The Beaver herald. [volume] (Beaver, O.T. [Okla.]) 1895-1923, 1903-12-17
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She leaned her pure. pale face against
the gray window casing that the soft,
low wind with It's subtle Ndor Of pines
should blow upon her. Her large gray
eyes. grown black with q half shy
love ana pleading. rested on her cous-
in's grave face. And she did not
know that the slender shred OF pale
blue ribbon lay safely hidden in the
depths Of the doctors pocket as he
re-entered the sick room beyond.
They talked long there at the cool
south window, she. smaller girl, hold
Ing her cousins hands closely In hers.
telling her of the world beyond the
chained mountains. OF the life that
throbbed and pulsed out of her sight.
Dolores listened In silence, wonder.
ing more and more how this girl could
care to love her, could care to have her
for her cousin.
I'VE wll paint together. Dolores"
she said, "and sew and play. You
shall sing and | will accompany you
on my guitar. and you shall sing and
accompany yourself. for the guitar
will Just suit your voice; and how you
would look In an old gold gown with
warm colored roses about you, play
ing n guitar. its broad ribbon across
your shoulders, your eyes-just as
they are now. Oh. such soul as
there is In them at this minute. DO
lores Johnson! The men will love you,
and the women-must. Dolores, DO.
lores, cannot walt. ! wish might
take You right now"
She paused. breathless, smiling, sit.
ting erect. holding Dolores by her two
young arms, her sweet face flushed
with excitement.
At that moment DR.. Dunwiddie
opansd the bedroom door and spoke
TO Mrs. Allen, and she entered with
him, young Green coming out.
Dora flusned as she saw him. and
she aroused from the settle. shaking
her head sunnily.
"Mr. Green, beg your pardon for
OBTAINING you-l do. indeed. Truly, |
did not think"
He smiled reag5uringly mt her.
ut has been pleasant to me. Miss
Johnson-so pleasant that had for.
gotten the case on Mt eleven at home.
II is now ten minutes OF that hour,
and II you will pardon my leaving you
will send the carriage for you at
any time you name"
Dolores did not move or speak. The
case on hand. Her ears seemed sharp
To catch and hold such sentences.
These words only were clear, the rest
We're distant and jumbled. Even when
he spoke to her she seemed Incapable
OF hearing or replying. That her 81.
lence was caused by anything he said
he did not imagine, but he was grow.
Ing accustomed to her silence.
IL wish could stay with you al
ways" Dora said softly when the
young man had gone, "but cannot
leave father Dolores, you know. You
do not blame me. ! am sure. And |
will come over every day or whenever
can. Father would have come over
with me this morning. but Judge
Green wished him 10 be I'm court. They
have n strange case on hand. and I am
% iuttItbttu ", uIth sou,
lores? About the tanning OF young Mr..
Green's beautiful mare. you know? !
believe they have some new evidence
to be heard this morning. Young Mr..
Green was tn have been there early to
attend TO some important matter be-
fore court opened. and here I have
detained him"
Still Dolores did not move or speak.
In vague manner the thought pre-
sented itself TO her that one Of the
marble gods Dora had been telling her
about could scarcely be more like
stone than she and she wondered. too,
In that strange half sense II these
marble men and women were capable
OF suffering as human men and WON.
en-? And Dora continued In her low
voice. rising and pulling Dolores by
the hand for her TO follow.
"Let us 10 out OF doors. cousin
mine; II is 90 beautiful there with the
pines and the mountains. I feel as
though God were very near In the 81.
lencs Of the hills. and TO be alone
with silence IL TO be alone with God;
but I think he 10 somehow nearer In
the hearts Of his humanity. You have
not even 4 church hero DolOrsn why.