The Miller sun. (Miller, Hand County, S.D.) 190?-19??, 1907-11-16

Suvcome q had BEEN AK - had I'M
her home, Joined him in Glasgow, and
they had been married before leaving he
country.
"Of course, her family disowned her ut
terly, but in spite of poverty and hard
times she never repented her marriage.
Her death when l was five years old was
an awful blow to my father. He wor-
SHIPPED the ground she trod, and 1t has
always been an added grief to him that
it was the hard life for which she was
totally untitled that killed her. Since
then he and have wandered all over the
world. He cannot settle; he has the
spirit of unrest in him"-with his quick
smile. when ! was sixteen / went to
an American university for two years,
while he was gold-prospecting In Alaska.
Then l Joined him in Melbourne, and We
have been in Australia ever since. Eight
months ago he determined to revisit South
America, where he was interested In q
rancho. and as he seemed likely to stay
there some time determined to visit the
only country did not know"
Moyra did not think that in this cease
less travel and trying of new ventures
always spoke as If poverty was a we'll
known thing to him, never as IL money
was plentiful His belongings were Of
the simplest and plainest order, and once,
talking to Moyra and Bride as they sew
ed, he said, speaking of his first voyage
to Australia, that he had worked his pas
sage out.
But why?" Bride asked.
Because / could not have got there
otherwise" he answered laughing. Tho
chief''-he often spoke SO of his father
had sent me no money, and / had none.
| got pass over the railway, and l sold
everything l could but in the end 1 had
to ship as a handy 1t was a new
experience" he added placidly.
"A very horrid one, / should say"
Bride answered. II should have waited
for some money from my father"
Not when my father told me to go to
him at once !" he said. III. is the chief
and must be obeyed. Woe betide any one
who ventured to wall y
Bride looked astonished, and Angus
eyes twinkled. He admired her frankly.
but Moyra felt no anxiety concerning him
on her account. Brides color was never
heightened by his presence. 1t was only
Bertram Charters who could make her
flush shyly, who could bring the timid
light into her childish eyes. And for the
present Bertram had passed from her.
Robertson liked the service at the hand
some modern church with its suggestion
of old-world transepts and far-reaching
columns that was the pride of the Rec
tors heart. He sat behind the Rectory
bench with Gerry, and, although he show
ed conspicuous reverence and attention,
the school hoy noticed that his eyes wan
dered during the sermon from one face
to another and finally rested on the three
directly before him-Bride placid and
lovely, Lulu with bright eyes telegraph
ing divers greetings to friends scattered
around, and Moyra with her sweet, grave
face and unaffected piety. 1t was at
Moyra he looked longest, Gerry noticed.
The sermon, an unusually brief one, came
to an end, and the congregation found
itself dismissed some ten minutes earlier
than usual. 1t was a clear day-more
like a February afternoon than a De
cember morning--and the sun shone with
a warmth and brilliancy that were most
unreasonable but very pleasant. The
river lay very still, tapping on the firm
sand with a child-like murmur. Here
and there was to be seen the far-oh
smoke of steamer far down the estuary,
but for the most part ali was bathed in
Sabbath quiet and rest and illumined by
a golden haze that showed the distant
city and the dock walls under transfgur-
ing influences.
Zone of the most important cities OF
the world is within two miles of US,
Angus suddenly exclaimed, as the others
ran down to the waters edge, leaving
him alone with Moyra, yet we might be
on the edge of the Australian bush-it
is all SO quiet and deserted-in spite OK
the Rectory chimneys peeping above thu
sandhills," he added. What lovely
day! Do you know, l fancied 1t was
always raining in EnglandT
They dropped into a quiet desultory
talk of somewhat personal kind, only
interrupted now and again by Lulu racing
up with strip of seaweed or shell for
inspection, or the calls from the quartet
at the waters edge. For some reason
or other that sober hour on the sands
impressed itself wildly on Moyra's MEM
DRY. Certain phases of atmosphere, that
peculiar holy-day hush on the river, or
The sandy hillocks always recalled to her
mind that pleasant December Sunday and
the big form, the long, steady, swinging
walk, of her companion.
Ito be contnued.)