Shoshone journal. [volume] (Shoshone, Idaho) 1884-1931, 1912-09-20

n Hhen be grew up the superintendent
K. bound him out 10 a brutal man. II.
n ran away and landed IN one OF m,
lumber camps He hes no name o,
e knowledge OF iegsI birth rhe angel
e we have talked OF her She mas ances
u tors reaching back 20 Plymouth Rock
and across the sen for generations
I back Of that She IS an idolized. petted
= only child. and there Is great wealth.
D He sees 1t more plainly than any one
, else could. There is nothing for the
J boy but death II IT Is the angel that is
required to save him
The angel stood between them.
Wei. ! guess nott' she cried. "If
Freckles wants me all he has to do is
TO say so. and he can have meP'
That he Will never say said Nc
Lean at last. land you don't under
stand angel don't know bow you
came here ! wouldn't have had Won
hear that for the world. but since you
nave. dear. you must be told that it
isn't your friendship or Kindness
Freckles wants: IL is your love"
Well, l do love him." she said sim.
ply.
hcLean's arms dropped heiplessly.
You don't understand" he reiferat-
ed patiently 1T isn't the love of a |
friend. or a comrads., or a sister that /
Freckles wants from you: Il is the love
OF sweetheart And II 20 save the
lie he has offered for you you are
thinking OF being generous and i'm
puisive enough 10 sacrifice your future
In the absence OF your father IL viii
become my plain duty. as the pro-
tector In whose hands he has placed
you, TO prevent such rashncss. The
very words you speak and the manner
In which you say them proves that you
are mere child and have not dreamed
what love f.
Il have never had to dream of love-
sne SAID proudly. Il have never J
known anything else I'm all my life
but TO love every one aud TO have !
every one love me. And there has
never been any one so dear an
FreckIes- IL you will remember. We 9
nave been through q good deal to-
gefher. ! do love Freckles. Just as .
say | do. don't know anything 2
about the love OF sweetheart, but /
love him with all the love In nv .
heart. and ! think that win satisfy
him" n
Surely IL ooghtr' muttered the man =
Of knives and lsncets
AS for my father" continued thu q
nigel. he at once told me what he u
earned from you about Freckles q
We known all you know for several ~
weeks. That knowledge didn't change =
our love for him particle. think On
he Bird Woman loved him more. -
Why should you two have all the 81
Inc perceptions there ares Ny father 10
, never unreasonable. He won't ex.
ect me not 70 love Freckles. or not III
D tell him so. If the telling will save ap
i'm" Nj
She darted past Mclean into me
rockies room. closed the door and me
armed the key.
Freckies lay raised on a hat oil. Fr
~. his body immoyable In a plaster yo'
ist his MANNED arm. as always, MD. yol
90. The angels heart ached at the to
iange In his appearance He seem. sol
so weak. so utterly hopeless and pee
alone. she could see that the night bar
I'd been one long terror. and
For the nrst time she tried putting Jus
rself In Freckles' place What would to
mean TO have no parents no home, VIII
manner No namel That was the me
'rst of all. That was to DO lost up.
ieed-utterly and hopeiessly lost. The me,
gel rrted her hands TO her dazed and
ad and reeled as she tried to face suff
It proposition. She dropped on her has
ees by the bed. slipped her arm I'M and
the pillow. and. leaning over If
eckies. set her lips on his forehead han,
smiled family. had
Dear Freckles," she said. there is wou
story In your eyes this morning. day
meT mipl
rockies drew a long. waverIne iyer.
ath time
Angel, be begged, 'be generousi / on
thinking Of me little. I'm so risk
nesick and worn out. dear angel posi-
giving me back me promise. Let your
COR sake,
WY, frecklesF' taltered the angel ting
q don't know what you are asking. "Ns
you so! | cannot. ] love you mot
er than any one. Freckles l think the
are the very fnest person ever thous
nave our lives all planned. to th
you TO so 70 be educated and with
, all there is TO know about sing cago
JUST az soon as you are well could
gh- BY the time you have com and '
your education shall have TO VIII
'eu eonege' and then J want she It's al
~ on second. Il want you to only l
y real knight. Freckles. and come she
an" 'en me 'nat you-iike med preser
have been counting 90 you .No,
" sweetheart from the very FIRST heart,
zies can't give you up unless les. ca
don't like me. But you do like rinbe
asst little-don't you. FrecklesY' lowed
ckies hay whittier than the cover. where
lis eyes on the ceiling and his the pa