Warren sheaf. [volume] (Warren, Marshall County, Minn.) 1880-current, 1900-06-14

for uus,,"' he said. ut seemed to be the
only thing for us to do, and I'm glad
/ we're so near there. I feel more
heartened up to-day than any time
since we started. We won t forget your
Kindness, can tell you" j.
"Oh, pshaw!" said John, and Don't
| speak of it! !" said Hester, in breath.
Its been SO pleasant for us to have
your .s
It was necessary to take up the jour
ney again. The two men went out to
the barn together. 81 a
The eyes of the little wife sought
Hester's. "You have been so good
she said, almost in whisper, $50 good
to take us in! This awful dust and the
heat! I wouldn't have minded them
SO much for myself, but it has been
SO bad for him. It makes the cough
worse, and that always frightens me.
Sometimes when we have been going
so slowly the horses have just seemed
to creep, and when the dust hasssal-
most seemed to choke him, I have
| felt as if I should go frantic! All these
| days that we have been on the way I
have been longing so ito reach Col.
orado. have felt as if i couldn't watt.
when the waiting might mean. every
thing to him, and it has been so hard,
so almost impossible; to keep cheerful
before him! That is always very hard,
don't you think so? When your life is
| all wrapped up in somebody else's, to
keep that one from feeling how you
suffer? And of course if they knew,
that would make it all so much worse"
How the poor young thing was
emptying her heart out! It was as if
| all the grief and anxiety Of the days
in the covered wagon, rolling over the
brown plains, had burst it's bounds,
| and must pour itself out to this lis
tener.
II wanted you to know" the excited
little voice ran on, show kind you have
been-what comfort it has been to
me! Don't you see how much less tired
he looks? And he hasn't coughed near
so much, not near! You have cheered
US up, too. It has been so strange
all this journey-every day taking us
farther away from home, and the try
ing to choke down the homesickness-
and :" She broke off short, with graft
tude and tears shining in her eyes.
There was just time for Hester to
take the little brown hand in hers and
press it close, when the two men came
| back. III
The man with STOPPING shoulders
and the flush on either cheek went up
close to the little woman with the
bright, eager eyes.
swell, little woman, are you most
ready?" he. said, patting her shout
der. 'sYou've had fine rest, haven't
your He coughed sharply as he
spoke, but she smiled up at him bright.
| ly that he might not know how much
more it racked her chest than his.
you'd better get on your bonnet
little woman" he said; cts time we
were going. don't know how we're
| to thank you and your wife, Mr.. Gil.
bert, for all you've done for us, but
we feel it, sir, we feel, it."
ut wasn't anything at ALL" John
protested. 1T has done us good to
have you here"
Hester and the little young wife went
into the tiny bedroom together. The
wind had stopped it's maddening song
outside, and the air was clear again
from it's burden of dust. The furniture
would have to be busted for the third
time that day, but the thought brought
no scowl to her forehead now. The
little traveller pinned on the rusty
black hat, and turned to hold out both
hands impulsively to Hester. Thank
you again." she said; and then. in a
whisper: colorado is wonderful
place, isn't it? Haven't you heard
about the way people get cured there
people just as bad off as George, or
worse? You feel sure it II do him good,
don't your
She searched Hester's face as if to
read her fate there. It was hard to
meet the girlish eyes:
Tive never been farther west than
this myself she said, 'but everyone
says it's wonderful climate in Colo
RADIO for people with trouble with their
lungs. I'm so glad you're going there,
and when he's grown well andsstrong,
you'll be coming back this way to
tsee us. Z ...e
!, The delight Of that possible future
was in the young wife's eyes. If he
only does!" she said. "Oh, if he only
does!" ,
There were hearty hand-claspss ex-
changed a few minutes later. Then the
prairie schooner" with its freight of
human love and anxieties, rolled slow.
ly away. The two left behind III the
little sod house stood long at theSwin-
dow-till the wagon was seen, a dark
blot, above the sharp horizon. With
a quick, impulsive movement Testers
hand stole into her husbands.
| 'sHow good you are!'' she said. al
most solemnly. "And while ] haveyou,
what do I care about other things ?
Did you think would really go east
without you? Why, John, 4 couldn't
bear it, away from your
/ Far off in the big wagon a little wom-
an sat with her round cheek pressed
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