The citizen-Republican. (Scotland, Bon Homme County, S.D.) 1???-19??, 1911-12-28

Neither Maxwell nor his partne,
spoke, and before the music ceased he
OPP rather abruptly and saving
shall we go outsider" led her througb
the door on to the glass veranda which
runs the whole length Of the hotel on
the side fronting the sea.
They strolled to the end and Tho,
stopped. He threw up one of the large
windows and they stood side nv sida
IN silence which neither seemed to
care to be the first one to break, gazed
at the wonderful scene before them.
AND IN truth 1t was a scene to have
MADE the most thoughtless pause and
ehlnk. The waves rolled UP and broke
a rev feet below them. A full moon
shed its brilliant, pure, cold lipht on
me nroad expanse Of the mighty ocean:
70 the right the dark outline Of Point
Iona showed UP family, and to the left
as tar as the eye could see a continuous
line of white breakers formed a semi
circle to tn cliffs of Mexico,
me Of both the watchers
We're busy with the past. Two wears
before Sybil Delaunay, then In the
zenith OF her youth, and tasting the
1lrst draughts of success In the art of
sculpture to which she determined to
devote her life, refused to marry he
man VINO stood beside her. and sent
MIN away, Fowing that no man should
N' i'ail III ieT HE nor interfere
petWeen her and the work she loved.
disappointed and heartsick Maxwell
had thrown UP his profession in
which he was already being spoken of
as a rising surgeon, and disappeared
from Miss Delaunay's world. From
that day to this she had never heard
Anythlng OF him until he appeared to-
lllsht at this hotel in the Far West to
winch h had come for the winter
with a party of friends. She had learn
ed much of herself since the time when
ne a left her and had begun to realize
that art alone cannot fill the heart of
a woman, nor that a successful career
was all that was required to make her
happy.
To the man who watched her she
seemed In the moonlight almost nm
earthly in her beauty. Not he faint
est breeze stirred the rippies of her
golden hiar. Every sequin on her black
gown caught the reflection of the moon
until her slight form seemed to be
sheathed In silver.
A sudden shudder on his part broke
me spell that held them. and she
turned suddenly towards him.
Tt is strange that we should meet
IKE this he said, striving to keep the
passionate longing out Of his voice.
When we last danced together-do you
remember"
remember everything she an
swered softly. ut Is two years ago
now, isn't it?''
Two years" he repeated, "and to me
1t seems a lifetime"
Then, In a different tone:. "Are you
staying here long?"
All the winter, I think. They saw /
must not stay in New York: that I
need sunshine"
You are not ill?" he said, sharply.
She smiled. mo. not i'll, but / might
be II I stayed longer in a cold climate.
And your work, will you keep that
up here? You will not give that up, Of
course?" he asked, a trace of bitterness
creeping into the question.
For the present. yes, but / hope to
go back again To II. 1t is all I have to
live for new. I am quite alone since
my father died, and you know / neyer
cared for society,""
y think 1t ta all you ever lived for"
ne said roughly; 'ths ruin OF a mans
life meant nothing to yoh while you
could devote yourself to your art"
n shrank a little From him and
light