The Kinsley graphic. [volume] (Kinsley, Kan.) 1890-1940, 1892-12-16
CHAPTER XL-CoErDUED.

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"Scandalous?' he said, with swiftly
changing manner. what a name to
call honesty byv'
"Ohl 7 am not so honest, I assure you"
There, you confessed that you are.
Anyone else would have spoken so diff
ferently."
ANY other woman, you neanP'
''Weu, yes" he assented.
And other women, when they talk
with you, monsieur, are anxious to con-
vince you of their honesty"
''Wel1, yes"
Kathleen seemed to muse a little,
slowly shaking her head. THAT is be
cause you arc g0lf."
He made an impatient gesture. 'It
is SO conducive to feminine deception,
then, this being I, as you put it2' and,
without waiting for her to respond, he
went on: what made me in the first
place like you so much, mademoiselle,
was your charitable forgetfulness OF
who I really am"
II didn't forget it in the least, how
ever. I cultivated myself into seeming
as If / did"
"Ahl you're bent on disapPointingm e."
mo, monsieur, only on telling you the
truth"
THE truth from people never disap-
points me-"
Are you so sure?'' she unurmured, a
little vaguely, not meeting his look.
He gave a slight start Not quite
sure, not quite sure-in your case.
For example, it dEd disapPOint me
to learn that you are unhappy"
She would not admit that she had ever
confessed this to him during their pre-
vious talks, and for a good while they
gently battled with one another con
corning what human happiness truly
means, until CIarimond at last said,
rg-ff1r an OF mil Z 4-r4
For a man or woman of reasonable
age there is but one perfect kind OF hap
piness- The heart is mill, whose
/ wheel should always turn In q full
stream and grind forth golden grAin.
! The sUral like a wealthy miller, must
be buoyant and gladsoms at the labor
performed the deeper he IS covered
with the dust Of that delicious industry
the more prosperous lac rates himself,
while he looks forth on the world de
| fed by his hearts consoIing thrift"
1T Is not everybody" smiled Kath-
leen, as the speaker paused, who can
be both king and poet in one short life"
Are you now satirical, nsdemoisslIe2"
''NO, no! But am sicePtical- There
are SO few hearts like that Mine,
fear, is an idle mill wheel above an
empty stream-bedI"
Yet one whose waters have been
dried On, II not dried, cruelty damned
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You say more, ] find, than you mean
to say"
And yet you do not think me de-
ceitfuli you have granted as much-'
His eyes, for an instant, seemed to
/ cGress her face. II think YOU strangely
miserableir' he affirmed. Then, lower
/ ing his voice a little, and leaning nearer
I to her; Il can't but wonder if yOu are
/ ineurably So"
II am not miserable" she said, with
/ vvistful ar,ior OF denial 1T is too bad
( that you should think this, You said
/ something of the same sort yesterday.
/ But you are vrong-wrong. stin
/ have q great deal to live for"
''StiuI And you say that In the early
I glow OF your uaidenhoodl still It is
amazing. Or, nos Sc isn't amazing at
! alli 1t is thoroughly ezpiainabie- There
/ is something you want I wonder If /
l could get it for you"
J She shook her head quickly and then
stared down at the hands which lay like
/ two pale Curled feathers In her lap
| mo. monsieur she breathed, enslrin-
| ing the words, Is IL were, in q sort OF
long sigh. SIT Is nothing that you could
! get H.e. 80
He accepted her reply as a surrender.
She toas n sorrower, after all, and the
feiuts OF her assertion 20 the contrary
had been admittedly futile
IN the silence that now followed they
both looked forth upon the incomparo-
bic valley, Aanlzs2 by its mighty moan
/ tains, ovsE-seaEtersd by its ethereal VII
las crowned, accentsasali5 digliEed by
is romantic aud imposing palace
The king slowly lifted his hand and
! pointed 20 that pale and beauteoHs edi-
hce- Hia voice was quite faint Though
L -e2-l1ad her ears very clearly indeed
as he saids
* have thought Of offering yoa fhis
for 3 bona
She did not make the stseht test si1.a Ct
reply. he saw tlte se7oF leave her
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