New Ulm review. (New Ulm, Brown County, Minn.) 1892-1961, 1910-11-02

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How is it coming along, by the
way? haven't heard you mention it
lately"
''Very well, believe. The men were
down the other day and told me it
was big thing"
I'm delighted. How does it seem
to be rich?''
I'll hardly know. Rich! That has
always been my dream, and YET
'The wonderful feature about
dreams" he took advantage of her
pause to say. SIS that they come true"
mot all Of them-not the real. won
derful dreams" she returned.
"Oh, yes! My dream is coming true,
and so is yours"
II have given up hoping for that"
she said. without turning.
"But you shouldn't give up Remem-
Der that all the great things ever ac-
complished were only dreams at first,
and the greater the accomplishments
the more impossible they seemed to
begin with
Something in the girls attitude and
In her silence made him feel that his
words rang hollow and commonplace.
While they had talked an unaccus-
toned excitement had been mounting
in his brain. and it held him now in
kind of delicious embarrassment 1t
was as if both had been suddenly en-
folded in new and mysterious IN
derstanding without the need of
speech. He did not tell himself that
Cherry loved him, but he reused to a
fresh perception Of her beauty and felt
himself privileged in her nearness
1t may have been the unusual ardor
Of his gaze that warmed her cheeks
and brought her eyes back from the
world outside. At any rate, she turned,
flashing him startled glance that
caused his pulse to leap anew. Rising
silently, she went past him to the
piano. Never before had she surprised
that look in his eyes and at the reali-
zation wave of confusion surged over
her. She strove to calm herself
through her music, which shielded
while it gave expression to her mood,
and neither spoke as the evening
shadows crept in upon them. But the
girls eXaltation was short lived; the
thought came that Boyd's feeling was
but transitory; he was not the sort to
burn lasting incense before more than
one shrine Nevertheless, at this mo-
ment he was hers, and in the joy of
that certainty she let the moments slip.
They heard child crying some
where in the rear Of the house and
Chakawana's voice soothing; then in a
moment the Indian girl appeared in
the doorway, saying something about
going out with Constantine. Cherry
acquiesced half consciously, impatient
of the intrusion. Boyd finally rose and,
| going to the door, saw that the sky was
deeply overcast, rendering the night as
| dark as in far lower latitude. {
1--WE overstayed my welcome" he
ventured and smiled at her answering
laugh.
! With trace of solicitude she said:
| "Wait! I'll get you raincoat." But
| he reached out OBTAINING hand. In
the darkness it encountered the bare
flesh Of her arm.
please don't! You'd have to strike
light to find it, and don't want a
light now"
"It has been pleasant evening"" she
said namely.
Il saw you for the first time tonight,
Cherry. think have begun to know
you"
! Again she felt her heart leap. Reach.
ing out to say goodby, his hand slipped
down over her arm like a caress until
her palm lay in his.
With trembling, gentle hands she
pushed him from her.
When the black bulk of Marshs can
merry loomed ahead of Emerson he lef
the gravel beach and turned up among
the buildings, seeking to retrace hi:
former course. AS he turned the cor
ner of the first building he nearly raj
against man who was standing mo
tionless against the wall. The fellow
with sharp exclamat ton, vanishe,
into the gloom. Boyd lost no time il
gaining the plank runway that led t
the dock and, finding an angle in tn
building, backed into it and waited
From his momentary glimpse of tn
man as he made off he knew that h
was tall and active-just the sort o
person to prove dangerous in an er
counter. But if his suspicious wer
correct there must be others close by
and Boyd wondered why he had hear,
no signal. After GREATNESS wait O
a moment or two he stole cautiousl
out, and, selecting the darkest shad
ows, slipped from one to another til
he was caught by the sound of voices
issuing from the yawning entrance O
the main building on his right TIL,
next moment his tension relaxed; on.
of the speakers was a woman EYi
IDENTIFY his alarm had been needless
for these people, whoever they were
made no effort to conceal their pres
ence. On the contrary, the woman hal