Montour American. (Danville, Pa.) 1866-1920, 1906-05-17
The Silence
BY John Barton Oxford
Copyright, 1000, by Mcclure, PhiU'ps% Go.
BY John Barton Oxford


walls OF water which reared tleih'
selves on either side I'm defiance Of all
natural laws. fat. bearded, complacent,
staIled n hercu,can Moses. Behind him
+rotIod tho chfrl,.n of Israel looking
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49,, a.. Tt, I,,,.ts
"''''o o'' ','' l'0' non ',', l-7' f,'.'' -.
S"uly out ol PoISPec'I'e u" " ~ = III ''''
ened ON every side by curing waves ol
gigantic proportions.
1t had huhS lIere III lhe same p'aCe
for years, but II was only since 'ue uoy
he had been Drought III from lne palu,
his rlght sIue useless from 7IoAe VI
paralysis, that Daniel crosby hau CIV
en- the ancient smoke s're"heu "oou
cut more IMAM p'N9'HE lhoush'' iAS
had been aware OF IT'S existence III
vaguely iamlllar way. II IT hIu p'eH
taken down ne NouId nave uIIS9'u IT.
lie knew from 'he 'i'I" uAu'fhealh 1t
was SuppoSeI 10 represent lue p"SSaH'
Of the ke3 sea 10y the chliuFeh oI Is
r2cL but heretofore lac had never taken
The trouble to notice further detail
sac i'3l al was E'''"'" ny age "u"
b. 'if "'If'h.i Hl pace" 10y Sihohe
ir#nt gre " laG'hI AIj'i"h.
.'-l """ u was d'iiereh'. As ne iaS
tE'f' on '"' "eu pia'lc"H! uelPieSS
ana i-'' ''f.l' ''ES Went py III InoIolo-
h'l5 A,'.''H" 'o"' ne I""Ilu nINI9eH eA-
&l-H.''.I '"' I.'lu,' .''!Hu,cN "uLl"S
~" l...- 'u' u"S l'EuI H'uIS Nu'H
Tue l.''o.' ""'''''' l"' '"Il''| ''i '''i'S
at '''' '''''1" . '''''' Inc 80
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'he an ooN''" ".i'7 P"'H'''i ~ 'I''
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,he''' ''' ii' 81" - ,,0 ~
na'', 'l''l I'''"''' S'' " ~, ''''7 '',,'' ~
laaclha.oH was no "'''' iI',''liei. -
deed the stronger grew ms h"le Ihe
more frequent o'C"ule MS 'oul'i'i =
u''''i ~ '''S' ~, l''l'.-,' ''' 80 -
no Pe"ce VI il'iiu u'''' 'iic p'''''' was
'"Hen rom 'ne ioo''''
II seei'.'o 'i'' S'i'l'i'N, u ii.,'' - ~
nave p'''"'t ie'lio' va - ''li' 'i,- '''.'
OF hearooih' pul III l'aHIei 'IoSoS :
case 'h'te We're '"iIl''I'" tIouS' am"
these complications I.'| III ule I',s ''l"'
the only person TO Whoh ne 'ouId SuR
SeSt lhal 'ne picture nc '"N'" u'" II
was his Wile' ana between CrosoS anu
MS "lie 'here had eNIsl'd io"I''e'
years oI S'unooEH' uuS le'H'"E s'I''i,'.
IL had come as 'he cllllaA oI nulli'l
Gus petty differences. lhey had "rah-
gled long anu herceIy. Al lhe ehd OF
II ADDy crosby hah DurSl lhl' uood
OF bitter rehelhous tears.
ou can rest "sSu'tu oL one ''',"e
Dan 'IoS'!' sue l'"u S"o"e" "'e''li
edIy. won never HeNe oi'e" my
ihou'' l" you "S''4I l'"E nv
lie had Nihiied III superior l'sLiIoll. II.
80 Ip II " he had ItL1lltEttstt [ II
SUIT me perl'c ". An il see 10 ll
/ you am if"uhIed WIN any Fe'laih7
from me
And from that bitter day, fourteen
! years before. tlcy hau HNed 'oSeiier ID
silence win never 50 Hucu as WorH
passing between them. Not even TINS
/ paralysis which had stricken MN IN
bis advancing years could snake the
| stubborn PRIDE OF either OF lheih. lie
had wondered vaguely tuAt Gay lhe
nelghborS had pofhe MN INTO ule mousse
ana lald MN on lhe beu II perchdh'e
In the excitement or the moment she
would forget herseli ana speak 10 MN,
and he was rather proud OF her sell
! restraint WAsh she Aad not
Silently size prepared MS meals ana
brought them in to him; silently she
massa-eI MN ana uSeu tue battery rs
the doctor had directed. lie watched
her narrowly day by day, all his long
Ing for companionship In these hours
OF his helplessness carefully concealed
beneath cold exterior
IF any one speaks first, itll be her, y