The Grangeville globe. [volume] (Grangeville, Idaho) 1907-1922, 1908-07-15
me to the shack returned a faint

THE brave baby!' thought Dallas.
But Marylyn was puzzling over
Lounsbury's true reason for staying
away-now when their father was not
there to object. He had told Dallas he
was busy That. however. was only
pretext. Finally she concluded that
Fraser. in spite of his promise. had
made confdant of the storekeeper
and that the latter had seen the hope
lessness of his affection for her
I'm glad she said to herself.
"Now won't have to tell him.
Lounsbury pursued feversh in
vestigation that day and found no one
who cared to bubble with him. From
the captain. never jealous of his dig
nifty. to the rolly poly sutler there was
very outrush of facts. AS they came
he received them with pitchfork sharp
ness. examined them and tossed them
aside. which led wag to remark that
the storekeeper was kin to Simon. Yet
when retreat sounded he admitted
himself hedged in by indisputable testi-
mony. Lancaster's death was beyond
easy solving. If Matthews were guilty
Tx w us hOl NhS ptiiSlpdl. c4llH an GC-
cessory, to the crime. Nevertheless
could the storekeeper have come face
to face with the interpreter that day
scores would have been settled.
To Dallas. laying the blue stem OF
the swale the hours of the morning
went slowly. Yet how warm and gold
en- they seemed. How tunefu the
birds, How cottony white the clouds
that fecked the sky! How pleasant
the long. hushing sound of the scythe!
And ali the while she thrilled V 18th ex-
pectancy, and the minutes lung upon
each other as If loath to pass.
The very keenness of her joy brought
swift revusion. At dinner, with Ma
rylyn sitting across from her, she be-
gan to see more clearly. She realized
she had been dreaming: that for her
there was only self denial. She ute
nothing, but drank her dipper thirstily.
as If to wash away a parch in her
throat. Back in the swale again, the
scythe was swung less STEADILY, but
with more strength. so that its sharp
tip often hacked up the ground. She
pulled her bat over her eyes, forbore
glancing toward the fort-and fought
A thousand times she vowed she
would not meet Lounsbury that night
To give herself a better whip hand she
called up pictures of Marylyn-Mary
Ign. the baby, all dmples and lispine
demands for "DG!s;" Marylyn, the
child. slender. yellow haired, pale; Ma
] CT
: pendent. and in her frailty, her pen
siveness, more dear than ever before.
Then, with the sun beating upon her
with her temples streaming and throb
= bling under the heat and the strain
;, Dallas spirit began to flag. Had sh
not always borne hard load, suffered
: discomforts? There were the Womel
of the post. They knew little toll o
privation. The brunt of her mother
loss, her fathers taking, had falle
l. upon her Was she always to nav
o only sorrow? Now, when happines
came her way-a happiness that al
other might not have-must she be dt
d MED it? Disheartened, dizzy. she lei
Il the swale for the shade of the neares
! trees.
u It was the hottest part of the do.
e and the life of the prairie seemed at
" standstill No breeze stirred the mig
cottonwooGs; the corn blades wei
l. ouiet: the birds songless; the frogs hit
0, Resting on the fading green, look1n
1t ont upon the silent reaches, she gre
Is calm. Then she remembered her 81
a. ter's confession Again, In fancy, 81
l. was leaning down in the light OF
winter fire. looking into tear staine
face. She felt humiliation for her ow
III weakness and for thoughts disloyal
20 Marylyn. -,
It "When see him again III make nj
e. promise to come and visit her" 81
at said. "Oh. he must! He must.' /
last renewed In spirit, she returnt
Id bravely to her work.
But the afternoon was not Wltno
its tormenting thoughts. And she' WI
IL feared no physical danger qualied
fore n Temptation that was overWneii
ing.
be when the shack pointed stuo'
1t. finger toward the east and the muit
be with Simon In tag, came trailing nor
he from their grazing Marylyn called M
Near the door there waited out I
to GOOD smell of corn pone and roastil
or fowl She drew up the well buck
nd hand over hand and washed In its &c
to erous leak.
~ within the night wind was changi
and sweetening the air. AS the you
a oor Girl hustled about the elder put
,v fresher dress and smoothed q
Ter plated her hair. Again ina. s'ran