Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1913-05-09
Copyright 1886 By The BoBBs-MEpnLL co.

securely confident in her debonair,
smiling assurance. He patted her
lightly on the shoulder by way of
greeting and said:
How are you? All right?"
"Oh, I'm all right" she answered
with brisk, determined sprightliness.
You're the one to ask about. You
walk stiff, still. How are your feet?"
She was glad to turn her eyes away
from his face. 1t looked very tired,
and the slighte smile with which he
had greeted her stayed only on his
lips, did not extend to his fatigued
eyes. He was evidently angry still,
angry and unforgiving, and that he
should be so, when she was so anxious
to forget the ugly episode of the
quarrel and be gay and friendly again,
dashed her spirits and made her feel
insure of herself and upset. She was
determined, however, to show him
that she had forgotten all about it,
and as he turned the angle of the
stairway she thrust her hand inside
his arm and walked up beside him.
They might have been a happy mar
ried couple, reunited after an alb
sence, slowly coming up the stairs
together arm in arm.
A few minutes later they were
seated opposite each other at dinner
The little table glowed and cleaned,
all Berny's bravery of silver and glass
mustered for it's adornment The
choice and delicate dinner began with
soup that Dominick especially liked,
a fact which Berry hoped he would
notice and mention. She was one of
those women who have an unfeiling
memory for what people like to eat;
single expression of preference
would remain in her mind for years
Dominick and she had not lived to-
gether for month before she knew
everything in the way of food he liked
or disliked. When size was annoyed
with him, or especially bitter against
his mother, she would order nothing
but dishes that he did not care for,
and when she was in a more friendly
mood, as tonight, she would take
pains and time to arrange a menu
composed of those he preferred He
usually did not notice these rewards
and punishments, but Berny always
thought he did and was too stub
born" as she expressed 1t to herself,
to show that he was affected by them.
She observed tonight that he nei-
ther remarked, nor seemed to relish
his food, but she made no comment,
talking on in breathless, lively way,
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dent, and the condition of his feet,
as though there were no mortifying
recollectious connected with the cause
Of his sudden departure. Her only
indication Of embarrassment was a
tendency to avoid anything like a mo.
NEXT of silence and to fly from one
subject to another. Dominick an
swered her questions and told heI
of his wanderings with a slow, care
full exactness. Save in the freezing
of his feet, which matter he treated
more lightly than it deserved, he was
open with her in recounting the small
happenings of what he called "his
holiday" from the time Of his WALL
from Rocky Bar to the day CT his
departure from Antelope.
They had progressed through the
fish to the entree when her question:
passed from his personal wandering
and adventures to his associates. She
had been very anxious to get to thi:
point, as she wanted to know wha
degree Of intimacy he had reached
with the Bonanza King Severa
times already she had tried to diver
the conversation toward that subject
but it had been detected by the yount
man, who seemed to find less per
sonal topics more to his taste. Nov
she was advancing openly upon ii
inquiring about the snow-bound groul
) at Perleys, and awarding to any bu
, the august name for which her ear
, were pricked a perfunctory attention
J 1t was part of the natural perversit,
] of man that Dominick should sh,
{ from it and eXpend valuable time OF
| descriptions Of the other prisoners
r There was an actor there" b,
3 said, showed in on his way to Sac
ramento, queer-iooking chap, out no
! bad"
"An actor?" said Berry, trying t
: look interested What did he act?
"Melodrama, l think He told m
9 he played all through the northwes
and east as far as Denver. The poo
chap was caught up there and wa
] afraid he was going to lose Sacra
: mento engagement that l guess mean
: a good deal to him. He was quit
: interesting, been in the Klondike 1
: the first rush and had some queer ste
ries about the early days up there.
+ Berny's Indifferent glance becam
S bright and fixed under the steadyin
d effect of sudden interest.
Been in the Klondike?" she re
peated. What was his name?"
"Buford, James Delay Buford. He
y been an actor at the opera house q
:. Dawson"