The Goodland republic. [volume] (Goodland, Kan.) 1891-1907, 1891-10-23

10 be ambiguous, yet believe that Is can
point Ouly 10 The extinction OF your house"
/ go Life tor lite,'" repeated Darrell;
ssand gIzdly would my life lie laid down
for you, lima but, even then, should l not
| bring 10 you Interest woe"
a.WOe TO which death were happiness"
said tue girl passionately. "But, Philip,
lie Is gwen Gy Will ~ by deedi may NOS
that be Ihe expiatiOuS"
| Sir Philip started violently.
al ranaOt-i dare not think IL, he said
hurrIedly. "NO, the hope were to
bright"
4sYOu have lived 50 long, Philip, in the
| shadows that the light blinds your eyes;
but, come life or death, AN st;lI yours"
"SOt 90 snare dezth-just Heaven fen
| bidP' he said, looking upwards.
GPhIliP, Philip, what are the mere years
Of existence when all Is gone that makes
| life more than IImev'
Darrell gazed down wonderingly At the
| exquisite face through which the womau's
soul shone so clear aud strong. Was this
the happy careless child he had seen but =
few days before dancing In the sunshine,
without it would seem, = thought for the
morrow
HOh, my heart, my heart,7 he eaid,
with indispensable sadness, eel have
robbed you or your happy childhood, and
have given you In exchange love that
must pierce you like = twO-edged sword u
"But, alb, the Joy with the palm - sue
whispered, hiding her face. "-And Is NOT
one hour more Of earthly happiness WORTH
long years OF dull content'"
"DOst thou so love me, darlingi" .
lie could say no more, but bowed his
head on hers again In silence; aud he Was
almost wen TO her faith, aud the bitterness
almost passed away la the glory Of heE
sublime love.
The sun was now pas: the meridian; but
time WAS unhe ia the ell shauted gleu.
Gentle Hassan seemed content TO be for
gotten for tbs slight dark-eyed girl 70
whom his master spoke 30 low and tender
lyi and the birds sang softly la the deep
foliage.
Softly, little by little, yielding to his
quest!Sus, llms confessed to her lover how
she had suffered during those days OF ltIs
absence aud how, when Ghe knew her own
heart, sue feared him, although she yearned
TO see him again, 50 that size would have
fed frc:a him nj tue moment sue behold
him II IL had been possible.
"Sweet one'-he could not help tmtl-
ing nOw-.'you sought. all uneOnHciOusly
what you would most avid. There Is nos
Que In THESE parts who will enter tails
vale, save myself; there Is no outlet at the
other end, you Imagined, aud 1 had
ridden through the glen only ten minutes
before 1 met you; 80 there was fate ia
tuis at least. No SuAre ever set Tor bird
more complete"
"Then-ou, Philip, IL any one has seen
me enter the glen IL will be said CAME
TO meet your
'tIt is unlikely that you have been seen !;
the country is wild, aud human beings are
scarce, though we are only mile from
tue gates OF tue Court park"
IN eur the Court had no idea where
l was" said lima cOloring deeply.
"WhOn do you feurf" asked Darrell
Watching her. 'RolAnd SabIueT"
The gIrl started
AYES" sue answered I'm low tone.
"Ilna," said Darrell quietly, ''has ho
dared To speak to your"
..EO; IL was TO avoid him that came
out to-day. lie said something Tie otBer
might that sturtled me, aud said did NOT
understand him. When We were going,
lie asked to see me LhHt Ire AMI ght ex plain !
and how could l refused So 1 said Ae
could come to-day; but 1 grew 80 frig It
ened, LuLt At Last, when 1 aWoks Iats
morning, felt th4t could not meet him;
End that - now 1 wandered out"
ga childliEe uct JUDGED, darling, re-
marked Sir Philip, STOPPING TO kiss tue
trembling lips tnat had told him this with
sucn girlIslI naiVete. ttAud 80 you he'd 10
n lover scarcely less dreaded, because low
ed" Then his face grew stern. "IImI,
II Roland speaks TO you, refer him to me
and let hi-n guard his tongue well, or ne
will learn to his cost that the last OF tue
barrels Is not one whit behind his zucCs-
tors Ia RyengiuX an insult"
TO BE CONTINUED.