Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1904-03-09

step toward him, and single iOn4
silver Of light pierced the sycam0tee
and fell upon her head. He gasped-
"What was it about the melodfesr
she said.
Nothing. don't know how to thanl
you for this evening that you have Civ
en- me. IL suppose you are leaving -
morrow. No one ever stays here. r.
What about the melodiAsT
He gave it up. 1.-THE moon makes peds
pie insanev' he cried. :
''If that is true, then you need not ~
more afraid than I, because people ~
plural. What were you saying about
II had heard them-in my heart
When heard your voice tonight j
knew that it was you who sang fheu
there, had been singing them for me al
ways"
"Soy' she cried gayly. "All that DE-
bate about pretty speechr' Them
sinking before him in courtesy, y an
beholden to you," she said. do You
think no man ever made little fat-a
terry for me before tonight?"
At the edge Of the orchard, wheEo
they could keep an unseen watch on the
garden and the bank of the creek, Judge
Briscoe and Mr. Todd were ensc0nce6
under an apple tree, the former still
armed with his shotgun. When the
young people got up from their bench,
the two men rose hastily, then saunter-
ed slowly toward them. When they
met. Harkless shook each of them Cor
daily by the band without seeming to
know it.
I'VE were coming to look for y0u,A
explained the judge. william war
afraid to 60 home alone thought some
one might take him for Mr.. Harkleag
and shoot him before he got into town.
Can you come out with Willetts In the
morning, Harkless," he went on, "and
go with the young ladies to see the
parade? And Minnie wants you to stay
to dinner and go to the show with them
in the afternoon
Harkless seized his hand and shook #
and then laughed heartily al he accept
ed the invitation.
At the gate Miss Sherwood extended
her hand to him and said p0litelys
while mockery shone from her eyes;
Good night, Mr.. HAIRLESS. do NOT
leave tomorrow. am very glad to have
met you"
1--WE are going to keep her all SUM
mer, If we can" said Minnie. weaving
her arm about her friends waist.
you'll come In the morning Z"
Good night, Miss Sherwood" he re-
turned hilariously. 1T has been such
a pleasure to meet you. Thank you 90
much for saving my life. It was very
good Of you, indeed. Yes; in the morns
Ing. Good night, good night" He
shook hands with all Of them, fnclud-
ing Mr.. Todd, who was going with him
He laughed all the way home. and VIII
liam walked ut his side in amusement
The Herald building was decrepit
frame structure on Main street. II
had once been small warehouse and
was now sadly in need Of paint. Close
" adjoining it, in large. blank looking
yard, stood low brick cottage, over
which the second story Of the old ware
house leaned in an effect of tipsy at
lection that had reminded HAIRLESS
when he first saw 1t. OF an old Sunday
school book woodcut OF an inebriated
parent under convoy Of devoted child.
The title to these two buildings ana
the blank yard had been included II
the purchase of the Herald. and the
cottage was the EDITORS home.
There was light burning upstairs
in the Herald Office. From the street
a broad, tumbledown stairway ran up
on the outside Of the building to tho
second floor. and at the stairway rail-
ing .te.l turned and shook his COM
panicn warmly by the hand.
"Good night. William" he said. 1t
was plucky Of you to join in that muso
tonight. / shan't forget it"
II Jest happened to come along" re-
piled the other awkwardly- Them
with portentous yawn. he asked
"Ain't ye goin' to bedY'
''No; Parker wouldn't allow 1t. =
"We1l," observed William, with an
other yawn, which threatened to en-
pose the veritable soul Of him, II
d'know how ye stand 1t. It's cl0ste on
II o'clock. Good night"
John went up the steps, singing
aloud
For tonight we'll merry. merry be,
For tonight wen merry. merry be, +
and stopped on the sagging platform
at the top Of the stairs and gave the
moon good night with q wave Of the
hand anu friendly laughter. At this Il
suddenly struck him that he was TWEEN
ty-nine years Of age and that he had
laughed great deal that EVENING"
laughed and laughed over things not
in the least humorous, like an excited
schoolboy making first formal calf
that he had shaken hands with Misc
Briscoe when he left her as IL he should
never see her again; that he had taken
Miss Sherwood's hand twice in one
very temporary parting; that he had
shaken the judges hand five times and
Williams four.
"Idiotv he cried. what has hap
pened to me?" Then he shook his fist
1T the moon and went in to work, he
thought
(To be Continued.)
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