Show f J si If I J I c v l li i I Iq q r rr r tit r c t 1 Y j y e o L o 9 i I it was ryas the dreary drean cry of the west westwind westwind PERHAPS wind tt ind through the leafless lea trees trees that made the he trouble Some say that the rite wind can wear on peoples nerves so that the thc they cannot do the thing thin that they the would world The he sun had risen into a troubled red sky slay and the light of the early carl morning lay Jar yellow upon the faded fa ed hills lulls that banked the hom Bori cn to 10 the south In Its front of o othe the little unpainted house boost the Ground with dwarf warf oak and elm tint dropped sharply to the Souris River below that ran shallow over oyer its sandy sand bed to join the in the long long march to the sea Inside of the little house a tired woman colorless as the faded hills and fields listlessly prepared the breakfast The wind was teas rising already and the trail before the rite door smoked with dust She looked wearily across the fields The harvest hanest was over the summer was ended Bands of oi black blac plowing crossed the fields for the preparation for next years son sowing ing had begun Yellow through which herds heds of cattle foraged gave Sat c a touch of o color to the fire unending gray s sIt It t had been an abundant harvest a wonderful yield they said but it was teas all weariness to her Her I eves ached her shoulders were bent beat like an old oW womans n an t an her tier hands were n ere roughened and slie looked at al them pityingly And still silI Tom Torn loved this ibis country this great I hu busy bus s t hurrying bur rn g P pitiless country How could he hc Sh She could not understand it Tom came in for his breakfast He was wa a handsome big fellow and wholesome n with a face of beaming ing good nature a man born for out of doors for forthe forthe forthe the blue bloc sky and the open He walked briskly across 1 the room t We Ve had much time for a chat lately latel Mil Mildred dred he said as he washed his fact face in the little enameled basin that stood on a box in the corner But Bui i ut it tt fine to have all the grain safe in m the elevator Four dour thousand bushels Mildred 1 I Not dot too had bad is is it old girl Not too bad she repeated listlessly She was tt as look looking lookin j ing in out of oi the little flyspecked window n the dust lay I upon the sill she could smell it The fire dead grass rass was teas rolling in billows as the wind windswept windI I 1 t I swept screaming in past the little house and the dust rising always the dust oh how Trott ho she hated it itI r I Tom did not ot notice T The he smell sin ell of off frying ry in g h bacon hacon icon was tt a s st I t to him The country was as glorious he had planted the seed and he had seen it tt grow it was teas a great coun cowl country f try tr Ir free and fruitful and urd many broad acres of it were 1 11 hrs his ls He loved it itI I How would it be ue if we went into inlo town today Mil liil 1 If i lil red he said as he finished his breakfast I 1 want It to sec see about some new nets machinery and maybe theres something you jou want I am going to try tn tr one of those new disk harrows re rc the best oot thing to cut the therod theod rod oil od But nut Mildred was not listening Neither did ltd she look at him trim I If Hurry Hur I up Mildred and well So go before dinner hew he heas f w as us saying a U No o I dont dorit n want ant to go So she he sid said s rid at al last I am amnot amnot amnot not going Soing I cant tali t go Tom Tour Tom looked looped at her ts with a distressed look on his boy bor boyish bori bo ish i h fact face wrong Mildred hats a wrong old girl Sirl Nothing she answered answer d and her tone came near to being in shrewish Tom Tont went tt out and itched hitched l his horses horse to o the plow pion in J silence He t go b o to town without Mildred he had trod lost his ambition to sec see about the disk harrow For what could be wrong with Mildred She had al always always always ways been so cheery I When the thc hail had had come conic the theer I scar car before and nd battered down his fits crop and w it tt all aU his hopes he remembered how hots he had come back hack to the house after looking at his ruined fields and cried like a disappointed child It was Mildred who was brave brae she would not let him despair He thought of it now HOW how she had put new life new hope in in him It Ii Millie t went back on him lent what good was anything t I The tong long ong furrow stretching the even mile lay by before I him Overhead ad in the crisp October air a shaped i flock of wild trill geese honked flying so high hi h they seemed I like tiny specks beneath the blue bloc The steam of a thresher made a cloud against the Tiger Hills 1 in its the distance durance and its industrious hum came to his lus cars The Thc sun glinted Stinted on the shining stubble a prairie chicken ran ranI I 1 in 11 the furrow ahead of his horses and then whirring j rose and circled over ovel his head hea It is a lovely lot c I y c country oft t tir he 1 tc thought as he breathed In the fire freshness of the rite morning a great big bi towel lovel country but what n hat can be wrong with Millie lillie j Indoors Mildred worked listlessly The silence was 1 heavy hea broken only by the flies that buzzed unceasingly even cven the clock had stopped she had forgotten to wind ts it ft in the busy days before fore She was wondering n vaguely i what had happened to all her ambitions she had had hadI so many plans so many man hopes She had Irad ha d even een told her herself herself I self seli that she liked the country count I She thought o of those first days it seemed ages arcs ago when she and Tom had thought it such fun to io be bc keeping house The little stove with its funny little tin pots and pans had bad all nil been so new and stony shiny shill and the dainty frilled curtains and the chairs how proud she had beta been of them Now they the were all dull ull and worn and