The St. Charles herald. [volume] (Hahnville, La.) 1873-1993, 1918-01-26

durino one Of these sane Intervals the
| ,.hinf none of contention. the sugar hdh
hnen divided equally between filtll |
Th.y guarded their separate >"'A9'
stored up in the cache. WIN Jo"p"'
eyes for there were but Il i"W tHI'lH'9
lptt and they were totally drN"Ih ~
r,i+n in each other Eut one day 'uth-
Sort made mistake. Hardly alb" I"
move sick with pain. with his hcai
swimming ana eyes blinded. ne 'r'I''
into the cache. sugar canister III hahu'
ana miStook Wrathrrbrr's sack Tor ms
own.
.Ianuary had been born hut Il Few
dayS when this occurred. The sun iah
some time since passed its lowest
southern dcclination and at meridian
now threw Haunting streakS OF NtlI""
light upon the northern Sky. ON the
dny following his mistake with the
sugar bag Cuthfert found himself feel
ing better both in body and in spirit.
AZ uoOutine drew near and the DAY
frightened he dragged himself oiI1Sldr
to feast on the pyancNcput glow. Wi'h
was to linn an earnest Of the sun III
ture Intentions. Wcathrrtcc was atS"
feeling somewhat better aud rraW!ed
out ho%id" him. They proH"d them
selves IL the snow hcr"ath the move
loss wind yHne and waited
The stiffness Of death was about
. Them. In u.hcr rljmr~ "hcn ratHr"
f,II: mo such moods there is Il sub
dtvd air uf expectancy. Il waiting for
some small yuirr to take up the broken
( strain. Not 50 in the north, TIL" two
men had lived seeming aeon> in tins
p ghustly peace. They could remember
5 no song Of the past: they could conjure
i no song of the future, This unearthly
e calm had always been-the tranquil
4 silence of eternity.
I Their eyes were fixed upon the
0 north. Unseen. behind their backs, be-
hind the towering mountains to the
south. the sun swept toward the ZENITH
of another sky than theirs. Sole spec
tators of the mighty canvas. they
watched the false dawn slowly grow
A faint flame began to glow ana
shoulder. 1t deepened i'll intensity
ringing the changes Of reddish yellow
purple and saffron. SO bright did II
hee0nrp that Cuthfert thought the sun
must surely be behind it-a miracle
the sun rising i'll the north, Suddenly
without warning and without fading
the canvas was swept clean. There
was no color in the Sky. The light
had gone out of the day. They caught
their hrcathS in half sohS. But. 10
the air was a-glint with PARTICLES OF
scintilatiug frost. and there to thu
north the wind yane lay i'll vague
outline on the snow, \ shadow. \
shadow. 1t was exactly midday. They
ierked their heads hurriedly to The
south \ golden rim peeped over thu
mountains snowy shoulder, smiled
upon them an instant. then dipped
from sight again.
There were tears in their eyes a
they sought each other. y strang
Softening came over them. They fe!
irresiStiby drawn toward each other
The sun was coming back again. |
would be with them tomorrow and tn
next dav and the next And it woul'
stay LONGER every visit. and tim
would come when il would ride th"i
heaven day aud night, never once droI
ping below the sky line There woul
be no night. The ice locked white
would he broken: the winds woul'
blow and the forests answer; the lam
would battle in the blessed sunshln
and life renew Hand in hand the
would quit this horrid dream and JON
ney back to the southland. The
lurched blindly forward and thei
| hands NEITHER poor manned hands
swollen and distorted beneath thei
mittens.
But the promise was destined to re
main unfulflled. The northland IS til
northland, and men work out thei
souls by strange rules, which othe
l men who have not journeyed into ia
countries cannot come to understand.
An hour later Cuthfert put a pan c
bread into the oven and fell to spect
ey Waiting on what the surgeons could d
id with his feet when he got back. HON
Oh did not seem so very far away nov
as Weatherbee was rummaging in til
MS cache. or sudden he raised a Whir
Id wind of blasphemy, which in tuT
nd ceased with startling abruptneSs. I'll
re other man had robbed his sugar sacl
he Still things might have happened di
er ferently had not the two dead me
ut come out from under the stones an
MS hushed the hot words in his throa
nc They led him quite gently from IL
,rt cache, which he forgot to close. Thu
,er contamination was reached; that som
he thing they had whispered to him
err his dreams was about to happen. The
ng guided him gently, very gently, TO IL
on woodpile, where they put the ak
,rt his hands. Then they helped MI
so shove open the cabin door, and he re
sure they shut it after him-at lea'
ha he heard It slam and the latch ia
no sharply into place. And he knew the
- were waiting just without, waiting Il
700 him to do his task.
70 Garter! I say. Carter"
or Percy Cuthfert was frightened
Al, the look on the clerks face, ana Il