Troy weekly news. (Troy, Idaho) 1897-1933, 1908-02-07
CHAPTER XVI.

took sthe3goaa 10 HpufoHO He wasl walk
ipg along with, his hands behind hip, andd
his, eyes bent to thef roadway, wlienebe
heard d 7ofce Which SPOKE his nanie and,
gave HIN an aetlal Start
.9q1Goob iInofnlrgy Mr.. % 'Rourke,f Said l.
the voice. and turning swiftly 81 9the
direction from which it came, he hebelds
the pretty widow standing in the middle \
ofgthSidfy %Aterlcoufse, falone. SIZE was
very ettilys=dressed= in=aJight mbrning I
costume of a faint yellowish tone with /
certain bright devices of flowers about
it everywhere, and she wore a PEASANTS
hat Of straw, twisted into q very eoqpet- |
fish shape, and bound about with ID rich
silk handkerchief, in which was set a |
silver brooch.
O'Rourke absorbed the charmings vision |
as a whole. He leaped to the broad 4
grass-g grown top of the low wal and
raised his hat with a smile. His wayyjI
reddish hair and his beautiful beard and
mustache shone in the sun like gold and
his handsome. face was as gay as d boys.
1t is not improbable that he looked as
charming to the pretty widow asylthe
pretty widow looked to him. She eemef
tripping and blushing and smiling over
the stones of the river-bed, and O'Rourke.
ran down the slope with so excessive an
alacrity that he failed to notice that it
broke suddenly away at the foott Mrs.
Spry screamed family, but O'RourkeY
who was too late to stay himself made
the necessary leap in safety-it vas; but
nine OF ten feet deep. and he hpd soft
turf to alight on-and advanced Smiling,
with his crisp hair shining and his right
hand outstretched toward her. M
Good morning." he said, "thi$ is q
delightful encounter-for me-" 10 q,
) Mrs. Spry had bouquet of w4d flow
ers in her right hand and book in her
; left but she set the flowers in the5hel-
Low of her arms and accepted O'Rourke's
r fpioffered hand He held hers longerntha9
( the absolute necessities of a morning sar
lutte. demanded, and Mrs. Spry sblushed
land' dropped Aeresyes before his ardent ard
gaze.
t "You have been gathering iowers?"
8 he said, mastering himself by an effort,
81 but even them hardly 'knSwing what he
t said. "Quite charming little nosegay.
). She held it toward him and their hands
d, i,mets againts The small bouquet was not
- tied, and lest the flowers should. fall he
8 put both hands to it, taking her right II
p his left whilst he gathered the blossoms
together She felt, that his hands ,wer'
r. trembling a little, and he bungled witt
re the flowers. Just then their eyes met
y the little widows expressive orbs looked
rel almost frightened, and O'RourkeI was a,
ID white as If he were about to faint or u
Is he hanged. or to lead forlorn hppe,1 ID
W kdroppedS the flowers and took the ban'
ID which held the book. The little widow
lg let the volume fall beside the fallen bios
d, SONS. She dropped her head, and tn
"A bosom of the pretty morning dress Hut
a tered visibly. O'Rourke said not "a wore
but he gave a great slow sigh and dre7
i'd her toward him by the hands. Then b
d. simply put both arms around her an
STOPPED and kissed her hot cheek St
ne he said not a word, but his heart bes
Ike like a hammer and he pressed her
it him as If to stihe its outrageous riot.
IAN too insolent?" he said at lengtl
J." The pretty widow did not seem to thin
Is. so. for she stood upon her fallen blossom
Is with her cheek upon his breast, and mao
re no effort to escape. "I have loyed yo
be from the minute I first saw you. -1Ca
IL you-can you love me littlef" liiY
es, His tremor was like the tremor OF
In lover to the little widows mind (
est played the part better than he knew,
on .Ye-es," said the lady In whispe
be shrinking into herself as she spoke Tit
ou There was another lengthy spell OF
1T lence. broken by the near clash OF
an horses bells and the crack of carter
IN whip. AT these sounds they started gui
as ily apart, and O'Rourke, falling up
lay one knee. gathered up the dropped po
nee and the book, and they walked side
ols side, silently, by the dry water cour
BOD until they came upon spot hidden frc
tch the road, where the remaining stump OF
hus great felled beach made convene
ant seat. ~
"Shall we sit here for little while
the O'Rourke asked. The lady seated hers
at in silence, and seeing that she had tax
. TO n Mace too near the center to allow ro'
will for her companion, moved a little, a
- drew her dress on one side. O'Rourke
r. cepted the invitation thus dumbly G,
hat vowed. and placing one arm around,
g Z lAvEst drew her nearer toward him.
IL al apo YOU think" he said, not being a
son] "a find anything more original to
.nts lust then, that you will be able 70 lei
It TO love me just a Hitler sll
win 5 The pretty little woman began TO tire
iude HE. and searching blindly for her ha
VIC kerchief, found it at last, and hiqing
face behind it with both hands, pes
, ,eEt g . sEs rneay q ssobbed, that 4
I k,yac. ss butt Il Is loved you when
,bsn So,, at Boston. I've al-always thou
ros+ .bont YOU since, and when l came
-yS.~r g T-honad that / should N