The Savannah morning news., 1901-08-02

: ing OF the waters and the broadzsleep@
ing valley give me a grasp on things"
~ ;Whats is the plot sto-night 2H3rshe
: asked. = - -ig-['-E - EsiIs i 81 ?
THE hero" he replied, lis a man I
nate. 1 am old-fashioned. To me the
marriage vow is supremely sacred. My
nero, tonight, loves where he ought
not
And the woman" she asked. lis
there no justifcation?"
be?" ~ ~ =
But suppose the woman herself has
made mistaken"
That would not excuse a greater
one"
But if she thought she loved. and
then found she didn't. What than?"
mo-" he shook his head slowly; II
must make them happy and have them
respect each other for noble attributes
1t won't work On the other hand.
remuneration is too lonesome. The pub
lie doesn't like it, even when it is in
evitable."
7 There was glong silence. The air
tseemed tense with excitement, but he
went on quietly: my hero would prob
ably be man of action. He would.
love the woman with a Wild overpow-s
ering love. He would throw every
thing else to the winds, and he WOULD
he would" There was queer light
mess about Elsworths temples An im,i
pulse caught. him between heart throbs
and held him fast, while there surged
over him a wild desire. His self-control
f1oated out into mist. He staggered
ito his feet, his temples throbbing
Katharine watched his struggles, then
she put out her hand to him.
Your heroes" she said, ARE the
best part of yourself, and that self is
always honorable. The bravest. men
do not fight bloody battles: there are
greater heroes who conquer them
selves"
He stopped and kissed her hand pas
.sionately. then whirled and made his
way quickly along the path, disappear
ing through the checkered shadows as
mysteriously as he came.
A long time Katharine sat upon the
bowlder, her face in her hands, obliv-
ious to the song of the rushing brook
and the march of the few large stars
which twinkled dimly She did not
hear the crackle of the shrubbery be-
hind her nor see the dark figure which
approached her stealthily, it's long
shadow running ahead toward her. Not
until the shadow that had crept UP the
bowlder, across her lap, and into the
grass at her feet,s did she spring up
with cry and dash sobbing into the
outstretched arms. "a
Why darling. I didn't mean to
brighten youD 49,
ooh, Johnr,1 she cried. and then she
broked down and leaned helplessly upon
Mathews breast while conclusive sobs
racked heremercilessly.
I'm sorry; I'm terribly sorry"
Mathew whispered. Next time I'll tel
egraph from another station"
IT'S not your fault, dear" Katharine
sobbed But I've been lonesome. l
want to go home tomorrow. Oh, dear,
I'm sorry I'm so weak. We ought new
er to Judge other people. Please take
me home"
But our second honeymoon" he
queried.
That's it, John. our second honey
moon. Well have it at home; and
will''-her own words came back to her
Il will keep the weeds out of the gar.
den" -
But you wanted to come here!" he
insisted.
IT know. dear, but this is our sec
ond honeymoon. am your second wife.
Your second wife wants to go home"
, He searched her eyes for an expla-
nation. ..
Sometimes I cant understand you"
he said, but if let you alone you al
ways come out all right"
Arm in arm they returned to the
hotel and found Ellsworth helping Mrs
Van Eppe light the Chinese lanterns
on the porcrg1 There were deep lines
inshis faeei Katharine hurried Through
the group of people and went straight
to her own room to. pack her trunks,
but She could not shake off the con-
Viction-t that she had wrongei two sTnenc