Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1894-11-22

Once they Went as far a. Surblten.
where they got drenched in a shower
and had to take refuge and have tea
In an old Inn.
But il Is not At all 10 b. supposed
that with all this intimacy Those two
got an iIs-il nearer one another. they
were intellectual companions. nothin-;
more. not even to ie called comrades
! Gwen neither eYadesl nor Shirkei
conventions. size simply swept them
aside. as she did her i1y--..--s - ~
Strange. he felt her and the rides yery
distinctly a boon She was an excel
g-Ht flint TO make sparks with. her.
ways 81 .h1uglTt were ~ new. let alone
startling her tongue 20 remarkably
sharp. and she had such brutal habit
Of speaking undiIuted truths For
the once the tno agreed. they dis.
agreed at least three times, and a
good pitched battle had to b. fought
10 settle any question. The sponge
was never by any chance thrown up
IL was forced out OF the- hand Of one
or OF the other Of them. 1t was most
braeing and delightful experience for
Gwen, il was 50 satisfactory and ~
absolutely free from mawkishness. and
she reflected, with superb self-congrat
ulation. that the man had Just a. little
capacity for that phase as herself
shes hard--hard as nails he re-
Elected after an evening nj Lady
Mary.s. and Vet. she wasn't made
like that, / could swear wo
what the devils wrong with her X
and whafll put them right? | be-
lieye. upon my word do. that a baby
might do the business for her. There's
not 4 man living that would have any
effect upon her, and yet there are
fellows going who would take that
dewiness. for softness, hang liz it's
mere moisture, but--ah. we'll, the ef
feet is magnificent
| He took out his watch. but his hand
shook so that he could not open it.
God forgive mel" he muttered.
this IL awful! | have had 4 good deal
in the way Of education at women's
hands, but this is a new experience"
he remarked after pause. grinning.
and Ticking a SPOT of ash on mis- coat.
her want Of self-eonscionsness. next
TO CHASTITY. il has an uncanny sexless
sort Of air about IL that gives one the
shivers''
The intellectual companionship con
tinued undated for teii more days
then one evening At the end Of June.
Gwen Waring told Strange that she
and Lady Mars We're going down into
the country early In July
When ne rot home that night he had
a difficulty in mounting the stairs.
When lie succeeded. he got himself 10
the glass. and found he was white 10
the lips He had had shock-he had
discovered. as he turned ont Of Lady
Mary's aoftly- lighted hall into the
street that h. loved the girl irretriev-
ably. and with the knowledge came
fear.
For . few minutes he leaned against
the manfel-piece. his head sunk into
his hands. then he raised himself with
n sigh. threw off his light oyercoat.
and sat down 10 smoke but he couldn't
draw a puff, then 1t struck him that
he was numb with cold.
He looked at the crate with pur-
pose to make fire lighting in his eyes,
bnt with a shrug he shirked the trou-
BILE. He could not 20 TO bed. that was
out OF the question: as for sitting
there freezing, that was just as impos-
sible He must move. he must feel the
life stir in him again. He stood MP
and shook himself. then a thought
struck him. he hurried to his room,
changed his clothes, and went OFT
round the corner to the news where
he kept the horses he had brought upI
from Strange Hall.
He found the gear, saddled the
freshest, and rode away through short
cuts and by.ways. away from the
noise and hurly-burly. out into the
quiet Of the country. Then ne drew
rein. pulled the mare aside on TO a
green strip fianking the road. and let
her 60 her own pace. For long time
he gave her grace and smoked saw
agely.
lit il about the most killing blow
that could have fallen on man. Iii
would be bad for any fellow; but for
me, who can love if can do anything,
10 have to pour it all out at the feet of
girl who couldn't understand what
love, much less passion, means, toi
save her life! It's n beastly back
handed stroke Of fate. and ! don't
know that I've ever done anything bad
enough to deserve it. Lord, how the
mares sides smoke. | must have rid
den ike maniac. The worst Of it is.
this isn't thing one can clear OF and
forget-with the woman right in ones
soul.-the fine grand. proud creature.
God. it's almost sacrilege to except her
10 love. with love In the beastly state
Ii is-to love any man-Jack Of us; it's
honor enough to love her and yet
yet-when a man has once done II,
done 1t once and forever, the only
thing in life seems TO be 10 Get some
thing in return. What commercial
brutes we are even in this hottest con
nection of all. But let her love or not.
I'll give her my love If she'll take il
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