The Washington herald., 1907-03-30
TO THE WEATHER
BY JOANNA SINGLE.
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cap. and stood before the glass thinking
what a fright she looked and rather re-
ioicing in the fact. What was the use
OF being beautiful when Richard no long
er loved her?
She slipped out 10 the barn and sad
died Ginger. her little mare. mounted
and rude quickly out of the gate and
northward. as she did not want to pass
Richards house Her mother saw her
ride of In the storm. and wondered II the
girl was going crazy. but was too late
to call after her. At first Ginger wheeled
and refused to believe that she was ex-
pected 10 splash her dainty hOOfs
through such pools Of mud and water,
but after a few snOrts OF protest, Edith
convinced her with taA quirt that this
wind and rain We're really TO be faced.
and the little beast settled into a spite
ful trot.
Edith rather reioiced In buffeting the
storm: the rain and wind cooled her hot
checks, and the open air relieved the un-
bearable tension of her nervousness. For
the first time since the trouble with
Richard she allowed herself the unTe-
strained luxury of tears. Here, out in
the open. with the sting of raindrops in
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she did not need 10 keep I'D her pride,
and she could be as wretehed as she real
Is felt She did not look about her, but
rode mile after mile, letting the mare
take her own course.
After riding an hour or So she noticed
that the storm abated, and looking up
saw that the clouds We're less dark. Here
and there was a CLEAN of blue, though
the warm wind still blew intermittent
drops into her face. She drew her collar
closely about her neck and pulled her cap
over her eyes and rode on with her own
thoughts
At last an idea came to her. Why not
phone TO RichaTd2 Just call him up and
talk TO him in the old way about moth
ing in particular? And If he made il
easy for her. ask him to come to see her
/ that evening? Strong in this new resolve
she looked 10 see where she was, ana re-
allied that after long detour she was
about a mile below Richards house
which she must pass. She could not &c
/ back, for it was probably near evening
/ The sun threatened to break through tbs
clouds near the horizon. The rain had
/ entirely ceased She felt tired. bur hap
/ pier, and quiet after the relief Of tears.
/ Then she remembered a way through
Richards s fields that they had often taken
/ She would have to pass a bad slough, bat
/ that could not be helped-he must not see
/ her in her present plight She realized
/ that her face was swollen and her eyes
red with weeping. and that she was Gov
/ cred with mud. her hair was flying Wild
! ~. though the dampness always made Il
/ the curiier She turned into the pas
+ ture, after dismounting 10 open a heavy
gate. and as she rode along she removed
/ her cap. and. transferring her hairpins 4
her mouth. let the reins fall en- Ginger'S
neck, while she shook out her long hair
and prepared to coil It more closely; but
/ Ginger gave a sudden jerk, and IN calling
/ Whoa" the pins fell from her mOutf
1 into the mud and water Then sh'
/ laughed, long and heartily, and gave tn.
wind its viii and her hair. No one would
! see her. anyway.
1 AS she neared the slough she felt very
warm and unfastened her habit at tn,
throat, Ginger was plunging and snortinl
/ through the mud. and stopped once witt
/ a jerk that almost threw the cir. from
I her saddle. The wind caught at her dresi
and before she realized il the two luckles
( letters were spread out in the mud
/ was no laughing matter. for Richar,
would be sure to find them. and the muC
was so deep she could not possibly dis
mount She drove Ginger as close t,
them as possible. and was leaning owe
/ reaching for them so attentively that sh,
did not see Richard till he rode up almos
against her.
Her ewes met his. defantly conscious
Of her floating hair, and her solIed face