The Julesburg grit-advocate., 1909-02-19

him aaA AsA cut What - vas Aoin,
in The Cardinal Woods. II - eou!t
give no satisfactory account Of hin,
ssif I would march hin in to Barri!
~ . sold-making suspect voulc
march him in. anyway. I thought. snt
rid the forest Of his ugly face. von
dered what it Vas that David hat
heard in the lake. 1t must have beer
big fish. a salmon, l thought; prob
ably David's and HowIett's nerve:
were overwrought after their Celest a
chase
A whine from the dog broke the
thread of my meditation and raised
my head. Then l stopped short in u,
tracks.
The los: glade lay straight be
fore me.
/ Already the dog had bounded in-c
it. across the velvet turf to the car y,et
stone where slim figure sat. sas
my dog lay his silky head lovintl
against her silken kirtle: 1 sav ber
face bend above him. and 1 caught my
breath and slowly entered the sun III
glade.
Half timidly she held out one white
hand.
Now that you have come" she
said. Il can show some more of my
work. told you that could do otller
things besides those dragon flies and
moths carved here in stone. Why &c
you stare at me SO? Are you ILL.,"
'Ysonde," stammered.
Yes" she said, with \ faint colo,
under her eyes.
II never expected to see you
again." ! blurted out. '-you-I4-I-
thought ! had dreamed
Dreamed of me? Perhaps you did
Is that stranger"
Strange? N-no-but-where did
you go when-when we were leaning
over the fountain together? l saw your
face-your face reflected beside mine
and then-then suddenly I saw the
blue sky and only star twinkling."
1T was because you fell asleep" she
said. was 1t not?"
''I-asleep?"
You slept thought you were very
tired and ] went back
''Back?-where?"
Back to my home where I carve my
beautiful images; see. here IL one !
brought to show you to-day"
took the sculptured creature that
she held toward me, q massive lizard
with frail ciaw-spread wings Of gold
SO thin that the sunlight burned
through and fell on the ground in
flaming gilded patches.
Good heavens" l exclaimed, "thi,
is astounding! Where did you learn to
do such work? Ysonde, such = thins
is beyond price,"
"Oh. hope So" she said. earnestly
Il can't bear to sell my work. but my
stepfather takes 1t and sends 1t away.
This Is the second thing l have done.
and yesterday he said must give II
to him. suppose he is poor"
Il don't see how he can be pHor II
be gives you gold to model in." said.
astonished.
Gold" she exclaimed, gold. He
has room full Of gold! He makes it."
sat down on the turf at her feet
completely unnerved.
Why do you look at me so?" she
asked, little troubled.
Where does your stepfather liye?"
I said at last.
Here"
Here"
In the woods near the lake. You
could never ind our house."
"A house,"
"Of course. Did you think lived in
a tree? How silly. live with my
stepfather in . beautiful house.
small house, but very beautiful. He
makes his gold there. but the men
who carry 1t away never come to the
house, for they don't know where It
is, and II they did they could not get
in. Ny stepfather carries the gold in
Jumps to q canvas satchel. When
the satchel is full he takes it out into
the woods where the men live, and ]
don't know what they do with it. I
wish he could sell the gold and b..
come rich. for then could go back
to Yian where all the gardens are
sweet and the river flows under The
thousand bridges"
(To BE coNT1NUED)