grimy their beauty gone like her own she thought sadly but without bitterness It was ryas all part of the country this pitiless hurrying ing busy bus country She wiped tt the fire dust listlessly from the windon ledge A slip of pa paper er fell to the floor she look took it up and md blew the dust from rom it it Jt Tt was a cutting cuttin from a newspaper and a it line lint met her eye cyc j The TI brides S Soing an a dress was of a f broadcloth with a smart brown toque to match unit and an she made a charming picture as she sheA sheA sheA A sudden impulse i pulse seized sc zed her ler She lifted the stove stO lid hd and threw the paper jn in in and in n doing so 50 she caught a 3 glimpse of her face in 11 the little mirror that hung I above the washbasin It looked worn and hard and old She sank into a chair chary and mul sobbed A week later a letter came from home Millie llillie come conic home ome and make them a visit isit Three years cars was ryas a long trine time to be away from G om her family the excursion ex excursion excursion rates would start the middle of December Decem I her mother wrote wrote Then lion Edith her younger sister wrote pages Conic Come home Millie the letter ran youve c been a mossback long enough Come Conic home halite and hear and ind see sec something Everybody Et is is expecting you ou this Christmas ts for sure is to be given ghen here the first week w ek of J January anus 4 Think a n nr nJ 1 of that you dweller of the plant plain r Ts Eva EI a Brown Bronn has come conic back hack from Germany and I dont know how hon many man musical evenings have been heen held hed for her She Sh cant arts play playas as well as you ou though Mildred and that 5 the thc honest utterance of a near n ar relative who never lever flatters But Evas gowns arc are poems I and symphonies Gerald Brown is S rather nice mee too jou ou 01 know knon He fe is IS going to Europe Europ in March h and he has hasa a k d father fat er and all mother if the they will let me go 6 o with him bun and subsequently q to other p places la ces wherever he goes always and evermore If But we the cannot decide Geralds case ca e until you come conic You ou and a d mother m ther will have to hold hol l a consultation father ather is is Setting getting an awfully full Y lonesome for you jOU ou and a t d mother too you OU know knot t how 1 r on mother is is Father is is going to send yi yil you ou l t the mone money so o never clever mind trying twin g to save ave E Ethe ase it rt out of the butter and c s Just J 1 lISt say goodby good by to the stock and come coin e TI on Wont Il r on t we wc have fun I am going to be bridesmaid for Ethel Middleton tomorrow to You should sec me in my dress Im a dream at least what n hat but Lut there Millie dear I wont n oli t tell you that see sec me when eau ou court come And Millie ou must you Oll must Think of hearing Mildreds heart beat painfully as she read the letters How she hungered to hear and see sec something again 1 I Think of o tt three years since since she had heard a n it was WIS cruel it was teas being buried alive There was teas a blur of homesickness in her eyes Her Ifer heart craved the things she had left the things thin that she now told herself made life lift worth living Buck ll there at home there were n always the newest newest st books boobs the th latest there were music and laughter lau and life She could see sec them all now Holy Dick dear old brother Dick so handsome in his faultless clothes clothe and Edith nearly a grownup woman now non and her father so dig dignified dignified dignified and stately she knew just how hot he would say You arc welcome home my daughter and her mother with lovely tt wavy wan ay hair She imagined herself opening the door she was 5 in the vestibule now there Why of course Tom exclaimed in in hi his usual 1 way tva y II dear old girl g irl You 1 ou have hae had ha d a 3 pretty pct r t v hard h aril time these thee three years cars Now N T w you on eau can just have c the thc time of your life its coming to you oU It is very vcr kind of your lather to offer olTer to send the money moncy moue but hul it is is not necessary sary sal at all We Ve have enough money of our own Tom spoke with a great effort at cheerfulness 1 If Mildred had not been so blinded with wilh her own loneliness she sire would have liac noticed that his face showed the struggle he was ryas going through The I he day clay came at last Tom and Mildred stood within the little in the thc station on at al Millbrook and urd site she realized realised that she was n as really going She was teas radiant with frith happiness she was going home back to tion Mildred 11 was teas a handsome woman again bright eyed and and her hands trembled with excitement She felt a momentary pang of conscience when Tom came back butt obey after getting his grain cashed and acid handed her a bank draft for three hundred dollars besides some bills Oh Olt Tom she sire exclaimed that stood in a lint line lin along the thc track Tom T thought he had bettor better not nol wait trait for the train Mr r Greene the operator would sec see that everything was tt as all allright right It t would be late laic before he hc could get home now non and the stock had to be fed Ill write every week wed Tom Tam she said as he kissed her goodLy goodby And I will relit issue a daily he laughed tau bed bedott t I and urd keep you posted poste on all local happenings Now ott have the best time possible lie was gone and Mildred wiped the mist from rom the window win ow to lO watch tt atch kiln him as he hr went up the street lie He I Ie was wasI a I handsome fellow but Mildred help noticing that than he looked a little shabby Tom should have a fur coat The Tle snow Oakes flakes were growing gron mg larger lar cr and the wires wires sang ang in in the thc frosty frost air air Tom would have to face the thc wind win n ind on Olt his way Ray wa home and she shuddered 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