Courier Democrat., 1904-08-25

creDt ca ut.ocSic ifCC1 Ley 1:!G!oS p.1tN
ard z:ole through the uasr1ouel grass
10 IL. teacs opposite tie hotel Her:
she stretched heSel! Cat il the wf.c's
and ,n5s tro0 ;be tangie. nass& Ct
her hair. whe.e j: vas tied with q
sting. .olhd Up. cuuplad slip Of
grasy paper. With this In be. fingers
she lay lreer:as under the fence. her
fierce eyes fixed uawinkingly on the
editor Of the Herald
Tae street ran Ca: and grc; in the
slowly gathering dusk straight TO the
western horizon. where the sunset en-
bers were stre*n in ocg, glowing. dark
red st.eaks- The maple trees were
clean cut siIhouettes against the pale
ree and pearl tnts Of the sky above.
and tenderness seemed u simmer in
the air Tie editor often vowed 70 him
SELF he would watch 10 more sunsets
in Plattvilk he thought the: were
making him morbid Could be have
shared them II would have been d:f-
fereot
His long, melancholy face grew lon
ger and more melancholy in the twi-
light, while William Todd patiently
whitfield near By. Plattville had often
discussed The EDITORS habit Of silence.
and possibly the reason Mr.. Harkless
was such a quiet man was that there
was nobody for him TO talk to; but bis
bearers did not agree. for The popula-
don OF Carlow county was thing Of
pride, being greater than that OF sev-
eral bordering counties.
A bent figure came slowly down The
street. and William Todd hailed It
cheerfolly. 'Dven,ns, Afr. Ffsbee."
"a good e@entng, Mr. Todd" an
swered the Old man, paustns ".Ah, sir.
HarkieA, was boxing for you" he
had not seemed to be looking for any
thing heyond the boundaries Of his own
dreams, but be approached HarkIess,
tugHng nervously at some papers in
his pocket Il have completed my notes
for our Saturday edition. 1t was quite
easy. sir. There is much doing"
Thank you, Mr. F1sbee," said Hark.
less as he took the manuscript Have
you finished your paper On the earlier
Christian symbolism: hope the Her
aid may have the honor Of printing it
This was q form they used.
Il shall be the recipient Of honor.
sir" returned Fisbee Your kind ofe1
will speed my vorE; but fear, Mr..
HAIRLESS. ver- E1uch fear, that your
kindness alone prompts it. for, deeply
as desire it, canno, truthful: say
that ny essays app2r 70 Increase our
circuiation.' BE ..as.e az odd. .rou
ble! gesture as be went On: They do
not s-:m to Rad then here. although
Nr. Martin assures> re that be care
full: .ioeruss nay article on Che!dean
decoration wheneve. 70 rsarrangfS bis
exhibition windows He plx.Gcd on
few pieces. then turoe4! :-re=o!uta'y.
What Is it F4skse"' asked Hairless.
F!stt-e s.o.d for moment IS though
about to SPEAK; then he s.n:k-d family.
shook his head aDd Seat his way
HAIRLESS waved his hand 70 a:.. u
farewell. and, drawing a pencil and
pad from his pocket proceeded 20 IL
1ure bis eyes IN the waning twilight by
the alitoria! perusal Of the items his
stah had just left IN bis bands He
glanced over then neiitative!y. max
ing alteration here and there.
The last one E1sbee had write. a.
follows:
MISC Sherwood Of Rooen, who.s Miss
Brisos knew at the Misses jennings an-
lshtng school H. New York .s a gues, of
Judge RHscoes household
Fisbee's items were written in ink
There was blank space beneath the
asst At the bottom Of the page some
hing had been scrbbled IL pencil
HarkIess vainly tried 70 dectpher 1t:
out the twilight had fallen 100 deep.
nd the writing was TOO faint 30 be
truck match and held ii close 70 the
aper. The acton betokened only q
angutd interest. But when be caught
ght Of the first Of the four subscrb-
lines be sat up straight in his chair,
18th sharp ejaculation. At the bot.
IN Of Ffsbee's page was written IN
dainty feminine hand OF type be .
I'd not seen for years:
AASS h4AAAS AS00 SOk11S, t&1S W6I10S 0k4tO,
ITO talk of many things
II shoes and ships and sealing wax
And cabbaSes and ktns1"
BE put the paper In hts pocket and
OF rapidly down the village street
hts departure William Todd looked
quickly. Then be got upon his feet
b yawn, and quietly followed the
tor. In the dusk tattered little
ire rose up from the weeds across q
way and stole noiselessly after
liam. He was in his shirt sleeves,
waistcoat unbuttoDed and loose. On
nearest corner NJ. Todd encounter '
q fellow townsman who had been 9
Ing up and down in front OF cot z
, grooming to protstive baby held y
10 arms. he had paused in his vtgt o,
kare after Harklesa d
Vheses be bound fer. WilltamT'
1isod the man with the baby. 10
3Ei0ono1," answered William, Dur. q
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