Montana oil and mining journal. [volume] (Great Falls, Mont.) 1931-1953, 1935-03-02

, Cd at So 8 way did mOe see but eheS
backed from her IS 4 she had p@s faE
fear Of death into them. she gave TIE
. back a. her hand 10 Mistress xArdin-
2 neck, and never saw an OLD woman %
? eratif1ed.
With q few she took step or two In
the dance, mayhap TO make others
glover. and by and BY something was
taking place that could not at first
fathcm. It was clear she was about
20 leave them, for ceremony similar
10 most respects 10 that with which she
had been received was repeated and
the doors thrown open for her pass
ing. But then they all gathered IN the
far end Of the han, or sank through
Il, with their backs to her, which was
battling to me, for up 70 that moment
4 You could see how carefully they gave
her their faces. Yet they did it Of set
purpose. or possibly at her command,
for she was watching them more
haughtily than ever.
As soon as she was sure that every
face was to the wan complete change
came over her. She hastened-she al
most ran In her eagerness--to cor
ner Of the window and lifted from the
floor a good sized basket that I daresay
they had placed there for her. She
lifted It like one who knew for certain
1t would be there. She filled It with |
viands from the table, picking and
choosing them with affectionate inter-
est. thought that, being in some way
had to grupe for, the one they held
highest, she was too proud to let them
eli.
very knowledge was what had brought
them together. thought that, reck-
less or correct behavior, as all on that
side were, they were Strangers come
back into the present day by some royal
command to honour and feed one who
had been left behind While she had
been lording it so inperiously in the
hall, she was be-like thinking more
about the basket than that she was the
end Of a song.
A moment after she was gone from
the han, with a last whitening look for
any peeping face, heard the first
sound that had reached me from the
house since took to looking in the
water. 1t was the closing Of the front
door. hurried forward and was in
time TO meet Miss Julie Logan, no long
er reflection, coming down the steps
with the basket.
She said. Garry the basket, Adam. /" !
and I carried it, but first put my 7
topcoat on her, and she slipped my
hand into one Of the pockets along with
her own. think 1t was showing again !
or tempest or something OF the kind, Z
but we were not needing. She took :
me to small ruin OF a bield for shell
Eering sheep in, and in q corner OF 1t,
where was 8 pile of stones, maybe to Z
mark some old grave, we sat down on 4
hem and opened the basket. She was
1ery hungry and myself was also sl0s z
% destst from eating For drinking we Z
lte the snow, against which I have y
warned my Sabbath School scholars. !,
The basket was so crammed with y
God of an agreeable nature that when 4,
We paused, replete, there was still near =,
basketful left. Never In my life was -
50 merry as sitting on those stones. -
nd she was also very droll. She had =.
} way Of shining her face into mine 4,
nd showing her pretty teeth like q ~
hid. 1t was the gaiety Of her. but
oukit. When we wandered on I want n.
d to bring the basket, but she said ii
hat was the place to leave it.
We said the kind Of things a man 81
nd woman never say till they know W.
ach other through and through. It nj
as all about ourselves and love was tn
ne Of the words I did not scruple to bu
andle. be-
We were not bothering about far hi
ack times or Mistress Idndinnock, but he
hen we came to the burn It minded no
e Of what the Old Lady said would tn,
} in certain emergency. Miss Julie as
1gan demanded of me to repeat TO her ]
lie exact words, which did, namely, fst
could tell you things about her that wa
1uld make you drop her in the burn, vii
ough you were standing In the mid pe'
Q OF it with the Jade In your arms. ver
omitted the word jade. ma
Miss Julie Logan was in q dance OIL ha
light and cried, Adam, let US try It," VIII
said there was danger ia it and she avn
Id, Il like danger fine" and she coax Is
me, saying, When you have got me tr1i
ere III tel you the thing, and then, wo
you don't drop me, aiblins will be CHI
rs, Adam" me-
There and then I up with her and sen
'ried her into the burn. 1t was deep lett
sucking. She rubbed her head on my
shoulder In way that would make haV
nan think she liked to be where she T
s. She peered up at me, and her TO il
q was OF the sweet homeliness Of two
'e that have mentioned, and so al is q
were her words. hav
he said kiss me first, Adam, in s
e you have to drop me" I kissed new,
!. and held her the tighter lest anoi
some dread undoing I should let Som
slip. Her face was all sparkling they
', almost more than enough. adam rre.
r." she said, TO begin with, / am II
apist." At that awful word drop the
her In the burn. That she Is still " <
e do not doubt, though I suppose q sol
win have been carried farther coaI
n. q 20
have written this clear statement wfael