Butler citizen. [volume] (Butler, Pa.) 1877-1922, 1899-08-31

Gerald
Ever since have known you. b.
answered promptly
She hooked ~ him iu aInazemeut.
.'Oh. be- added hastily. Il -uppa-..
you are thinking Il Ms SherI5ck
Yes, did lik. her
And told her So
'.Yes. / told her 50.
"But that was only q month ago.
Il know h.
Their eyes met il the silence that fol
lowed and then they both laughed
But Gerald she said. looking az
him straight from under those level
eyebrows. this l. Rot a laughing mat
ter
Il know ~ : not. h. said peuitentlv
Before You met Miss sherlock were
not yOu fond If some one elSet'
Yes that was Kittie. was engaged
to her.
And before Kittieg
II don't think this Is fair. Mrs. Mil
licent. Yes there We're Others before
Kittie.
He was red and defiant now. but
truthful in the depths If his eInbarrass-
ment. Her eyes twiukled little a she
asked him gravely.
Have you ever been called ficklet''
Il say. Mrs MiIlicent. this ism Z fair
bit I'm in dead earnest. and you do
nothing but chaff me. I know I've
liked other girls I've been fool. IL
you choose 10 call me 50. but this Is
different
rs it. Gerald Suppose should ac-
cept this omnibus affection ~ yours.
How long before You q be Offering il tn
some one elseT''
He flushed Indignantly You've no
right to say that II yOu would let me
love you. would never look at another
woman in my life
DO you know. Gerald. strange a. 10
may seem. | believe you.
Thank you. he said little stifiy
do Won know | think your tickle
ness i only sign Of great fidelity No.
I'm net laughing at you. | mean IL.
You have loved the eternal wumanly
that is all. Whenever you have met n
woman who seemed sweet and lcvabls
and attractive you have been drawn
toward her like a piece of iron 10 a
magnet When you were detached. the
next magnet drew you in the same
way. but 10 wouldn't have moved ron
at all IL You a been firmly fastened 20
the first one.
She smiled as she watched his eager.
attentive face
It IL. -
would make the most faithful os low
ers the most loyal Of husbands il once
your love and tenderness were conferred
somewhere where they were treasured
and returned =
II know | would. he said enthusi-
astically Il know | would
Il even believe that could make
you happy if | tried. Gerald
"Oh. Mrs Millicentr'
II am older than you-oh, not ir
years. knOw-but have suffered. and
even without that mine il the older
nature. I know. as young girl cannot
know. how great and beautiful a thing
an honest man love l.. | should be 80
careful Of it would never trife with
il. never hold it lightly il j. beyond
all price She stopped. her voice chok-
ing little.
He rose and stood in front of her.
.'And will you take mine - h. said.
'.Oh. indeed it will last am sure-I
never felt like this before
She put her hands before her face %
minute Then she said
lis il quite fair 20 youg | shall love
your love. shall revel in your devo-
ton. but il will be a little different
A younger woman would meet yOu
more fairly. more equally She would
love and quarrel and make mp. | shall
manage You You viii be- very comfort
able. and Won won't know il. but do
you want TO be- managedr'' -
Always he said fervidly. ''if you
will do il
She smiled at him. but he he=itated
now.
He looked like thirsty man who,
travelling over an arid plain. comes I'M
expectedly upon a sparkling spring yet
who will not touch its waters until he
is sure Of their purity.
''You have been So frank. he began
awkwardly ''and can't talk as you
do and express things. but | want to
say something know | will be- happy
with you because love yOu 80. but IL
it's only my love you care for and the
managing me and making me comfort
able-if it's that, I'm afraid you won 9
be happy. You will have 10 love me
little bit, Just for myself, yOu know, OK
the rest won't count. Do Won think y0u
couldy'
Her eyes had the softest. sweets-t
Icok in them that he had ever SEEN in