The Newberry herald and news. (Newberry, S.C.) 1884-1903, 1901-02-12

she asked as she turned away from the
window
l had hung up Old Puts bride on
nail in the wall.
In order that may have it when l
want to put it on him again. which
won't be long, l hope, replied.
"Why, the horse is gomez she said.
laughed, laughed in her face, which
turned red, and then, seeing that it was
red, deliberately laughed again. Here
' AS woman "ho pridcd herself on her
intelligence and quickneSs Of mind, and
with good cause, too, 50 had begun To
believe, and yet after passing a day and
part of night in Old Puts presence
she knew so little about him,
"Why do you laugh:" she asked red.
| ly and angrily.
Il laugh at your ignorance, " said,
1.-THE fact that you know so little Of our
| comrade, in many respects the shrcwd-
| est and ahlcst of us three, as he is Ger.
talnly the swiftest and the strongest.
That horse has not left us l merely
took his bride off in order that he
| might not be troubled with it, that he
might eat better, for no doubt he will
find somewhere around here, even in
winter, bit Of grazing On some shelter
cd and sunny southern slope He will
take care Of himself and come back to
Us when we need him."
But suppose the gucrrillas take
him."
Il wish l was as sure that they
wonld not take us" said.
Then | led the way to the table. |
drew up the stool for the lady and an
old pine box that l found in a corner
for myself. y little water was left in
the canteen. She drank part of it and
said:
Here's to tho health of King
Gcorgcv'
Eyes, " l said as l drank the re-
maindcr Of the water, "this is to the
health Of King Gcorge-Gcorge Wash.
ington! I'm glad to SEQ that your con-
version has begun.
She frOwncd at me- but wo had an
amicablc dinner over the scraps never
thelcss. stopped at intervals to watch
the progress of tho mrtisans outside
lhcy had not yet made any movcmci
against us, and all sat or lay aroun,.
tho fire. | counted thcm-six-and l
know that all woro there, as choice n
lot or EcOundrcls rs ono could find OH
tho soil Of tho Is colonies
turned my eyes away from the crcv-
IL" to look ut tho girl. Tho rest and tho
bit" of food had mado wonderful i'm
provcmcnt. Sho was Il truo English
rose, | could SEQ thut--il r0so of Devon
or Warwick or Kont, or whatever is fair
est among thcir roses, u girl with ycl-
low hair that shOno liko fresh gold in
tho sun. tinted with rcd in tho firelight,
and II brow Of whito and checks Of tho
warm pink that Is tho heart Of tho pink
roso. Oh, we'll, rs | said twico before,
everybody knows that tho most brauti-
ful women nro tho most dangerous, and
l wondered If these Saxon naidcns of
old England wOro ever IN exception.
For momcnt felt n feeling Of warmth
md kinship to old England, but then
this England which is SO kind to horsclf
and SO apprcciativo Of her own mcrits,
has novcr boon anything but al cncmy
to us.
"What nro you thinking Of Mr..
Marccl?" sho said suddenly rs she looked
up. 'Why nro you so scrious?"
II am ustoniShcd that you should nd
dress mo NJ Mr.. Marcel and not rs a
robrl, with II ropn around his neck. "
Sho pnttcd tho floor mcditatiycly
with hor foot and looked away from mo
and ut tho fro.
1T was II mistake duo to forgotful-
moss. sho said. with an mir Of resent.
mont. II will not do it again
II would not forgot cpithots when
you speak of u.s. said. "You will got
out of rmctico. and then you will DO