Iron County record. [volume] (Cedar City, Utah) 1893-1982, 1920-09-24

cOmpdny-fOf we were only allowed 10 /
20 about In couples-to the Rue
Miromesnli. Rob waited In the hall,
and was shown upstairs, and as Y
put my foot over the mat there was
Cousin Edie, Just the same as ever,
staring at me with those wild eyes Of
hers. For a moment she did not rec
ognize me. but when she did she just
took three steps forward and sprang
at me with her two arms round my
neck.
"Oh, my dear old Jack I" she cried.
"how fine you look 10 red coati"
Eyes, am a soldier now. Edie," said
I. very stifiiy, for as looked at her
pretty face / seemed to see behind II
that other face which had looked up
| to the morning sky on the Belgian
battle field.
"Fancy thatr' she cried. "What are
you then, Jockr A generalf cap
tain?"
mo, am a private"
"whatl Not one of the common
people who carry guns3"
| eyes, carry q gum"
ooh. that is not nearly so interest
Ing" said she, and she went back to
the sofa from which she had risen. II
was wonderful room. oil silk and
velvet and shiny things, and l felt in
clined to go back to give my boots
another rub. AS Edie sat down again
saw that she was all in black, and
so I knew that she had heard Of De
Lissac's death.
II am glad TO see that you know all"
said I, ''for l am clumsy hand at
breaking things. He said that you
we're to keep whatever was In the
boxes, and that Antoine had the keys"
THANK you, Jock. thank you" said
she. ut was like your kindness to
bring the message. heard of IL nearly
week ago. was mad for the time
quite mad. l shall wear mourning all
my days, although you can see what a
fright It makes me look. All, shall
never get over it. I shall take the veil
and die in a convent"
"If you please, madame" said a
maid, looking In, "the Count de Beton
wishes to see you"
'My dear Jock" said Edie, jumping
up, "this is very important. I am SC
sorry to cut our chat short, but / an
sure that you will come to see me
again, will you not, when 1 am les:
desolated. And would you mind COINS
out by the side door instead Of the
main one7 Thank you, you dear ole
Jock; you were always such a goot
boy, and did exactly what you were
told"
And that was the last was ever I,
see Of Cousin Edle. She stood In tn,
sunlight with the old challenge In hel
eyes and flash Of her teeth, and so
shall always remember her, shinin,
and unstable like drop of quicksilver
AS Joined my comrade In the stree
below saw fine carriage and pair a
the door, and ] knew that she hat
asked me to slip out SO that her gram
new friends might never know wha
common people she had been assocI
, ated with in her childhood. She ha
never asked for Jim, nor for my fathe
and mother, who had been so kind L
! her. Well, It was Just her way, an
she could no more help II than rat
. bit can help wagging its scut, and We
II made me heavy-hearted to think o
II. Two months later heard that sh
had married this same Count de Betor
and she died in chIld-bed a year o
two later.
, And as for us, our work was done
!, for the great shadow had been cleare
, away from Europe, and should n
longer be thrown across the breadt
of the lands. over peaceful farms an
: little villages, darkening the live
, which should have been so happy.
came back TO Corriemuir after | ha
, bought my discharge. When my fathe
; died, l took over the sheep farm. an
married Lucy Deane OF Berwick. an
, have brought up seven children VIII
are all taller than their father. an
q take mighty good care that he sha
I, not forget II. But In the quiet, peace
, full days that pass now, each as lik
a the other as so many Scotch tups
4 can hardly get the young folks to b.
leve that even here we have had OF
q romance, when Jim and I went a-wo'
, ing and the man with the cats viii
:, kers came up from the sea.
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