The Fairmont West Virginian. (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1904-1914, 1912-08-08

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eddown and no fnnoiid k6 wa nbia
olleep bis sarlols Ways open without
q great deal Of difficulty! 4 ,iittie
IEof every morning and eYenIhs suf-i
Every day he had %, 50 DOM the
mountain stairway "a the bottom Of
The poeiet 70 feed and water the bur.
rps. What was quick and simple
task in milder, warmer seasons some
times took him a half a day under the
present rigorous conditions. And the
wUman never saw him start out In
the storm without . sinking heart and,
grave apprehension. On his return to
the cabin half frozen, almost spent
and exhausted, she eyer, welcomed him
With eager gratitude and satisfaction
which would shine in her eyes, throb.
IN her heart and tremble upon her
lips! control II as she, might. And he,
Thought Il was well worth all the trou.
BILE and lhafdships Of his task to be so
greeted when he came hack to her. e
Winter had set in unusually early
and with unprecedented severity. Amy
kind OF winter in the mountains
would have amazed the girl, but even
the man with his larger experience
declared he had never before known
such sharp and sudden cold, or such
deep and lasting SHOWS. His daily
records had never shown such low
temperatures nor had his observation
eyer noted such wild and furious
storms as ragged then and there. It
seemed as II Nature were in a con-
apiracy to seal up the mountains and
all they contained, to make ingress
and egress alike impossible. (
"A month had elapsed and Ends
footswa now quite well. The man
had managed To- sew UP her boot
where the knife had cut Il and al
though the, iobswas clumsy one the
result was usable shoe. 1t Is as
tonishing the comfort she took when
she first put It Jon and discarded for
good the shapeless wooden stocking
whlSh had covered the clumsy band:
age happtig no longer nesessaSy.. AK
though The torn ard AZ bruised member
i.had healed and She could use. II with
.care. shsE fgqt gas Atill very tender
and sagasl gs sustaining M violent
Sor l9pg GenttnBed strrain. of nsees5
atty she had been largely confined TO
the house but Whenever It had peen
possible he had Wrapped her in his
great bear akin scat and had helped
her Iqps a Jths be-, edge q the slift Tor
a brsathl OF fresh air. !. ~ ~
s9mstinss he would leave her
there aIotne. Ypuld pethaps have left
her alone there always had she, hot
importantly. required; his company
1nsensiblys she had acquired, the hab;
,t-lpt q d!ficilt one ior a Woman 70
fall into@aqt taking the lead In the
small Affairs, Of tbeir, ,eirclmsrribed
existsnss, and he had aeQpiesssd in
her dominance WITHOUT rhssitaien Or
remonstranee. Il was she, who, or;
derea their daily walk and eepyerss.
tom Her ajRishss aYeEe ssnspltea
about ,eSSerytthllng; ~ be sRrs no grest
range Fl s elholce was allowed them, Of
liberty q: Iastien Or iresdoms ip the
constraiiHts with which patuFs bggnd
them, hut yKhsReysF there was any
selection shst made II, n, ,faS, al
The man yielded everything for her
and Esatl;lha dlS II gltheat "a any way
derogating from his selfTespect or Or
withaqtS s sEsi 5iag bis natural "a.
depenaetnEee. hsS woman instinstIyez
" regltzsaat that 50 any great eftsls ID
any latfEfgI M mat tbs initiation
Of which Would pat,rallY eject .their
preseRElt, or sthelf tlfFp., thetr bappip.
ess. RelfaEe, M. he oiild assert him.
self, and his, assertia $ould, bs ,pR;
questioned and UNIQUE fIpnahls BY her.
There %asSa delightful satisfaction
to the woman in the whole situation.
She had a woman's desire to lead In
the smaller things In life, and yet
craved the woman's consciousness
that in the great emergencies she
would be led, In the great battles she
would be fought for, in tho great dan.
gers she would be protected, In the
great perils she would be saved.
There was rest comfort. Joy and salts
faction in these thoughts. " -
The strength of the man she mas.
tered was estimate Of her own power
and charm. There was a great, sweet,
Vpiceless, unconscious flattery in his
Difference Of which she could not be
unaware. le.
Having little else to do, she studied
the man, and she studied him with
warm desire and an enthusiastic pre-.
disposition to find the best in him.
She would not have been human
girl IL she had not been thrilled TO
the very heart Of her by what the
man had done for her. She recognized
that whether he asserted It or not, he
had established an everlasting and
indisputable claim upon her. ~
The circumstances of their first
meeting, which as the days passed
did not seem quite so horrible to her.
and yet a thought Of which would
bring the blood to her cheek still on,