The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1895-05-08
copyrssh, By Bachelor. Johnson & Bach

Copyright By Bachelor. johnson K Bach
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IN xo1 know when I frs; saw yOn
fhsnght you were a girl" SAID ne 1ney
were both watching the river down pst0"
them as 1t aWirieG through the wooden
bridge or wnien they were standing, but
r,ax she turned her head slightly. glanced
toward him for moment AMI laughed.
And nov what do yea mink me-a
SoyF'
AZ thi5 ne laughed. 20. sse catching
her hard, held Il fondly between MS own
You know what ! meAa--shat never
drsamt Of your having been married fol
look so young so tender
Like the Boy Biliee. Wei. u you had
dreamt''--
ION. no. 1t would have bees just the
same He took bis hand from bees only
70 clip 4 round her tender shoulders
DO you know" said ne. "a s2man long
ago told ne that
"A woman what woman She
shrank little from him. and this seemed
10 delight him jealousy lies ia the germs
OF love tie resisted her attempts At
withdrawal from MIN. brought her closer
n him vita al actual force tnat declared
the man
Nobody 7 cared for" said ne 1T
wasn't that sort OF person. Glare You
know 7 never knew what love was tll
met you. You DO know that" She made
the little soft sound OF assent that Ne ali
know. and that none ~ us can spell nod
ding her lovely head at him the while.
"shc vas a cousin OF mine. an elderly
persona widow. by the way. Ike you"
She nodded again. hat her smile faded.
''Ohr'-.breakluK 9ff-"its absurd 20 think
Of you as widow-a little girl like you
You're too young for the part"
.Twenty-faus = not 50 very young. One
y,rF
still. you don't look II. you see7 EIgh-
teen would be nearer the mark.
Even 20. there have been widows a IL
lucky beings.
Don't talk like that: I can't bear st..
You must have heen"-
Nov" with a sudden return OF light
heartedness. don't y1u talk ike that; I
can't bear Il. Ny past Is past. There let
n lie You know We agreed never TO men
ton r. Now 60 on and tell me what your
cousin. who hope WAS elderly. once told
you"
well. she always said she believed the
world was fuIi Of separated pairs. and
sometimes they came together IN the
paths Of life, and then were happy: but
that too often they did not rect, and 50
lost all the flavor OF living Well. We. !"
looking az her with passionate tender
ness ln ais eyes, are two OF he happy
ouea En-"
fils young strong charming face Is
looking down INTO here. IS If seeking an
answer that NJ already knew Into hers
which WAS always beautiful. but now gio-
fious with the light ot a love she had
never dreams OF knowing untll-untn.
having been crushed hy fate and driven
past all endurance she had taken the mat
ter into her Own hands~had thrown up
the world In which she wa -stiding her
people. whom many day she had. in
the height OF her misery prayed God 20
confound run away here 10 this
little German village 20 bury herself for
ever II possible. Then Il seemed quite
possible. Il seems 80 even now.
The only one she could have trusted in
her trouble MAS her brother. Sir Ralph
Brooke. bat he was va india. and that Is
q far ory. lie might have come home. he
would She thought, bet IN all probability
his coming would have ruined hls pros
poets, and perhaps. after all. be would
have recommended peace. where no pea-e
was. She had one other friend. a cousin
who happened 80 he Junior partner in the
bank ia which her own private fortune
was deposited. and who could remit -
her from time 10 time her money ~ she
desired H.
For SIX rroash- she dwelt on the
thought Of fight. and hen took a. There
was "a little cutlery y her world AZ first.
bat 40 one took eny strenuous measures
10 find her Her brother n India vas
written 20 and lawyer consulted. For
the rest he people shrugged their shoui-
dcrs and said poor Glare was always q lit
tie odd you know. almost impossible IN
some ways and so on There had nccn
no puTs .lt. and poor ClaTe-MrS. NlluC-
han--had found herself one evening In
this l{tile German village and. haiiing Il
as village Of refuge. had folded her
tent and stayed there
Mud here shs hal met him. Tho place
vas small out OF nc way. and only now
ana then people dropped In 70 stay a week
or 20 az most Geoffrey Carlton had come
Ter The day or so" bat it was now three
weeks since hi~ arr, al lie was his own
master ard having so regular home any
whore. We idiine about Tho Continent
taking his tourney 60 Coustanfiuoala-
him tu "a month or six weeks by slow do
Ersrs Here p, aut thts strange. sweet
girl whom ~ frst 20 .e med impossible
70 believe nor only - svife hut widow
had met. hal looked. and then had
loved,
THIS little wayslie inn Was an ideal
place for tvets. vltt fts Verenda GOV
cred With dainty rtccpers and tts slowly
rushing river st tho end 81 &c. and i-z
garden. at3aiut sweet mature
Just row. besides Mrs AlluEham 9ut
Carlton. there acre on}y three other peO
plea small fair girl with an invRNa
mother more - hypoehon3viar. per
hans than anything else. AMI Sourg