Courier Democrat. (Langdon, N.D.) 1891-1920, 1904-09-22

! Sic sprns TO tar ses. and her eyes
s.shd. DO yca think personal ccu-
usar IS ever in good sasse:- size cried
seess:-. and u his surp-iss b. a!noSt
fell D. the tsoch- If there is ons
.hi,c / c..nz5s t.ar. It Is 20 IL ioid tia,
Ian Snail- an not Eve-y one who
isa'1 & s.aa-ess isa', snail ders'ss
,-asso L. ..t5es. aI & s-ea- DIAL oveE
ire go. ? graf DIAL NOR than Iiissr
r
-P.ease. phase" he said = didn't"
-D.la-t say you ara so-r.:-. sl.e inter
-cote<i. and Il spite u Lis coat-:-:',a
u. found he- angry voice delicious. <
7as zril. :, sweet, aos -vtst. ladi=Ia-
TIM. t,1- ringing. aos l.arS... "Doa's
say yoa d.La'1 l2az.l l. t-sclilsa -oa
III: yoc an, uzsay Il. yol c-1aoS
alter i. aod this is tia VIZ: EGsc ~
..s.r-.i-.- you. Al So drew il te-
lr.as... Wiz. sharp sis.- I'D, e2-e.-
:.- ..=r s.ce with he- tla1,Is- sank becs
Upon - t.1ct- Il w-:ll :loS cry ST.
,a:d. not 50 s-u!: as sic ,.1'1',sht size
i'll.
MY b.eszzi Child he c--..=l il s-ea:
sis--.ss AID ie-ruroarion. What have
/ doa@: III
"Ca.. 10 snail eli you Ike" s1=
answered. Il don'r care. Il isn't t52-
You mustn't rt:a:. Ee suc,- IT i-o-
t.rc.!.." She dropI<st i.a- hands f-os-.
her eac<. and shoot. the tears from her
ey<ss with a 1nou-nfu. little laugh He
saw tAat he- fingers were ciincael
tightly and her lip trenbled- Il will
/ not CITY she said again.
Somebody ought TO murder H,e. !
ousa. 70 have rhought-personalitias
ara hideous''-
Don't: Ii wasn't that"
] Il ought TO he shot
"Ah, please don't say that" she said
studder:ng. Please don't. not even as
| q ioke, after last night
But l ought to be for hurting you.
Indeed
She laughed sadly again. 1T wasn't
hat. don't care what you call me. !
an small You'll Try 10 forgive me fox
oeing such baby: didn't mean any
hing said l haven't acted so badly
.inc~e was q child
"Its my fault. all Of il I've tired
sou out and let you get crushed al
the circus. and
That she said Il don't think
would have missed the circus
he had a thrilling hope that she
meant the ten, pole. She looked as i
.he mean, that but be dared not let
oiulself believe it
No" be continued. Il have been so
BADLY happy in being with sou that
I've fairly worn Out your patience. I've
haunted you all day, and have
All that has nothing to 60 with t."
she said with a gentle motion Of her
Iaand TO bid hin listen. Just after ycu
left this afternoon found that could
not s-a: here. Ny people are going
abroad at oace. and -a,st 20 with
.t,ler:. That's what is almost maxim:
ne cry. leave here to.ao-row morn
ing
he felt something strife q. lis heart.
In the sudden sense Of 1earth b.. had
10 establishment that she should b.
ira: such agitation over her de1,ar,ur:
from a place she had known 50 little
and friends who certainly we're ao-
part Of her life. He rose 10 his fee.
and, resting his arm against j s:ca
more, stood staring away from her Il
nothing She did not move. There
was long silence. He had vake:led
suddenly. The skies had been sap
Iphire, the sSsard emerald. Platrville q
Camelot Of romance. city Of enchant
out in a bfe.ath. the necromancy fell
away and he gaZed into desolate years.
The thought Of the square. his dusty
JEce the bleak length Of Main street.
as they would appear tomorrow gaze
him faint physical sickness. Today
ii lad all been touched 10 beauty. He
had felt fit to live and work here a
thousand years-a FOOLS dream. and
the waking was to arid emptiness. He
should die ROW Of hunger and thirst in
this Sahara. He hoped the fa1es would
let it be soon, but he knew they would
not; knew that this was hysteria. that
in bis endurance he should plod On.
plcd. plcd dustly on, through ding.
lonely years.
There was rumble Of thunder far
out On the western prairie. \ cold
breath stole through the hot Stiffness
and an arm Of vapor reached out be-
tween the moon and the quiet earth.
Darkness fell. The man and girl kept
silence between them. They might
have been two sad guardians of the
black little stream that FLASHED I'M
seen at their feet. Now and then q re-
fection of faraway lightning family
limned them with a green light. Thun-
der rolled nearer, ominously. The gods
were driving their chariots over the
bridge. The chill breath passed, leav-
ling the air again to its hot inertia.
Il did not want to co. she said a:
last, with tears just below the surface
of her voice. II wanted to stay here
but he-they wouldn't CAN'T
WANTED to stay here?' he said bus.
kny, not turning. Here: In In
liana:"
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