Sioux County pioneer. (Fort Yates, Sioux County, N.D.) 1914-1929, 1915-04-02
CHAPTER xI-cont,nued.

eoAeO0 uiO not appear at the Les
eott house for Two weeks after that.
He had begun to think that, IL his
aoans there gave embarrassment to
tho fri who had been kind to him,
It were better to remain away.
I don't belong here" he told HIM
self, bitterly. Il reckon everybody
that knows me in New York, except
the Lescotts is laughing at me be-
hind my back"
he worked flercely. and threw into
DIS work such fire and energy that It
came out again converted into bold.
ness OF stroke and an almost savage
v4gor Of drawing. The instructor
nodded his head over the easel, and
passed on to the next student without
having left the defacing mark of his
relentless crayon. To the next puptl.
he said:
Watch the way that man South
draws. He's not clever. He's elemen.
tally sincere. and, IL he goes on, the
orst thing you know he will be a por.
trait painter. He won't merely draw
eyes and lips and noses. but character
and virtues and vices showing out
through them"
And Samson met every gaze with
smoldering savagery. searching for
some one who might be laughing At
him openly. or even covertly, instead
OF behind his back. The long-suffer-
ing aghting lust In him craved oppor.
tunity to break out and relieve the
pressure on his soul. But no one
laughed
One afternoon late in November, a
hint of billiards swept snarling down
the Atlantic seaboard from the polar
foes. with wet flurries of snow and
rain. on on the marshes where the
Kenmore club had its lodge, the live
oecoys stretched their clipped wings,
and raised their green necks restively
into the salt wind, and listened. With
dawn. they had heard. faint and far
away, the first notes of that wild
Bhofus with which the skies would ring
1ntti the southerly migrations ended
the horizon-distant honking of high.
lying water fowl.
Then it was that Farbish dropped
b with marching orders, and Samson,
yearning TO be away where there were
open skies, packed George Lescotts
borrowed paraphernalia, and prepared
70 leave that same night.
While he was packing, the telephone
rang, and Samson heard Adrienne's
voice at the other end of the wire.
Where have you been hiding7" she
demanded. ''I'll have to send truant
1facer after you"
I've been very busy" said the man,
sand l reckon. after all, you can't
s1vilize wolf. I'm afraid I've been
wasting your tilne.' ,..
Possibly, the miserable tone of the
voice told the girl more than the
words.
You are having a season with tho
blue DEVILS she announced. you've
Men cooped up too much. This wind
Saght to bring the ducks, and"
I'm leaving tonight" Samson told
her.
1T would have been very nice of
Fou to have. run up to say good.by."
The reproved. But Ill forgive you,
& you call me up by long distance.
You will get there early in the morn.
og. Tomorrow. I'm going to Philadel
Dhis over night. The next night, /
ahall be at the theater. Call me up
neter the thsater. and tell me how
bnu IKE It,"
It was the same old frankness and
6seadiiness OF voice. and the same
- note like the music Of reed in.
oogument. Samson felt 90 comforted
~ treasured that he laughed through
- telephone.
i've been keeping away from you,"
y volunteered, because I've had 4
nse into slvagery, and haven't been
to talk to you. When get back.
y coming up to explain. And, in the
nooantime, Ill telephone"
On the train Samson vas surprised
Z discover that. after aft. he had Mr.. |
William Farbish for travelling com.
p'Inion. That gentleman explained |
oat he had found an opportunity to |