Mower County transcript., 1903-09-30

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the lhouse
they as xactly The
spot nance; and the! lied
Iit With hite clouds d prplIng al blue
Ssk md orchards 3alblo ON Nj itll peach
~ setting o We bred youIag 81 per
sons rea lie their part is:
sHe busy of ourse for t1ie
survey ing he Wasss doing for the COM
pan that prop osed stto esta blish 3 rail-
road across the count occupied 2aa
I good many hours each But the
long evening w lille the afterglo Hin
Sgered in ii the west and chilly tWi-
light settled Soye yer The two hills ereS ali
given up to he enj oynent Of arian
Smith society
Z One ne 7 ming they had been playing
che eckers under 3th ful eye OF
! ! Mrs. Dutton who free quentl stated
that that II he regarded Miss Smith as .
daughter, when g ray remarked:
EsD Dos YOU know, M iss Marian, there is
some thing about you which reIniinds
I srtlesof 1 ts3' some one whom have known,
but q can't IA ma lie up ( my mind whom.
It 5is too elusive and subtle suggestion
to- some former nd ship. think on
the whole, that I BE lieve the the.
osophists. II q et< you il. the past5exiis
:ence IS s
zs Perhap 4 nsWered ~ alrian, care
fully studying the boa ID. n ou forgot
to- jump. shall ia lke :yoiu up ,s5
8 right, II said Gray You may
beat me as unmerci full y as you please,
provided only TIL at y you'l say YOU think
we knew each other il a previous life!
y N 81 SroWn my man, please. Yes, doubt
less we did know eac eli other cons ago:
In fact, it's ginning to seem. 4 as
though we had known each other a dec
sadeE or two on this sphere. Let's see.
It's three weeks since you came, isn't
lit ~ III III II
Il Il s'tI have forgo to look at my cal
endar since have known you,,'' gal.
\ latmntly n replied the young engineer. MI, 5.5
~ You cannot move. have you cor.
nered, II announced Miss Smith III ref,
erence to the game. g o., / dom care
to play another game. Don't you know
I'm here to rest and you'd have me ex:
cite myself with checkers! !! 5Ai fine way
that would be to get over; the effects
of seven years overwork! No, Il must
4 be all well by June. So no more mad.
dening dissipation tonight. III I'm going
to play q hymn now on that miserable
old piano. You may listen to that ii
you like. . I. .4, ..gs2 tst5. :s q
e He followed her into the stuffy little
parlor and smiled at the look of ecstatit
happiness on, Mrs. buttons face as hel
guest opened the piano. The old lady
said she would like to hear '.sBeulaI
! Land" and Marian's sweet low voice
began. Gray watched her. He fell
strangely thrilled by; her presence il
the gaunt room, by. her sweetness Il
\ the old woman, whose own sons ian6
daughters had gone ava y,5 and by the
vague feeling Of familiarity he ha(
with her. He felt a sudd rush :o1
tenderness. He could almost have Civ
zen up every thing and lived there in tht
bleak, barren farmhouse forever, pro
%vided the. shining haired, sweet voiced
woman lived there with him. ss t,...s
sss.' \. Sing that first verse again, pleaded
Mrs. Dutton, and NIarian's voice rans
out: ;. IL N :sls n. zs 5s s5i BIZ HstE
t'I've reached the land Of corn and vine
And all the riches freely mine VI SS&
Gray had a sudden longing to breal
in upon the hymn, to ask her-he. knew
not what. He left the room and wen
to they piazza, here he called himself
ma mes. a white moon was travelling
across the cloudless sky The bios
soming orchards slept in the III moonlight
Across the hills one warm, ruddy ligh1
shone from d a distant farmhouse =
home light. s5$. y ~ 3 t5l5 53j \.
MI NJ aFlansS voice was silent. by land 10y
the door opened, and she stood in. The
mingled lights of the house and tht
night. He went toward @her: & III. III @*
n Marian, he said. .s X
4 She did mot seem surprised at hi!
manner or at the name. She turned hel
face inquiringly toward him And, there
with the pale mo oonlig hit and the yellow
glow from the house about her, he toll
her that he loved her He was raj the
incoh oherent, but 50 ardent that he fel
an undercurrent !of surprise at himself.
'Oh, you ma y II smile, 4 he burst GU
when he saw a CLEAN Of amusement o1
her face. 8 know met you only sthre,
weeks ago and altogether BY chance
But tell you it was pred destined. .Ehre,
weeks s5I tell you, since the beginnint
Iof time this has been planned havi
known you always have swaited fo
you always. N Marian, we have. alway,
known each other. X. I,
He came near, but Marian slippei
I#back. There was d strange look 81 $hel