The citizen-Republican. (Scotland, Bon Homme County, S.D.) 1???-19??, 1915-06-03
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II when hsr Sr6tfler rTiEtNtS1Cei tlt1r M
was gong oF+s- 10 y5sais.
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thS ta5fe. afartna tafiS 10 80 say t}Asi
Jnffge BrighT wax wafTiSSS 70 speaA
WIFI Nr. Risr8s7Y III ehS teieahohe
Fhefr mess cioseS cte F7orary Gcor
h when he *snr mo t,nt ro6fh t. an
syver ths taff.
/ tfteS s5rserheart s7vetr N%Yy aF 6ot(5rs
enc nafsSrvFnss, nC8 resyored .hSa ~
b1rse rneasure 70 tbs srage o9 eYasS ~
aH4 dsvefopsS rms Gay neftrs.. Ills RS
Itet vas s. great tnat ne dSfts horsor
hfs fears
III the S5tfen, hs ~fs IS eSpSrfSncs q
96ciSeSR unpIca-n ut sgRDsK on fn5fns
Fu6Es Btf~nt ans AdaTn Carr sestea
passsa thsr4. Trey EfSsts4 nm tftsff !,
eut ne was conscious II tTe fact inst
thsfr gazS f9lf6#ed bff8 as 56Ts IS ne
was tn sight, IS viva #ss tIf!s I'M
scrutiry hs ttftosd fntd g SIDE greet
When bat 4 bfocE from the H5ast
He earried Il ,rssssse ttSrf joan to
MTry. His sister was u st SIt fst &
long ,ftiys WITH Jean IN the Rffshts'
phaetar tttat ~atetttatni wYfea the two
scrcol project Thete wss additional
~corsdistioh TOR hiff n t8aftts fieygs tffat
her father had called tip Mr.. Blacaeti
during the qfJtrins IS trdttirs wJef he
could see him or q ,rattet IT import
afce. Size wss sure ttfst II haa 70 do
With tis school project fer ne haa
would take II tip with Mr.. Bi&casn ct
the FIRST opportunity. Her father was
70 call III ttis Bank Sft lie fsii8vine
day, Mr.. Blaeaer settling ttis time. SO,
she vas SURF, It watia be ali tisiit.
She did not see lCttetwyHa #hsn he
called the evening before.
That Afternoon Erie, ,ft8te or iess at
peace with himself, If not WITH the
world, took his bboks a,fa sought tie
attet solitude OF Buds Rsek. q shady,
obscure spot overlooking Staas wall,
and not far removed from the uhfre=
qusnted outer road which skittea the
coast. The main travelled highwag vas
farther Inland by g mile Z" tnete. But
few travellers used tiis marrow; sban=
doned road along tbs eiiff.
Buds Rock Itself was In The heart of
q miniature wilderness: II iaf black
and dafia mess cevefea end arieeifa,
at the edge OF the woodland, almost
completely hidden By the thick Under
Here 1t was always eeel and ahady, All
tbs bose OF the huge boulder there sa
q tiny plaza of WILDLY green grass,
smooth and sort, and sweet with the
smell Of earth. Through the trees
ahead. cue had e clear View Of the sea
beyond the rugged, broken line 81 the
cliffs or which ne vegetation appeared,
a quarter of 8 nils away, the SURF
druinmed noistlg against the obstinate
wall OF rock, while down uBsn the bleak
intervening space the sun sent his rays
with such se6fehine Intensity that II
one crossed the rocks at midday II was
at II risk OF blistsfina the ssles sf his
shoe clad fset.
Years befesa Esle had come npsn this
tiny plaza, and " always had been g
favofdte idiii,g place ses him. ne went
there TO read, or to dream, or TO think,
Times there were when his thoughts
and dreams were unpleasant ones, sui
of bitterness afd resentment toward
those WHO badSeFea Him; But CIT
ea than i,st he round sefaee al Che foot
81 Badss Roek. No one disturbed HIN
IN Shis lonely NOOK. 1t was quite "a ii
II were q domain Of his own.
A little TO the left o3 the foah, 4
deep. thin raSihe ssashsd through, ths
rocks. ana descended BY tortaeus ~fia-
DOWN Sisfs Az low tide. and il was
like going ifiSo q tofab. Az iiisa tide II
would have been q tomb for ahyaas
who vsnSsSe6.
ON shis particular afternoon, Erie
was. strangely oppressed BY the dreaTs
M6HtS. pis yGth Hfa6 WhFNf yNt0fa fiff1
he held faiSfffaisy 10 TIRE wofk In hand
bht there were moments when ne f5yfaaS
hfsfiseHs contemplating the a~faStraetfYs
Vista WITH something like dread IN Fii
heart. Never bafofs HAD ne FELT Tai
way Ia fooafisag AT She Familiar. Though
sassioysly trafs. F~ofsashoS$ a9A YES GOA:
Yhere. more s44ah afea as haa wfs5aea
that Mary were There 10 keep hafA cora.
paYsY. Merry. of+btfssfda alternative
atiothef wia5fri ne Knew.
FA mad the sensation, Row and again
That ire sea was making ready 10 4sss
hyeT b forty wall, 70 rash At Afnf
White he sat yhefe helpless VITA All
back against HE race OF Brd.s rock
Then Where WIS the STewsoaflA FaeIffaf
That up through the faoahfflg FaSfna, I
sfifay. monster from the aessb %saI
craving Slowly bat surely, befit 81
fanang him IA its Faighty Jaws
More. than once, heaaff1s a TsHst4lht
ssofYd nleaf BY, he fiaa east q aaiel
glance In The Direction OF he ofaiffioll
slit IN the eaf4h[nsver onafnous tfi
n0W, however.
ne Iooked eli mis- waeeh at s O'Clock
with d EsSeaTt OF Teife4. he Tsaiizea Il
Yves tffaie 70 80 horne. Nfafy w.oull
have returned from REF drive wfel
him. ne Esalthered up hfs notes an
books. and Tosa 30 sersteh himself,
AA lie 4sstffe 20 iiia feat, he saw Chef
,vy9id Htagden standing on ehe Ftcket,
BRUCE that SPAWNED tfe lravfne. 81
Yards Or more below Huass Roak. Hf
70 be watching aIfA ROACH #le diseesioI
cf Hcd$ifie. Hfs tfall, hersislaah fFafns
Iesffea Against che rail OF tslia bridge
chest.
ii a~sfahaerabM WsSnasF ma no Hftsf
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