The evening times. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1906-1914, 1914-03-03

}al'er. pitSins .he meepins. s,iverins
hsd nj" nlan as IL to Tx 1sc 3 e''''e" anu. "e
Il loves him." Abigail confessed TO
herself. "and now he'll nubbaln know
hit. Gaze like as not he'll lay down
an die sonlcwha'tin dc weeds"
Fol two days she went about her
work. weighed down, by hidden grief
and anxiety. hut on Monday afternoon
~shenezer Coffee requested the pleas
i're that evening Of taking her To his
lodge turkey dinner"
secs me a-stu1in' my insides Wild
sobhler, she said to herself. and my
noan hoy NJ somewhat .widout so
much as 3 Gavin crust"
l+aic that afternoon Abigail found
herself at II small cave by the river
three miles from the town. Lighting
T. candle she rrrpt into the cavern's
noutl Ties been hid head she
~anaNercd' as she examined some foot
prints. and hajn't been gone no time.
Dat tracks plumb fraish."
.Ef ID had de- sense to locked Jest
4 DAY Eooner,' she mourned. as she
stihly wendell her way homo. I'D a.
cotcl1ed hun. And now no tellin' how
fur he's got away on some freight
train
\ few DAYS later the second hand
clothing man Of the town bought the
entire stock OF tlnery owned by Abb
place de white uns calls Niger Heb
ben, she said. 'Dat'd be de fust
place he'd think Of .frrightin' his kar-
kis To-" -.
When Ahissil had been in the city
three months searching for Ftorestue
s''c became discouraged and secured
another Job. That evening as she
90 mo IN t1tr, i,t,A~~ 5--r -, -
Ial'se she heard a crash of glass. a
oreaklns OF dishes and wild screams
from the dining room.
Here' girl. The worried proprietor
SAID to her. get into the dining room.
Ny best Walters just hecn taken to
INC hospital with a fractured skull,
glass water bowl
Another month passed and .Abigail's
l'earl began to despair. jest what
sort % a front piece is yoah beau rot
on to his lladc:.' her room matc. ia
whom she had told her trouble, asked
her. "
lies 2 awful black nisgah. wild ~
scar on his neck, and his fcet--dey is
q little out q de ordinary in size"
confessed Abigail.
Dat risser. Alfred Mason. dem
W1jie ,1ns como nigh KILN heal7 wild
DAT glass bowl, he's yoah honey bow
;anra Bel cried out. "He may a.
changcd his name. but lie s1oali fits
dat inscription" ~
At the hospital Ahigail's bright
aopes fell Alfred Mason" the ma
tron Informed her was discharged tN.o
same evening az
N the weakness Of disappointment
AflEall sat flat on the hospital floor
and went c"rlousiy. VIVA must I 60
nov shs demanded Of Laura. Bell.
Laura Belle mentioned a populous
city in the next state. Lot o. mig
ga his go da'."
When late March came Abigail had
neen n month in the city suggested by
Laura Belle. 1t had rained for DAYS
ana the leyres were in monicutary
aanger of bursting. One morning be-
nF from that water that ,rlcked
trough the streets. accostcd Abigail.
! seed Noall day foa y%istiddy's nd
'uhtlsenlent a-aXin' fun de whahbouts
Q Alferd Mason. Gin you don't mean
nm no hahn. I'll tell yu wha' he kin
De foun,' she said.
arms until she WINGED in nain'
Hahn! she calculated. ME a-mean-
IN n man hahn when Is a-lovin' him
Dustin" ="
Well. da's no accountin' fob tastes"
the slim woman remarked. II believes
you"
A moment later a sea of murlty
wafer was about the house. The great
dhm of.the river had burst.
e dat skinny Niger d Jest conc
NlsiiddN and tnle me about F'restus.
nc an him 'a-Eot 10 die togeddef,
nyway said Abigail. marooned on
the house top in the .lata. Afternoon, as
n strained her mortified. YES at the