The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1896-10-10

with so unpleasant 4 secret into this room
Of Thursday"
The fact is, Dora said he in Il tone
of deliberatIon and dissatisfaction. Il
did not bring him here Of my own free
will. Indeed, | do rot know how you
could imagine | would invite such a man.
l found him contemplating a paragraph
for the papers. and he promised he would
say nothing about what had occurred if
L would introduce him to you. He seems
to have conceived Il romantic interest in
You, because of your likeness to some one
he knows" Later this evening he should
tell her all about this some one"
Il see, she said, her spirits declining
1t was not out of good nature or gener-
oslty, but cowardice, moral cowardiCe
Jack had brought Leigh. "Oh, Jack,
am so sorry
Sorry. Sorry for WHAT" he cried
She did not speak -or while She was
/ looking out into the dark blue air of the
street She had formed high ideal of
what he, her hero ought to be, nearly
was. But now and then. often. he did
not reach the standard she had raised
She started without turning her eyes
away from the blue duskncss of the street.
and in Il ton" of wonderful tenderness and
sadness said:
Il don't know exactly what | was
thinking of, Jack. The evening is so fresh
and still j. is not necessary for one to
think. Angry with you. dear! Oh, no.
Oh. no, Angry with you for what?"
a bout the harsh words | said of Leigh.
1t seems to me your manner changed
the moment | mentioned his name Let
Us not speak of him any more this even
ing"
But why should we not speak Of him,
jack"
'Recausc. dear. We are here together,
and we are much more interesting to one
another than he can he to either"
Yes, dear, in a way more interesting to
one another than all the world besides;
but in another way not nearly so interest
ing as this poor clock maker" she said
slowly, in a dreamy voice.
well" said he, withdrawing his arm
from her waist and taking chair oppo-
site her in the window place. II don't
see what you are driving at"
Il cannot hep thinking of the man and
plying him. He will go into his grave
having missed nearly everything in the
world"
why. the man has enough concpit to
/ mike IL titldlIDu ilhppN Il' Is Il greater
man in his own opinion than the Presi-
dent"
MANY are not afflicted a. he is. You
say he is interested in me because | re
mind him of some one. How must it bee
with an ordinary human heart beating in
such a body Would it not be better for
such 4 man to be born blind than to find
his Pallas-Athena. as he calls herr
Of no RI
in the darkness Of the room: they We're
full of tears and there were tears in her
voice
Hamburg started. he could not tell why
He exclaimed: Good heavens, Dora!
you do not mean to tell me that you feel
seriously concerned in the love affairs, if
there are such things, of this MANI"
Jack" she confessed, Il will not try to
Disguise it, am intensely Interested in
this poor clockmaKer, this mad visionary.
if you prefer to call him that"
This was not ut all the kind of preface
Hamburg wanted to the communications
he had to make to her He felt discon-
certed. clumsy. petulant. Il have been so
unfortunate as To introduce the cause of
| all this anxiety to you. | would have
! been better for every sake if | had not
/ gone back and met the man the second
/ time, much better than to cut a Ridiculous
/ figure before all the town tomorrow,
| He was growing angry as his speech
/ went on. His own words were inhaminc
! his mind by the implication of his
/ wrongs.
She placed her hand gently on his. and
| said in reproacEful voice. a voice unite
| different from the medatitivc tones in
! which she had been speaking, Jack, | did
not mean that. You know | did not mean
! that. Why do you rcproach me with
! thoughts You ought to know | could not
! harhorE She had turned in from the
/ window, and was looking at him opposite
4 her in the dim darkness. She was now
! fully alive to his presence and everything
/ around her
''No doubt" he said bitterly. Il am un-
generous to you. | am unjust"
/ Jack. that is the most unjust thing
! you could possibly say to me. in saving
! it you seem 10 use words yon fancy
would like to use, only am not brave
enough"
1 II know YOU are brave enough for any
! thing. l know it is l who am the COW
ard"
lack, oh. Jack
"lon told me 50 yourself to-day. You
+ cannot say | am putting that word into
I your mouth He was taking ire.
/ Have you no mercy FOR me. jack"
/ ~ on told me with your own lips | had
/ u" Thought hut of my miserable self in
4 the miserable thing that happened"
/ Jack. have YOU no PITY" She seized
/ his hands with both her own.
Il brought that man here as the price Of
4 his silence, you-knowing the chicken-liv-
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