The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 18??-19??, 1900-05-01

bo1i = stdIL ubAu Oh III al the ki&Lrs |
and he knows more
= What news?" asked Mrs. Malone i'm
patiently. and Holmes stood waiting.
Why. the order was read out at re-
treat-dishonorable discharge, forfeiting
all pay and allowance and so on and
three years in Leavenworth."
Three years in Leavenworth'' cried
Mrs. Malone. Three years-well. we'll.
Did We hear that. Sefgt. Holmes? There's
many a thing Will be forgotten in three
years. Holmes
But Holmes was already striding away
through the gathering dusk.
Halmes turned his back on the post
and strobe out across the bluffs toward
the river. For a long. long time now he
had been used TO take thees solitary
evening walks, rain or shine, TO tire out
the passion in his breast. Scared. alone
in the world since he remembered any
thing. he had never loved a living thing
until now. and. having loved with all the
might Of a rushing. long suppressed flood,
he found he had dashed himself against
a rock. He had tonight but one clear
thought in his %throbbing head. Noel Faval
was out Of the way-out OF the way-out
Of the way. The words sung in his ears.
II gave him a chance. For the slim lad
! ~ IL hdd II 49, III
pity. He was out of the way. His be-
witching music, his big brown eyes, his
slender, graceful form would be heard
ard seen no more. That fancy would be
forgotten, and he (Holmes) would have
another chance. SO unused the sergeant,
and the devil of bitterness gradually gave
place TO the angel OF hope, and at last
by the bank of the river he came upon
the girl. She was lying in the grass, her
face buried in her arms, her black hair
loose and her whole form shaken with
great sobs. Holmes dropped on one knee
beside heride her and dared, in his agi-
tation, to lay his hand on her head.
katy he said. Katy. dear"
She. sprang up: her great black eyes
cleaned angrily on him; she clenched her
hands.
What do you want hereo" she sobbed.
is YOU who did this"
He hung his head passively and iuiv-
cred.
what have ] done to make YOU hate
me, Katy" he Slowly whispered. You
didn't use to before-Faval came"
And you arrested hint
why did not the fool go away at once?
What could I do? / was detailed. at was
my duty"
And now they have sentenced him
to three y~ears-him! lie Will die in the
prison with those Wretches; he VIII have
no music, nothing. It is horrible! You
have killed him, killed that boy"
DO you love him so Enaoh2"
The girl flushed in thu starlight.
what is that to you? [ pity him
\ flash Of renewed hope sprang from
his heart to his eyes. Pity need not lie
love. For a moment his sight grew din,
and the next he was at her feet, clutch
ing her dress.
KATY he cried. 1T is lone it was
his own fault. Forget lin. He cannon
have learned to love you as ! have loves
you for years. Listen, listen. Don't p
away"
The girl was in vain struggling to re
lease her dress. frightened now.
Il am, all the men say l am, perhaps,
he cried, ,surly and all that; bu.-listcr
you are the cause. For jove Of you
and thinking of you, | keep alone. From
the horror of losing you | am sometime,
half mad. Listen to me, now, ard tel
me. Will ever any man love you as
love? Will any one do for You what
would do"
Leave me, leave me-" she cried, bu
he chung to her.
Il cannot charm you and bewitch yo1
with a pretty face and music, like Faval,
he went on, unheeding her. Pat ! am
man, and a true man. l claim that. TT.
me; me what to do to prove COW much
love you, Whatever it is | shall do it."
The girls thoughts all the evening ha'
dwelt on one thing alone-her bewiihere
anxious, wild thoughts. They were Yet i
her mind, and now they formed them
selves, as at a word of command. into
resolve. She whispered to the man q
her feet:
do you love me SO much?'
4 cannot tell how much"
"And you would do all you say-for me
for love of me-"
"Anything,' he cried, rising in a pas
sion of hope, and Selling her hands.
Save him. she cried.
''Where's Katy" Hermann demanded
PAS he unceremoniously ran into Mathe
Malone's house.
Don't be askin' me-" cried Mrs. Ma
lone ENORMOUSLY. what are you wantir
wild Katie at this time of night? It'll b
taps in a minute
cause l was down at the guardlous
to see Faval tonight, and he's worryi1
awful. He's to be taken to L~eavenwort
in a day or two. So | thought I'd jus
ask kdtV-ne was STUCK on haIV Just Tx
| me-to go and cheer him up a bit. Il
t not jealous
} eye wee devil" how!ed mother Malone
welcoming a chance to discharge he
wrath upon somebody: AN it's mischie
5 maxim we're after, is it? Git out Nv this
[ Get out now. afore do yeZ harm!'
What's eating you? | want some al
; ples."
, The angry woman charged upon him
5 Herman grabbed an apple. upset the bar
(. rel and fed, screeching.
; did yez ever hear the like? ?" Mrs. Ma
lone muttered. Katy to go and see Ia
= val. Was iver the like?'
She did not know.
2 The guardhouse lay at the back of tn
V post, on the blOoff overlooking the mead
OWS. The inner room was very full a
t a result of pay day. The sloping Woode
platform on which the prisoners, WraI
in their Blankets, slept, was lined with re
: cumbent figures. Some of the lOng-sen
n taDco mon however for greater com