Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1910-08-27

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They heard a 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 ac
Quiesced half consciously, impatient OF
the intrusion.
For long time they talked, so com
pletely In concord that for the most
part their voices were low and their
sentences so incomplete that they
would have sounded incoherenr and
foolish to other ears. They wers
reused finally by the appreciation that
It had grown very late and storm
was brewing. Boyd rose, and going to
the door, saw that the sky was deeply
overcast, rendering the night as dark
las In far lower latitude.
I've overstayed my welcome" he
ventured, and smiled at her answering
laugh.
With trace Of solicitude, she said:
Wait! I'll get you rain-coat," but
he reached out OBTAINING hand. In
the darkness 1t encountered the bare
flesh of her, arm.
please don't! You'd have to strike
a light to find 1t, and I don't want
light now"
He was standing on the steps, with
her Slightly above him, and SO close
that he heard her sharp-drawn breath.
1T has been pleasant evening""
she said, namely.
| II 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 goodbye, his hand slip.
ped down over her arm, like q caress,
until her palm lay in his.
With trembling. gentle hands she
pushed him from her; but even when
away, she stood with eyes strainine
into the gloom, in her breast a glad.
ness SO sitting that she raised her
hands to still it's tumult.
Emerson, with the glow still upon
him, felt a deep contentment which he
did not trouble to analyze. It has been
said that two opposite impulses may
exist side by side in mans mind. like
two hostile armies which have camped
close together in the night. unrevealed
to each other until the morning. To
Emerson the dawn had not yet come
He had no thought of disloyalty to
Mildred, but, after his, fashion, took
the feeling Of the moment unFsd Elective.
ly. His mood was averse to tho0Rh
and, moreover, the darkness fojEed
I him to give instant attention to Ms
path. While the waters Of the bay cat
to his right showed ghostly gray,
4 objects beneath the bluff where he
walked were cloaked in impenetrable
shadow. The air was damp with the
breath of coming rain, and at rare in.
tervals he caught glimpse OF the torn
edges Of clouds hurrying ahead Of
wind that was yet unfelt.
! When the black hulk Of Marsh's can.
merry doomed ahead Of him, he left the
gravel beach and. turned up among
the buildings, seeking to retrace his
former course. He noticed that once
he had left the noisy single, his feet
made no noise in the soft moss. Thus
it was that, as he turned the corner OF
the first building, he nearly ran
against man who was standing mo-
tionless against the wall. The fellow
seemed as startled at the encounter
as Emerson, and with a sharp ex-
clamation leaped away and vanished
into the gloom. Boyd lost no time In
gaining the plank runway that led 70
the dock, and finding an angle in the
building, backed into it and waited,
half-suspecting that he had stumbled
into trap. He reflected that both the
i hour and the circumstances were UNI
propitious; for in case he should meet
with foul play Marsh might plausibly
claim that he had been mistaken for a
| marauder. He determined, therefore,
to proceed with the greatest caution.
From his momentary glimpse Of tho
man as he made off, he knew that hs
was tall and active-just the sort OF
person to prove dangerous In an en-.
counter. But If his suspicious were
correct there must be others close by.
end Boyd wondered why he had heard
no signal After a breathless wait of
a moment or two, he stole cautiously
out, and, selecting the darkest shad-
ows, slipped from one to another till
he was caught b. the sound Of voices
issuing from the yawntng entrance Ut
the main building on hts right. The
next moment his tension relaxed; one
! of the speakers was woman. Evident
/ ly his alarm had been needless, for
these people, whoever they were. made
no effort to conceal their presence. On
the contrary, the woman had raised
her voice to q louder pitch, although
her words we're still undfstinguish.
able.
(To be Continued.)
From Sickness to "Exeei1ent Health"
{! So saws Mrs Chaa Lyon. Peoria Ill: