Cheyenne record., 1917-04-26
CHAPTER xvi.l'i4S
The Poison LInaers.

- David stayed behind in Vihcennes,
going back to his work at the trading
house Of Francois Vigo. But he stayed
there only q week or two before his
loneliness made existence without a
sight Of Toinette an existence not to
be endured. He hated the sight Of the
ill-smelling store, with its heaps Of
green skins, its cracking bundles Of
furs, hated the sight of the cheerful
Hoosiers and French who thronged the
streets Of the old capital, and loathed
the wretched Piankeshaw Indians who
slept in the doorway. Suddenly, one
morning. he told old vfgo that he
must leave; and the next day found
him once more in Corydon, where Ike
welcomed him with beaming face.l
Still the breach was openl It is SO
hard for young men and maidens to
lay down their pride! (.
To Toinette, the days were almost
unbearable. David acted like a bear
with a sore head, she thought. It was
just what she might have expected,
she told herself. It Is perfectly silly
to, be so big and -finty, she was sure.
David had never spoken ten words to
her at any one time, since the day he
had knocked everything into cooked
hat by telling her he loved her. Peo-
pie who loved each other didn't act as
they did. she knew; @hy whenever
they bnd4 been together she felt as
Though something Tremendous, some
thing bigger. than she was, was In the
fr ~, .,~a
expfodhe, She didn't approve Of ex-
plosions,iistail Tess Of things, nameless
forces, that were bigger than she was.
When she had talked to David In the
old days, II was Alike talking to the heart
of ohe' of fhtfios4 terrible creatures OF
steel, about which Mr.. Livingston had
written, her i,fatherrehat great throb-
being epldron which they fed with logs
and which pa1pftated With furyi and
irose a'boat' fronAs ffitsbtsgh tol,New
Orleans iastat month. It.f~as bigger
than she .;was and ;unmansgeabls: and
It was not at all her idea of love.
Whenever she thought about it, that is
to say about the atmosphere which was
Immediately and inysteffously evolved
out Of cofpmoh day Whenever David
and she en nc0untercd; &her;.eyes ;tilled
with tears"ofiSsssasidh. Az for being
sorry, that WAS another matter. 1fDa,
vid wished to pc flint. she was perfect
ly 1capableS ofybeing steel. Yet she
thought about him every day. :.
Her father. for the first time ID her
experience, failed to be of any help to
her. At home, in New Orleans, she
had, gone, to him, with the story Of
each boy who had danced attendance
upon her and hc.iiad seen ithem as. she
did and together they had laughed each
cavuiier into oblivion; but she found 1t
impossible to discuss this new problem
with him. Il. was no use telling her
father that she was afraid Of some
thing she couldn't name. II I'll was
,truer that shs 6aI trernbied-f head
to f6ot. when -sbe 'feltnehat the sparks
which flashed back and forth frorn her
steel and Qavld,s- flint were danger
ously. near A powder mine somewhere
insda her, mat MaS her affair. and
she would have to drown 1t witI her
Swn contempt as bestshsRight. II :.
Accordingly. the III Eentld han:,
who was sincerely 81 by th9ievi-
dentshsensaa.hssssee1i - aehte{ and
David. got !aA6an satl43zction rom
.Tel9attel lEAeer =l12a11eae 1870 Lfn-
Eef fdfU flea1ty -. Tn1e9 WAS
nothing wrong and she was perfectly
happy and II David chose to be q