Missouri Valley times. [volume] (Missouri Valley, Iowa) 1874-1931, 1902-10-16


What there was in my glass.
Il am sorry for the man, whoever he
be-"
Cod guard himl' whispered the girl
under her breath With White face.
Pinch your checks, MISTRESS said
l. smiling, for / think the captain fears
| the joke is but n poor one
Ken face lit with quick, natural
smile.
Twas not you, then, was it? Tel
met
Rather ten Major ssproat ON your
ii%Et The ritl, of The ioiic," sid |, and
took to ilys Ii he resi- Of the glass
Of burgundy, for the wine was good
ioi the nerves, ana before No We're
done there were five kinds set before
| us.
In . moment or two she turned
las;iin to ne.
That was a capital story 1 said.
FOL me the other You mentioned.
/ All! twill be loss amusing | e;tn see
from Your soriuNful FACET sSRt he
Gill that had seen stand III, before
five ruiiiana in the foul tavern was as
came here as there. SHE changed the
expression of lier face. bur She could
/ not alter the look IN her eYes For 4
nGment SHE cFumblcl II bit Of bread
Il, lier plate, looking att. and then:
here is not much CT q story, and
| what there is of il is but an old ana
eoinmon tale
Yet ] would hear it, IL / may" I
answered.
There was once a young sirl--a
| foolish wench- who WAS bidden by her
| parents To a gaoi harriage
Nh! said /. IT'S a fairy tale And
why WAS the wench Il foolish wanch y
A fairy tale indeed she answered.
but This foolish wcuch would none of
IA Il,
! was n mean and cdwarclly wretch, and
and she had turned to ne little,
her hand still crumblng he bread one
white arm resting on tile cloth, tho
| 9thei hand in linr lar, auivcring ON hei.
silken dress, and her lair White )osoli.
rose and fen quieSly as if it wonld
burst her bodice but finding that too
sliona would escape above ii and she
Was Forced 4, DO his thns this dread
ful thing, bs her fathers wish----
'Aa9,1 said |, suddenly, she ran
away TO escape IT.
And WAS brought back to it," she
added, giving me a long look that
stirred the very soul in me- was
brought back to 1T, because the good
man Of The good marriage held the for
tunes of her father in the painl OF his
l!gl4A "
Thy iaco Is q beautiful but an open
it'foff' tSS IJeDOIdN, Ssilt J., inter-
rnpting her, and there be those hare
THAT can read. fear 81. That closes
The volume partly" for she had
/ straightvned up Il bit and little pits
full smile struggled nj Tic corners OF
he mouth. God knows l could have
taken her in my arms there before
thein all. had l dared, and comfortcd
her In her loneliness and trouble, and
baae her have no fear. But only
said between my teeth:
What did this good man To herr"
"sIe threatened her always, and tried
10 force her TO it. and held up the ruin
of her fanily-he has, indeed, time and
again."
Curse the coward" said I, SOFTLY.
And and she had no one to help
her in This fairy tale until she saw
some one
Aye, dear heart. he is found said
l. What shall he do?"
IF he would meet her ana let
where and when?'
Tomorrow night beyond the Vailx-
hall gardens a few rods, by . dump OF
four great trees.
lie will he there! And stay--let the
princess in the fairy tale have the good
nin meet her there. too! Aye, do as
! bid, gill | added as y frightened
look came into her eyes.
You are good friend, Morton Mr..
Merton said she, softly, as her head
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