The Billings gazette. [volume] (Billings, Mont.) 1896-1919, 1900-07-13
N Her Arms Once More !

h mpIDg IN, AMI there npe snoD bIR
waves"
Constance Maynard put down her
suDshadp nnd Looked on over The Hllt'
tDplng OoeRn, ilon M Tho rosy, aOl,
burned fnop III hnp milo 0ypnp0ld
nephew, or MI MnpHApnlH children
bNdlIe WAs h0p @fAsOpltp, DNl Der seal
WAS oaoHO1Inuly comfortable, tho Shin
clos vnvy rough, Nh sla tlmpOplBa1
nWalt n llltIe, and Tho water VIII
n0mN 10 Da,"
~ don't HE wAItlDR,n anI1 The child
dIaOoDa0lalely, repeating what many
older and Wiser people would aay hnD
moi tho lesson ~ llfe taught them III
uselnAaDnsa,
After popentad promises abp consent
MI and sat dpeamlly watching him
with Tho lnInt hope chat no would not
EpOIl hIs aApmanIa Anh Het her Into dls'
npNna with tho nurse, The little fol-
lows words kRpt repeating themselves
In hap eNpE, ~ don't Hike waiting" No
ODN liked II, Abe thought, win \ slAb,
and yal for yaRpa her HE seemed II
hNya hem MI waiting waiting
hhp WINS nearly ND years OF nAp, i!hls
pretty mp0atNpR, whose fnip, blooming
rNno spoke Of Dppfeot health, whose
soft ay0A Ind n MthNlla expression III
th0m, m M ono who Ind AlIv0padp "
WRa lODa a|n1n sbe hnd 1lnVpnlp1 roy
tho Inst time win Rupert Lnlpd, ADd
he hHd HODn AW0N M l0DR llnl avery
ono seemed IN hnW forgotten him but
bopaplf, RDd MAvanpOl Ind bnen quito
ADgpy when Ah0 bnd vnlnsnd several
0f|Ops Of mnWInH6 Nnn do0lnpol hep ~
lnDtt0n NJ pnmNInInA ~nAUOll1" 10 tho
NhIldpan for tho past ~ hop days, pOOv
MnpgnpoII How Evl0ynd hln IND been
when Rupert made tho disastrous MIS-
INkp Of thinking IhnI Tom onpad fOr
hop Tom, who Ind bnon her WDd,
nhnOW bpOlhoplnlOW fOv many years,
middle WINS vnvy Iihe hImI hle must
not forget Tho IIltlo Ind, and perhaps
ahO Ind better w ~ him though tho
aNlnRIo WIS rough, for while hlH lDtaD'
lions Wnpn good hin memory WhH eH'
V0mOly short
HlaIIa InIsmpDly, ahN glanced over W
where Tho bV0nI1Wnl0p nm OH Into lh6
non, Il picturesque object ~ low Wnlhp
covered win gpoOD nonWpen nnd llng
nll0llA IlttlN Of I WINS 10 bp h0on thlA
nn0 summon afternoon for Tho lido
WINS Moving In doop nnd atpOng, bDl IN
alO looked hap owes 1llnlod Win hop
I0p hNmmbllng I'D mo slippery SIDE
WINS n small, white clothed ngure With
fair GOVIa blowing IN lln hlDnk0 who
RnlDdd tho summit Win wonderful
npn0n nnd pnn boldly OUl nlOnR lhe l0p
Throwing down her R%OnHhnnn, Ala
flow down toward mo shore nv VnHl I'M
tho polling p0bbI0a would permit Onllr
Inn loudly 10 Tho boy M sllo won't, hho
anW tho beautiful baby rn0o MI WIN
hldd1D 0ONtpl0Onl HNW MIN urn ~
como W NnVuhn WINS never nfVnN Of
any ono loOat 0r MI 0OOnlnwIho hn
Ind given n al0knOlng slip Oh The
lp1D0hnVOna groom slime Thnp0 WINS n
nHall Of two lltllG bare brown Ions \
vision on nylnR alpnW INIT n loud
splash, Ann no WINS IN Tho water on lha
fOr sldO on tho bppNkWnlop, where n
was Nh terribly dOnpI
what @InDpnn0n Dokt Ah0 hardly
knew, bNl al9 pnlnnMhnpod hlpl0NnH
for hpID and leaning rAp over Tho Shiny
adg0 making frantic anNlOlnA ~ tha
STRUGGLING 0hlldr th0n \ man Owed IN,
and hnddln, anADlDa and dripping, Wns
Ona0 more IN h0p arms
non, WG lnn never nlNnk You
0nOnah," Ahe pnDted m ahe hlAHad tho
young a0nInn
Hnf thn man mndO no answer Hin
hAnd attn gIAApod thu bow AMI Soma.
thlnH on N a0nnl0d strangely FAMILIAR
Surely aho had known thlt mnHaIya
Alannl ring IN Tho Dnatt alnnGIna un
hnpplnilN, aln aAW tho fnpn, older ana
mora worn, but still tho handsome,
never forgotten fA0n OF Rupert laird,
FOp \ moment sh9 WINS ton p1lvIhNn
10 apnnk Non ana shore Nnnmnd surg
Inn toward hop, ~ don't Iiko WAltInap
baddIp hDd ENId, bDl sh0 Ind waited in
lOnH That sln. Ind given IT'D OIL hOpa
TINT no would eynp discover hin mis-,
lnka md return, ami now In stOOd bo'
fOp0 lph
nGonnlo, YOU hope| ho naId NJ lonHlh
with III Suppressed emotion "HNvo !
aaped your GhIldW
"Ynaan0l nnDopt0 ahn answered hnr'
pIGdlEr nH0 Ii TOm'H ami MnVgNvOIH,
thNlp only DOW naughty, naughty Lad
dlN"
wOm'aI MapaAratsW he whispered
hOApsGly, hls Gye d%evOnplns hAr fN0a,
nAnd Won, Connie, your
Il" nm 'AnDtlpI and \ tD0 dance thls
hoy lands mo-" Nh9 attempted 10 my
HnElyl
hLnt ua a0t out NJ lhIs apOwd," IN
hNld IN tho abrupt Old WAY mat Ahe
knew M we'll IN hH nppTnhpnklv0lE sur'
v0E0d th0 rnpldlg increasing HAthOVlng
which AO0nGd Inclined W cheer him. "
VIII carry lAddl0h
FaphOpa nOIllN Ind any distinct ldea
NJ what tllny hnd aald M They went up
illa shore hOmDWArdl but ale Wna Tho
Uuuu uuuuuHud IN lilU taN0, fun Aliu Ind