Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1894-02-09

You have no love 10 give me.
How many times must you ask
mcl"
But it seems that 1 have looked into
your eyes, and that they have given
me q different answer than your
tongue. Deny it or not, Kate, your
eyes have looked into mine and told
me that | had small place in your
heart. | have seen it, say what YOU
may, and though your voice was 81
lent, your eyes, my bonny Kate, have
whispered soft promises that caused
my temples to throb and the blood to
rush TO my head until | seemed half
mad with JOY"
She, q stalwart English lass. brown
as Il berry, rs handsome an example
Of Il Workingw0man as ever lived.
laughed. II was a musical, bewitchinG
laugh but it sounded like Il dcathkncll
to the man who stood before her. with
face aflame with passion. He was Il
tall specimen of the Anglo Saxon type
OF miner, with arms like blacksmith
and thc legs and thighs Of an athlete.
Kate was the daughter Of the captain
Of the mine, and came from the same
part Of England TO America when the
mining industry here WaS almost in
its infancy; when there was no over
production Of any ore and fortunes
were more easily made than now.
For some time Geoffry had been
Slltor for her hand, and Kate had
played fast and loose until ut times
the demon Of jealousy ragged 50 furi-
ouSly that he was almost beside him
self. To see his Kate upright as n
sapling-Kate, whose every movement
was the majesty Of motion-With the
figure Of woman ana the heart AMI
caprices Of a maid; with the soft eyes
Of q deer and the tongue Of Il ShreW-
IL see Kate, the embodiment Of noble
physical development, in the arms of
another ut the dance. with no word
for him. was torture. keen and OK
guiSitp And then when he approached
her, the angry flush upon his face,
there was ''balm in Gilcad" in the soft
glance She shot ut him and he forgot
his resentment in the contemplation Of
her face And now ut the twilight
time they two stood Just without the
door of her fathers cottage. The sun
was going down in haze like that
seen on the ocean. 1t was not 4
Golden sunset, though so near its rest
ing place but q sun of silver. bright
and Shinging, in harmony with the
snow covered surface Of the earth and
the grey sky Above the hills the
shaft houses were sharply defined
against the Sky, and in the distance
tho forcsts-thosc noble Michigan for
estS seemed like dark fringe around
the pallid landscape The man drew
nearer TO the woman.
Can you deny, Kate. that your
eyes have told me YOU might care for
me-"
"Pshaw, \ woman'S eyes. Geofry:
They may say many things they do not
mean"
You mean you have been playing
with me?'
"Oh, do not say SO
Kate, take care
"Of WHAT
You are playing with fire. lass
My love must have its way-you must
he mine
Must? Indeed, You have pleas
ant way of winning Il woman. Surely
] may love whom | choose"
Yes; and you love that Norwegian.
At the dance | saw how you looked
at hm-how You encouraged him,
while I stood aside with the rage in
my heart TO kill you both Before that
Scoundrei came between us two
You forget yourself to defame a
man behind his back. 1t is cowardly--
II he were here
IL,
Detiantly: And if it were true?"
lie grasped her arm With 4 cry.
1T can not be. Kate You must love
40 ono hut myself. You belong to me,
ASS, and L"
Let 90 my arm"
II will not"
Coward
Perhaps.
Il shall hate YOU"
1t is as we'll since You do not love
me-
At last | understand you. de
SpiSe yon now that | know you. Lee
20 of my arm
NO
1T is the part of man to eNer
brute strength over woman. | be
iieve you are coward enough to STRIKE
4 woman"
What
He released her arm and stood be
fore her, pale rs death. One hand h
passed nervously through his hair
while his features worked convulsively
She with figure erect and blazing eyes
confronted him.
If that is your last word, good-by.
he said Tell your Norwegian to Loo
out or I will kill him.
Perhaps he is a better man thai
you"
Don't drive me too hard with you
tongue
Next time you think to win
Weetheart learn how TO treat her"
.KatA~- something Expresses me
something is going to happen on tn
morrow. Should you care if I me
nv death in the mine?'
She laughed heartily.
mot at ALL
without word he turned and wall
"A hastily away. She watched his Fl:
s,r,o vanish in the light of the silvt
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