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

knew that IL was my cousin Edie.
! | kr ew II, / say, and yet had sh
not touched me / might have passe,
/ her n score of times anu never know
/ II. My word, IL Jim Horscroft hn,
asked me then II she were pretty u
no | should have known how 10 answer
| him She was dark, much darkei
than is common among our bordel
lassies, and yet with such fain
flush Of pink breaking through hel
dainty color like the deeper flush Al
the heart of a sulphur rose. Her lips
were red and kindly and firm, and
even then, ut the first glance, | saw
that light of mischief and mockery that
danced away at the back of her great
there as though ! had been her heri.
tage, put out her hand and plucked
me. She was, as ] have said, In
black, dressed In what seemed to me
wondrous fashion, with black veil
pushed up from her brow.
"Ah, Jack" said she. In a mincing
English fashion that she had learned
AT the boarding school. mo. no. we
are rather old for that" This be-
cause /, in my awkward fashion, was
pushing my foolish brown face for
ward to kiss her, as l had done when
! saw her last.
as this our carriage2 How funny
It looks. And where am to sit?"
"On the sacking," said ].
"And how am l TO get thereW
"Put your foot on the hub" said / +;
"Tll help you" I sprang up and took
her two little gloved hands in my
own. As she came over the side, her
breath blew in my face, sweet and
warm. and all that vagueness and I'M
rest seemed In moment TO have been
shredded away from my soul. 1 felt
as If that instant had taken me out
from myself and made me one of the
race. II took but the time of the flick
Ing of the horses tail, and yet some
thing had happened, n barrier had
gone down somewhere, and was lead
Ing wider and wiser life. ! felt
II all In a gush, but, shy and back
ward ms / was, l could do nothing hut
fiatten out the saclling for her. Her
eyes were after the coach which was
rattling away TO Berwick. and sud
denly she shook her handkerchief In
the air.
ale took Off his hat" said she; 81
think he must have been an officer. He
was very distinguished looking; per-
haps YOU noticed nina gentleman on
the outside, very handsome, with Il
brown overcoat."
l shook my head, with all my flush
OF joy changed to foolish resentment.
"Ah, well, I shall never see him
again. Here are all the green braes,
and the brown, winding road, just the
same as ever. And you, Jack-I don't
see any great change in you, either. I
hope your manners are better than
they used to be. You won't try to
put any frogs down my back, will
your
I crept all over when I thought of
such thing. "We'll do all we can to
make you happy at West Inch" said /,
playing with the whip.
"Tm sure It's very kind OF you to
take n poor, lonely girl In" said she.
"It's kind of you to come, Cousin
Edle," I stammered. you'll find 1t
very dun, fear"
II suppose 1t Is little quiet, Jack.
Not many men about, as l remember
1t. BY the way, that grabbed old doc
tor had n son, had he not?"
"Oh, yes, that's Jim Horscroft, my
best friend"
"Is he at homer"
"No; he'll be home soon. He's still
Mt Edinburgh, studying"
"Ah, We'll keep each other company
until he comes, Jack. And I'm very
tired, and l wish | was ut West Inch"
I made old Souter Johnnie cover the
ground as he had never done before or
since, and In an hour she was seated
Mt the supper table, where my mother
had laid out not only butter but
glass dish of gOOseberry jam which
Sparkled and looked fine I'm the candle
light. could see that my parents
were ms overcome as | was at the diff
ference In her, though not in the same
way. After supper, when she had
gone to her bed. they could talk of
nothing but her looks and her breed
ng.
by the way, though" says my ia
her, sit does not look ms If she were
leartbroke about my brothers death"
And then, for the first time, | re-
that she had never said
word about the matter since had met
her.