The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1902-10-15
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the delights he had anticipated.
'Now, she said. when she was on
her feet again, go quickly. oh, poor
you"
She'll cast me off," he said.
II should--if we're she!"
And then he turned in haste.
But. II she does, come back to
me-" she called after him.
"well--and what? Be quickl"
"And I'll give you bite of an ap-
ple-if there's any left!" she laughed.
The girl he was engaged to had
seen 1t all. she said, and forthwith re-
nounced her right to that connection.
she seemed to have seen even more
than all, considering what II amount
ed to when she went over 1t in words.
Low tastes and the society OF the i'll
bred, she told him. would be his ruin.
Then she tossed him over to ruin, de-
claring she would have none of him.
"You are free" she said Thy no
means for the first time), "and I
know exactly how you will use your
freedom"
Il hope you'll have the opportunity
OF using yours as WE'LL" he said, stung
into retort at last.
Il might have known!" she cried.
"Oh, what I have been saved! Every
fresh face"
$50 few faces are fresh" he said;
and that was really unkind, for she
had a sallow complexion.
II am not going to argue II any
more" she declared, having talked the
subject bare. "Go!"
And he went But he was a gentle
man, and previous to going he had
tried his best to soothe her annoy.
ance, even to frankly owning that
from her point of view-she had cause
for It. He had tried to close his ears to
the echoing voice, his eyes to the
laughing face, of the girl he had left
under the apple trees. He did all he
could to shut out the sweet, sudden
vision of freedom, of release from a
captivity which had always irked him.
It was not his fault in the present
that his past faults we're accounted
objectionable. He only went when
he was certain that he was poverless
to rerivet his chains.
He was not a poetical young man,
but some verses the lady who had
relinquished him was fond of quoting
came to him as he wandered back to
where the cause Of the mischief ESQ
he devoutly hoped) still awaited him.
| He waited, on his part, until he was
quite certain that she was there. until
he stood in front of her, and then he
| repeated q verse out loud:
Where the apple tree reddens never
pry-
Lest we lose our Eden, Eve and l."
$50, she has sent you adrift?" said
the girl, seated under the apple tree.
But Ewes all right"
He flung himself beside her.
Ewes all right" he echoed. God
bless her. You haven't finished the
apples?"
"No--you're just in time. Here's
whole one left" and she passed II
to him. That's the prettiest side
she said, pointing; you may bite il
| there"
"Really?"
st seems ceremony betting the
OCCASION" she said.
There" he said, as he handed the
bitten apple back to her But | knew
what we good for me the moment
saw it, before l ate of the fruit"
you are not keeping very close tc
the original" she said.
"'Eve is all right" he repeated
Dear, love you Am II"
He bent towards her. They were
so close under the shelter of the ole
apple tree that she could hear his
heart beat; he could hear hers.
Her cheeks were redder than the
apples, and there was a strange new
note in her clear voice. wait" she
said; 81 thought could deceive you
but l can't. saw her there before
lei you-seize me-"
He did not speak.
II know she does not love you; she
almost said so. She said things abou
you to me she never could have sait
If she truly loved you. believe sh,
loves someone else better. mus
not tell you why think 1t, but l do.
Still he did not speak.
II knew-I felt sure-that you dit
not properly love her."
She waited moment. Can yo,
forgive me?" she asked, very softly.
"Tf love prompted you?"
Il suppose that was it," she admit
ted. Love and apples. The Sketch