Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1915-10-13

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She Cat staring At The Fire With the
Calm Brow Of an Indian.
.Put your bed inside, Miss Berrte.
We can't let conventions countaaboye
timber line. ,5 shall rest better III
know you are properly sheltered.
And 80 it happened that for the thtrd
time she shared the same roof Wild I'D
her lover, But the nurse was upper
most IN her now. #
% Nash was the f,rsts to arise in the
dusk. OF dawn. and Berrie. awakened
by the scrackle OF his fire. soon ' Joined ell
him. s ~, Y, 81. IL ~ .#es5
III you'M round up our horses, AT:
Nash, I'll rustic lbreakfast and w 'E' !
get going. 4 she said I'll ID
Nash. enthralled, fingered while snt
twisted her hair into place. then went 'll
out TO bring ins the ponies. II I, ;,4s n:
Wayland came ont . little uncertain.
~. but looking very well. y think
SHAH discourage my friends from com
ing to this region for their health he
said ruesully. .If l were a novels!
now al this would be grist for ms
mill. tss ~ g; 4
Beneath his Joking he was profound
" chagrined. He had hoped by this
time to be as sinewy. as alert as Nash.
instead Of which here he sat. shivertns
over the fire like a sick girl. his head
swollen, his blood sluggish. but this
Encouragement only increased Berea's
tenderness-a tenderness. which melted
all his reserve. 5..t sssS. u
Pm not worth all your care" be said
to her, with poignant glance.
The sun rose clear and warm, and
the fire.. the coffee. put new courage
into him as well as into the others
and while the morning was yet early
aud the forest chill and damp with
rain. the, Surveyor brought up, the
horsesaand started packing the outfit:
In this Berrie again took part. doing
|$her half OF the work quite, as dextrous
NV as Nash himself Indeed, the for
ester was notceably confused and no,
quite up to his usual level Of adroi'
ease. Il NJ
AZ last both. packs were on. and as
they stood together for q moment Mash
said: This has been q great experience
-one l shall remember as long as !
i've, ss N IA < q
She stirred uneasily under his frank
admiration. Elm nightly obliged "a
you" she replied. as heartily as she
could command. Uses. 2sS
Don't thank me. I'm indebted 20
you. There Is 80 little In my life OF
such companionship M you and Nor
cross give me-" Hi, ::y3,s
he helped Norcross. mount his morse
and as he put the lead rope into BerI
rie's hand he said. with much feeling:
Good luck to you. shall remember
this night all the rest Of my life. Miss
Berrie. !" .s St
Il hate to be going to the rear call;
ed Wayland. whose bare.s bandaged
head made him look like u wounded
young officer. But ! guess It's better
for me to lay of q week or two and
recover my tone" ,.s$.. 4. 5st At, /,
And so they parted. the surveyor rid.
ing his determined way up the naked
mountain side toward the CLOUDS. while
Berrie and her ward plunged at once
into the dark and dripping forest be-
low IF you can stand the grief, s.she
said. well 60 clear through" I
+. Her caution was ALL for him. She
tried each dangerous slough first and
thus was able to advise him which
way was safest His head throbbed
with pain and his knees were weary:
but hearode on.
At last they came into open ground
on a high ridge and were gladdened BY
the valley outspread below them. for
LIE was still radiant With color, though
not as brilliant as before the rain. &
B, At, / o'clock on the bank of Z clear
stream the,girl halted. II reckon we'd
better camp awhile. You look tired.
and am hungry. Il,
# She unsaddled one pack animal and
spread some blankets on the, grass,
lie down and rest swhile l boil some
coffee" she commanded. and he obey
ed. too tired to make pretension toward
assisting. s.s N !; n
Lying so. feeling the magic Of the
sun. hearing the. music Of the water
and watching the girl. he regained q
serener mood. and when she came
back with his. food he thanked her for
it with glance before which her eyes
fell. II don't see why you are SO kind
tonne. really believe you like tos9do
things for me-" Her head dropped to-
hide her face. and he went on: why
do you care for me? Tell mew
II don't know" she murmured. Then
she added. with fash Of bravery.
"But do" = 8z,.,,, s=35 4 ~
zrS what a mystery it all is: You turn
from splendid fellow like Landon to
skate like me. Landon worships
you-you know that-don't your
II know-he"- she ended. vaguely
distressed. d y,
did he ask you to marry him
j Eyes" 4:
..'Why didn't you? He's just the
mate for You. He's a man of high
character and education" She made
no answer to this, and he went on:
Dear girl, I'm not worth your care
truly. I'm not ! resented your en- m