The Lamar register., 1903-10-21
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She leaned her pure. pale face against
the gray window casing that the soft,
low wind with its subtle odor of pines
should blow upon her. Her large gray
eyes. grown black with a half shy
love and pleading, rested on her cous-
ms 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
care to love her, could care to have her
for her cousin.
"We will 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 guitar, its broad ribbon across
your shoulders, your eyes-just as
they are now. oh. such a 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 wait. | 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
opened the bedroom door and spoke
to Mrs. Allen, and she entered with
him, young Green coming out
Dora flushed as she saw him, and
she aroused from the settle, shaking
her head sunnily.
OBTAINING you-I do, indeed. Truly,
did not think"
He smiled reassuringly at her.
at has been pleasant to me, Miss
Johnson-so pleasant that had for
gotten the case on at eleven at home.
1t is now ten minutes of that hour,
Gld If 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
were distant and jumbled. Even when
he spoke to her she seemed incapable
Of han ri 1xyir Th,t ,t
lence was caused by anything he said
he did not imagine, but he was grow
ing accustomed to her silence.
81 wish l 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 l
will come over every day or whenever
| can. Father would have come over
with me this morning, but Judge
Green wished him to be in court. They
have strange case on hand, and l am
so interested in it; aren't you, Do
lores? About the laming of young Mr..
Green's beautiful mare, you know?
believe they have some new evidence
to be heard this morning. Young Mr..
| bItel WIS 10 nave Deen tneTe early "
attend to some important matter be-
| fore court opened, and here l 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 If 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 go out of doors. cousir
mine; it is so beautiful there with the
pines and the mountains. l feel a.
though God were very near in the 81
lence of the hills, and to be alone
with silence is to be alone with God:
but l think he is somehow nearer II
the hearts of his humanity. You hav,
not even a church here. Dolores. Why