The Cook County herald. [volume] (Grand Marais, Minn.) 1893-1909, 1901-10-05
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F ma chi dish looking little thing
ssne vas ''i'. Radnor seeing her now il
sner snort gypsy dress, her heavy braids
g dark li55l hair hanging over her shoul-
de'Ts, could have easily imagined thar
/ l .als seven years since heir last meet
& me % had been swept away, So little
changed han was she.
@s am an not tired, q She said uuietlv
though the pale face and deep purple
shadows " under her eyes belied her.
Woras. She ne took his hands ia her cold
s slts der ones and the onlookers drew
closer about them. M u 55#5. 3 ss
you You have a long life, good health.
no = 70 nerves to speak Of, rather cold y vet
! B you you win people easily. Mathematical,
logical Ca argumentatiye, a free-thinker
ID ID resiiigious matters, very ambitious,
proud proud and self-Willed, fond Of luxury
an and u not afraid to work for 1t. Your
/ success In life is assured. x .5s a
And his marriage cry half a
dozen !. ''z'74 voices; has he ever been in
=, loVe Is he ever going to be mar
ried ?'' #5I::V7' /. -,',. M"
@ : And Adele went on, but q little more
slowly this time. :. .sss II ~ 5s .. II.
You have been In love twice, once
m m your 'r early youth; the trace is al
most faded out. The second time
when hen 80 or 81; the line is cut and
barred, some obstacle 81 lshe is
poraee.a aitl quickly I do not see any
more. 3 s#ss 4s@s es.. 4 h #
She drops the hands and is turning
away with a half-repressed gesture Of
relief relief, but the listeners are clamoring
Tor the end. Adele shakes her head
smiling. That is the end; remember
the powers of palmistry are limited
. /. An the crowd moves away, laughing,
protesting, leaving Radnor and / the
cheironlant together. '"n .1-I7, .s.s.5
For a moment he is silent In the
great hall the band is playing a wild
fantastic Hungarian dance. In the
! ldcraWlng-room he can hear the murmur
q of II: fifty voices, among them Mrs. Nc
Cormick's, .silyery, a little too incisive,
but highbred withal. Then he moves
closer. adele he says softly, and
there is a world of tenderness in his
voice, but the girl does not move.
adele, shall tell the end that palm
istry does not reveal? The story OF
a lonely man into whose life a young
girl came, of the brief dream of hap
.piness,, of the pride that sent him
away, of the seven long years of fruit
less search, of waiting and hoping for
the word that never came, and then
shall I tell the end, Adele, or will
your" ~.
She. cannot speak, but the dark eyes
are slowly raised to his and then
droop lower than ever. -
In the shadow of the palms Radnor
lays one large brown hand over the
Two little trembling ones and says
softly, MY little girl, my darling"
zsss Twenty minutes later Mrs. McCor-
mick is holding out gracious hand
to Radnor, who is among the last to
go. ss wy &ss
! s'Well, did you find eut?'' she saws.
and just then the little eheiromant. a
waterproof over her bright dress. the
hood covering the heavy hair, comes
down the, stairs. j., : ..->s A. r
Radnor looks from one woman to
the other, and then one of his rare
brilliant smiles softens the gravity of