Dakota farmers' leader. (Canton, S.D.) 1890-19??, 1906-06-29
FROM GLOOM
ITO SUNLIGHT
CHAPTER VI.
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stewardess had advised her to go to
the ladies' cabin, but she declined
"A faint hope stirred the young wife's
heart; perhaps when Lord Caraven
saw her there alone he might come
and talk to her.
She saw him nee or twice. Once he
asked her If she enjoyed the beauty
of the night, and her answer was
Eyes then, as though he had full
FILLED n duty, with an air of relief he
walked away. She was left to her
thoughts-and they were strange ones,
After n while she rose from her seat
and bent her face over the starlit
water-a face sad with thoughts that
should have had no place on her yred.
ding day. The earl had seen her rise,
and came to her.
'Are you tired?" he asked. eve
shall not be very long now; l can see
the lights on the French coast. The
night is very fine. Are you tired?"
mo, / never tire of the sea- she
replied. Indeed, / should like to live
near It."
"Rnvensmere is neal the sea-" he
told her. You can see Il from the
castle towers"
~ had forgotten that l was TO live
at Ravensmere. or | should not have
said that" she remarked, quickly. Il
did not know hat il was near the
sea-
Your fnther has two maps of TIE
estate. Have you not seen them?" he
asked.
She looked at him wonderingly.
"Why should l see them?" she asked.
Certainly not"
You do not inherit your fathers
I business talents, tfiei," he said.
Iut he repented of the words almost
before they were uttered. She did not
Understand them or see the meaning;
Of them. She answered quite simply:
mo, / know nothing of business. !
cure much FOR staay. ! =ef.en think 1t
strange that my father and I have not
o taste in common"
He ihous,it to himself TINT It was n
fortunate thing. Then he asked her
if she had even been to Paris before
IF she should like the center Of the
city-if there was any part that she
81 efarfed
II always stay at the Hotel Men,
rice, near the Tuileries," he said; but
II you prefer any other part
No. She had been to Paris only
once-thnt was for her holidays. She
knew nothing of the city. Then the
young husband looked over the blue
- II MAJ shown bar l,,a noJtta-
ness and attention. He was III at
ease and longing to be away again.
He did not notice how wistful was
the fair young face turned to him.
He bowed politely and went away.
she clenched her little hand; she
tried to still the beating of her heart.
Her husband, married that day, vet
had he no more to say than this? The
Lights on the French coast were close
at hand; she could even In the silence
hear the waves breaking on the shore.
Am;ce stood near, with a large car
lriage wrap in her hands. Lady Cara
ven wondered If her husband would
allow her to land with the help Of serv-
ants. He approached hurriedly.
eve have time for refreshments"
ne said; 1.-THE train will not start for
twenty minutes"
They went into the refreshment
room. He was solicitous for her com
fort. he was attentive to her wants.
but she noticed that he spoke TO her
only when civility dictated that he
should speak, and that when he did ad-
dress her he never looked at her.
He took his seat by her side in the
railway carriage. They Travelled
through the fresh, dewy night, the
pleasant air coming in through the
q windows. He had carefully pro-
,vided her with books and newspapers
with railway literature.
1T is quite evident she thought.
shat he Intends me to read-he has
desire to talk to me"
she was obliged continually to re
mind herself that he had asked her to
be his wife. He must have cared for
her. or he would not have married her.
He was not a demonstrative man, per-
hans. Then she turned slowly from the
aky to the handsome. high-bred face
near her. He was reading intently.
never looking up from his book. 1t
wa not the face Of a cold-hearted
cynicAfar from It Then her eyes
wandered slowly away again.
The lovely dawn was flushing in the
askies, he birds were singing. the air
seemed to stir with new life-it was
the dawn OF another day How often
would the sun rise and set before she
would understand this strange silence
of the husband by her side-how many
F6awns would there be?
Paris at last-Paris In the gay morn
ing sunlight They drove straight to
the hotel; and then. for the first time,
II seemed to her, he spoke kindly. He
said:
You look very tired-I should adj
wise you to get some rest. l always
.nnd the morning air most refreshing
after a Journey
Half an hour afterward she stood
nlone IN her room. She looked at her.
seif In the tall mirror. It was a fair,
with wistful. Swallowed eyes
that She saw therein. She was Ia
tfgued in body and In mind. vet she
could not sleep. II she only under
stood-if she only knew the meaning
or this silent lore Of ner husbands
that had never vet been expressed in