The Charles Mix new era. (Wagner, Charles Mix County, S.D.) 1???-1911, 1908-12-18

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~ rsjoined NJ wifs. Me stood sur
oDundo1 W ths shreds of rosemary and
Cnyme whieh she had plu1ked and scat-
oDea4 Nkile ~ NuAs taking. She was very
Da1A - AZ knew only TOO well thax ~
Wae ~ ahkry.
&C., viva, II u tins ~ turned
1-oneW~rd.v
~g1s the sun has zone down, has Ii
n9tys NJ lexclAjmed mockingiy. ~ she
oooked after the carriage. which sank
e6eow the ragged edge 0f heather and
0Ayrre yondvr ~ II II had dropped over
~ cIiE.
WHY. my love, the sun Il shove y
Aenda.s y
III ns Tcnr sun has zone down. any
AeW. She III very lovely, Is she not r.
TA0 question was asked with sudden
1agefness, as If her life depended upon
- repiy. She ~ walking quickly In
1sr aHitaticn. Gsins down the Hill much
taeter than ahe had mounted II.
Yrs, they are both handsome girls
fe4tber-headed. bnt remarkably hand
$685. her husband answered, rarelcssly.
Hint Della n the ~lovelier. She il your
1avfnity.~
sYcs, me- II the l~ovelier. The other
oesns ! cory ~ "A inferior hand
Ard she u ~ fond Of you. 1t was
esuM d refuse her request, when she
11Anded - hard"
How All ron b. - foolish or %
N4kky. vivienf III It Impossible for me
q M Tor fve minutes with ! hand
soomD sirJ without unreasonable ange on
nonR panT'
~ ron sxpcct me- to Dc pleased Or
1nrny VIXEN 1 - your admiration Of
nnG1h4r w0man~-adnhrati0n you do not
49, tAke ~ trouble to conceal? DO
DUU onppose en- cver forget last win
4UE~~hcW / have seen you dancing with
0at Giri night after night? Yea I have
1a4 = AZ ana watch you. / Mls not
U1olar I had few partners; and It ID
fern ~ dance uDors than ence with
@n1b husband. ! have seen her In your
osnne, with her head almost lying on
1SQf shoulder, nwain and again, as X
Il Nere her natural place. What q hand
opne couple! I hare heard people say
nre they engngedT DO you thirk that
ND1 pleasant for meys
~Tou had but to say one word, and I
Nculd have left OF dancing forever
s snfher xacrifce--like your marriage
iyicn. sou would provoke a saint"
81 VI. II ID provoking 70 be chained to
Sce woman when you are dying for an
1ehr~.
"llTuw much offener am l to swear to
you that I don't care q straw for Miss
Darcy"
tsSNeyrr again. she answered. II love
Ycu tao we'll 10 wish yoa to swear to q
They had come down from the com
Don M this time. and were now upon
- pathway nearer home-a narrow foot
DAkA 90 the edge Of the elf opposite
8eeizIicn: the gently carving bay below
]. Acn. and behind and above them or
Aeeds and gardens, hill and lighthouse.
II ~ one of their chosen walks. They
~ paced fle narrow path many an af-
tnfnocn when the twin towers OF Monaco
1hcked dark III the shadow Of shutdown.
~yirien, \ think you arc the most diff
1e9dt creafnre 70 lIye with that ever q
man had Tor his wife, said Ransome,
utan9 a a. quick b. her persistent per
~Ity.
~ dif6cult d live with. am II"
csied. AWhy dat you 4 . step
nnrthM-Why don't you say at once that
~ xi1h I were dsad7" me cried. with .
WiN barst a. passion. Say that ron
m1SSkA - dead."
own that when ron torment me AZ
~ doing today I have sometimes
RSnsht IL d~eath-yours or mine-as the
escape from mutual misery" he an
A@ted gioomiiy.
e kad been saunterinx ! few PAGES
frcnt Of her along the narrow path
n1Eeen tho olive garden and the edge
he clih, she following s~lowly-both
desnltory war. and taking 70 each
49, without seeing cach Others face.
- Gill rank sheer below the pathway.
~ only ! narrow margin OF rnshy
49, between the fOotpath and the brink
~ precipice. II was no stupendous
800. 10 xiddy height from which the
1e n1anced downward, sickening at the
&Dexor n the gulf. One looked down 1t
- {SWel bright waves and the many
kued npcks, the FIR trees growing out Of
cxas1. without I thought Of danger:
- ~ ! fAise step upon those sunburnt
9nnheg might mean instant death.
HI cane to I sudden standstill after
that last speech. and stood leaning with
bstA hands upon his stick, angry. full
- etoem, feeling that be had said q cruel
G1fnx, ~ not repeating Of his cruelty.
8e skood there expectant Of her angry
nn0wse ; but there was only silence.
0iIence, and then ! swift rushing sound
11ke tie flight OF ! great bird. He looked
opand, and nv that he Wal alone!
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CHAPTER XXI.
- had lung herself over the cii6.
TIT rustlinS noise was the sound Of
- eosrn - 4 brushed against the PUSHES
~ me1Iins 6rs that clothed the precipice
18th veedure. He looked over the clin,
- 80 kes lying ANON the rocks, q
1870 motionlen figure. raangled and
R1nahed. dumb and dead, his victim and
- oHcnser.
Hi 6tst impulse was TO ding himself
1enx the edge where she had cast away
- life ! minute ago; but ommon sense
Dvarcnme that movement Of despair. A
pm yakds further toward the point the
q the cli& wns less PERCEPTIONS
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