Hot Springs weekly star. (Hot Springs, S.D.) 1892-1917, 1898-12-09
.: :.rHAPTER XIII.

Kissed h&, HAinsf! f14tliEtT, NlfS.' Rivers
Am i-Edrhs, II AA;sss4zM. .s.i.fEs
There. WlSSEs u1ak &shadsriuSsaw We on Che
y6iii: f,SoSS srcii ut and, fcas+ in the
:. ,la,Yc. NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS. knew tni5t hoNttto
.taansw< saeye4 ..tiiA':khf AbseifsBy .Ec6s nfdihy
:aktlth,his. f6Ss HSstt:nSERnf$.*' y.
= .ssSts' h.Mae idfsjj sii1tiS GI.ifc
s'rst6 s.ss 'iS Gods Ean4iS. &c He
.yv1aiNs. yo,s:.sRAfsVt-a H lie stols Nou,.yor
..sSvfll Ase wtfkns.hs.SoH3. So. s.: '.i. ~
" '*'SSs:s .4sT ttl4isf:Ss ;S.nak that:."i|l
pot.lhipk:J j j AtiyTifEEn kfiyid35ltaj..tl HeAavcn;, they
Sax rs VERY. J:.;y:; and. CID Is good. &. /
i. WaMieiie.3 new lic:t rVtAyj betznlsc of. moor
$ paasa.s; "a .ir.i;ss2 q sSs.s "a -: r..
. Shc kl,tits0aaSiiaRs ht$ side. and drew
the fidi.",i.e,i read on to (fftr breast: She
pi1luwcd him III 'hir. .fccnndcr itSns.. aid:
"hen,l;u. oyer him, whispered. such words
q. AZ "a, ~ hi. been stokcn }yy. angel ljpa-
.iWSfords::su f,r,fof,loyc. of mercy; of home
''"sd'.iowins In their, grand descriptions of
thtSaf :ihhii .'WIicrc; there is no Sorrow and no
WRONG that the boy listened as one en-
chantcd
Won speak iust as INV mother did" he
WHISPERED. quietly: ..shc. ALWAYS told me
every .isht about: God. andsthc angels,
and heaven. She nsed Ia sing n pretty lit
Tie ENInl. 4 NO Won knOW. III s@I IINUlSG.
II know ii. dco,.. l will sing If. If Won
will try 10 90 to sleep. Shut your, eyes
and listen,
The scyelids closed SLOWLY. and
isuuert,. Inv still and. m~otionless. There
s:as.deep ,inbrokclf silence: then the sweet
g0i,c. still 'hushei and low. rose;-sinsins
tRRss;:Kaesn ,,tiffi byn;,! IIle hoy listened MS
mi, snothSd l1e4nn, nnrers.-sonr ,(oniy
anon the hine-yc;ncd Inns trcsnblcd .ond no
snid..s !.
..Yo,i--Si,iI HHkc- uy mother. tito. She is
singing among thr angels now. but 1 am
surr her voice is ike yours. will he
,ui,c sin now. md think"
Whilc NJ. Inv thinking she knc,t flo nray
sho nroy. from tho very dcpths of her
,roken hear; that her son might bc spared.
and ,I., sl,c might In taken in his nlocc
When The nrayer was ended she knelt.
watching him. while tho dcud silence grew
decrcr and dccncr.
There was n faint ,nu,n,,,r from thc
wind, low vhisncr as tbnurb II h,d
sobbea until ii was exhausted. No other
,snna 4 a's'usSs ,hrs the pr", 1ia' Vas. .%a'' msn:
sion. The stars shone in the depths of tho
blue skies. the pale moon ylcamed and
rlistcncd: Acecy clouds passed over its
! isss; Scenes. rssss and ns,h 5sws ';,, were .s all as!e sn
man to watch the tragedy going on in tn.
Red Room.
And still Mrs. Rivers knelt with he
face bent over the hoy. watching him $,
,ntcntly that her very soul seemed to have
passed into her.eyes. His were closed i,
deem. restful thought. but not in sleep.
So silent. so still; not even the crcakin.
81 a door, the sound of n f~ootstcp-noth
mr ,o i,rrali tho charm-not even tho In
Miliar sound of n "mousc behind the vain
SCOT Silence deep and profound a.
death itself.
Hank! surely that is the sound of ;
woman's dress against the crimson hang
,nGs. Gently and noiselessly she ros,
from her. knees. and stood with her eve,
on the tapestry.
Then-how was it the shock did not Kill
her:-then she saw the tapestry NOV,
slightly. as though some one had touched
1t lightly or. the other side. There was n,
sound, no stir. g
Another: laonnent. and from between til,
haHrn6fAtlA$Sef16is III lAetti1S$4ksm HSfmso,
to,test,.y NOR spS e e 0EHEt;HS MA III,
co,6d neither moye nor stir: She VAS ront
ed'io thc ground in terror TOD intetfse fo
AMI veal, words Ao.dcscribe.
Mid IA 551SIinn tbaen Ii roam
pc;uca. lald;Ig:thi ysn1oi n r2ai FIJI
Of 4 olfsGsliSn;d like ccli 1ydfer. Irho
vas placed noiselessly on he stand. nm,
tho hottie contoininc tho o,;oto NO. WITH
drawn-stiIl without sonnd- n wos .,
gently. so noiselcsslv done. that had Ntrs
Rivers been look;ne another varNha,
she been engaged With her not;ent-sh.
.ould not nossiblv have known what no,
been done.
In one moment If 1osbed ooross ,o,
Who had taken the oniate that ~.,s =,
ave the life of nor SOM W;thnut :. ~ y
must die. Who had taken Fl. What .a,
but in its nlace? Only a nomont 4hha,
the mothers mighty love lint wss l. T.,
came to her aid Ae'
Casting one glance Mt the calm +rono,;
face of her son. She opened the bona;nn.
Just in time to see a figure Of some k;ni