Devils Lake inter-ocean and Devils Lake free press. (Devils Lake, Ramsey County, N.D.) 1905-1909, 1909-03-26
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little tree grows green and beautilfutlll, 4
1T casts q welcome shade about IT, and 1
the heart of the mountain Is made
glad to its rocky core TO know that the
SAFETY Of that little tree Is tn its keep
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Taking her Ia his arms. he kissed
her again and again 555fs53
kissing again r, shouted Poll from
the doorway Say, win you two new
er3 settle down TO bust mess There's
Bud Lane an al bunch Of others just
come into the corral. Maybe they
want you, Jack. n
4. Jack excused himself. ii AS he step
I ped out on the plaza he asked Polly.
t'Shall I send Bud in Y
Let him come ! In If he wants to-.
I'm moi. sendin' for him. 81 Polly spite
! fully turned up her nose at him. Jack
laughed as he closed the door, g ssi5
! 4 Echo reseated herself at the piano,
| lingering the keys. i$1s
/ How are you getting on with Bud r.
! she asked the younger girl. n
I'VE don't get on a little bill, she
$ SLdppSu. i$f$ oAu%uStS1 SSSAus H.SSSASSI
much revenue, an we just keep trot-
!. tin slow-l like. Vish i was married an
+ had a home Of my own. Z IA n
4. AREN'T you happy with father and and.
4 motherY' U .3s.
/, Polly glanced at Echo with q smile.
! Lord, yes" she replied & Elm q way
! but I'm only q poor rela ton Your
ma was my mas COUSINS cousin or
I sonethin' like that.
/. Il Echo laughed, sHonsense,s abe re
;ztorted. ''Nonsense. You're my dear
j sister and: the only daughter that's at
the old home nov. :, n5 5.S
& s.But want a home OF my: own like
this, said Polly. 3 u 81
/ \ Then you'd better shake Bud and
give Slim chance. 't 5f] ss.S
Polly was too Disguised to- answer
& atSonce. Slim Hoover bucks, slim
/ doesn' care for girls He's afraid OF
K EN- she said al length. II like Bud
4 with all bis orneriness," she declared.
\ Why doesn't be come to see you
more often q, 5s
b &c don't know. Maybe it's because
h he's never forgiv yons for rnarryin'
Jack #
why should he mind that ' she
asked, startled rs .l;. 55s:;
3 5ss well, you know, she answered be-
tween stitches, drawing: the needle
e through the cloth with angry little
Jerks, bud he never quite believed
Dick was dead. q IN .ss
;sSa Echo rose hastily The vague haunt
ing half thoughts OF weeks were crys:
allied son the instant She felt as 81
Dick was trying: to speak to Shef2 from
cont Of the great beyond. With a shnd.
der she sank into&a chair at the table
opposite Polly. q Il:
Don, t e, 2 she said. her voice scarcely
above . whisper. 81 can't bear to hea.
him spoken of. dreamed .of him the
|ssother night-a dread full dream *5 4.
Polly was delighted with this new
mystery. IT was all SO romantic! sS:
l Did you Let's hear It IT.. z 81 s.
With unseeing eyes Echo Il gazed
straight ahead, building from her
dream fl brio "a ira ged Of the desert
tn hich the two men who had played
90 great q part IL her life were the
actors. t5;:$s.
It seems, = she told, that j was In
the desert, such a vast terrible desert.
where the little dust devils eddied and
gwirled and the merciless sun beat
down until II shriyeled up every grow
Ing thing. z: .5
Polly nodded her head sagely Sf$es
That's the way the desert looks, and
aesWater.
Echo paid no heed TO the interrnp.
lion. Her face became wan and bag.
4 gard as ia her mind q eye she saw The
a weary waste Of waferless land culver
and swim under \ the mereiless sun
4 Not Al tree, not d blade OF grass, not q
sign OF life broke the monotony sot
3erumbling cliffs and pinnacIed rocks
Onward and ever onward stretched
4 yellow ridges and alkaIi whitened ra
vines binding the eye and parckina
n the throat
a Then saw a man staggering ITO
ward me, & she com inued Us face
was white and drawn; his lips cracked
A and parched. Now and then he would
sstumbIe and fall and lite there on #hil
face Id the hot sand, digging into Il
with his bony fingers, seeking Tor wa
a tel.
Echo shut her eyes as Ii to blot on,
the picture It's reality almost over
powered her. s5EsSs;5ss
sud denly be raised his eyes i,
q mine. 4 she resumed after d pause. Al
was Dick. n
her excl CEMENT she had arisen
stretching out her arms us iff sto war;
on an appariti lon. ss ssss;
He tried call me- saw his Slipt
n move framing my name. Draggini
q himself I'd his feet he came toRart
me with his arms outstretched Thal
q another form ppeared between III
fighting To- keep him back They Tough
a there under the burning sun iii the ho
4 dust of the desert until .at last onesWa
& crushed to ear The victor raise
q face ID mine; and was acir =,
& Echo buried her face an her hands
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