The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1903-10-15


troubled wonder. The amazement in them
grew-she could not understand.
He stopped breathing. His embrace of her
relaxed.
And then he saw observation-disclosures
tion-welcome-and there blazed into her
| eyes such a look of whole love makes
men thrill to all good; such a look as makes
| them know they are men, and dare all great
| deeds to show 1t. Like sunrise, ii flooded
her face with dear, wondrous beauties-and
| still he looked, silent, motionless-in an &C.
stasy of pure realization. Then her arms
! closed about his neck with swift little
rushing, and he-stin half doubling, sun
| curlOus-felt himself strained TO her. Still
more closely she chung, putting out with her
| intensity all his misgivfng.
She sought his lips with her own-eager,
pressing.
kiss me-kiss me-kiss me! Oh. it's all
| true-all true! My bestowed dream has
7, come all true have rested so in your arms.
when 1 haven't awakened to doubt, and
worry, and heart-sickness. And now it's
peace-dear. dear, dearest dear. for ever and
ever and ever
| They sat up.
Now We shall go-get me away quickly"
1t was nearly 4. Outside the sky was still
/ all gloom.
In the rush of her reinsurance he had for
| gotten his arm. 1t hung limp from his
| shoulder.
1T was cramped."
| And you didn't move it?''
| They beat it and kneaded it gaily togeth-
! er, until the fingers were full of the rushing
blood and able again to close warmly over
, her own little hand.
! Now go. and let me get ready. won't be
| long,"
He went below to the library, and in the
dim gray light picked up a book. .'The De-
| lights of Delicate Eating" He tried anoth-
| er, '.101 Sandwiches" The next was Fam
Gus Epicures of the 18th Century" On the
floor was her diary. He placed ii on the
table. He heard her call from the stairs
Bring me up that ring from the table,
pleaser'
| He went I'M and bandad n RI ber tbrouob
| the narrowly opened door
AS he went down the stairs he heard the
bell ring somewhere below, and went to the
| door.
"Baggage~
The two trunks were down and out.
They're to go on this car, attached to the
| Chicago express" He wrote the directions
on one of his cards and paid the man.
At 1870 the bell rang again. The cabman
| was there.
'Seven-thirty, gentr'
I'm coming. And there are two bags
wish you'd get from my ROOM" He let her
pass him and went up for them.
She went into the library, and, taking up
the diary, tore out sheet, marked heavily
upon 1t with pencil around the passage
she had read the evening before, and sealed
1T in an envelope. She addressed it to her
father, and laid ii, with a paper weight on
it, upon The Delights of Delicate Eating"
where he would be sure TO find ii.
The book itself she placed on the wood
laid ready in the CRATE to light, touched a
match to the crumpled paper underneath
and put up the blower. She stood waiting to
see that the fire would burn.
Over the mantel from its yellow canvas
looked above her head the humorously be-
nignant eyes of old Annekje Van Schoule.
who had once removed from Maspeth Kill
on Long island, to New Harlem, on the
Island of Manhattan, and carried there,
against her fathers will. the yellow-haired
girl he had loved. Her face now seemed to
be pretending unconsciousness of the rashly-
acted scenes he had witnessed-lest IL he be-
I'D hfr ofstraxx h. -l@&,. H.
forced, in spite of himself, to disclose his
APPROVAL thing not fitting for an elderly.
dignified Dutch burgher to do.
| ''Avice!'
Coming
She took up a little package she had
brought with her and went out to meet him.
There's one errand 10 do, she said, as
they entered the carriage. but it's on our
way. Have him go to Madison avenue and
deliver this
She showed him the package addressed:
Mr.. Rulon Shepler, Personal"
And this" she said. giving him I'M
sealed note Read it, pleased
Dear Rulon Shepler-I am sure you know
women too well to have thought loved you
as wife should love her husband. And 1
know your bigness too well to believe you
will feel harshly toward me for deciding
that L could not marry you. could, of
course consistently attribute my change to
consideration for you. 1 should have been
very little comfort to you. If L should tell
you just the course 1 had mapped out for
myself-just what latitude 1 proposed to
claim-I am certain you would agree with
me that 1 have done you an inestimable
favor.
yet have not changed, because 1 do not
love you, but because I do love some one
else with all my heart; so that 1 claim no
credit except for an entirely consistent sell
fishness. But do try to believe at the same
time, that my own selfishness has been q
kindness to you. 1 send you a package with
this hasty letter. and beg you to believe that
1 shall remain-and am now for the first
ftxx1A Stnnn
'AVICE MILBREY BINES.
Up. S. I should have preferred to wait
and acquaint you with my change of inten-
ton before marrying, but my husband S
plans were made and he would not let me
delay"
He sealed the envelope, placed it securely
under the cord that bound the package, and
their driver delivered it to the man who
opened Shepler's door.
AS their train emerged from the cut at
Spuyten Duyvil and sped to the north along
the Hudson, the sun blazed forth.
There, boy-I knew the sun must shine
to-day
They had finished their breakfast One
half of the pink roses were on the table,
and one from the other half was in her
hair.
Il ordered the sun turned on at Just this
point" replied her husband, with large
air. II wanted you to see the last of that
town under a cloud, so you might not be
homesick so SOON
"You don't know me. You don't know what
| good wife shall be-
| 1T takes nerve to reach up for a strange
support and then kick your environment
| out from under you-as DR. Won Herzlch
would have said IL he'd happened to think of
it,"
''But you shall see how I'll help you with
your work; capable of 1t ali the time. -
but had to make you / had to pick you
up just as 1 did that first time, and again
down in the mine-and you were frightened
because you knew this time 1 wouldn't let
| you CO.
"Only half afraid you wouldnt-the other
| half l was afraid you would They got al
| mixed up-I don't know which was worse "
| well, / admit / fooled my approach or
that copper stock-but 1 won you-really
my winnings in Wall street are pretty daz-
zling after all, for a man who didn't know
| the ropes-there's a mirror directly back OF
you. Mrs Bines. If you wish to look at them
with pink rose over that kissy place jus,
|. | at their temple
| She turned and looked, pretending to bt
| quite unimDresSed.
II always was capable of it. 1 tell you
boyi'
what hurt me worst that night, II
| showed you could love some one-you die
| have a heart-but you couldn't love me-
, She did not seem to hear at first, nor Il
| comprehend when she went back over his
words. Then she stared at him In sudder
amaZement.
. He saw his blunder and looked foolish.
81 see-thank you for saying what you die
. | last highland you didn't mind-you cam,
to me anyway, iii spite of that.
, She arose, and would have gone around thu
, table to him, but he met her with oper
arms.
, "Oh, you boyl you do love me-you dor
, | net h,lv on Of those nice shin,