The Helena independent. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1875-1943, 1892-03-13

comprehend; presently il did manage TO
catch this idon in time to sayo embarra9s-
ment all around, and he eaid gracefully
Dear dwendolon! i may shy that2"
"Yca--pnrt OF ~. Bnt--don't kiss mo when
l am talking. it makes mo forget what / was
going to shy. Yon can call me by part of
that form, but not the last part. Gwsndolen
is no my name"
Mot your name2" This In . tone OF
wonder and surprise.
The girls soul was suddenly invaded by
a creepy apprehension. a quite definito
arms away from her, looked him search
ingly in the eye, and said
'Anawer me truly, on your honor. You
are not seeking to marry me on account of
nv ranl?"
The shot almost knocked him through
the wall. he waa 30 little prepared for 1t.
There was something 80 finely grotssqus
about tho question andits present suspicion.
that he stopped to Wonder and admire. and
thus was he saved from laughing. Then,
without wasting precious time, he set about
the task OF convincing her that he had been
lured by herself alone, and had fallen in
love With her only. not her title and posi-
and could not love her more il she were Il
duchess, or loss il she were without home,
nams or family. She watched his face
wistfully, eagerly, hopefully, translating
his words by. its expression; and when he
had finished there was gladness in her
though outwnrdly she was calm, tranquil.
even judicially austere. She prepared a
surprise for him now, calculated to put q
heavy strain upon those disinterssted pro-
tsstations of his, and thus she delivered it,
burning it away word by word, as the fuse
to SEQ how far the explosion would lift him.
Listen, and do not doubt me, for ! shall
speak the exact truth. Howard Tracy. 1 am
no more al earl's child than you are!''
To her Joy, q secret surprise. also, it
never phased him.. He was ready this time
and saw bis chance. He cried out with en-
thnsiasm:
Thank heaven for that!' and gathered
her to his arms.
To express her happiness was almost be-
yond her gift Of speech. \
You make me the proudsst girl in all the
EARTH" she sa1d. with her head pillowed on
bis shoulder. ~ thought it only. natural
that you should be dazzted by the title
maybe even u%nconsciously, you being Eng
lish-and that you might be deoeiving your
self in thinking you only loved me, and
find you didn't love me when the deception
was swept away SO it makes me proud that
the revelation stands for nothing, and that
you do love just me, only mech, prouder
than any words can tell!'
ut is only you, sweetheart, i never gave
one envyinR glance toward your fathers
earldom. That is utterly true, dear Gwen
dolen."
"Ihere-you mustn't call me that, I hate
that false name. I told you it wasn't mine.
My name is Sallie Sellers-or Sarah, if you
like. From this time I Danish dreams,
visions, imaRinings, and will no mora OF
them. am going to be myself-my genu-
inc self. my honest self. my natural self,
clear and clean Of sham and folly and
fraud, and worthy of you. There is no grain
of social inequality between US: 1, like
YOU, am poor; ], like you, am with
out position or distinction; you are
q struggling artist; ] am that, too, in nv
humber way. Dur bread is honest bread;
we work for our living. Hand in hand we
will walk hence to the grave, helping each
other in all ways, living for each other,
being and remaining one in heart and pur-
pose, one in hope and aspiration, insepara-
bletto the end. And though our5,place is
low, judged by the worlds eve, we will