The Lambertville record. [volume] (Lambertville, N.J.) 1872-1968, 1899-04-26

ifdhkly told him he was 10 more TO
her than score had been before, than
scores might be thereafter. And it
was all i'll vain that he tried 10 change
her
Il warmed you quite fairly" she re-
minded iim, hendinS forward to stroke
The glossy neck Of his black mare. 1t
MaN The mare that of old Dorothy had
considered almost her own property,
ana on which she had almost laNished
the overflow of her affection for Ian
caster. II warned you Miss Leeds
repeated and nobody has suffered but
Yourself unless she glanced ut him
with qnizzical little smile-"unleSS
there WAS another girl
There was another girl" he ans
wercd
She shrugged her shoulders tolerant.
~
That was to have been expected.
Nest problems of the heart are in the
rule of three"
lie flowned angrily. and his lips
curved in contempt Are you absolu-
tely hearilesS? Have you no pity for
her.
Not great deal. IL you were the
sort 10 desert her in fortnight for Il
girl who made not the slightest effort
TO win you, | think, upon the whole.
that she is rather well rid of you"
Lancaster was biting his lips, and he
was very angry. she is better wo-
man than YOU" he said
That may be But still" she laugh
ed. good naturedly. do you think |
am bad enough for you to he passing
Judgment upon me?
Il do. for YOU are doing the thing
cold bloodedly, and II" he said DIES
pondently, have lost my head"
She smiled into his eyes. You don't
want 10 do that 1t Is such hand,
some head Lose your HEARTH Is not
worth nearly so much"
lie turned In his saddle and faced
her Il am likely 10 lose more than
that" he burst out suddenly. Il am
likely to lose my life"
"oh, come" she said; you are not
contemplating falling on the point of
your saher or drowning yourself in the
bay or superindudng galloping con
sumption, are youI | have had men do
great number Of things for me. but
never quite that"
Il am not contemplating doing any
OF those. may be a good deal of n
lOhi, nut ubl enough LOT IL woman VINO
cares nothing for mo"
Yet that has been done" she sug
gested
What l meant was-and what /
intended Ia tell you when | asked you
To come to-day was that | am going
to the war"
THAT was 10 have been expected. of
course. Is your regiment ordercdY"
Not yet. | am especially favored.
when do You leaveY
The day after 10 MORROW. And now
am going 10 ask yOu To promise me
something
They had refined In their horses hy the
dynamite guns and sat looking ont
over the whtecapped blue sea.
SO TINT II Is something that can
promise
Not that. I shall leave thai until |
come back II ! do come back. IF |
do not--in short. II | am killed" She
gave little Shudder lie saw HAT she
did and repeated, "If / am killed,
shall leave orders that my most treas.
ured possession shall he sent TO YOU"
do you mean this maref'
- mean the more. II would make me
as happy rs II would seem
meant TO be 20 know that If | die you
win have her and will ride her and be
kind 10 her, for you are fond of her
too
Miss Leeds knit her brows and con-
sldered And If | should notT" she
said
"Shc shali not so TO any one else.
Will have DartmoOr shoot her ON the
day that he hears my death confirmed
Miss Leeds switched nj the skirt of
her habit rs there no one else who IL
fond OF her alsoW
mo" he answered.
"But the other girl you told me Off"
There flashed back upon Lancaster's
memory how Dorothy had been wont
to stand with her arms around the
arched black neck and her cheek
against the warm soft nose; how the
marc had followed 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 anything to her. "Will you do
us | ask r
A little ironlcal smile, the smIle Of an
easy going cypicism, cnrlcd her lips.
Unto the victor belongs the spois.
Yes, II anything happens 10 you | will
tnkO the horse. But you must not be
rash, l believe | prefer your safety TO
IT,"
Two months afterward Miss Ieeda,
bending forward 10 stroke the glossy
neck OF the black mare that had be.
Ionged 10 Lieutenant Lancaster, turned
and glanced up into the face OF the
man who was riding beside her.
"Who was the girl that You bowed
10 near the gates, the one with the big
sad eyesfe
1T was Dorothy Terrence" he told
her. Lancaster used once to be en-.
gagged to her"
mo wonder, then, that she looked at
me reproaehfully." She tried to laugh
but the laughter broke, and she grew
white ns she set the mare into II gal
Top. There may, you Enow'--she
called to him mockingly above the clat
ter of the there may lurk the
adder of remorse among the yrtor's
spoiis."
Little Too Much.
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