Courier Democrat. (Langdon, N.D.) 1891-1920, 1900-12-20


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.ssdreiy no pupil was ever more CRATE
fuJY for help. or more light-hearted
s.ovef, hef tasks, than She was, and her
perseverance and patience converted
the. ,.stumbling- blocks OF one day into
thsifairly easy ,words.of the next, until
atslast her reading was 50 good that 1t
was high time she should take to the
PEN -.
!. Every night / blessed that little
primer for the way in which it brought
us.together. To be sure, might easily
! hate bought another; but then I should
have missed the touch OF her hand as
I'VE thumbed and fingered the book to-
gether, and. have lost the. nloments
of bliss when her hair, tossed by the
.,wind, swept over my check.
j Ifsseenfs' to me that I can hear her
gripping laughter now as I heard it
when I told her that Pefsia's famous
Kinn would have. frowned, upon her
HAD She dared to address him as ..sEX-
erexAs.", y .,,.". -,
"Ah! Why" she said, "didn't they
give ;,the man a, decent name, like
Maurice; or William, or--or Jack?" and
the.sfninx gave me a CLINT from her eye,
andtwhispered the last name sc. softly
that:I went home delighted.
Idean see, too the light that glowed
in her glorfoussseyes, and the colour
tha,f.eame':ande went ash read to her
of this or that famous knights deeds,
done sin honour of his lady; and the
look. of pleasure that made her face
radiant, did I but praise her, is as
beautiful in the rerne1ibrai1ce now as
it was in the actual beholding then::'i''
Though no one but ourselves knew Of
our, meetings. which were thus some
what. .clandestine, she saw no harm ia;
them, and they We're. so pleasant. to me
that. never raised the point, for to the
pure all things are pure, and in this
respect she matched the angels of
heaven! A.:
Then came the lessons in writing. We
made use of PENCIL and how sWeetly
she bothered me! first? And sure, she'd
never get the turn of this letter.. or the
twist of that, and why weren't they'all
as easy to make as o's?' = - 49,
When September was ending, and the
air began to grow chilly. and the
leaves to flutter down upon us i'll all
the glory of their autumn colours. she
brought me her first letter, and, I watt
ed to read it until I was alone. and
read 1T over and over again until it
was mine by heart. Just a" few SIM
pie words of thanks, just wish that
she could do something for me to re-
pay me for my patience and Kindness,
just a hope that some day we should
meet again.. ands"rthe1rn::the ouES.i
gratefully, N. c. She spelt it great
fully and i Kissed the word because
1t showed me that I must teach her
agahf some day.
And all this time Mcguire was spin;
'njngg: roltaneess his star of hope shi in
! In;, Ss:s,fe snlendent in the zenith when
;sSlne story was accepted. and waning
towards, the literary horizon. or set
ting altogether for while when his
book came back. as come it did with d
Regularity that had long SINCE p passed
the stage of monotony. And ito keeps
him working-and he was habpier So,
and to leave me free to give my lessons.
advised him to rewrite portions of his
work. to touch it up here AID there.
and to illustrate it more freely, SO that
it Jared forth fatter each time: until 1t
was bulky indeed. i.
Now that the meetings. in the woods
werA over-I cast about for some means
Of seeing Nora in legitimate. manner,
and I made use of her father $ .faifings
to aid. me in my endeavor. Having at
last. presented myself O. sufficient num-
Der of times at the bar to make my
face familieS and after running a
great risk of losing my character for
.sobriety, I was at length invited: into
pthe inner. sanctun, where 1.-THE higher
gfog and an. innocent game of cards.
. And here t was priiAleged to address
Mr.. Courtney for; hhe first time: and q;
the ~1nanner$of .nly::approac en-: which +
was carefll,.:to Inake:as deferential Tag
possible won upon him to accept the
cigar rrorferea, and: before #. th!ee.ayening
was over we had s';.xehlanged cards In
the ni,ellowness of his: condition, begot-
ten for his rotations, and in pity Of my
loneliness Of which I. drew an awful
picture, he promised to call upon me,
And, mira bile dictu, he proved him
self a man of; liis word, and 1.-Two; days
afterwards he bore down uponiusi at
the orthodox hour, dressed in his best,
Though Their we've traces. Of someone's
deft fingers. in in, the neatly mend !! 4
gldves;' and his .crayat;- Is he was old
fashioned to wear one-had assumed a
mere beftting': position than: :wfeni il
had last had aplsasare Of beholding
it. There, were.' :eraases; ifNihfs well.
worn frockacoar,a and His trousers; were
of cut that was not Poole's, and,
although he was s ie9sFe.HMsEsa Of a wreck
what WAS LIFT, Of, ::ht!t pnec1aime e that
be had !9Ipfe bsan good looking, well
e ~ l5S S5s a2 z hitS CTR
s.rE,ftsa,1 the gFood|.Roy the tau. lsor
<,1yoNlagz not :havs'"xouehsafedi t6e'havt
Bassssb4&d upon film little light Of his
countananceil So thatfI I had to do all
the efI1ertafning!i :-;'..';r';*i::ih:,'# .'':i:'
''."Ycu're very pleasant here, Mr.. Tree
mayEe,H said my guest. :.as he. slipped
his poft, for. tea was abooed.--".you're
very pheasant here, and he waved, his
hand,SAs though the country: for miles
5arenndi We're, mine. s...And I'm sorry
iSasthsat ~ isn't lin ireland we. are. whers