Arizona republican., 1898-12-23
Number Six s
 Sister.
BY BERNARD BIGSBY.
Continued From Yesterday.)

'.It seems an age to mean age IT.
 lie stops. for something like sol strikes his ear.
 He looks down into her face. It is pale, and the red, ripe lips are tremu- lous.
 He has mistaken her emotion. The red flush flies to his face, then leaves it
 white with suppressed excitement.
 ''Wbat! Wanda!' he hesitates, for, with . quirer of the lids, tears are springinr to the blue eyes. ''What. you are crying! Is it possible you love mo, girl?'' and he seizes both her hands and looks down into her face with a hungry glare. s'Is it possible? Look at me. Wanda. Ohl Heaven! I long, and yet dare not hope. Wanda, you know I love you. You cannot help but know it. I have loved you since the first moment I saw you. Inever dreamt that you would give me hope to love. No. it cannot be. Look at me, Wanda. Is it possible hat-you-lovc-me?
 Slowly and fearfully the words drop from his lips.
 Then she tries to draw her hands away, but he only clings the harder.
 Speak, Wanda" he says, hOarsely. Do you love me?"
 Then she speaks. Slowly, heavily she lifts her eyes to his and looks at him with great yearning misery and solemn truthfulress in them. T am so sorry that you should entertain such feelings for me, MT. Daniens, for l can never return your love-
 She sees him quiver under the blow she has struck, and with q woman's tenderness seeks to heal the wound.
 s'Oh! do not look like that" she cried, for he has dropped her hands and stands before her dazed like one in a dream.
 T cannot help my lools," he says, bitterly. Nor can l. help loving you. It is no crime to love you, Wanda-Miss Arlington"
 Nor for me to be unable to look up on you as other than a friend"
 "Yes, yes, that is true" he replied hurriedly. You must be my friend. I will not annoy you with my solicita- tions, I will worship you in silence"
 She could not sec his face. She could not sec the cunning malignant glcam of those dark eyes, nor imagine lIIt-I IlAS 44lcAAi lltiliAlJ1C NO4NtS OA%D cIoalzcd designs of future conquest.
 He had recovered tho first blow Of his disappointment and was now himself again - cunning, treacherous man, ready to do anything to attain his ends. He give her up! Not he, indeed. What care he though she had q dozen lovers, he did not blame her for it, only-it would be all the worse for them.
 50 he said once more with all humil- ity: ''Bc, as you say, my friend, Miss I am as you sec q rough, uncouth fellow, and you may humanize nc"
 T am very sorry for you" Wanda said frankly; but, MT. D2oiens, you must not let your passion grow the better of you. There arc hundreds of girls as attractive as I am, which is not saying much for their charms, who will gladly give you back love for love, who have not already set up an idol of their own.''
 The words escaped her lips without thought. She would have given the world to have recalled them, but it was too late.
 Then you do love another ?'' he asked, with wcll-fcig2cd dcjcction.
 She blushed crimson
 '.No one has ever spoken to me of love but you" she prcvaric2ted.
 '.Lovc is not born of wOrGs,'' Danicns said, passionately. "A glancc-a pres sure of the hand, q flash of-but why Iefine bliss denied nc? Suffice it to say that you are lost to me. Nay, do | lot tremblc so, Miss Arlington; your ,ocr-o+ iG safe will, me-
 For a moment her eyes flashed an in- lignant reproach, but she could not lie, ! % she took refuge in silence.