New Ulm review. (New Ulm, Brown County, Minn.) 1892-1961, 1902-10-08


Suddenly out OF the hush came the
cry Of the whip that piercing
mournful voice of the vacant. wind
blown fields, Of meadows Towering UNI
seen and far away. 1T thrilled her like:
pain. It stabbed her through ard
through and cut her to. the heart with
y its questioning, solitary call, hidden in
the twilight of the woods.
She had heard it SO often, year after
year, ike the robin and the lark. New.
i er had it sounded SO lonely, SO friend
less and apart. a strange longing
/ sWelled up in her breast; tears filed
her eyes. The years of her life, with.
their simple tasks, their ambitions,
i hopes and dreams came to her Ike
some vast tidal wave upon sunny:
shore, withdrawing in a long resound-
ing sigh at the absence Of some un-
known joy. She stared through the
T, warm darkness toward the edge Of the
! woods outlined a against the evening as
though one should try to read the soul
Of a silhouette. Then she dropped her
facet in her hands for a single minute.
: AT 6 O'clock in the morning Mary
was in the garden picking the vegeta-
bles for dinner. The sunshiny, dew
fresh day, the beans and cabbages in
their prim symmetry, the tall scarlet
hollyhocks nodding against the fence,
made the experience Of the night be-
]; fore very remote and visionary.
i AS Mary reached the end Of the row
of peas che pushed back her sunbonnet
and looked up; then her song stopped
;: and she knelt silently.
! A young man was standing on the
: other side Of the garden wall looking
at her. He blushed as he met her
steady, smiling gaze. Picking peas?"
he asked. you've got a lot. haven't
your" = s. 8. z#
Eyes, indeed; plenty this year. Have
! your .:& :.
"All we can eat and more too. Get
ting old, though. How are these?" He
crossed the wall and stood beside her.
sYours are pretty tender yet" He tore
off another pod. "Shan't help you?
Two can work better than one.''
'Oh, thank you; you needn't bother"
Yet she smiled at him. VI
/ s'Oh, like to do this FL take the
inside of the row.
tits very kind Of YOU she an
swered, looking up at him sweetly.
! How brown and strong and sinewy
he had grown since he had begun to
work in the harvest fields. She had not
seen him for long while, not since
they were in school together. She was
looking at him again when he glanced
up and caught her eyes. This time
they both blushed. They said nothing
for some time. Mary picked busily,
and the boy whistled half to himself.
They were beside each other, with
nothing between them but the slender
trellis Of pea vines, enough to give the
boy courage to say, did you hear the
Whippoorwil last night?''
Mary felt a fash that made her
nerves tngle. s"~ .- ~
"Oh, did you, too?" she exclaimed
then stopped, abashed at her own
eagerness. How could Alvy under
stand the confession she had made to
| a whippoorwill just because it was IN.
seen? where was it?" she asked
with all the care4essness she could
summon. -. -
"Down In the wood lot about hall
past 8. Twas coming home cross lots
back of your barn; been up at the 9th
er farm all day." s., .E.,.s. =. @ !
They We're picking slowly now. How
pretty Mary was with her braided vel
low hair, her rose pink ears, hel
smooth Hdded. down dropping eyes
The rufae of her apron, with its CRISP
curves, seemed meant to hedge hel
cheeks from kisses.
Alvy felt his heart throb dizzily. Sc
many words and thoughts went roun6
and round in his head that he coulc
not say one. And there was the scree1
Of brush and vines between them
The delicate film of green was strong
as a prison grille through which the
serene face Of the girl glowed upo1
him. Somehow their hands met upo1
the same pods. Mary's trembled, the1
lay still in his. =.
Il saw you up on the roof, " whis
pered the boy. 'sYod We're listening
weren't your
Mary nodded. ~
do you-do you like to hear it
Mary? Do you like the whippo orwili?'
Il Mary's lip uembled. Il don't know
guess So" 81
Because he-he loves you. Mary
+ Mary. Mary, where are you"
The two in the garden sprang up a,
the shrill voice called from the kitchen
AS the boy leaped over the fence int,
his own orchard Mary looked afte
him. From the trees among which b,
disappeared came clear, low and sWee
the call Of the whip orWill. 35s
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