The daily Alaskan., 1905-08-31
Our Companion
 QuarreIerJ
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hue. The streams gave sound to the laughter in our hearts.
 The evening of our arrival we walked around the side of a mountain and found cozy spot under a rock where there was rustic bench, the position fianked by neighboring peaks rejecting the last rays of the setting sun. Far beneath was the plain with what look ed like gentle undulations, though some of them were high hills, patches or farms and woods, and the river, a mere thread, running across the panorama from north to south. We sat on the bench and were wrapped in each other and the~view. speaking but seldom, fot there was no need for speech. We felt. and with us to feel was enough. True. there were soft whisperings, but they were not essential to the Inter mlngllng currents of happiness,
 One morning during our stay l awoko with headache. did not tell Herbert of it. but dressed silently, combing my hair before the mirror without our us ual chat. I should have said that l didn't feel well, but Herbert should have noticed 1t and said something soothing. Instead he said nothing and, when dressed. we went down sullenly to breakfast There was nothing on the menu that | want. ed. Herbert tried to decide for me and spoke to him sharply. He turn ed to his paper and didn't make an other remark during the meal Jsuuily I sat with him on the piazza while he smoked. This morning l went Into the drawing room. When we met we were both silent and sullen. Then be gan crimination and recriminahon.
 come" said Herbert, these people have been watching our quarrel. We must keep out of their way, let us go somewhere"
 What mattery We shall prohahly quarrel all our lives and must get usel to being seen Quarrellng,"
 That depends upon you. lf you con tinue to-
 Don't you see" interrupted, that young fellow looking at you. He knows by your expression that you are augry. He may have a sweetheart"
 Perhaps our case may Induce him to keep his neck out Of a halter, How ever. we must get away. Let as g. around the mountain to the rustic seat beneath the rock. Thcre'n be no one there at this time of day
 We strolled away, followed by the glances Of all on the piazza. A few days before they had noticed our dem onstrative happiness; now they com mented on our ill concealed misery. We said nothing till we hnd passed out ot hearing and then only gave vent to our mutual spite by a single thrust Of mine, followed by one from Herbert after which we held our tongues till we reached the rock. There we seated our selves and continued our quarrel. Feel ing safe from being overheard, our voices were gradually raised higher and higher. We forgot where we were, what we had come to the mountains for-all but to repay cruel words with words more cruel.
 "Iarkr' said Herbert suddenly.
 I ceased to speak, and we both lls- tened.
 There's a woman over wonder. Shes fighting some one,r said Herbert.
 "I don't care if there is," I replied, and I finished, or tried to finish, what I was saying when Herbert interrupted me with shc angrlcst words he had yet spoken. When he had finished be saw me listening to him, but for some thing distant.
 What Is lty' he asked.
 There's a man with that woman. ] iust heard him talking to her In the Cruelcst language"
 We both listened, but heard nothing more. Then we began again, this time both talking at once. Suddenly I stopped, then Herbert, both listening
 That mans a brute" said Herbert
 The woman's a virago'
 What fools"
 "pisgustlng."
 The mans the meaner of the two, said Herbert.
 "No worse than the woman. l never heard such words and such tone from one of my sex before. The worst of it Is she said just what said to you"
 And ] heard the man say something I said to Sou. Sweetheart, let us make up"
 His arm was around me. and be drew me to him with a sob, while'I-well, l only wept,
 Let us resolve" said Herbert, 'that hereafter when we speak an angry word we wll think of those horrid peo- pie"
 When we had recovered our com posture we walked back to the hotel our forser happiness also partly re ltored.
 Pheasant walkT' asked the landlord.
 "very pleasant. We've been to the rock around the mountain"
 "Oh, the talking rock! There's the finest echo there of any in America"
 I looked at Herbert. and Herbert looked at me. We went Into the house and up to our room. There I claimed to have been the cause of our trouble