Elk City mining news. (Elk City, Idaho) 1903-1913, 1909-01-23

THIS instant. l say that Nesuv1us warned
before he broke; that Krakatoa warned
and then struck; that down the ages these
safety valves scattered over the face or
earth have trembled before giving way
Pelee is trembling now, and there is
woman here whose safety is-important
to me. She is two miles away this mo-
ment, and l am as powerless as a man in
a street fight, with his lady's arms about
him. What shall do?"
peter, there is a short cut" Breen
said.
Tell me- :" Constable urged.
Are you jealous and strong souled?"
TRY me-"
At this juncture Soronia entered the
birds. filling the eyes of the Americans.
A dark, ardent, alluring face; flesh like
dull gold, made wonderful by the faintest
t.nts of ripe fruit; eyes that could melt
and burn and laugh a fragile figure, but
radiantly abloom, and as worthily draped
as a young palm in vine richly blossom
ing. Such. vaguely, was Soronia. She
made one think of a strange, regal flower,
an experiment of Nature, wrought in the
most sumptuous shadow of a tropic gar
den. She was gone. Breen's face bore a
drained look
AN orchid?" he whispered will the
visitation be repeatedg Do I wake or
sleep?'
'Old Pere Rabeaut married a French
woman" Constable observed.
Some Daphne of the islands, she must
have beeu, since Pere Rabeaut does not
seem designed to father a SUNRISE" Breen
added, his eyes lost in the shadows of the
court, from whence the bird songs came.
Pere Rabeaut was a worthy soldier Of
France, l have heard" said Constable 81
have never seen the mother, but every
year l have seen Soronia-for a moment
like this. She was but a child when l
came 6rst-fve years ago-but a radiant
child even then"
Five years ago." Breen unused. Five
years ago / had not ceased to paint /
should have put her on canvas"
There was a moment of silence, then
Constable said in a low voice, Il must 60
back. Tell me the shorter way"
Peter, you are a man, and she a WON
an. Forgive me. but I know what has
sprung into your heart in the past twenty
four hours from the seeds that have been
there five years. Tell her-tell her all
about those five years and the one day
what they have meant to you. and your
dream Of the future. If you tell her
nightly enough. she viii follow you to
the Madame, and cast no longing look be-
hind ] shall stay here for an hour or
two"
Constable left the shop. He was very
Al
er in his life before had there been a
time when a stiff shoulder. dollars. an ath-
letic mind. or all three. had failed entirely
70 move an obstacle IN his way. Here be
was ground by impotence absolute. The
suggestion Of Breen entaiied such a deep
and vital thing that b. dared not think Of
b. here IN the giaring day. with the pant
ing crowd about him. II was against the
very structure Of his mind 10 act DreciDi-
lately in This. Of al matters most deli
cate. II Is true thar be- meant now 10
win Lara StansburY. If such a stately
citadel lay within range of a man of bis
caiiDer bur BIZ had rolcasafed 10 strike
only after a laviess Investment were
laid.
Breen lld nor return for luncheon
and The name of Pelee vas NOT beard. lu
bis room, aflerWard. Constable feli asleep.
with bis face 10 Che north. He awoke
out Of q horrld dream Ia which black
fingers were tightening ike q garr0fe.
upon bis throat. II was the ash and
sulphur fumes again Pelee was 0bsour-
ed by the fresh fog. Instantly. upon
awakening, The Old thoughts and breads
RESUMED flelr hateful swing ln his brain
The sight Of tae MADAME. lying OUT in the
harbor her needle-ooom pointed Ike =
black, feshless hnser aeross he SMOKY
sunset, shipped hin again 10 the sense
u action Thich bad % nsans Of expires
sion. Thoughts of The n.sht-lAe locked
doors, the sill halls fls Tail 81 chil.
dren from the native cabins slesplsasness
without hope. glsllaaoe Eiihouf meaning
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