, with cne hand CT
tho icvc-. But it wasn't his stiffness
hat made the tears start 10 NY eyes.
1t was the look or his face. 1t raale
,ae nearly forget the doom 10 which We
were rlalir'. l cant dcsci.tc II. Il
WAS the lool: OF man who Ias nothing
left to live for-vhose hope lad been
wired clean out forever.
"The instant he saw mo his face
HANGED. lie sprang towards ne. an.
'ciz.n' luc by the arm with a grip o;
steel, spo..e IN hoarae whisper, that
rodid Ike heard above cve:y;hinc:
Jump of, my lad--you'vc t,rIc-you
mn 90 II. Jump off.-for her sake
he loves thce-for her sake. Harry
for heavens salle!'
81 said: way, John
"'Qu.cl:,' he says. Harry! Harry!
Jump Tor your Mary's salte!'
81 SWING one leg off the engirc-!ifc |
vas dcar-an' prepared for . - i"lg