The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1905-09-17

| crimson clouds cast a mellow glory. The
sky seemed like another sea, stretching
] Off into infinite distance, aud strew1
+, with continents Of fiery splendor. Maud
looked straight forward to the clear no.
rizon line, marking the flight of ships
whose white sails were dark against the
warm brightness OF the illumined water.
| hut no woman ever looekd so straight
before hes ns not to observe the man
beside her, and she knew, without NOV
| Ing her eyes from the spectacle Of the
sunset. that Sam was gazing fixedy at
her, with pain and trouble In his face.
At last, he said, In q timid. choking
4 voice:
"Muttie!"
She did not turn her face but an
| swered
S.If It ain't too much trouble I'd like
| to have you Gull ne Miss when we're
| alone, You'll be forgetting yourself, ana
| calling me Matte before other people,
before YOU know it.
Hold on lie burst out. Don't talk,
] to me that way Tonight cant stand
! IT,"
sho glanced at him In surprise Ills
| face was pale and disordered; he was
twisting his fingers as II he would break
them
Your temper seems to be on the.
| move, Mr.. Sleeny. We'd better 30, home"
4 about her
/, .'Don't go TIL 1 tell you something"
i he stamfnered hastily.
II have no curiosity to hear what YOU
have to say she said, rising from her
i seat.
1T aln't what you think----lt ain't about
4 me!'' i,
Her curiosity awoke, and she sat down
4 again Slecny sat twisting his fingers.
<! growing pale and red BY turns. At last.
! in q tremulous voice, he Il said:
IT was there to-day
She stared at him an instant and said:r
! Where 2"
/. & ooh. was there. and seen you i
| was Mt work ut the end Of the green
4 house there by the gate when you come
out Of the ehouse. N ] was wntchin'
, for YOU was on the lawn tallsln' with,
! the gardener when YOU went in the house.
| About an hour afterward Il seen YOU
/ comm down tho garden with him to
1 tho rose house. II you had a. stayed
There minute more Il would ha' went
4 In there. But out you come with your.
hands full o roses, and him and you
A come to the gate I stopped workin'
/ and KEEP still behind them pear trees,
. and heard everything s,,.s
i Ri lie uttered each word slowly, like a
4 Judge delivering sentence. His face had
grown very red and hot, anu as lie fin
A ished his Indictment he drew a yellow
4 handkerchief from his pocket and mop
.iiped the sweat from his forehead, his
\ chin, and tho back OF his neck.
j "Oh!" answered Maud. negigently,
/, ''you heard everything, did YOU? Well,
/ you didn't hear much" "a g5 #8a
4 Il tell s you," he continued, with a
sullen rage, 81 heard every word. Do
y you hear me? III heard every word, 5s9
The savage roughness OF his voice mad Q
I her trem BILE, but her spirits rose to meet
4 his anger, and she laughed as she replied:
well. you heard Thank you, sir, and
Good morning 1t wasn't much. unless
4 you took 1t as a lesson in5manners, and
4 goodness knows you need 1t.
i b"Now, @look'ye here. It's no Use foolin'
i with me- You know what ] heard II
4 you don't, I'll tell you!''
\ Very we'll. Mr.. Paul Pry, what was
4 it?" said the angry girl, who had quite
4 forgotten that any words were spoken
at the gate.
'1 heard HIN tee N1u you col11 cyme
In any time the back way. Sam honrsc-
Il ~. rWnlSDeTeu, Wdtclllb .HCir ltCS Will
i ewes OF fire. She turned crimson as the
sunset she was gazing at. and she felt as
] If she could have torn her cheeks with
4 her flngernails for bushing. She was
4 iuware of having done nothing wrong.
j nothing to be ashamed Of. She had been
/. all day chershing the recollection OF
i her visit to Farnlam as something too
i pheasant and delicate to talk about. No
evil thought had mingled with 1t In her
4 own mind She had hardly looked be-
|yond the mere pleasure Of the day. She
had not given name or a FORM 70 me
i hopes and fnncies that were fluttering
4 at her heart And now to fave this
4 sweet and secret pleasure handled and
4 mauled by such n one rs SAM Sleeny
i filled her with n spcechless shame. Even
Il vet she hardly comprehended' the full OK
tent Of his insinuation. lie did not
4 leave her long In doubt. Taking her
i silence and her confusion as an ncknowl-
i edgmcnt he went on, In the same low,
\ savage tone:
II had my hammer In my hand,
looked through the pear trees to sec II
no kissed you If he had q done It,
/ would have killed him as sure as,
DEATH"
At this brutal speech she turned pale
/ n moment, as If suddenly struck Stun
ming blow, Then she cried out;
Hold your vile tongue. you - ---'-----
But she felt her voice faltering and tho
tears Of rage gushing from her eyes
She buried her face in her hands and sat
4 n little while In silence, while Sam was
4 dumb beside her, feeling like an aWk-
Z. ward murderer. She was not so over
4 come that she did not think very rap
| idly during this moments pause II
! she could have slain the poor fcllo" on
l the spot, she would not have scrupled to
do So but she required only an Instant
to reflect that she had better appease
| him for the present and reserve her
vengeance for n more convenient season,
She dried her eyes and turned them
on him with an air Of gentle, almost for
| giving reproach
SAINT could not have believed you
| had such a bad wicked heart, thought
you knew me better, won't make
r myself 50 cheap as to explain all tllat.
| to Won But III ask yon to do ono thing
| for me- When We go home this eve
Ming, if you see my father alone, you.
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