The Delta independent., 1900-01-26
When tho CyclOre Gene
It Reusited . Pair e Lsvsss In -
Cnronaasj0 Asnh0Aa0s


vlasta looked wistfully out Of hcs
small pan..l window. deep set In the
heavy sod wall. aud sighed
The piles Of unwaslie<l dinner sll3lles
over which she WAS NJ work hardly &C.
counted for dat sigh. and the view
without was pleasant rather than 9th
crwise.
1t was q Sunday afterDooD IN late
June. hot and unusually still tor that
windy country. but the rolling stresch-
es of prairie grass and the great de1Als
Of young wheat snd corn still besd tlse
freshness Of early sprin9.
Eut the cloud. no larger than .
mans hand" h always present n soase
form or other.
One was ut that moment rising lastly
on the western horizon. over the bow.
Er.en hills. just q faint summer cloud.
unseen by the girl. whose eyes ysse
nSed ON . nearer and. to her. 0Ueh
more attractive object. This. ~ = apt
to be the case when uaailiens sigh. was
a young man. who. on the other eide -
a barbed wire fence. some littie a..
tance awny. was busily engaged -
washing his buggy. which was roa1esD
In front Of his own little low sod hcose.
He was cf middle aiss. dark haired
and featured. like berscif. and caad b
the careless cOGtunie Of 0vera11s md
Jacket Of blue denim. faded a1d dizzy
from exposure to sun and weather.. and
the l,attered sombsrro 0f light feaG
which were usuaI In his everyday sceur
patton Of farming.
Ar any one familiar witb that poFe
of the country could tell at slaness
they were young BOhemians. E,enbsD
Of that great army Of hardy sstt1ssO
who have made homes for tlse0sB1v0o
In the previ0usly uotilled west. sss
But hearts wtil BE- hearts ln etog1
place. AMI Juliet may pine Tor hef -
meo in aDcient eastie 10 iu1Ose tea9 -
hunal,ss sod hsuse. - ~ TIL eoaw
plscs tletls hssaas. M ~ SaAln -
kintly faee.
Nov. W cuseoO bDnenesaal oanony
b the rural hsllday evssywhssU. ard Il
b especially - amoas Cur fsstagn horn
eitisens. vhs ON that day sally forth.
clad In their less. ready for Waiting
and merrymakiug sssl srein4 No iucon-
Eruity between chuich and nsass In the
mosnins ard dance In tise Afternoon
o.. evening.
b, considering this, II seeneh that
the young settler. Ali,reeht Hoilub.
should be On pleasure hest. snd the
signs Indicated to vlasta that 70 he
| was, or s0oo would be. Hcrein lay the
sting which changed for her the sun
shine Of that Giostous Juns Aay to
| gioou.
For Alfyreei,t-as 'eOin9 riding In
his now bug3y-eoin9 without her aud
no doubt with some other Giri. when Il
was really her paacs sa that ssst be-
side him.
And had she not peoudly oeeupaesl Il
Until that unlUcky nisht mt yst two
vseks ago. hut seeming half . life-
time. as gisrs short ufrtine goes!
Such . little thing, too - is gsDerul-
| II the case. to have caused all this
trouble. She was sot sure how Al.
brpcht felt. perisaim he was glad to
get rsd q her. Hers two greas tears
dropped into the dishpan as the
thought. Just Q danrr at . young
| friend's wedding. II l,elng their custom
for q ls!tlal lnrty TO % 10 Justice or
country Judge to have the crseHssny
perforInel anL then to retusD ~ the
brides home for . grand celsa,sstiOn.
which usually lasted ali nlgisa. Then
| . foolish quarrel. wlses AIhsecbt. heat.
ed by excitement and l,s~S. hsd insist.
| ed that she danced ION 0ftew with the
Isritle's ekler brutis~s. She had refused
| to Nsteu IN him. Of cOurps. with the ~.
| snlt that he hsd walked ont Into the
darkness anL had neveT bssn near her
ainsr.
Perhaps sibN had sooGht e0vessIy and
no dUuhi awkwarily 10 iiDl1 ~ oj,por-
tunisy of Masking an,rntis. hut ~ had
lenorrxl or avoid~d ber. sIssuEb they
nved Co adjacent claims: isruc-. for
her. at kass. bisser days and nights.
She felt vaguely. In hpr stmpjr fash
bsa. she harsiness a tbr wosnnn'~ cole.
which bstis her ''waIt and weep- In si.
lrure. ruiz that lsas irOkrn urny lse-
ssdes cUussry h-arts like bers. And
an this slspe the ebsud y tbs WEST wrs
rising. u loo&~d wseh Iike . pu9 II
LIsck ,nsok~. and thew w-sp others
sos 30 slark clI0isiaT up iss,ie n.
The dsslpps werv Ansass~d sWA f'ut
sway IN IN kiscib~s ''safe.- os ~up-
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