Forest City press. (Forest City, Potter County, D.T. [S.D.]) 1883-19??, 1907-12-26

c'S"HN'r. OouuouN NDi.u light with
nun ~! hour al il time. Oh, IL was ter.
rib!'i
icated back II ~; hail and
watched the snos" from nay cigarct
cl:clihg upwards. | remembered the
letter that had been iat;oocd on tl.e
arm Of iii" main killed in suite four
teen. So Treinainr i..ui sore cause To
hate ilim--he had helped him. had
supplied hin, witli whisky. With money.
through fe": a:rt not through friend
ship. TO establish ma. was TO take
arott,cr stcp forward.
Did he have those spells often.
Cecily" l asked. 81 last.
oh. no; sometimes not fc.. months.
Then. phut! the @ombi would charm
him"
Charm hiin?"
With a little scrap Of paper. yes.
There would come" Il Letter; doudoux
would open It,, always il. IL there
would be II little piece oi paper. Some
1t had writing on il. sometimes
printing. as though II hac pcea u
from Il newspaper. Their. tamboui
doudoux's face woulG. gro" b!aaf. he
would tear thu paper into little bits,
uttering curses tha i,!ost terrible. and
We would all Gun
Clippings from Il Hero
was II coincidence. Ia, ] cudgclicd my.
brain vainly-i could form no theory
as to Why a Clipping should
those fits OF rage.
"The last one, though. d.d net give
him IL spell" she added. after II NOM
cnt. w were Watching the SUI. set
Out across the wal@. whcn Dodoi
brought the letter ia iii;u. This time
"ot un ra .,1 ~ ",i'."S n",h: !.
that would he .vi,, n. hos. L,,t No.
He sat r"adiu~ - .,Y, his c.ns n,is,n NV
ed thcn he Sem nln ,nrr,n~ I, ~.
hat and hurried away To- 81 1,io.rn
Wbrn b, -, ..i. ! '.,ic.
We were TO- cam. a. az ,oa" n.e N <ha,
York" ~
IT was nxasncrafiuu ~, ,,,. .,o
secret Iay ms, ,,,,d., $40, ,n ~
vet i couJd not ,r,sn 49, 'i.u
DO reyolvinr rnnnl ,.nn,i w, "
getting anv nna'a. ~ W. ~
could this message be which bro,,rst
Trema!nc ho: foot IT, New Yo,i, ,s'
Tim; was Inc cra.,fo, nu'h
.cemcd no possibility of uu,inm h ,'an.
swer a, present. n1si,ios (, nr :.
wen Ia iend .hc ,nIL "y,v r,anF r. +"
maine for Il while. OF. cycn Ceciiv mn
,uspecting as sh., w,e ,at~,i ~
NY purpose. So 1lrncd ~ ,no,hn,.
You have some very nre,tv ic,,o,,,,
(! said. touchin,. tho nraas
brooch OF gold that Steamed al ,er
She laughed like 4, pleased child
"YesA--are they hot pretty. che Let
ne show YOU" aud s%nringing from, lhc
she ran iNtt h.r bedroom. In
m"ment she WAS haek again. a box
II iniaid ebony III her hands.
'Sec!" rhe cried, ana threw back
lid.
Indeed they were worth seeing ana
t was not wholly To disori, bor .,,s-
If she had n That I %linycred
Them. At last. / came to the piece
wanted.
Here is n beautiful pi,,." Y soia
An opal in a circle OF iamonls mud
held 1t up to the light. .Bui sec. dc .
,tiy. one of the diamonds is missing
you lost ito"
"DoudouX lost it," she answered /
He wore il sometimes as a hin for
MS scarf. Tambou. WAS angry when
found it gone. You should have
heard me."
Il have n diamond" l said. getting
,ut my pocke:hoois. that might do 70
it. Let vs. see IL IL win 1T"
u~nwrapped the little brilliant and
it TO the break In The circle.
my heart fell. 1t was evident
from therc--!t was much smaller than ,
the other stones-G!rrerently u 49,.
have se,d,,, cx,or,anao
poignant pang or ~disnnnnint,, more
to have lost more i'm n
had gained. Where. then. had rbis
diamond come from: Who was il had
dropped n in s,,itc cnnrtoar = n1u
lest. confused, utterly VT sen Ana
n momcn. before. I had neen On camu
Well, 1t was right: i. was met
This would DC the fate ar the ,yhn,a
silly. limsy fabric we we're trvin. IN
build against Trenaine.
NO, Il viii not do" st,rr,.roa ..
last. 1T Is too small. and w..
1; to my pocke,' II shall, havo
And She thanked me With a cbilo.s
and came back to the divan, talking
OI many THINGS. lsut my 1ftpOffnp |
N2Hdered: ; answered her mecb,r;,,l- |