Iron County record. [volume] (Cedar City, Utah) 1893-1982, 1920-08-13

! and then the quick challenge in her
| eye and the kindly word that brought
/ one up to her level again.
The more | loved her the more
frightened was at her; and she could
see the fright long before she knew
the love. | was uneasy to be away
from her; and yet, when | was with
her, was In n shlver all the time for
fear my stumbling talk might weary
her or give her offense. Had / known
more of the ways of women l might
have taken less pains.
We found our level after time,
when she saw that she had Just to do
what she liked and how she liked, and
that l was as much at her beck and
call as old Rob was at mine. You'll
think that ! was fool to have had
my head so turned, and maybe / was
but, then, you must think how little
I was used to women. and how much
we were thrown together. Besides,
she was woman in a million, and l
can tell you that II was strong head
that would not be turned by her.
Why, there was Major Elliott, a man
that had buried three wives and had
twelve pitched battles to his name.
Edie could have turned him round her
finger like n damp rag-she, only new
from the boarding school. met him
hohbllng from West Inch, the first
time after she came, with pink in his
cheeks and II shine in his eye that
took ten years from him. He was
cooking up his gray mustaches at Ell
Their end, and curling them into his
eyes and struttng out with his sound
leg rs proud as piper. What she
had said to him the Lord knows, but
II was like old wine in his veins.
saw the corner Of newspaper
thrustlng out of his pocket, and ]
knew that he had come over, as was
his way. to give me some news, for
we heard little enough at West Inch.
"What is fresh, major?' l asked.
He pulled the paper out with flour
ish. "The allies have won n great
battle. my lad" says he. 81 don't
think Nap can stand up long against
this. The Saxons have thrown him
'Nflg anu nv uttll DuulN Dtul uN
Leipzig. Wellington is past the Pyr-
enees and Graham's folk will be at
Bayonne before long"
/ chucked up my hat. "rhen the
war will come to an end at last"
cried.
AYE, and time, too" said he, shak-
Ing his head gravely. Its been
bloody business. But It is hardly
worth while for me to say now what
was in my mind about you"
what was that?"
"Well, laddie, you are doing no
good here and now that my knee is
getting more timber was hoping that
I might get on active service again.
wondered whether, maybe, you might
like TO do little soldering under me-"
My heart jumped at the thought.
"Aye. would I !" | cried.
"But it'll be clear six months before
I'll be fit to pass board and it's long
odds that Boney will be under lock
and key before that"
"And there's my mother" said ].
81 doubt she'd never let me CO."
"Ah, well, she'll never he asked to
now" he answered, and hObbled on
upon his way.
l sat down among the heather, with
my chin on my hand, turning the thing
over I'm mind, and watching him In his
old brown clothes, with the end OF
gray plaid tapping over his shoulder
as he picked his way up the swell of
the hill. II was poor life this at
West Inch, waiting TO fill my fathers
shoes, with the same heath and the
But over there-over the blue sea-
ali, there was life fit for man.
For two days | turned 1t over in my
mind, and on the third there came
something which first brought my res
olutions 10 head and then blew them
all to nothing, like puff of smoke
In the wind.
had strOlled out in the afternoon
with Cousin Edie and Rob, until we
found ourselves on the brow of the |
slope which dips away down to the |
beach. ! pulled an armful of bracken |
w MANI a. N'AN ~ W. iA'llNs anu NllNlN
she lay in her listless fashion, happy |
and contentea for of all, folk that
have ever met she had the most JOY |
from warmth and light.
There was ship coming up with .
the wind--a black, sednte old mer-
chantman-bound for Leith as likely |
ms not. Her yards were square and |
she was running with all sail set On
the other tack, coming from the north
east, were two great, ugly, lugger-like
craft, with one high mast each, and
big. square, brown sail. A prettler
sight one would not wish than to see
the three craft dipping along upon so
fair day, but of sudden there came
Il squirt of flame and whlrl of blue
smoke from one lugger, then the same
from the second, and rap-rap-rap
from the ship I'm twlnlling hell had
out heaven, and there on the
water was hatred and savagery and
the lust for blood.
We had sprung TO our feet ut the
and Edie put her hand, all in
n tremble, upon my arm,
"They are fighting, Jack" she cried