Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1908-07-04
X WHEN THE MAIL CAME N-BY REX E. BEACH,

mean that either. I'm not his kind. that's
all All. God. l let him go-I let him go,
and he never knew
She was writing now on her bed in q
perfect frenzy. calling to him b osenly.
stretching OUT her arms while great. dry.
coughing sobs wrenched her.
Little one ga unstead!ly. and my
throat ached so that i couldn't trust my
self. 'Youre-a brave-Sirl. and you're
his kind-or anybody kind"
With that the rain came. and so l left
her alone with her om:orting misery.
when ] told KIM he suffered ike :: pin
wheel. and every evening thereafter we
two went up to her house and sat with
her We could do this because shed out
the theater the day the beat took Prosser
away. and she wouldn't heed their offers
to go back.
I'm through with it for good" she
told US. though don't know what else
I'm good for. You see. l don't know
anything useful, but I suppose I can
learn
Now. if I wasn't married already"
l said.
"Humph!" snorted Kink Il amt 80
young as either one Of my PARTNERS. miss
but I'm possessed of rare intellectual
treasures" She laughed at both of US.
We were looking daily for the first up
river steamer bringing word direct from
the outside world. as a week had passed
since the first boat went down with Pros
Ser. 1t came one midnight. AS We were
getting dressed to go to the landing our
tent was torn open and Montague tum-
bled In upon u.s.
What brought you back?" we ques-
TONED when we'd finished mauling him. 1t
was June and the nights were light as
day in this latitude. SO we could see hio
face plainly.
''Why-er-" he hesitated for an in
slant. then threw back his head. squared
his great young shoulders and looked US
In the eyes, while all the embarrassment
fed.
Il came back to marry Olive Marceau.
I came to take he back home with me to
the little mother
He stared out wistfully at the distant
fed by the midnight sun which lay so
close behind the crests. and l winked at
Martin.
shes left"
What. He whirled quickly.
the theater: and l don't suppose you
ment darkened his face.
Besides kink added gloomily. when
you quit her like a dog / slicked myself
up some. and ant anyways sure she'll
care TO see you now-only jest as a friend
of mine. Notice I've cut my whiskers.
don't you?"
We made him pay for that instant's
itation. the last he ever had. and then
said:
You walk up the river trail for a quar-
ter OF a mile and wait. II / can persuade
her to come out at this hour I'll send her
to you. No. you couldn't find her. She's
moved since you left.
Il wouldn't gamble none on her meetin'
you" Martin said discouragingly. and
oombed out his new-mown beard with os-
tentatiop.
She was up the moment knocked. and
when ! said that o man needed help ]
heard her murmur sympathetically as she
dressed. When we came to our tent ]
stopped her.
He's up yonder a piece" said l. You
run along while / fetch Kink and the
medicine kit. Well overtake you
rs II anything serious?'
Yes. it's apt to be unless you hurry.
He seems to think he needs you pretty
badly'-and so she went to him UP the
river trail to where he was waiting. her
way golden with the beams of the sun
whose rim peeped at her over the far-on
hills. and there. In the free still air.
among the virgin spruce with the clean.
sweet moss beneath their feet, they met.
The good sun smiled broadly at them now,
and the grim Yukon hurried past. chuck
ling under its banks and swiggering
among the roots. while the song II sang
was Of spring and of long. bright days
that had no light.