Plentywood herald. [volume] (Plentywood, Mont.) 1908-current, 1929-08-15

w saved to 60 on with their lives
W and there's no doubt \ powerful lot
passed through the minds Of Ned Bart
lett and Sally Otter during the next
few days. And if the girl haGns been
very clever before. she done a clever
thing now and let n tidy long week
pass afore she looked on the fisherman
again. She begged Mrs. Warner 70
say she was engaged II Ned called. be-
cause she wanted to do ONT pretty
deep thinking before they met. but
she need not have fretted on that
score, because he didn't call. nor yet
make a sign to her of any sort.
She could see him. however. every
day on the beach, busy about fixing
up his wounded boat. and there was
a lot of work on the foreShore because
that sudden and unusual storm had
carried away a good few OF the lobster
pots from their moorings and there
had been a bit OF a landslide over to
Castle Cliffs, also. and the field path
carried away for ten yards along OF
the hurricanes OF rain.
So Sally had her growing fears for
company and she told the Warmers
how she had seen death, and how, but
for the blessing of God and the Skill
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woman on Easter Monday. They didn't
know nothing about it till she told
EN- and was very thankful that all
had turned out so well; but she gave
EN- the whole truth, for she weren't
the sort to lie. and she confessed that
twas only her headstrong willfulness
had took EN- on the water at all that
day.
And I'm paid full for that matter,
said Sally, because the nan struck
me a blow and flung me down among
the fish after I said he was a coward,
And l dare say It's a good thing we
be parted. And very like it is forever,
for l don't deserve him no more. But
finer dabs / never catched, and If
hadn't been half drowned and out OF
my wits, I'd have had the sense to
bring some Of the creatures back"
They was very fond Of her. however,
and though sorry for the fish, felt
thankful the girl had been saved alive
and the man, also.
And don't you think he'll harbor
no malice" said Mrs. Warner. He
knew, l expect, that it was like to be
a nasty job coming ashore and he's
an impatient man; but loves love and
and when he's mended his boat and cot
to work again, he'll come round"
""Tis a question If l want him to-
explained Sally Otter to her mistress.
In a pinch like that you see the bitter
truth about people, and they see the
twas a plot of Providence to part us
afore twas too late"
She said that to her mistress, but
she didn't feel that by no means, for
she soon found that without Ned the
days dragged a good bit and the future
looked cruel lonely. And folk told her
him the best part of ten pounds. So
after a while, deciding that he meant
the first move to lie with her, she
questioned her pride as to whether that
would suit her OF not. She argued it
out and convinced herself that she was
in the wrong and did ought to make
the first move; and then she felt a cold
chill creep over her for a day or two,
because she was clever and farseeing
and asked herself whether Ned was
a sort of nan to leave anybody to take
the first move where he was concerned.
VERY like he feels I've put him to
shame and don't want me no more, and
who shall blame him?" she said to
herself; but by that time she was
properly hungry for him, and she de-
cided that be it a. it would, she'd meet
him once again and sing small and
say she was sorry for using the word
coward" to him and leave the rest
for him to decide. Her pride kicked,
but her love conquered.
And meantime Ned had been turning
over their great deliverance, for, Of
course, he knew a million times better
than her what a stroke OF friendly
Providence it was for EN- to be alive
at all. He considered his feeling for
Sally very deliberate, and he found
that he was mistrusting her good and
hard, if not actually disiiking the
thought of her for five whole days. And
then, weighing it up, he saw how
nothing but ignorance had made her
play the fool, and. being a tolerable
fair man, he asked himself whether
he weren't largely to blame for giving
in to her.
IF I'd had the sense Of q smelt I'd
never have let her go on the sea at
all that day." thought Ned.
OF course IL was loving her very
hard again when he came to that con-
~clusion, and SO it happened that they
moved towards each other in the same
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10 meet him one evening at the time
she knew he might be coming up from
the strand he turned into Walnut Tree
Farm fields and they met. They was
rather a shame-faced pair and. such
is the cruel willfulness Of youth, even
then neither said just the word II sea-
son For. when Sally found nr EGs
coming TO her, she hardened a bit.
~woman-like, and when he larned she'd
set out to seek him he felt sorry he'd
took a step about IL.
That was their pitiful feelings at the
moment, and, if you'll believe me. but
for a curious accident they might hare
parted for good and all five minutes
after they'd come together. He spoke
first and hoped as she hadn't took no
i'll from her adventure and she said she
had not.
But I hear you lost money on your
boat" she said. and I wa the cause
Of it, Ned, and so I'll do this. I'll
give you ten pounds OF my savings,
and then we'll be quits for ne calling
you a coward, so now then"
She meant well. but it didn't please
him.
"As to that, Sallv" he answered her,
Il don't want your money. believe me.
| arm my own. I assure you. And
I've turned over what 7ou said, and
seeing it was only your ignorance of
the sea made you such a fool I'll let
it go this time. You know whether I'm
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