The Garland globe. [volume] (Garland, Utah) 1906-191?, 1909-10-30

done what could, fur come ~ love
you all. and 'ow could | clip Il? |
made 'em give back your ring Miss
Elizabeth, which she took often your
finger before you very h'eyes, miss.
when you was 'olding of 'er and on
the rocks in the moonlight. Oh, she
was clever, she was. But | made 'er
give II up. l went out that night, but
she was away wi AIRY Graham and
| couldn't git It till next day. Which
II was my shadder and WHY'S YOU
seen that night, Miss Elise. He. 'alf
crazy, pore lad because Jest as soon
as you was out OF sight she up and
lined AIRY Graham and went out on
the water wi i'm. And them red
| roses. Miss Gabrielle-you seen 'ow IL
was. And she alwiz 'ad em, alwiz.
AIRY Graham seen to that, and Willy
couldn't do nothing"
| Here she paused for breath.
And never, never drugged you
but the once" she continued-"in the
chocolate, you know. wouldn't do 1t
for neither Of 'em, and very ard they
thought of me for It, too; but 'ow
could | go for to do It and you trustin'
me. even when you card me and
Willy talkin' In the cellar? And
brought you the tea myself that last
night. Miss Elise, when she wanted to
give Il to you erself and put a powder
in It to send you to Sleep but
wouldn't let er, for all she was my
sons wife. oh, Willy, Willy"
| III 4. NA
cettled down for our last evening,
while the fire burned with its green,
blue. lavender, and red lights, where
in now found wonderful pictures and
not so very remote either and the
ocean rolled monotonously outside.
In the first long silence | told the
girls about it-glad that the lamp was
not lighted, and glad also that the
; freight did not shine upon my face.
! Well, they were very, very nice, and
considerable enough to ask but few
searching observation-disclosures they
have since told me they were con-
sumed with the desire to do so.
So the evening passed, and at last
we went unwllingly upstairs, careful
not to mention that II was our last
: night In the little cottage, which, In
spite of everything. we still loved.
I lay broad awake for long time
listening to the washing OF the
waves and thinking the thoughts that
y come to a girl but once in lifetime
o when / heard low voice from the
next room, and knew the others were
9 wakeful also.
|
Were you surprised, Elizabeth"
r Eyes. certainly was"-the EN-
phasis in Elizabeth's tone LETT M
room for doubt. Somehow, / neve
,, associated Elise with marriage--o
l. men either, for that matter"
Neither did l. She'll never be tn
4 same again. but oh, Elizabeth, II
X had been you, what should ] hav
u done?"
N "And / was just lying here thinking
y how dreadful 1t would have been IL
had happened to you. So long as W
have each other, nothing else maj
70 ters."
- mo, nothing else matters. l hop
~ she'll be very happy but Elise is
=, well, she's Elise, and / can't help woI
- dering how she is going to like ma
ried life"
And wonder, too, for, after all,
4 Is always like starting very sma
~ ship across very broad ocean. b.
-. / am not afraid of the voyage, for Go
~ don is going with me, and we hay
=. engaged pilot whose name
20 spelled with four letters; he Is wa
70 ranted to steer safe course throug
~ every sort of weather, and we bot
o. believe he will bring us safe into po
at last.
Ut THE END.