The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1898-09-17

come Arst from you" Ghe said; that
may be your way OF iooltlng 1t II. hut II
Us not mine, don't care 10 let you
have anything 20 reprOach me With. l
have had enough OF that In the past l
am hopeless filrt. sou ki ow, go Into
the thing foF the fun there Is In IT, nnd
It Is only fair to warn you"
She leaned back in her chair and fell
to watching the passeTs-by upon. the
street and TO biting at cube Of sugar.
meditatlvely.
IF Vou Will accept matters that WaY
we can have very go;d time: II you
don't, have WARNED you; and the con :
sequences--lf there are any-must be on
your own head"
Lancaster laughed rather weaker. II
accept the terms" he said. at Is un-
derstcod that this IL only flrtotion"
Which he explained TO Dorothy at
much length, but which she would not
understand. and was so unreasonable
about Os 70 break her engagement. Lam
caster was deeply aggrleved and rather
more deeply relieved. But II made one
fact plain to him: That he was SER
iOusly In love with a nlrl who frankly
told him he was no more 10 her than a
score had been before, than scores might
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was ansry, sns Is u pet'er woman
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heuu' Lose you hea'I-lI Is not worth
"e .aIs so Inueh.
'hat mas Oeen uohe' She sus-
seSIsG,
what l meant Has-and what IN
tended TO tel you when asked you TO
come come to.uay' was that am going 70
'ne war
Ihat was 10 nave oeeh expected' OF
course IS your regiment ordered
moi YET. am especially favored
Mnen 20 you lehVe!
me day after tomorrow And now
am going TO ask sou 10 promise me
something,
TheV had refined In their horses by the
dynamite guns and sat looking out
over Nhe wnite-capped nlne sea.
so that 1t Is not something cannot
promise,
NOT mat ! shall leave tnat until l
come oack-lf DO come back. II DO
roth short, II am killed"-she gave
little shudder: he saw that she did.
and repeated-.if am Killed. shall
leave orders that my most treasured
possessions shall be sent To- you"
Do you mean this marco
II mean the mare It VIII make me as
happy as It would seem / am meant to
be- to know that u die you VIII have
her' and VIII ride her aHd be Kind TO
her. For you are FOND OF her. too
MISS Leeds knit her hrows and con-
eidered. And II should not?' she
said.
she shall not TO to anyone else I
Will have Dartmcor shoot her on the
daR that he hears my death confirmed"
Miss Leeds switched at the sklrt OF
her habit. us there no one else who Is
fond OF her also?"
NO" he answered.
But that other CIR! You told me ot?'
There flashed back upon LancasteTs
memory how Dorothy had been wont 20
stand With her arms around the aFched
black neck and her cheek against the
warm, soft rose: how the mare had fol-
lowed her ;amely around the garrison,
as she would follow no other but him
self Then Miss Leeds turned the sun
OF her questioning eyes upon him. They
were serious now. and their gentle light
scattered the mlSts OF memories She
only valued the horse for the masters
sake, and the master is no longer any
thing to her. will sou do as ask?"
A little. ironical smile. the emile OF m