The Miller sun. (Miller, Hand County, S.D.) 190?-19??, 1907-05-25
There was q

DiteOGs bewIldered look IN ler Iace tHdt
seemed to say. II am abandoned. What
shall [ do in this world where each one
goes his wayT"
And then when / looked At her hair
matted with the sand, her drabbed dress
hanging heavily from her shoulders, my
heart reproached me for my ingratitude.
For she had toiled as much as /, nay,
more; cheerfully ready at any hour OF the
night or day to bury herself in the wet
sand, to dig and drag as she was hidden,
suffering hardships with smi.es, risking
her life fearlessly day and night for
months in the struggle to make me happy,
and all for this-to be forgotten in the
| first moment of my freedom
"Oh, you are not gone!" she exclaim-
ed, clutching my hand as l touched her
! and spoke her name. mot yet" she add
ed, striving to open her eyes that she
might see me.
II shall never leave you, Psyche" I
said; IL only forgot you for a minute
In the first JOY of seeing the world again."
as it so very beautifully" she asked.
II can see nothing but light that makes
! me ache"
| 1.-THE sun is right over our heads; 1t
makes me blind to look up. When he
! goes down you will be able to look at
the glory of it. But you feel the beauti-
| full fresh air, don't your
yes it is good. Like drinking when
you are thirsty"
"Yes, that is true, and the s.Cht of the
| blue sky Is like that, too"
II wish | could look at it, she said,
raising her pale face, and moving her
head from side to side. How warm it
| is! Tell me what you can see"
Nothing but the sun, and sky and
cliffs, and some jackdaws playing about
up there"
Il hear them, hear them," she said
| joyfully-"Caw, cav, caw!'
"We are surrounded by great masses
Of broken cliff; they shut out the view of
the sea. But we can cfiE'b over them
and make our way to the open shore, as
| soon as the light fades and you can use
| your eyes"
why should we wait if you want to
get there? You can guide me in the light
| just as | used to guide you in the dark
do you remcmber?' she asStu renderly.
| "Yes, l remember, dear. But | dare
not venture now the tide IS rising, and
we may be hemmed in. 1t Will be better
| to wait till the tide ebbs; then we shall
| have nothing to fear, and shall both see.
| Besides, we have our things to get we
shall be laughed at if we showed our
| selves in this state"
II will put on my shoes; no one will
| laugh at me them"
A wave ran up between the rocks and
touched our feet; it was time to return.
| We wrigged back into our hurrow, the
| mouth of which / stopped as we'll as I
| could with pieces of chalk to prevent the
thrush of sand. and backed into the cave,
dragging the bucket after us with the
| sand dug out in our passage.
The eight hours that followed were
the longest and most tedious l had yet
endured. l had long ago decided upon
the course should take when we got out
of the cave. To dispel the tedium l was
almost tempted to make an expedition to
French Peters cave; was deferred rath-
er by the uselessness than the danger of
the venture. The treasure was safer
there than it could be anywhere else, and
it would have been alike dangerous and
futile to cucumber ourselves with it in
our flight.
At 6 o'clock my grandfather whistled
down the well, and lowered basket of
provisions.
You're got to do without bread to-
night, cause the baker amt been to-
day." he called. "But you'll get double
allowance tomorrow mornin' IL you be-
have yourself"
emptied the basket and sent it I'D
without word; but / mentally prom
ised to behave myself in a manner that
would astonish him before another day
was out.
At s o'clock we went into the tunnel,
and had an hours work in clearing away
the sand washed in by the tide. At
length the passage was free, and Psyche
looking up saw the countless stars in
mute wonder.
Our work is done; we can put on our
best now" l said to her.
We went back and changed our clothes
II trembling and my teeth chattering
with excitement.
Must we leave all?" Psyche asked in
a low voice when she came from her
alcove.
Yes, there is nothing here that we.
shall ever want again." said /. wait,
there is the food that we have put by in
case of need. l will put it out for Caw."
Yes, poor Caw Tie will never sit on
my shoulder any more We shan't have
to scold him for coming on our table
again"
ran into the other cave and threw
all our store on the slab that had served
us for table, while Psyche remained
in the lesser one. Through the opening I
saw her. by the light of the candle that
stood on the ground, touching with her
cheek the carving in the chalk on which
| we had spent so many hours together