The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1904-10-29

she yielded q little, "Wen. Sc T can
WI wishou ut = SEEMING dunn lhSt shs
small hope.
b The train was late, as the night train
in Virginia always is when any one is
going away. The bride sat on q bench,
near the stove which tempered the chill
Of the October night. The other girls
clustered around her; sitting down, and
getting up again to stray off into the
times couples went out on the platform
to see whether the train was coming,
and to watch the moon and the long
shadows it cast across the country.
The bride and the heroine sat all the
time together, loving each other as girls
do on mournful occasions. The heroine
wander off; and She stayed ed par iu be- }.
cause the bride cared for her more than
she did for any Of the others, but more
because she had driven in with the hero
and felt as if she must do penance FOR
that' The hero stood in front Of them,
into their e eyes % n mga Rn a0e Of shne
since he, wanted to see the heroine'a
eyes; but he was willing to do anything
to earn the drive home.
The three happened to be alone once,
and he resolved to risk everything on
one throw.
leaned viz? ss es &, 7 s1as
drive her home9o
"Ohl but that 8 absurd quickly in
terposed the heroine, 'to take YOU all
that way out into the country again,
when I can just as well as not 90 back
In the trap with the others.'
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no attention to the heroine's disclaim-
or; the bride was his friend, and he felt
uMayn't r." he asked again,
m 10y III, re !, 2 nice married Lady now. and
and {14y5.XX = -. The ps,o bride hrSse Of
want to 20 with hims' she demanded.
It was the critical moment. The
hero dared not glance at the heroine.
His eyes would have implered too much,
and others might see the imploring,
and then she certainly would say no.
~, For just an instant she hesitated.
sSa 1'4Si R R@t' ssasza H. H. to 60 ~k
She got up and stood by the stove as
some Of the moongazers came In.
"Then it is all settleda" he said In
an undertone-
vacity. The hero knew the safest way
now was to act as tho there were only
one course open. He thought the train
would never come, and when 1t came
it did not hasten away again as we'll
regulated train should, but loitered
about, putting and painting like 9
| over-driven.
When the heroine was safe in the
hero,s blackboard at last, he sighed.
NThat was such sigh," she said.
CHOW I am perfectly happy" he
said.
"Are you, deara" she answered. "I
don't believe have ever seen you
perfectly happy before; Jt's worth
he gave it, tho there were still corners
to turn. He was willing to drive by
The trap took the other road, and
for time the heroine did not even
worry lest they should not get home
as soon as 1t. The splendor Of the moon
descended on them. Late as the hour
was, there was not yet the feel Of
50 50, soon chases the glorious night away.
When the road dipped into the hollows
it was, cool-so cool that the hero
| doubled the rug and wrapped it all
I around the heronie's knees-and she
aif not 6a pff e5@aa at his s,s aepriyng hm
him and thanked him.
The horse travelled steadily along.
He seemed to know that this was one Of
show his sagacity. Up the long hill,
into the warm upper air, the horse
walked.
o,n 1--we vs}a are going very slowly. 1.-THE her.
| eyes, he answered, and she said
no more.
The .moonlit landscape stretched out
at their feet; it was hard to believe
that anything sordid or wicked could
exist amid such beauty. The hero
turned to the heroine:
cit seems to me, now, dear, as if
even If we were married, I should b
satisfied It's ~, With this: this, don't suppose I
She did not answer, she only pressed
a little closer to her bosom the hand
lis o SS1a aecoad Rsgsa
side of the hill, and the hero let the
reins flap on his back.
"such a night as this, dearest, is
With fh sEag fGE It you'll lis me 1ees
50 low that She could hardly hear him.
eyes, she answered.
Far below, where the two roads came
together, they could hear the trap and
the hoof-beats Of the horses.
eve must hurry a little now" shs
said, turning to him.. -.
He slapped the reinse on the horse q
back, and the horse jumped forward
and clattered down the hill.