The daily telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1901-1926, 1903-08-03


~. entirely. with al my strength ~ =
that Is the reason flIat must give yen
IN Thank you-oh. thank you--AoE
being honest with me.
And wait, dear. for Prince Charm
ing. II he never hads you. you VIII
nj least have been true to what y 0es1
IL you. In being fnlse to that, ! nm
sIrt. you would never hnd that WIDER
scope and the bigger usefulness TOE
which you long. Some would IN SouE
place, perhaps. but not you. 1ou see
tnat instead OF being crrsty OLD
bachelor. as 1 ought to be, am
young ideallst still-Dut that is all your
fnuIt.
II arm going TO drop y s"on atier
my note reaches you, jttst for II quiet
eood;Dy. lind that cannot go away
without that. There Is piece Of work
In London that must be looked after.
and / am glad to take the chance of n
sea trip. Faithfully yours.
.SPRAGUE STANTON"
AS the girl finished reading TIE let
ter. the fire, craclkling noisily. threw
spark at her feet. She watched 1t
slowly bore it's way Into the Persian
rug. then flicker and 80 out She re-
aIiZed with start that she had not cS-
tinguishcd It, Rising she swept the
hcartllstone clear of ashes and ar
ranged tile fender 10 protect the rug.
/ Stepping to the glass she pinned Il
stray lock of hair into its place. Then
she sat down and tried to think. But
her mind seemed strangely blink
Even the cracking of the tire annoyed
her.
She could not have told whether she
had sat there a minute or an hour
,,..,, 49, ,,oId l,ronnlI+ her SDrn que
Staunton's card.
When he came in, the room seemed to
brighten. There was sunshine about
his personality which every one felt
without quite understanding. This
evening his face was unclouded- The
girl looked Mt him and wondered. Was
/ this the man whose letter lay on her
lap?
you got my note? Is it all right7'
he asked her. She nodded silently
Then, with quick change of tone:
"Thank you.'' he said, and now l am
| off on a sea trip, old sea dog that am.
1 can fairly smell the salt already"
You ought to have been n sailor,
she said. quickly responsive.
| And SO they talked Of the trip, of his
stay in London, of her plans for the
| coming winter-of everything save of
| the one subject that lay heavy on both
| their hearts.
When he rose to go Clare rose. too,
and stood before him, her back to the
FIRE. AS the light struck suddenly up
on his face she saw that his eyes were
full of tenderness. But his voice did
not break and the grip of his hand was
| firm when he babe her goodby.
AS she heard his quick step ring
along the hall the room began suddenly
to swim round her. Her throat grew
dry. her heart seemed to stop beating.
In a moment the heavy front door
would open and close again and
Sprague Staunton would be gone out
| of her life forever.
! Mastered by an emotion such as she
/ had never known, she stretched out her
arms blindly and called his name. She
heard the front door open. oh. If he
! should not hear! She forgot that she
! could recall him by note on the NOR
! row, forgot everything. save that he
/, was going from her and that she must
| not let him go.
"sprnguey' she cried desperately.
! "Spraguev'
| In an instant he was beside her and
had gathered her into his arms.
~ love you! oh, how 1 love you
| Prince CharmingT she whispered.