Elmore bulletin. [volume] (Rocky Bar, Idaho) 1889-1906, 1900-12-06

1 saw the snore-iine sink INTO the wa
ter and turned and saw you on the
deck? Does it tell you ncfhing?'
She looked back into has eyes with
shade of amusement in lser own.
You were always bored, you knowi~
She laughed, little, low laugh, then
gently released one hand from his and
drew the tips Of her fingers down over
his face. Then she held his square
chin In her hand and regarded him
gravely. You were always bored-all
| your life. 1t was chronic. You were
delighted to see ne? OF course. It
was sensation. And sensations are
worth something In this all too prosaic
life OF ours. Don't you know, bore
dom Is accountable for far more than
is generally realized? II the clergy
would only give us palliative, their
Efforts would be so much more fruit
ful! And l was equally delighted to
see you. |, too, have learned to value
sensations. And you look quite as you
dld When I--er-ate of the pomegran-
ate. There Is CLINT of silver around
the temp1es--but 1t is becoming.
could almost think we were back In
that other era when we were SO tragic.
We were tragic, were we not? Life
bored you so-and | was a new sensa-
tlon-and I loved you with such feel
ing And, after all, 1t was pouring wa
ter upon sand. 1t was seeing with a
child's faith--Ascensiom lilies grow
where only cacti were possible"
No.-by all the gods T.
Never mind Olympia" She
laughed, and lifted her chin with de-
light as the chill wind whipped the
monks hood back from her face and
sent weird Aeolian strains through the
ships rigging.
The Olympian ladies' and gentlemen
were persons of very uncertain morals.
And why swear at all? What matter?
All that was prehistoric. 1t was be-
lore the flood. Look at that phantom
ship with every sail set And the buzz
card sails on, and comes, and is gone
stately and still as a ship at sea- Do
you remember Lasca? You used to
yell me Lasca when--in the days of
lang syne.
heu YOU StlIl-Tem emu er
Darkly luminous in the faint star
light, the eyes turned from the ship
back TO his face.
Remember? Oh, yes! My memory
is very retentive. | remember every
phase-everything"
He leaned nearer and his voice sank.
And care?" he added.
t,n
her eyes.
You care-as you did then?"
Her gaze went back to the CHASTITY
ship ard she was silent as the black
sails sank slowly into the darkness.
Over the battling waters Coated the
low, irregular toiling of distant buoy
bell. The waves leaped around them
like leashed hounds, and the rising
wind whistled and shrieked through
the rigging. His arms closed around
her and through the warning sounds he
whispered, his face close to hers-"I
have loved you-always.
Gently her fnger-tips slipped over
his face, then round his throat. Then
his lips rested upon hers.
Presently he raised his head and
looked down into her eyes.
You care-as you did? You will be
my wife,"
A long moment she looked at him,
then very slowly she shook her head.
i am afraid-it would never do" she
said. You have become fixed in my
mind as dead and gone episode-a
romance that was and is not. The
of marriage would be
too complete a revelation. / cannot
imagine you in that role. No, it |
would never do"
: You mean that you no longer /
love- His voice sounded strained, I
and she interrupted him.
I mean that did love-too we'll"
she said gently.
Then she took his hand between her
two hands and drew it down to her
breast, while her lips fingered over his
eyes and brow and hair.
1t Is life, my dear" she said, a
shade of bitterness for the first time in
he serene voice. Il would have gone
10 you ON my knees over hot plow-
shares, once. But now--lt is five years
too late"
The rising gale shrieked around
hem In gathering fury am she lifted
ler face eagerly to the rough winu.
rhe roar of the waves had deepened
o thunuer, and the ship labored and
luivered in their powerful grasp. She
stretched out her arms to the storm
ind flung her loosened hair across his
ace and lips.
All, had you loved like that,' shs
ried. A vivid streak of silver quiy-
red In the blackness ahead, and for
n instant the roar of wind and waves
eemed to pause Then the thunder
'roke and rolled over the water in
mighty waves of sound. Leaning for
ward, he gathered her into his arms
nd dragged the heavy monks cloak
round her Again the lightning
ashed and she looked up into his face.
we will see!" he said through his
eeth.
"Quien sabe?" she laughed. Then
rom his arms she watched the storm,
ontent. And always her eyes laughed,