The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1899-11-28
Dauni' S Wo0ing.
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HRndertan. Of vcrbena. had 20
acres in berries when the June sun
turned the fruit juicy. and the per-
fumr Of the berries hung heavy up
on the sWeitsrinK air. the field VAS
thrnuEed with plekerH. They rode
nut from the village on great hay
fickh aud back again at nikht. sing
inr and laughing and scAndalixina
the naist bofs.
uilt there vas one fellow who kept
10 himself. and who neither whistied
nor sang. nor called out TO the 9th
era That Was paunt Jswlson. who
walked two miles from the north
every morning 10 meet the hay ricks
st the village. aud no ore knew very
much about him except that he had
small farm laid out In sweet po,a-
tarH and peanuts
nauni Was not a particularly fAs;
pie ksr. and he seemed 90 dream =
good deal. He set the whole COM
pany in a roar os laughter one night
as they stood about the packing
sheds looking a. the crates Of ius-
cipus fruit sn Il vas being prepared
Tor shipment
4 wonder wher. all them berries
are KoinKf" said he reurively. lie
ionked - absurd with his watery
blue eyes and his lara. eaFs and
mouth. that everybody reared
II was the next day that an idea
came to him-ons q the fret Of his
life. lie took his pencil and wrote
on the inside ~ = trawherry box.
\ am Daunt Jewiron. OF the Becker.
near South Fork would like .
court with whoever gets these here
berries"
SeW. little Lena Nelson. who had
been used all her life 20 vide. mel
ancholy neldn. to a wnmher nord. %
distant hrmiocks and 20 a house IN
which loEr burned on The hearth.
was homsFick pas, words where she
worked in the nat on North Erie
street
Lena had just set the table for iun.
rhson and moanei over the raised
biscuits which we're not raised sum
cientiy and poured the berries out
- the box when she came upon
Daunts mesFaFe. At frst she snii-
"a a little contemporary and then
the tears came into her eyes No
doubt others beside herself wers
lonesome At times
she went 60 bod and dreamed. N
seemed % her that she ran ard
laughed upon a SHORE where the
waves rolled in and that a young
man ran and ieaped beside her. and
that when the stars came out they
sent together to some quiet fields.
planted With EoOdly care. and TO
a cottage which was their home. In
the early dawn she swoke and wspt
because u was only q dream.
That evening Lena wrote a little
letter "a paunt Jewison.
Well. Daunt wrote and Lena
wrote and Daunt wrote, and then
one day he took the morning boat TO
the city. she met him at the pier
They knew each other the first thing
Tor naunt wore. a. had been ar
ranged. a rose I'm the hand Of his
Rat. and she had blue ribbons and \
white dress She led him 60 the es-
planade. and they walked there to-
Fcther. looking at the lake and the
grand carriages and all the throng Of
the city.
Hut | like the lake best over on
'tother side" said Daunt. Il like
TO run on the sand"
Il know It," remarked Lena.
You dor How do you know IT,"
"Oh. have ways Of knowing. I
dream sometimes"
paunt gaspcd. Then he made
confession.
so do l." he said. II guess You
amt much different from what I
thought you would be-
You're the same" the girl re-
sponded I'D have known you with
out the rose -
Then she told him about the nelds
% her childhood. and he told her Of
his house and his peanuts and rota-
toes. She was Intensely Interested.
II should laugh all the time N I
could live In the country like that"
said shc.
Then come and laugh all the
time" cried Daunt. with wit
worthy 81 n brighter man.
some time" said Lena, shyIy.
perhaps"
Say nowl" pleaded Daunt. his
loneliness making his pale eyes elo-
queut.
Yes. now" breathed Lena. The
wind Of the sweet countrywide seem
81 to blow upon her. 30 that she
forgot the pavement beneath her
feet. and tho thronFs OF selfish peo-
plp. and the beating of the hoofa n,