Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1902-03-22

'You have been Disappointed" she
asked, without looking up from the
motionless water of the pool.
"I have been disappointed" he re-
piled.
: The woman dug her heel in the soft
earth, a faint flush spread slowly over
her face and her lips parted. once or
twice, before she spoke. Finally she
said:
And you do not believe I love you?"
81 do not believe you love me" the
man repeated. AT least, 1 do not be-
neve you love me as you once did"
For an instant the woman raised
her eyes to those of the man. There
were the twin glimmers of defiance
and denial in them. But the man,
blind with passion. saw only the
CLEAN of defiance. Then her eyes wan
dered to the valley outspread, like a
panorama, before them, and she re-
NAMED silent, conscious that the man
broke the stiffness.
Hazel" he asked. very softly, do
you-love me as you did,"
Her eyes flashed darkly into his.
There is doubt in your mind that
no simple words of mine can ever re-
move,'' she replied. you have pre-
sumed to pass judgment upon me be-
fore have been given even the for
mality of trial, and now you ask.
you expect me to plead guilty to the
Indictment"
"And you"
Refuse to give you an answer.
prefer to adopt the policy most wisely
followed by the accused the world over
silence"
Then" he said. warmly. ''since you
do not deny the accusation it must be
true"
The woman raised her eyebrows
slightly and made a sudden swinging
upward, as much as to say, As you
please, sir" But she did not speak.
Her continued silence irritated the
man as no words could have done. He
bit his lip and his face grew red and
white by turns. Her head was bowed
slightly. so that the sunlight. glisten-
ing on her hair. gave it the appearance
of a crown of FURNISHED copper The
beauty of it dazzled him. and. will
anger and pain throbbing in his heart
he turned away, filed the bucket a
the spring, and started slowly dowr
the path. leaving her sitting silentl,
under the trees. gazing after him, hel
face flushing and her eyes flashing.
When he reached the bottom of tn,
hill, the man placed the pail of wate
on a bench beside the door of he
home and passed on, through the yard
to the road beyond. And then. will
a savage swing he started toward tn
town, two miles away.
Not once did he glance back Blu
had he done so, he would have seel
the woman running as fast as possible
down the winding, fern-choked path
her hands outstretched toward him.
CLEAN of sorrow and remorse upon he
face. the light of affection in her eyes
| and a name-his name-upon her lips
| But, never pausing. never ono
slackening his pace. he pushed onward
the sting of life's bitterest sorrow il
! his heart.
| At a bend in the road, where a whit
| cottage stood between two giant pop
lars, little girl sat upon a fence pos
reading from gorgeously colore'
book. And as the man walked past
he heard the childish treble falterin
| over the words:
Jack and Jill went up the hill
] To fetch a pail of water
| Jack fell down and broke his crown.
And Jill came tumbling after
And Jill came tumbling after" tn
child repeated; "and Jill came tun
bling after"
Suddenly the man paused and. TURF
ing. looked back-far up the road I
where house nestled at the base of
hill
/ -yes.r he said to himself lack Al