The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1912-03-04
CHAPTER xII.-(contlnued.)

suggests buying off Berry.
CHAPTER xil.-(Contlnued.)
There was something strange o
Domlnick since he had come back,
something that intrigued her, that she
could not satisfactorily explain. She
assured herself that he was still angry,
but In the deeper places Of her under
standing the voice that whispers the
truth and will not be gainsaid told her
Il was not that. Neither was 1t ex-
actly %antagonlsm. In a way he had
. been studiously kind and polite to her,
a sort Of consciously.guarded polite
ness, such as one might practice to a
guest with whom n was intimate
without being friendly. She tried to
explain to herself Just what this
change was, and when It came to put
ting the matter in words she could
not find the right ones. 1t was a cold
ness, a coldness that was not harsh
and did not express itself in actions or
phrases. II was deeper; 1t was ex-
hailed from the inner places OF his be-
ing.
Sometimes as she talked to him she
would meet his eyes fixed on her with
a deep, vacant glance, which she sud
denly realized was %unseeing and I'M
needing. In the evening as he sat
reading In the cramped confines Of
the den she surreptitiously watched
him and saw that a moment often
came when he dropped his book, and
with his long body limp in the arm
chair, his chin sunk on his breast,
would sit with a brooding gaze fixed
on nothing. Once. as he was dream
Ing this way. she said suddenly:
What are you thinking Of. Domi-
nick? Antelope?"
He rtarted and turned upon her a
face that had Redeemed consciously.
why should l think OF Antelope?"
he said, and she was aware that her
remark had startled him and made
him uncomfortable.
For no particular reason" she an
swered lightly; you Just looked as II
you were thinking of something a long
way off,"
She tried TO reassure herself that II
all rose from the quarrel. To believe
that comforted her and gave her con-
fidence, but 1t was hard to think 1t.
for not only did her own instinct pro-
claim against it, but Dominick's a
ner and attitude were in distinct refu.
tation OF any such theory. He was
not sullen, he was absent; he was not
%resentful, he was Indifferent. And In
small outward ways he tried to please
her, which was not after the name
OF a sore and angry man. On this
very Sunday he had agreed to meet
her and her family In the park at the
band stand at four. She always dined
with her sisters on Sunday and If
the weather was fine they went to the
park and listened to the music. It
was nearly n year now since Dominick
had Joined these family parties, pre-
terring to walk on the Preside hills
and the Cliff House beach with a
friend from the bank. But on the eve
ming before he had promised TO meet
them; been quite agreeable about II,
Berry had thought, when her plead
ings and opportunities had finally ex
torted from him a promise to Join
them there.
She left the dlnlng.room and walked
up the hallway to the parlor, her head
dropped, anxieties gnawing at her.
The little room was flooded with sun
SHINE, and she parted the lace cur.
tains and, throwing up the window,
sleaned out, The rich, enveloping
warmth surrounded her, clasped her.
|seemed TO sink deep into her and
NAV her apprehensions that were so
coid at her heart. She drew in the
1Neet' still air, that did not stimulate
'+< mat had in 1t something OF a
*|<stalllne youth and freshness, like
H< air OF an untainted world, con
[ned with nothing but the joy of
'ns' The scents of flowers were in
me mellowness Of the earth and its
JUS. Peace was the message of this
nquil Sunday morning, peace was
me sunshine, in the sound of bells
th which the air was full, In the
OF feet-light, joyous feet-on the
vement, in the voices of passers-by
d the laughter. sweet and broken.
children. 1t was not right for any
to harbor cankerlng cares on such
fyday' The earth was happy, aban.
Nped to the sunshine. irresponsible.
E iree' rejoicing in the perfect mo-
f.t' The woman felt the restoring
"ceesses that Nature, in It's t~ireless
SEroslty, offers to all who will take
Tunt She felt eased Of her troubles.
SroI TX and cheered, as though the en-.
"SV2ing radiance that bathed her
sess opiate for tangled nerves.
have in the brightness she leaned
ot,,S Nindow-sill, immovable, quieted,
0'uoyV The warmth suffuse her and
cess of those alarms that half an
prosy 'ler had been ., chill and
head of s's.a- the sense of vell-os-