Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1901-01-10

agIow and her eyes
standing the trouble that heia he',
As She gave me her hand her eyes
arorraa before mine. and there w.
STOOD in a silence that grew more any
n,ore awkward with every second tha'
passed. ,aO+
"yasr" she said. softly; and on,
why did he ever come to bring az
trouble upon u.s. All! werent we n"t
nv when I was a child, n no one
cav q word to anger me-. Ana men -
came and il all changed, M some hoIu
he has over my father drove US Hum
ireland and home"
TRY and think" I said. that happs
DAYS will come again. You Shal' So
hack 70 your home, Nora, II the love u
NV heart can accomplish 1t. This man
has wronged me, perhaps more '""i
you" ,,,,
what do mean?" she said. LOOKING
IN at me. shyly. DO you mean py Tue
words he said about you and-ahu me,
Don't think I believe him. Don L -
ia known what ne meant to say III
have let him kill us Doth before ever
7 brought you to hear II. Ia nave
faced him then and there, but tha' you
we're with me. and you're man enough
not to have let me do 1t by myself "H0
he'd have killed you
Not If I had you to fight for Nora
Not if you'd give me the right 10 pro-
teCt you"
stop" she said, starting back from
me. How can you speak to me ike
that, or think I'll listen? Didn't you
hear himself say that you could puy
me for a thousand? Did you thlnk l
came out to hear you make the oner!
You wouldn't do it. Mr.. Tremayhe'
Thank God. I can trust you"
But you're not trusting me- Nora
You're talking one moment about my
making an offer to buy you. n the
next thanking God that you "a put
faith in me. Tell me, now, have any
hope. Nora, that you will ever trust
me with what I hold dearest in this
world-yCursslf?"
I tried to take her hand, but she
drew it away, nor would she look at
me.
Wont you answer me-" / asked.
Yes. 7 will answer you, Mr.. Ire
mayne. because I think 1t best that
matters should end between you and
me, here and now. II ever I know that
you have lent my father this money. L
shall never, If I can help 1t. look upon
your face again. I shall never speak
to you. Let him do his worst, and do
you go your way. Ours is a bad friend
ship to have. 1t will bring trouble up
on you. It will blight and ruin your
life, if it doesn't take it away from you
altogether. Leave this place, Mr.. Ire
mayne!'
Il shall not" I said. You came to
me once by chance. You came TO last
night of your own free will. And do
you think that I shall let this Maurice
D'Orville come between us? No, Nora,
not if he were forty times the demon he
Isl"
You don't know him." she said. You
can't tell what power he has. There's
something-but, sure. il makes me
shiver to speak of 1t: there's some
thing, but I can't tell rightly what it Is,
that-that-but I'm afraid to whisper
it, even, for fear that it would come to
his ears!'
You can't tell me more than I
know" I said. Listen. Nora, This
man and I have grappled by the bed
side of m of my dearest friends. and I
thwarted him, and he knows it. though
he thinks I do not know him. This
man has sent my father from me, and,
for aught I know or can find out. may
have killed him. This mans doings
have, I verify believe, made one OF the
kindest men on earth a ~lunatic, and,
not satisfied with that, he has killed
him, too. I say I know these things,
and yet I can't prove them, and for
that I hate him ten-fold more. But,
by the God that planted this love I
have for you in my heart, he shall not
separate us. And I would that all the
breezes Of heaven might carry my
words to his ears!"
She gave a low cry at that, and I had
barely done speaking. when, close by
our side, we heard a slight cough, and
out from behind the trunk of an OLD
oak stepped Mr.. John Anguish.
You must forgive me for interrupt.
ing you" he said, lifting his clerical
hat, "but in a very few minutes the
gentleman you are abiding to, John.
will be so close hat the breezes of
Heaven wouldn't have far to carry
your message. II you, Miss Courtney,
would slip down that avenue, and you,
John, dow this, you could both get
away without his seeing you, and I
think, for the present, it would be best
for you to do so. I'll explain matters
afterwards. Hurry, now! and leave
me here to mediate on the sermon I've
promised to preach, and meet Mr.. Maui
rice when he comes. Hurry! hurry"
and, catching me by the arm. he
pushed me away. And, as Nora van
ished on one side, I made off on the
other, though I should dearly have
liked to have witnessed that meeting
and seen how diamond cut diamond, !"
I had been at home more than an
hour before Anguish returned.
THAT was a near thing" he said.
"In another five minutes he would have
caught you and Miss Nora, and, no
matter what story you might have on
cocted, 1t wouldn't have thrown dust in
his eyes"
But I thought he had gone. Nora
Miss Courtney said so"
Eyes: and she believed 80. But when
you told me last night how Won bad