The daily morning Alaskan., 1902-10-01
ROXANNE
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and read Co the family.
 wm you iet mo come to you and your
 cory farm near the sen for the nrat two
 weeks in Augu8tf I have not been thero
 since was nttle girl. but remember ] it wcu. besides tho long stretch Of beach 1 and the curling waves with their gign nuc ! mancs. Do let me come, Your loving
 niece. RoN~NN''h-
 Hoxannc came. She was but seven
 teen. though she could be eompauon-
 able with a man Of forty. She was ] ely bred ard wore becoming dresses,
 rcachlng to her ankles. She hal sin-
 eular eyes. a laughing mouth and an
 enormous braid of Jet black halr Alex
 Pcrue followed her about with his
 eyes. while Alice Brooks, a young girl
 whom Mrs. Pcrtlc had adopted hcaved
 sigh thc moment she saw her. for
 Alice loved Alex. though she did not
 know it tlu she feared to lose him.
 soxannc seemed delighted with the
 .oyutry and had not been 0t the farm
 n hour before she had gone an over lt AcN and Alice went about with
 her. but Instead of explaining things
 and their uses listened tO what she had
 to say about them. When she had seen
 them au. she proposed that they should
 80 Co the beach.
 'Irs a mile" said Alex. "You could
 not walk so far"
 RoNaune burst out laughing.
 "Go with her, Alex" said Alice. "I must help mother with the supper
 "No." said RoXannc. "We will go after supper. The moon rises at to- night. ! have always wanted Co see it rise as lf out of thc ocean" Neither AlcN nor Alice thought of disputluc anything she said following b.r about uSc children, AlCN replying Co what questions she asked. A.cc ! speaking never a word Alter supper ! Inc three walked to Che bench. Aac' umidly asked Co be allowed Co rcWgin at home. but when BoNanrc objected
 she went with them like a lamb Co Che | slaughter. When they came i'm sight of Che waves rolling upon the sands Eoyluuc cllppcd her hands "Scc themr she exclaimed. "llOW .Gcy roll and break and come boiling lp. then go back with thIt scs.lns sound. There comes Che moon. t.'. o mcrc spark of fire above Che cO-' 0t ! water against the sky. Now it is Ikea -cI bow. Look. Myriads of little .ras
 ol Eight arc touching thc tops yf t-e rollers. ing golden fu' ! SreI .Gr down Co tr' very verge | ..I tl. l..l was vptt.is her shoes. ! ,uN ..I ...c stood lg k, wa,cAiu- .r n..r .U.'. which ty this lmc go. lt . .lhouc,i, against On" ur.el, JlE ot Che moon She sr"cl 10 tltu U.,a water ,uy that bad como oJt of rh' ,raH. and th'y u.w. H. ' cI for her .t lny moment to -. ...s . 'e.r iIs t.r'hs SN. 'a..I pho. iI. -..s. .u. uu1l and ,..t .t ! changing views were uadc Iy On. su ! ..n cloud. passing nyr. .ts f.ct '.... remembered how happy shc .a. ..s had been sitting by JHc s.U' c. .i. ocean ou rf.hJs like ih.S, but t.. 'N tlry had not known how beaH,... u uus
 Roxaunc stayed ct Che farm two weeks. and then they begged hrr Go | stay another two weeks.
 stay" said Ter uncle. eve shall bc so lonely without yOu.'
 stay" said Alice 'It seems as it everything Is changed since you came. ! Now We know why ,he ocean is beau uCul Stay another two weeks and tell us more about it and thc stars.' Alex looked a mute appeal Only ] Mrs. Pcrtic said nothing. RoXaunc consented During Che see ond fortnight of her visit Mrs Per,lc ! saw that Alice wished Co remain with
 her. leaving Alex Co l;oNaune. but had
 not thc strength Co disobcy the girl
 who would not permit Alex to bc alone with her. Mrs pcrtle tried to make excuses Chat would free Alice. saying that she needed her help about Che house: but when Alice worked at home Eoxauuc would steal away to the | beach alone
 It was a month since RoN1nuc had
 come to thc farm. and she was Co go away thc ucV. day. In the evening
 they missed aer. She had slipped away Co Che hc1rh The moon was in the same position cs at thr clsht of her arrival rising as if out ot the ocean. She heard a Uu.ch.n; of the sand be | hind Lce .... ,..t stood Alex.
 "I h0r. ucL" le said. lever since you have uccu here to see you alone, | Co tell y.r'.
 "You u... n.t t.U me" "Wh1.
 "Alic-sIc loves you"
 The yu. lau stood mute for time and .,,u burst out passionCtaly:
 "WhU y.I -1 tomorrow, you win take my very Htc with you. You win leave mo worse than dead"
 CT anu sorry for you. 10 has not been my fault"
 He drew near bg- and. cr1sp.u- her hand in both of his. held it fevTstly
 to his lips She drew iJ away and, turning walked toward the farm he
 walking silently by her side. a picture
 of despair. The next morning she re ! turned to the city.
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