Wauwatosa news. [volume] (Wauwatosa, Wis.) 1900-1948, 1902-08-09
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and high heeled boots The only thing
lacking was the sombrero. which had
been lost in the river About his middle
was a crimson scarf of silk such as his
comrades We're used to wear.
You should not have arisen, Mr.. Yves
ton" she said hurriedly. You are not
yet strong. | should have forbidden it ii
| had known
Surely" he replied with smile. land
l should have obeyed. Therefore l did
not let you know. | am stronger than
you think, however. The wound, as you
know. is nearly healed. man much
more badly hurt would grow whole under
such care as you have given me-"
You are not strong enough" she re-
| peated steadily There was some other
reason. Why did you do it,
| II was tired of the confinement"
| THAT is not true. Tell me the truth
| Her voice had taken on the imperious
| tone of the physician to a refractory pa
| tent. He smiled as if he liked it, then
| said
You would as well know, think. The
fact is, Miss English, l have noted that
Your double duty is wearing you. | know
I
! schoolroom and the time that is left is
! spent in adding to my comfort. You have
/ grown pale from lack of accustomed eXer-
/ else | would be a selfish beast, indeed,
! if / permitted this for longer than would
| be necessary. In another day | shall tell
| Mr. Glynn that | am ready for the Off
GERS. | shall give him my parole not to
| attempt to escape and await their arri-
| val
The girls next words were of vital mo-
mcnt to her, though she did not know 1t
then. Long afterward she looked back
and realized their weight. She said
He would not take your parole"
! What" Weston's eyes had grown a
shade darkcrsand his strong jaw set.
He would not take your parole. have
heard him say So The moment he thinks
| You strong enough to travel, and there
! fore strong enough to attempt to escape,
| lie will place a guard in the room and no.
tify the officers. Remember he does not
| know you at ALL"
Il remember that to his credit" was
the reply, but shall not offer him a
| parole he would refuse, shall not notify
! he would refuse, / shall not notify him of
/
cape, if escape seems possible. Where |
am to go, though, and what | am to do
is dark to me- NJ old life is broken; it
| is behind me; since knowing you, | would
not return to it; such action would be a
| dissertation of your memory. BY my Of
| lenses my country is barred to me-
know of no career to which a man of my
age could devote himself. Besides any
career in any land but this would separ-
! ate me far from you"
He had spoken too rapidly for Interrupt
| ton. Though her heart beat furiously,
/ her face was calm. She pretended to
have missed wholly the import of his
| last words and she said:
But surely to Il man like you many
countries offer many fields With your
youth and strength and intelligence there
is almost nothing beyond your achieve
ment. Is it impossible for you to re-
! member what you once were and strive
to be that man again? Can you not stir
/ the dead ashes of your ambitions and.
finding one small spark. stir it into
/ flame! Can you not sGy to yourself: In
/ spite Of past errors. past offenses, past
crimes, perhaps, | still am l. and NV life
L
/ Don't you know the lines-Henley's |
think: / am the Master of my fate,
am the Captain of my soul -
More beautiful than ever, she pleaded
| with him for his OWN redemption and II
seemed to her that she must win. because
/ she desired it So His next words. how
! ever, were lifeeSs and the fire died in
her:
] Il might do that thing if it were worth
/ while. but it is not In all this world.
Miss English, there is no one to be bene-
/ flied by my morality except myself, and
for myself | care nothing. l shall at
tempt 10 escape in all probability. but
merely 10 avoid the physical punishment
for my wrongdoing. For the disgrace
! of that punishment care little. could
/ hardly be more disgraced than am. The
/ prison garb is warm in winter. | shall
wear it, maybe, without a qualm''
/ THAT is not true She spoke sharply
almost angrily.
Thank you for the denial Neverthe-
] less ii is measurably true The outcast,
/ Miss English, lifts his hand against all
men end the hands Of all men are lifted
! against him. Other men NAV make him
! suffer, but they can do little to make him
ashamed. They have already branded
him by their Reproduction and pursuit.
/ and fashioning his clothing according t.
! a certain pattern and cut seems trivial
/ in comparison. Let me say, however.
! that You used just now a word which |
/ must repudiate. You told mellow beau
/ tifully l alone know-that | might raise
myself in spite Of past errors, past Of
/ lenses. past crimes Errors | have many
what man has not? offenses | have
'committed-few men are blameess: hut
/ no crime. done, attempted or intended.
+ can he laid TO my charge
Yet she said bravely, though it hurt
/ her sorely, you We're with the band
! which crossed the river 10 loot Glynn's
cattle. What is cattle-thcft but crime"
/ He flushed deeply. buc his voice was
/ even and his eyes still kindly as he re-
piled:
That I learned for the first time in
talking to Quirino here. was told by
Vavara that the object Of the expedition