The Weiser semi-weekly signal. (Weiser, Washington Co., Idaho) 1904-1911, 1904-09-10

hsart was neaNy, DIG .oiu no'
u'D heavy for years. Perhaps
pcen - comfort would reach her
ns ~. friena into her confidence.
' 'UvS that she needed one, espe-
~" NIGHTS like this, when the
. ~ echoes all over the house
vas cas- hard to tell which most to
.s VS. sounds which came from no
s sav where, or the silence which
u after.
,,,rely drew nearer to my side
y our heads almost touched over
.sering fame from whose heat
,,aht we sought courage. She
y " 70 feel grateful for this con-
md tbe next minute, fiinging all
'rnnles to the wind, she began a
~ If events which more or less
Sred NV late unwelcome queries.
death in the library, about
her most perplexing memory
toot place when she was a child
er father held that high govern
nosition which has reflected so
credit upon the family. Her ia
and tbe man who thus persisted
Isen intimate friends. They had
together in the war Of 1912 and
I'd the same distinguished marks
residential approval afterward.
we're both members Of an impor-
commission which brought them
Iulomatic relations with England.
while serving on this commits
That the sudden break occurred
ended all intimate relations be-
them and created change In
btber that was equally remarked
he and abroad. What occasioned
reak no one knew. Whether his
ambition had received some check
gh the jealousy of this so called
"a supposition which did not
possible, as he rose rapidly after
Dr on account of other causes
limited at by his contemporaries
ever breaking into open gossip
Is never the same man afterwnrd
hlldren who used to rush will
bn to greet him, now shrank into
Is at his step or slid behind hal
doors, whence they peered will
interest at his tall figure, pac
moody silence the halls Of hi
ral home or sitting with frown
lows over the embers dying ava,
great hearthstone Of his famou
cir mother, who was an invalid
pt share these terrors. The ia
was ever tender of her, and til
smile they ever saw on his fac
with his entrance into her darl
room.
eh were Callista Moore's frs
ries. Those which followed WEI
definite and much more startling
lent Jackson, who had a big
Of her fathers ability, advance
apidly. Finally a position we
him which raised him into n
prominence. AS this had bee
\, bal Of his ambition for years,
much gratifed by this appoin
and, though his smiles came
frequently, his frowns lighten'
v rom being positively threatenil
e simply morose.
A By this moroseness should ha
4 ened into menace after an u
ted visit from his once dear b
" Pstranged companion in arms,
ter, even after long years
n Int brooding upon this subJe
{. not decide. If she could S
be happier.
M general was a kindly man, sha
e and of a tall, thin figure,
IN eye to draw children and ma
happy with a look. But his
the father was different. Fro
|oment the two met in the gre
Glow the temper of the host
how little he welcomed {
He did not fail in courtes,
loores are always gentlemel
was a hard courtesy. which
It fattered. The two childr
ing from its edge without knt
nat 1t was that hurt them, SIT
ert and from behind the two
INCH marked the entrance to
y watched the two men as Il
q up and down the halls discl
merits of this and that de
uE| be freshly furnished mans
TWO innocent but eager 81
N Tear rather than curiosity
y ing, even caught some of the
which passed between tn
friends, and, though these N
conveyed but little meanin
childish minds. the words I
'sm were never forgotten, AZ
'nese phrases conhded 10 M
~ callista twenty-five years
W have much that most
remarked the general as
70 admire some little spec
nan ara Which bad been J
- ffom Genoa, YOU have
much money, Moore, b'
- might eoslly pame y
s9~e might oall palaiial, =
sg' altogether healthy wife