The Kimball graphic. (Kimball, Brule County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1905, 1896-01-18
3 llND LOVE
w1LxlE COLLINS

"
Meantime the autumn lad given place
to winter, which began in wet and dreary
fashion. Day aud night the rain fell, max
ing the gravel walks too wet and the
streetsimpassable. Then Lord Harry sat
In his room and smoked all day long. And
and the horedom OF the other.
He spoke at last. II was after break.
fast.
Iris, y he sail. show long is this to con.
'This-1nnts"
.srhis life-this miserable solitude and
silence"
TIL we die" she replied. "What else
ana we must pay the price"
No: it shall end. ! will end it. l can
endure it no longer"
You are still yonng. You will perhaps
have forty more ye;ttsto live--all like this
-as duh aud empty. 1t is tho price we
must pay"
No. he repeated. at shall end,
swear that l will go on like this no long
err
"Yon Ind better go to Lonaon and walk
in Piccadilly to get IL little society"
What do you care what do or where
I'VE will not reproach eych other, Har-
ry;n
"Why-what else do yon do all day long
but remoach me with your gloomy looks
change in the life"
BE gracious for a little, md listen to
my plan. l have made II plan. Listen, Iris.
can no longer endure this life. Itdriyes
me mad"
"And me, too. That is one reason why
we should not desire to change it. Mad
people forget. They think they IRE some
where else. For US to believe that we
were somewhere else would be in itself
happiness"
II am resolved to change ito change
1t. sny-ata any risk, We will leave Lou
vain!"
1--WE can, ! dare say" Iris replied, cold
ly, find another town, French or Bel
gian, where we can get another cottage,
behind high walls in Il garden, n hide
there"
mo, | VIII hide no longer. / am sick Of
go on. What is your plan? Am l to
pretend to he some one els,'s widow"
W. Will go to America. There are
heaps of places in the States where no En-.
glIsh people ever go-neither tourists nor
settlers--places where they have certainly
never heard OF us. We will find some
quiet vlilhge, buy II small farm, and settle
among. tine people. know something
about farming. We need not trouble to
make the thing pay. And we will &c
back to mankind again. Perhaps, Iris
when we have gone back to the world
you will'-he hesitated-"you will be able
to forgive me, and to regard me again with
your Old thoughts. 1t was done for your
sake
at WAS not done for my sake. DO not
repeat that falsehood. The old thoughts
will never come back, Harry. They are
dead and gone. have ceased to respec,
you or myself. Love cannot survive the
| Lose nf calf rpS,,apt \rhn NV, I tl,t
should give love to anybody Who are
you that you S ould expect loves
will YOU go with me 10 Anierica-loYe
or no lover cannot stay here-I will moi
STAY here"
III will go with you whereveryon please.
should Ike not 10 run risks. There are
still people whom IT would pain to see Iris
Henley tried mud found guilty with two
others on u charge of fraudulent conspir-
acy."
~ wouldn't accustom myself, if l were
you, Iris, to speak OF things too plainly,
Leave the thing to me and | will arrange
train from Brussels to Calais. We will
take the crn%ss-country line from Amiens
to Havre: there we will take board fol
New York-no English people ever trave.
by the Havre line. Once in America, we
will push up conntry-to Kentucky OF
somewhere-and find that quiet country
4 f'"NNS oaeSh ohso > t'N ho = - wa
settle down for the rest of my life ant
have no more adventures. Do you agree
Iriss"
az will do anything that you wish," sh,
replied, coldly.
VERY well. Let us lose no time; ! fee
chOked here. VIII you 20 into Brussel.
aud buy a Continental Bradshaw or
Baedeker, or something that will tell III
the times of sailing, the cost of passage
and all the rest of it' We will take witt
us money to start us with; you will hav,
to write to your bankers. We can easil.
arrange to have the money sent to New
York, and it can be invested ~thcre-eXcep
Your W fortune-in my new name. w
shall want no outfit for u fortnight at sea
| have arranged it all beautifully. Child
look like your old self" He took an unre
sisting hand. 81 want to see you smil
and look happy again"
"You WILL
"Yes-when we nave got ourselves GU
of this damnable, nnwholesome way o
life: when we are with ourfellow-creature
again. You will forget this--this liltl
business-which was YOU know, after Ill
an unhappy necessity
"Ohi how can l ever forgets"
New interests will arise; new friend
ships will be formed
Harry. it is myself that I cannot fol
give. Teach me to forgive myself, and
will forget everything"
He pressed her no longer.
well. then" he said, "go to Brussel
and get this information. II you will nc
try to conquerthis absurd moral sensitive
ness-which come too late-you will n
least enable me TO place you in a healthie
atmosphere"
II will 60 at once" she said. II will &
by the next train"
"There is a train at u quarter to two
You can do all you nave to do aud cate
the train at five. lris"-the chance of
change made him impatient-''let us e
tomorrow. Let IFS go by the night e,
press. There will be English traveller.
but they shall not recogn re ME. w
shall be in Calais at one in the morning
We will go on by an early train before til
English steamer comes in. Will you |
readyt"
yes; there is nothing to delay me.
suppose we eau leave the house by pa.
ing the rent. will go and 10 what 70
want"
Let US go this very night!"
III you please: am ALWAYS ready"
a ttNn. fharn will ha po tip,o. II ,r;1I loo