The Rathdrum tribune. (Rathdrum, Idaho) 1903-1963, 1922-11-24

| saw he had fallen, like the res
of us, to think mainly of the house
\ Now that all the living members o
H the family were plunged in irremed
liable sorrow, it was strange how vi
\ turned to that conjoint abstraction
of the family itself, and sought t.
bolster up the airy nothing of its rep
utation; not the Duries only, but the
hired steward himself
Are we to tell Mr. Henry?"
asked him.
Il will see," said he Il ain going
first to visit him, then l go forth with
you to view the shrubbery and con
slider"
We went downstairs into the hall
Mr.. Henry sat by the table with his
head upon his hand like a man of
stone. His wife stood little back
from him, her hand at her mouth;
it was plain she could not move him.
| My old lord walked very steadily to
here his son was sitting; he had a
steady countenance, too, but me-
thought little cold; when he was
come quite up, he held out both
hands and said MY SOM"
With a broken, strangled cry, Mr.
Henry leaped up and fell on his faith
er's neck, crying and weeping, the
most pitiful sight that ever a man
mitnacc ooh fofbor,, bo or;od
you know | loved him; you know
loved him in the beginning; II
could have died for him-you know
that 1 would have given my life
for him and you. Oh, say you know
that! oh, say you can forgive me-
oh, father, father, what have | done
what have | done? And we used to I
be BARNS togetheri" and wept and |
sobbed, and fondled the old man, and
clutched him about the neck, with
the passion of child in terror.
And then he caught sight of his
wife, you would have thought for the
first time, where she stood weeping
to hear him; and in a moment had
fallen at her knee.
Throughout all this my lord was
like cold, kind spectator with his
wits about him. At the first cry.
which was indeed enough to call the
house about US, he had said to me
over his shoulder, "Close the door" ;
And now he nodded to himself.
we may leave him to his wife
low," says he. Bring light, Mr..
Iackellar" t
Upon my going forth again with y
ny lord, 1 was aware of strange L
henomenon; for though it was quite t
ark, and the night not yet old, me- b
bought l smelled the morning. AT a
ne same time there went a tossing
trough the branches of the ever a
reens, so that they sounded like a
uiet sea; and the air puffed at times IL
gainst our faces, and the flame of is
lie candle shook. v,
we made the more speed | be- W
eve, being surrounded by this bus W
g; visited the scene of the dueI pc
here my lord looked upon the blood
it'll stoicism, and passing further on =
ward the landing-place, came at
st upon some evidences of the a
nth. For first of all, where there be
Is pool across the path, the Gle
d been trodden in, plainly by more
an one mans weight; next, and but
little further, young tree was
oxen; and down by the LANDING
ice, where the traders boats were
lally beached, another stain of
'od marked where the body must
We been infallibly set down to rest
|, bearers.
rms stain we set ourselves to
sh away with the seawater. carry 7
1t in my lords hat; and as we
re thus engaged, there came up s
den, moaning gust and left us in q
ntly benighted. :
IL viii come to snow says my
|; and the best thing that we II
Id hope. Let us go back now. a Ii
can do nothing in the dark"
S we went houseward, the wind -
lg again subsidized, we were aware
: strong pattering noise about rs
the night; and when we issued a.,
n the shelter of the trees. we -,
nd it raining smartly.
throughout the whole of this. NV hav
IS clearness of mind, no less than ser,
VI oooy' hao not ceased But
to my amazement uo