The Charles Mix new era. (Wagner, Charles Mix County, S.D.) 1???-1911, 1908-05-29
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wsstesa sun would Indicate. and ~ eAs
came - sleep - long. Fos . While -
~ thinktn3. and a shs tksneAG 8 -
st~As came back - her. Z night whsn her
hi hands Asj b~~n embodied In ghsse o.
- 80. and that dead Aer ussdfacAes.
AaAAy mnh upon the bed, moanins %
Aerseif. -yea. grandps IL dead. Ire
anssst<s 10 iiut UacjF Jn&rph. wAes~
- - tan ~ soo. hav~ did wfthens
ny kscxi~ds~y~ and she looked arSunA
IN vain fos thr turatie. not 3 trace u
uhom was In be- found. Ills roam waa
In perfevx order. A. wAs everything about
~ house. showing that Flora was still
the domestic goddess. while Maday also
detected varipus things which She rerDg-
niaed aa having cssrc frosn Aikenaide.
Who ssnt thems bid Guy. and had he
hem therr, tho. white she wus sickf The
shought brought = sAros az Joy TO Maddy's
heart. but " soon passed away A. abs -
an again n wonder u Uncle Joseph. TOO.
had died. and where Flora was. Il was
not hr 10 tho Hoeedsle barying ground.
Aaddy csuld - the headssones from
wheF~ sAe &af cleaning Through the An
Eust sunlight could discern her mothers.
an1 knew that two fresh mounds IL least
ve0 nade beaade II. But we're there
tArses Was Uncls Jos~ph thercf BY
stealing across the meadow In the rear
~ thr house the distance to the grave
yard wsa shorfened more than half. and
sonld not be more than the eighth pArt Of
. mile Ehe could wak . far. she knew.
Ths freah air would do her good. and
hunting M her long unused hat. the Inn
patlast girl started. stopping ono y
twice 70 rest - . disxy fAinsness cnme
orer her, and then continued on until the
spot she sought was reached Three
graves, one old and sunken. ons made
when last waters y WA On the hills.
~ other fSesh and new. That WAS all.
ufncle Joseph wa nst there. n vague
teTros entered Maddy's heart lest he bad
been taken back to the asylum.
n will eef him ont" she said Il will
fake care Of him. should die with
notAins 70 do: and I promised grand
n
ohe csuid e~s no farther, for the rush
81 memories which came over her. and
herself upon the ground close to
~ new grave. she laid her face upon il,
and sobbed psseousiy:
'Oh. grandpa, I'm - lonely without
ron all: I almost wish I ssas lying here
In the quiet ysrd.'
Then ! ssorm Of tears ensusi, after
which Maddy grew calm. and With her
- n&tu hpn4 - did not hear the
rapid step ~appruarhins. NE msssy a1apl
dcwn the grassy road, coning past
The marble tombEtones. on 70 where that
agure was c~rouchinx upon the
There Il stopped. and in . half
whisper called. -Maddy Maddy"
Then. Indeed. she started. and lifting
- her head. mw before her Guy Rem
For q she regarded him
while he said to her. oh. -
- pityinsly:
.spoof child. yon hare suffered % much.
and I asvR knew Of Il eli = few days
nso.
lfA6dy stretched her hands coward him.
meaning cut
-Oh, Guy, Guy. where have you be.n.
when l wanted ron - muchy"
Maddy did not know what she was say
IN. - haif cnmprehcnd the effect II bad
% Guy. Who forsot everything save that
~ wanted him, had missed him, had
% him In her trouble. and II was
In Ms nature to resist her appeal.
With Z Spring hr vas MT h~r side. and
lifting h3r II biz arsns seated himself
Aer mother'a grave: then straining
her ttghtly to his bosom. he kissed her
again and asnias Hot, burning. passion
ats k3mes they werc. which took froa
1GaAdy Ill ~ power Of rrxistance. es~n
~ - wished It which she did MOI. Too
vok - rnson, ~ sce the harm. II harm
Aers wsrs. IN being iosrd by Guy. she
heaeif Tor 4 brief interval
- tn blisn of xn0wing that she was be-
lsveA. ana Cf hearing him tell her "a.
-Dariias Maddy," b. said, Il vent
eray bsc1uss ron senl me. but now /
kavs Gene hach. and nothing shall part ~
aunln. Xoa oss nise; I claim you Aers
It ysur mseAeF'a grave. Precious Maddy.
I ~ not tne9 Of m this till three days
-. whm Agnes letter found NJ almost
at ths Rscky M0ansains. / wish ! bad
esene ba1srs. now that l know you w1ht-
- ~. ~ thar again. Maddy. Tell me
that ycS nin&d 80
4. - .noothins sel hair nov, !.
~ hsaa sstIl lay piiiowed upon his
tesase, - ~ comid not 49, re spassn Of
pain which ecnt0ees1 ~ feaseses a. be
thue appealed - bsw. Half h~~iid~red.
1fa61y eonld not u 6rst make OUT whetA-
- X we~ ! biissfuI dream - ! reaiisy.
kes lying thesp In Guys arms with his
kisnm a NJ forehead Iipn. and checks.
~ werds u devotion IN her ear. and the
81 summeS ~ smiltng dawn upon her.
A1aa. 4 - ! dream from which shs was
awak4red b the thought Of one across the
~ whoAe p,ace she Rad usurped. aud
thh Il wss Which brought the grieved ex-
pesmtOn - ~ facs - she answered
msasnfully:
= ~ want you. Guy. when l forgot ;
bit oew-oA. Cuy-Lucy Athers,one e
viii . gesture Of impatience Guy was
ahout - answes. when something In the
heavy fan ~ the little hand from hin
shosidsr alarmed him. and lifting 10 the
drooping had. be saw that Maddy had
fAintsd. Then back across the meadow
Guy bore hcr to the cottas ~. where Flora,
juse returned from = neighlsor's, whittier
slse had gone upon m erranA. vas lock.
ins for hes ID much alright.
Up again into her little chamber Mad
d. wss carried and laid npon the brd.
whirh she never beft until. the susaen
harvest shcavee Niere gathered In. and IL