The Mitchell capital. (Mitchell, Dakota [S.D.]) 1879-1918, 1908-11-27
laughed merrily, and Roger Joined he,

laughed merrily, and Roger Joined her
with a faint heart.
81 came here expecting to meet q
friend l hoped would be on your train,'
he admitted soberly. Your appear.
nee deceived me: you are much alike"
81 was the only passenger" she said
sympathetically. II hope your-your
friend will come tomorrow. Where can
my cousins carriage beg"
They were sitting in the blackboard
In front of the station. and the agent
was trulldllng two trunks toward them.
Seen a team from Wayland's?"
asked Noger Blake.
"Norc. Want these on the wagon?"
"Too heavy. Maryland will send for
them. # his outfit arrives tell them
I've carried the young lady over to his
place.
81 hope I'm not taking you out Of
your way" she protested. 81 can wait.
l sent a letter.
"That's ali right. I guess your letter
went astray the same as the one !
should have had. I've got plenty OF
time to SPARE" he added grimly. 81
was going to be married this morning."
ooh. see. l an very sorry" She
said sincerely. Then she maintained a
sympathetic silence while Roger drove
her over the long road across the prai.
RE to the Wayland farm. which ad.
Joined his w on the north.
How long are you going to stay?''
queried Roger just before their Journey
ended.
weeks or months perhaps. have
no lei relatives and have been teach.
ing school. My cousins have asked me
to come here and enjoy q long rest. l
hope your trip to the station tomorrow
will be a more successful one-and
thank you" she said. with a friendly
smile. rs they parted.
Ten days afterward Roger met her
riding out of the canyon. Her face
was prettily tanned. and her broad
brimmed hat made an effective frame
for her lovely face.
MAY 1 congratulate you today?"
she asked brightly.
Roger shook his head slowly, and
for the first time she noted the tense.
drawn look about his pleasant mouth
and the misery Of his haggard eyes.
"You have heard-1 hope 1t is not
bad news?" she said. with that frank
friendliness he had found so attrac-
tive in her before.
He drew a letter from his pocket
and extracted q newspaper clipping.
that's all the explanation I've had"
he said bitterly.
"Married-to some one else-to
James Farnham-how very strange!
she said In a low. agitated voice.
why is 1t strange? Do you know
the MANI" demanded Roger eagerly.
The girls face whitened, and a look
Of distress came into her eyes.
Don't tell me anything II it pains
you." said Roger gently.
II must. You zee l was engaged to
him. and he Tilted me for another girl.
l didn't know her name until now.
I couldn't stand it. and so I ran away.
but now She paused and a dreamy
contentment replaced the pain in her
face.
"Now?"
"Of course he couldn't be worth be-
ing very sorry about. after all! And
life is 30 good here-so clean and free.
I love It."
$50 do l." said Roger sincerely. "And
about that other. I don't believe It is
worthy Of great sorrow. Shall we gall
lop?''
Months afterward Elizabeth came to
reign as mistress Of Rogers home. But
1t was not Elizabeth Atwood.
1t was that other Elizabeth who
came to him in his great trouble and
who. forgetting her own sorrow. sought
to comfort him. And In the end each
found a loyal. deep loving heart. and
the home in the wilderness sheltered
them as the man who builded It had
dreamed.
His Luck.
n have been engaged to at least a
No1op 0fr1o :" said n VonpO man