The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1899-12-10
AN EvENTFUL NIGHT.
by CLARA PARKER.
c.,,,,oA,. 1899. BY a.s. $. xccr.r. Company.
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Us rhH'o' on" 50 w"
while the great huik before us worked us start
Ing joints as thpuHn llsh'nlhR 'seli were playing
fast and loose INSIDE 'nem- urea, clous OF sno"
dug up by Gathering ShooS raiheo .hickiy ABOUT
us and struck upon our Smnt'ihg cheoks' inc
shoes themselves VIII DC coming next groahcd
c'ouchng low ms my lec'h gta'eu upon the sahd
left from mouthiul OF 'he snow ana Ice
Would he' cou'u nc make u. NeareI' nearer
got those feet seemed coming would bullets
b. wishing next III mo frosty baii about us
fling ~ nv arm c'ieu 'n my companion
ear, and then hall rose To my icc' ana looked
behind only TO he brought down upon pair
Of bruised knees az our racing sliced TOOK small
boulder al a single leap
one more such trick and We are lost, NUT
tered between my teeth. and then we struck a
smoother track, ana climbed upon VIC scat.
again, 10 meet a. did 49, glance from Miss
Bfanduns dark eyes, shining ana diia'lng In the
moonlight, until lost all reason ana strange
visions seized upon me
Miss Brandon" | whispered and my voice
pounded lar oil " my own hearing. II you were
married. II you had husband To protect You,
you need not lear those men behind'
She sighed impatcnuy. "of course not
she said hurricdly. hut there's no use talking
about 1t now for they'll catch us, oh, they will
surely catch us, and she chung TO me as louder
shout reached us.
listen TO me whispered. TAX ng her cold
hands in mine boldly now, Tor That meant her
we'll, God he my witness week from now
you will he free, you will need no ones aid, but
tonight but now, let me pfptec you FOR a lew
short hours be my wife IN lhe sight OF thc law
snd, swear, you shall he - me young and
rrycr'nrNd sister. aud lnvoIuniatlly barred my
bad before her.
All n I could have spoken in NV own name
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ehH 'nhS u's" "'' V"' "."' ~ ""
e,nuchei before her disguised and disngurcd az
h,,, en-, ,,ri,, sh,,,i, ,,,r, r,, ",,,,v
was ou' sue ,"iy su'n'N '',n "'V lar,
them Oh | was sure that you were married.
uh,, mus, vou think NJ me-. what mus, wont"
aLIhnve been married stammcrcd. plying
he, ~ in her shane aud loneliness that made
,,,,,,, ., me, cnn,,,,,,d ncroIv nm, nv viii.
Is dead: you have no need totcar me kcmcmber
how Young YOU seem TO me Look up and see
that you can trust me, ,-,
As pleaded with hcr. inc se'fh plunged on
at the heels II that dreadful animal Down ard
An IN. ,r,pbt,ul grade ~, won, Int II, made
nv" Wv ~,
nothing OF IT Hall the time We seemed r-rchrd
upon his very launches Slowly the girl lifted
80 hn,d .rd ,ir,i,l,. sLo r,al. 81 n, ~.
nv "'"' ~ ~
at what she could So "' me ana no" blessed
.,s y,,,,s mat ,y,,y r,,,s, w,s ,,,clir, win
va s'""N' ''", 80 f"''' voc ''t""e "''''
deVonon beyond the power "i reasoning aEr I"
feel who can tell what might have followed. hut
i,,.s sor,.thi,,- ., ,,, ,, 49,, s,,,d, a
"''' "H ' inns " " -, ' "
seemed tn brlng comfort I" h'f hcart Sbe hm'leu,
and although at that moment W. took stone
a.. 80, - !, Ji,,,, ,s,J. ,rd., an, t,r ,,,,r,,
'o -" W "''' '', , "''" '"' '' 'u'''''
never even IeN Tue Gu' sh"'h'
III would w. awiuly iInny" she faltcrcd Il
hat. I, lass. MI my NANCY lcfrr, I've .vr, had -,
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Hla'n"hu E''A'a'c' "f "'h aot"ad' anu ahd-di'
Nd ,f,c-v,,d"I c,icd ,,i,l, r,, b.,d ,,h;,li,,-
Ii, .,,.,, - - $50, ,''-, .,
rap'uiE' "'"Eh my N"'' s"uhdtu paerhhl ana
rrasuung still "aiterward the law which has
h.lp,d me IA pr,s,ryc for yo, your p,op,,t,
-, .,., $500
shh CIV" you oacN your hocr'y' ana may heaven
b,rNs yuu for your sweet trust in me"
And nnv -n old h,rsc Ga, "a ro And
-, -, =. -,
hliS you wv WIN COUSIN 'ohh upon your ohck'
cant"r into the very heart II Paradise Half.
standing, halftit,ing, cautiously did | ply IN,
-, :, WV F'' ""
""p WIN nhe ana VOICE s"uEh' 10 Eu'a'
hiS hchdlong charge. every nerve on IRE, every
pulls, throbbing Wild with anxiety |, 81 one fals1
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o'P "a"'' w i'''ii NY N''oth vi p''H''
And no" lights from countless gambling dens