The Cairo bulletin., 1906-12-22


paints as II was borne Ike bundl
or feathers, in the breeze, You know
the sound a thrush makes sometimes
when all Is We'll with It's world?
series or limpid notes Ia quick success
sion "A little yoley OF bell.ilke note
rising In the SCALE Heaven how shl
laughed But he wasn't her brother
1t didn't really matter. ! don't sup
pose. AL any rate. he wasn't hel
brother Like the one wise man alive
he Was engaged 10 be married 10 her
poor devil | wouldn't ask who he
was--she was u minister's daughter
Mary Torrance. was told all about
him later A lawyer. or something
who didn't practice. BY name Trent
Richard Wolyerton Trent, y rich man
! poor DEVIL ["
he paused again. walking harder
than ever, having his eyes on the
] ground.
Il watched them day after day. /
could see they were very much In
love. Towards the end OF May a
SNOWFALL of excitement was thrown
into the village, and grew larger and
larger They were to be married on
June the fifth by her father.
The fifth of June came near. |
wasn't painting we'll In fact. I
wasn't painting at all | had one OF
those absurd fits Of depression on
me. You know, what? | heard he
was going away for the last fortnight
Some conventional idea OF propriety,
take It ! wouldn't have gone for all
those grandmother foolishnesses
rolled into one. Fourteen Of the most
wonderful days man can live
wasted Think of It, However he
was going. And the day before his
last day glorious storm came on.
had only seen one like 1t before |
had a little yacht at that time, for
painting purposes IL was blown out
OF the water and thrown in hundred
splinters on the nearest coast /
landed among EN-, more by luck than
judgment ! don't know how Trent
came 10 be on the cliffs in the middle
OF the night Perhaps the devil Of ii
had got into his blood. as 1t always
gets into mine, and made him go out
and fight the storm as | always do
"The wind ia no respecter OF per.
sons. 1t must have caught him up
and bowled him over the cliff There
was ledge 30 feet down. He landed
there
Alive" | cried.
Dead They say he cried Mary
as he fell Whether that Is romance
or not, don't know At any rate.
barely half an hour after he must
have acknowledging BY his watch.
which had stopped at Ii 40she was
on the cliff above him, crouchine as
you saw her crouching, calling to him
and cheering him, and telling him
/ have heard her several times, say.
ing al that she said that night over
and over again that she had heard
him call. that she had ordered some
fishermen 10 come with ropes Oar
ling, | would come to YOU Ii could
jump. But | will talk all the time
till they come, so that 1t won't seem
so lonely for you ! love you'll love
you. Do you hear that, Dick? The
winds so high can't hear your an.
swer, bat know you have answered
and what you said And when they
came with ropes, there she was, still |
and laughing, ON the edge OF |
the cliff, clinging to the grass God !
knows why the wind allowed her TO |
stay there. Perhaps He left ii no |
power at that spot And she was
saying: / give in about the color OF |
he paper. You shall have your green
shall like II because you like IT, Is
he wind carrying my voice away? |
Can you hear me-"
Ewell moved suddenly on again.
I was several minutes before he
spoke.
When she saw them she tainted
was among them. was only just
n time TO catch ner as she was slip
ling over | carried heg to her ia
hers house l+lor little brave heart
low wei she w-$ Her father buried
Nm. And every night since then
| fortnight now-she hears his voice
.alling, and she goes and keeps him
company. saying the same things al
ways. until she suddenly remembers
hat he has been taken away"
What them
Then she gets up, and, on her way
lone, passes through the churchyard,
eaying a kiss upon his grave"
She Is not hesitated
Ewell glared at me. No" he said.
oughly She is saner than you or
or any painter Hers is love. just
owe.
Only once again. by accident. | il
ound her crouching on the very edge
+ the cliff. with a face as white. as I
hin as ever clutching the short,
ank grass with her transparent hands {
Iut as ! hurried away. her clear. gay
dice followed me, and her words rang !
4 my head:
Are you listening? I give in about .
be color OF the paper. You shall
ave your green shall like It be- 9
ause YOU like H. Is the wind carry
az my voice away? Can you hear .
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