Dakota farmers' leader. (Canton, S.D.) 1890-19??, 1907-07-26

CHAPTER xIx.-(continued.

CHAPTER XIX.--(Continued.)
~'You cannot see in the day !.
".ho, because always I lived in tn,
dark. There Is no light In the caves
But l can bear the light better and bettel
every day. l can wait till the blue flow
ers haze UNFINISHED and show the beauti
fu! til1ts within. Ny brother knows theii
manner, and tells me all about them. HI
taught: me to speak. l could not say .
word when he first came to me. / coult
not understand what he said. ! knew
nothing but what / thought. But hi
taught NE patiently till I could under
stand what he soid and made him under
stand me. Then l waited no more il
the GIVE but just to sit and listen to al
he said about the world, but now wier
there Is 80 much TO understand l talk al
night. But still the greatest happiness /.
to sit quite still by his side and lister
to him talk
Were you long together in the cave?
"'Only a little while it seems, but
when | remember how many times we
went ac=ss !!nte the ~e: sand .ade- te
rock making the hole that let us out into
this world, and how many marks my
Brother cut into the wall to show the
days we had worked, 4 think it must have
e a long while. / must look for him,
she said, rising abruptly want him
oh | want my brother where is her
Can you tell me where yoa live now,
dear?'
Yes, ! will show you. It is quite
near. Come sith me, and when we find
him you shall hear him speak o shall
look at him and know what it is to have
a brother"
Ethel suffered herself to be guided,
Psyche taking her hand, out into the road
and along It TO the cottage. She knew
that Mrs. Bennam lived there. and that
had lodged there, but she had heard
nothing Of my old l%andlady's departure,
md believed that I was in America, FOR
her father had not spoken to her of our
meeting.
A. Psyche led the way without hest
t&tion through the side wicket into the
garden, she conceived that the poor girl
was . patient placed under the charge of
the old lady, and that her mnlady was
= form OF mental h~allucination. II that
were the case II WAS her duty to return
Psyche to her guardian, and she willing
~ helped to look for the brother" who
she thought existed only in the girls ro-
mantle imagination. When they found
NO one in the house or in the garden she
concluded that Mrs, Benham had been
called away, and though it was getting
htc she resolved to stay with Psyche I'M
til her return.
Psyche grew apprehensive and silent,
,but her new friend soothed her by assur-
Ing her that the brother would return,
and led her on to talk about the past.
Payche could 10 no further back in her
history than rhe eventless life in the
cave, for that perpetual monotony had
ickaced all memories Of the period before
her illness. Ethel was struck by the con
s.stent thread of the wonderful story |;
nothing was contradictory. Psyche never
wandered from the subject except to won
der where I VAS. He will come back
70 me-" she repeated with positive Insist
ance.
HE must come. He would not leave
you, knowing how you love him." Ethel
replied. vet doubling still If the brother
existed-so incredible was the story OF
PEyche's life, Her perplexity was doubled
when she recognized me, and Psyche cried
aSAin MY brother has come back,
Can I believe the story / have heard?,
she askcd me.
ssIt must be true answered. "for
Fsyche has not vet learned what false
hood means"
..And you are that brother whose love
has given her life?'
Yes, in the wide sense that those are
brothers whose aove is brotherly."
Ethel put her hand into mine, and a
lit the tear that fell from her cheek.
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