Pore dad! Pore dad! 〃 she whispered。 Her clasp tightened suddenly on Clayton's hand; and her eyes were held to his; even while the light in them was going out。
A week later two men left the cabin at dusk。
Half…way down the slope they came to one of the unspeakably mournful little burying…grounds wherein the mountain people rest after their narrow lives。 It was unhedged; uncared for; and a few crumbling boards for headstones told the living generation where the dead were at rest。 For a moment they paused to look at a spot under a great beech where the earth had been lately disturbed。
〃It air shorely hard to see;〃 said one in a low; slow voice; 〃why she was taken; 'n1 him left; why she should hev to give her life fer the life he took。 But He knows; He knows;〃 the mountaineer continued; with unfaltering trust; and then; after a moment's struggle to reconcile fact with faith: 〃The Lord took whut He keered fer most; 'n' she was ready; 'n' he wasn t。
The other made no reply; and they kept on in silence。 Upon a spur of the mountain beneath which the little mining…town had sunk to quiet for the night they parted with a hand…clasp。 Not till then was the silence broken。
〃Thar seems to be a penalty fer lovin' too ''much down hyar;〃 said one; 〃 'n' I reckon;〃 he added; slowly; 〃that both of us hev got hit to pay。〃
Turning; the speaker retraced his steps。 The other kept on toward the lights below。
End
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