Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1905-11-16
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young people who are almost
strangers; and yet so absorbed and in
terested are they that they do not
that time flies. that the sun Is sinkns
in the west, and that the shadows are
stealing over hill and vale.
Leslie is perfectly at her ease; she
has almost forgotten quite forgotten
for the time. indeed--that the young
man sitting beside her with his arms
folded behind his head and galldng OF
his fishing and shoCt!as, and or
strange beasts and birds and fishes
he has seen, killed, or captured, Is a
duke; and he, YOrke, always ready to
be happy, to meet the sweet goddess
Happiness halfway. Is filed with
strange feeling of peace-thaL TX not
yet which at times startles
him
In all his life he has not met gin
like this 50 simple yet SO swcctly
wise, 80 good" and yet 80 bright ana
winsomc. He Is beginning TO know
some Of the multitudnous expressions
OF the beautiful face. He lays traps
for the slow, heartwinning smile, he
sets snares for drawing the clear
dafky gray eyes toward his that ne
may look into their depths Her
voice makes sweet melody IN his ears,
and stirs his heart with vague lhrllI
which win trouble him presently
trouble him very much II seems 10
him one moment that he has known
her for years, the next, that she has
lust alighted from the clouds, or,
rather, from the depths of the blue
sea and that he shall never know her
or get any nearer to her.
And under the influence Of these
sensations, which, summed up In a
whole are rs potent spell, no forgots
the dark girl whom he has persuaded
Vinson to take away out of sight, for
gets tho compact he has made with
the duke, forgots that he IL sailing
the girl beside him-forgets, in shoot,
everything, save that she Is near him,
and that he has tho delight of looking
at and talking to, and, ah, bost Of MI
of listening to her.
He would be content to sIt there
so that she were by his slde--till the
end OF the world but shadow falling
across the entrance to the hut rOuscs
Leslie to Il sense of the liGht of the
Common Enemy.
Why II hurst be late!"
Is IT." he says Must we roaIll
20? 1t is very jolly here, It Is rs
Jolly as II was last night on the
watoi!"
hut he gets up and follows nor, And
they make their way back,
AS they emerge ON the hut side
they find thai the wind has dropped.
and Is signing across the downs rathor
plalntively. and YorkC, looking up,
sees a cloud which, though 1t is not
much bigger than mans hand is iWll
Of warning.
did YOU happen to bring m um
brelR with you?'
mo; not even sun shade, Why
lNNNuluk, nv nay . ll'H'ullN NNllllN
himself opprobrIous names for no.
providing The Englishmans travelling
companion,
DO YOU think It Is going to RAIN
she asks. "Oh, no, 1t isn't possible,
Everything Is possible IL this
charming climate Of ours. Well NJ.
Isle how are ypW getting ou?"
1T is dmcult" he says very, It
needs timc-time,
Wed better come another day"
says Yorke. "Oh, you have got on
famously!' and he keeps his coul-
tenance captally us he looks at the
sketch I'm carry your easel" ani
he picks It up and puts II over his
shoulder
They find the dwl>e waiting for them
At the bottom of the tower and seeing
the three all together, he does no
suspect that the two Young peopla
have been spending the whole after.
noon tete-a.tete,
Il was just going on without You,
he says ADDRESSING all three but look
ing at Lcslic's face. which wears a
rapt and dreamy expression.
ITS well You didn't" retortS Norke,
You and Grey world never have
reached home alive Miss Lislc and |
are the only persons who can manage
those nags But come on, and he
elances slyward. That cloud haa
grown considerably since they left
the hormits hut, and he leads the
way to the inn.
Now maam,' he says to the land.
lady in his frank and genial way, got
the kettle boiling? Right. Let ia
have some tea while the horses ara
being put to-
Then he goes round to the stable.
inspects the horses. and is back in
time to hand Leslie cup OF the
beverage which, be the hour what II
may. Is always welcomed by fair
woman.
Now YOU get up" no says. after
tnnu1t.