The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1899-07-09

her from wayn. In her coarse cotton gown end
slouched hatLexcept for the free stride which i,.
contracted with her companions wndule.
Once. in following an estrayed calf. sbe had
crossed the highway and been snluted by q
the mistake left no sting In her memory. And.
like the digger. she shrank from that civlllza-
ton which had only proved hard tasktrnster.
The sole touch OF human interest she had In
her surroundings was IN the rare visits OF the
aSSto a nd his brief but
| pie that the strange. middle aged gray haired.
intellectual man. whose very language was at
have touched some. untriod fiiiai chord In her
I Lutte freedom she was lltils more TO him than
she bad been TO her father. YET be had never
he had hs
loImance Of her duties. Eagerly ms she looked
for his coming. in his actual presence the felt
Els departure It none the lsss left to her DE-
approval AND fierce ambition to be worthy Of
It. FOR which she would have sacrificed her
a. matter t OF course. She had driven WSya
and the other s1uaws far along the sparse
teblsland pasture in search Of missing stock:
a ha See o' Y Yet n yhc On aa Ms 20
earn his praIse. for the performance OF her
bad made on his last Visit, You are
s'0nss sPl Took boxing health" Ethical tGi as
face we haze got that .abomlnable alkall
out Of your svstem aud wholesome food
| quite understood him, but she remem hered
that she had felt her face grow hot when he
| snoks perhaps because she had not under
His next visi! was dav or two delayed. and in
| way to earnestly watch for his coming. From
her hiding place in the underwood abe could see
the team and Jim Hoskins already waiting for
1 I'm Inn riv IN IN 10
tiemen. He siieht.d babe 'g,od.by,' to Tie
course. But in that single moment she had
been str.ck and 6swildereI by whn, seemed e., .S
and 6e Shr fe sud-
den consciousness Of her own coarse. shape
les Ca calico gown. her straeElng hair and her
SndsfsocdA and tns% ran s%i'v Sna almost
fast that for time she almost kept pnce with
the doctor AMI lloskins In he wagon on the dis,
again and pakinc short cut through ihe for.
est, came. al the end OF two hours. within hail
Ing distance Of the "a, ca ana eS
that, had driven her back. Here she thought
she heard voices, his voice among The rest; call
ing hurried her vaguely on again. even while
she experienced foolish. sa age delight in not
deTsg she came n upon the sprins she had found
on her first entrance in the forest q year ago.
End dpSnk teyershs second time at hrs
tlrse visit 1t had worn a great hollow below the
tree roots md now formed shining placid
" observed that It reflected her whole figure
as in crude mirror. her slouched hat and
her hollow, cheeks and dry, yellow skin. in all
their hopeless. uneompromlsing details She
uttered SSGk angry s t re- ns cry
and anxious faces OF the doctof and Hosklns
All. said the doctor. in a tone Of frank re;
SS yGu are was S SettP bss Horr dS
sce NOR s stopped s and Oss doas
her en,ively. is anything the matter7'
His , evident concern sent warm glow , eyer
Dr. Ruy,dasi turned n TO to Ho.fHfns. Go back
| and tell Waya I've found her
Libby felt that the doctor only wanted to get
I'D Of his companion and became'awed again.
Has anybody been botherinR you?"
Have the Digpers frightened your
No" with q EeIure OF contempt,
Have you and waya nuarrelled?"
He s'yill stared at her. and then droSped his
Like a fash the figures OF the two smarty
every '5ss y" Ss%i se
hnery as cruelty distinct az hnl been her her
mentiy and passionutoly. Never"
He smiled gently Look here III send
p@Psrs odd never thought OF It before. he
aaS ha n2 S s6d .sI
! csiyely. the next time YOU want anything
don't wait for me to come Tut write
age OF books-an, odd collection Of novels.
magaIiness and Illustrated Journals OF the
dence OF his concern for her-hut It is to be
feared that her youthful nature. found little
OF the peonls she read OF we're strange 70 her:
! many OF the incidents related seemed to her
mere lies; some tales which treated Of peonle
in her own srhere she found profoundly unln-
terestinR. IN one of the cheaper maaazInes
she chanced upon q fashion plate she glanced
eagerly through all the others for a like reve-
| lation until she got a dozen together. when
she PROMPTLY rel egated The remA gIt itera-
ar the p n wns in arron not a.
ways clear. but her instinct supplied the rest.
| She, despatched by iioskins note 70 ID. Ruys-
| dael: Please send me some brite kaltkers
and things for sewing. You told me to ask"
A few days later brought the response in a
Yet this did no, keen her from her care Of
the stock nor her ramble. In the forest: she
spring ' ior watering the cattle: it was not 40
far afield as the half dried creek In the canon.
and was.a quiet sylvan spot; She ate her fru
| gal midday meal there ana drank OF its waters
| and. secure In her seclusion. bathed there and
made her rude toilet when the COWS were
its mirrored surface when i was tranquil!
And so a month passed. But when DR.. Ruys-
! dael was again due at the cabin-a letter was
| brought BY Hoskins with the news that he was
! called away on professional business down the
| coast and could not coma until two weeks
later. In the disappointment that oyercame
! her she did not at first notice that Hoskins was
gazing at her with II singular expression.
! which was really one Of undisguised admira
! ton. Never having seen this before In the
eyes Of any man who looked at her. she re-
! ferred Il to some vague ''larking" or POPULARITY
for which she was in no mood;
| Say. Libby, you're gettn' to be right
| smart lookin' gal. Seems TO agree with ye
up here" said Hoskins, with an awk ward
laugh. Darn I'D sfye amt lookin' awful purity !"
'G'long said Liberty Jones' more than ever
convinced OF his badinaRc
Fact" said Hosklns energeticaly. why.
| Doc would tell We so. too. See ef he DON'T
1t this liheHy Jones felt her face grow hot
You Jest GET she sad. turning, away in as
| cred nenr her with awkward attentions that
! pleased while it still angered her He offered
: to go with her to look up the cows: she fatty
declined. vet with strange satisfact on in his
! evident mha rrassment This may have lent
some animation TO her face, for he drew Il long
| breath and said:
Don't go pertendIn' We don't know yer
purity. Say lot yom an me walk n bit and have n