Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1902-06-11

from the world and close up for always
the springs of youth and desire the old
feeling had lcaped up. had filed him;
he had somehow got few days of
respite. and this was the result this
mad escapade, this dangerous play.
time!
The night wore on. At last he was
able 10 catch Marie's eyes. She could
rot resist that pleading, the incxpress.
ible hunger In that ljoi. She came
and sat down beside him, and again
Medallion called of the figures of the
dance.
They spoke In very Fow tones, trying
with what desperate anxiety to pre-
vent their hearts showing in their
faces.
What do you want to say:" she
asked. her breath catching.
II want 10 know, Marie, IL you still
love me?" his voice whispered through
the music.
what does 1t matter?" she said.
And is 1t right TO ask?'
i've come all the way from Quebec
to ask it." he said.
You came to ask that? What did
Won come 70 soy3,, sbe Nnsbed ont her
lips quivering little
He understood ..Eoro,ve mo
thought you knew couldn't ask you
If you cared unless p
He paused, for jf he smoke the words
the die would be cast forever; he would
never reform TO. those quiet walls
where incense md NOT the breoth of
:woman-a breath like this soft. sweet
instinct with youth and doIIpht-wonla
touch his senses yot whit Ind be
come for? To rack girls heart and
soul and then return to his masses
and pra yers. leayinr nm injured life be.
hind him? When he started from Que
bee he scarcely knew what he was go.
ing to do, save that he must see this
girls face once-opce acain. He had
had no thought beyond TINT That de-
sire was hot within him. He did not
know-she might be married or dead
or the betrothed of another but he
would see her. then return to his so-
cred duties and forget. In coming Mt
all he had committed n sin for which
he would have to atone bitterly when
he returned If he returned but the Inf.
ter thought had not presented itself to
him definitely. thoueh If had flashed in
and out of the yapors of emotion like n
flying flame.
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WINS no in the corh Of the wortadoy
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lessness nroin alive in him tho moster
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