The Tabor independent. [volume] (Tabor, S.D.) 1913-19??, 1914-03-05

down. Tell me an about yrursslr. !
lthoughtsha Observation-Disclosures you'd
been eaet you'd be : great man "
nowt"
I'm practising law here" BE- aA
egwered quietly,
aolnF z settle down hsreT"
Sns looked at him with q pity that.
etuiig him. She had grown so amsz-
tngIy In b year. Il shouldn't think
you could stand IT. I couldn't. Oh, to
be somebody And do somethingi i
remember the nights I used to climb
and wonderI Out there WAS something
and / wanted IT. And IL Mr.. Curran.
hadn't sent my picture to the paper
Ird have been there yet-climbing
Eagle Point trail at sunset TO watch
the light go out--just as lonely az OF
Old"
some way or other they were stIlE
And dear Old Michi" she went IN
softly. Done come up-riyeri Zone
goins to occupy the landl That's what
he'd say Done goin' to find the land
Of Joyl" She turned to Wiley suddenly.
And beforoI go I ana going to climb the
hills once more. And I'm going out 20
sec EN- ALL IL Papa Lindstrum will let
me on the place. / just want some
body whose eyes get brighter when r
come among 'em. And Uncle Mich's
win. Mr.. Curranl"
Il know they Will. Aurelie. And
Knute's and Peters and the babysl
And surely all OF usl The land of Joyf
You'll bring II 70 them out there. Au-
relic. You've sent them 80 much stun
and m~oney--they'd nave half-staryed
last winter, when Albert, the pedler,
was sick, IL o hadn't done that. John
knew you were sending the money,
too, but he pretended he did not Why,
we all like you. Aurelie."
I'm glad she answered, and stood
In the doorway looking E the town
with a forgiying and proud simplicity.
They do like her." drawled the tired
blonde woman from her chair. i've
been In stock q v years, and before
that eve over the BeckIneyer &
Grady circuit s~pot-lighting q song, and
i've seen 'em all. When / Gle to q Kid,
she's got to have 1t, Split-week vaude-
vile and cheap stock don't cave you
no illusions. But Aurelte-Prn going 10
take this kid TO New York and get her
in right IL I have to sell my shoes"
Are you going there to act?" In
Quired Mr.. Curran i~nnocently. =
'Who2 Me? The spotlight artist
sat III and turned her heavy. good
huInored face to him. "Oh, Gawd-me
on Broadwayl Say, you're one OF these
jay ~huhorlsts. ain't your Cut out the
funny stuffi' $ 6
Now. Ada"-burst forth Aureiie-
you mustn't talk sol You're the best
and hndest woman I ver knewi" She
turned defiantIy TO the others: "Oh, the
days n nights she coached me, and
~frehearsed me--and dressed me--and
told me how to behave at hotel tables
land everything Mon Dieu! Each
night ! say q little prayer for Ada
Normanl" She finished softly and
was staring out the window. Maybe
this town was right In laughing at me
In the old days. ! guess I was funnyi
land I felt so bitter when I went away,
But sitting here In Mr.. Curran's old
shop, somehow, all that is dead. The
birds singing up the cDY and the smell
OF the corn and cloyer-it's ali so
peaceful. guess i was wrong
Everybody would have been my friend
IL I'd have let them. And now life Is
big and beautiful. / almost think peo-
pie would be glad to see mel could
just love the old placei'
Miss Vance glanced out to where her
brother was bringing the buggy across
the street. Harland. in the doorway,
was listening. But only Mr.. Curran
looked at her. IL Aurelie had breatheG
q prayer for forgiveness he could not
have stood In more reverence.
And suddenly Janet turned to see his
eyes. Then h crossed to Aurelie and
lifting the girls face. kissed her cheek.
She could not tell what compassion,
what unutterable remuneration, moved
her. Only she knew that to Curran,
Aurelie would ever be the princess
whom he had released from the
witches spell. This was the secret Of
his kindling fires, his new and esult,
ant life. For Janet there would lie this
steadfast work. the long road. She
would still the faint dream OF a mans
Hove. The other sort of woman, the
primal appeal, would win. WELL, she
did not need this love, fthen. r.
She left Aurelie in a shy surprise,
and Wiley in wonder at this demon
stration. Janet was not given to It..
He watched her and Arne drive away,
and Harlan cross to the court house.
They were guessing at his madness, 1t
seemed. Nc.
Aurelie decided that she and Miss
Norman would put up at the Parsons
house. She wanted to be seen by Miss
Amelia and to order, with her new air
Of thu world, the best room and tc
comment critically on the sedate Par
sons house dinner. The Parsons fam
lily had kept the Parsons house and
once had entertained Stephen A..
Douglas. Miss Amelia kept the ira
dition as well as the hosiery so that
she had the eminent respect, tf mo- the
patronage, Of the best people.