The Miller sun. (Miller, Hand County, S.D.) 190?-19??, 1907-05-11
NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS.

| My first thought when I awoke on the
third day was of Psyche. Was she still
alive? | asked myself Creeping to
where she lay bent over her, holding
my breath in dreadful suspense, praying
with my very soul that l might hear her
respiration. She lifted her arms and
clasped her hands about my neck. With
a cry of gratitude and joy | raised her
to her feet.
The mad hope of escape seized me once
more, and rushing into the little cave l
seized the AK and attacked the cliff.
| Psyche stood by, waiting to take her turn,
but ] kept on till my strength was ut
terly exhausted. By that time the reac-
ton had come, and once again finging
the az from me | Swore that | would
play this fools game no moro; and that,
come what might, neither Psyche nor L
| should cut another stroke in this mad
| dening endeavOr
At that very moment Psyche seized
nv arm. and after standing silent mo-
ment burst into joyous laughter and flew
from my side. | followed her as quickly
as could, wondering what fantasy pos
sessed her, until coming into the large
| cave neC dCIIOu WAS tAplllINd' l. IO4AA
| the direction Of the we'll came that sig
nal which my grandfather had told me to
make. Someone was whistling as If to
a dog. When | reached thc edge OF the
shaft Psyche was singing her Aeolean
song, and the light from ABOVE fell on her
pale. upturned face | looked up and
deserted a head bending over.
Hold on that catawarling,' shouted
the voice from above. which l recognized
at once as old Peters.
| touched Psyche's arm and she ceased
to sing.
Barnard, you cusscd Barnard" roar
ed Peter.
"WcIl," l answered.
you blamed warmcnt, you're begun
to kick up that hammerin' row down
there, are yOu?"
"What's that to you?' ! replied.
"Why, it's nothin' to me come to that.
But Ben's here--your grandfathcr-and
he can't go to sleep, according to the
doctors orders, while you're a kickin' up
| that racket"
Now this seemed to me as naive a rea
son as my grandfather himself might
have Offered-coming from the lips of 4
man who all his life had observed a
| Spartan Indifference to the sufferings of
others. However, it was sufficient to
know that the noise was Objectionable,
and therefore a possible means of OBJ
tanning relief.
you're got to stop it: do you under
stand that, there" he shouted, his wick
ed old voice breaking from = hoarse bass
to a squeaking treble. You're got to
stop it."
Il shall make just as much noise as
l please, and go on just as long as
choose l replied.
mo you won't, blame you. About three
days starvation would 10 you. Half
a dozen would do me, so l know In
three days you'd be quiet enough. But
l amt gOin' to have my boy, Ben, tor
mented on his bed O. sickness, l amt If
it warn't for leaving of him all alone
I'd come down and knock your head off :;
do you understand that there? I'm no
more afeared of you than l am of blow
fly on bunch o lights. But to please
my boy Ben, and just for the sake of
peace and quietness, I'm going to send
you down a loaf of bread and mebbe a
lump o pork, an preaps a later or two
But it's all perwising you take your
dyin' oath you won't kick up no more
racket, you understand that there"
AS l had resolved not to work upon
the cliff again, it was no great hardship
to agree to these TRANSITIONAL l did
so without appearing to jump at mis-
offer, and rather as if to oblige my
grandfather than myself. In fact we
wasted some minutes in mutual bullying
before he withdrew, during Shich time
l trembled with fear lest he should 90
from his offer. When he came again into
sight he had basket in his hand.
Here's whites a-comin' down. and
they'll come down pretty regular IL You
behave yourself as a grandson oughter;
but mark my words, if there's any more
hammerin' shall not only stop the W.T.
ties, but IN come down hand over hand
and knock your head off your shoulders
so you understand that there"
We waited to hear no more when the
basket reached us, but Selling the con-
tents ran back to the great cave, and
there we devoured the food with sucb
laughing gladness and fervent gratitude
as very rarely attends the richest of re-
pasts. And to crown Psyche's delight.
while there was still bread and meat to
spare. we were hailed by lusty "caw y
and the jackdaw futtered down in tho
very midst of our good things.
CHAPTER X.