Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1903-04-02

! mad intended, and She sat with nST
| hands clasped on her lap, the fingers
| pressed tightly against each other.
| Il was not thinking of my hold on
your father" Burt said Il own that
! / do possess a power over him, but We
| will talk as if that did not exist"
A light sprang into Hates face. Had
she judged this man wrongly?
"Oh, YOU are more generous than /
thought" she exclaimed.
He hesitated before he replied.
Wait until you hear me before yo1
| Judge of my generosity. Do you abso-
lutely refuse to become my wife?"
Eyes. You know that / can answer
you in no other way"
Burt's face grew white as he
| heard
do my unchanging love, ny hopes
in life, my whole future Happiness
/ count for nothing with your he asked
1 impetuously. Cannot my tcvot'rn
! move you2 Can you not pity me? All!
/ you know nothing of the tornents OF
love you have made me endure"
His voice trembled with his excite
ment. This time he caught one of her
hands and held it fast, pressed be-
| tween his own.
"You make my refusal very painful
to me-" she said, unable to help feel
ing panied for him, but still speaking
| coldly and withdrawing her hand from
| his clasp.
"Then cannot move you from your
decision?" gazing at her with blazing
eyes.
mo And let me entreat you not
to prolong this conversation. 1t is no
fault of your or of mine that cannot
| love you"
Burt rose from his seat, unable to
control himself longer.
81 know whose fault it is, thought"
he cried. 81 know it would have been
impossible but that you had finally
loved me well enough 70 consent if it
had not been for that cursed man
that Vance Rothesay!"
The hate in the tone with which he
uttered that name made Kate shudder.
dick Burt" she cried, also rising,
| 81 will not listen to you longer. Had
l never seen any other man in the
| world 1t would have been impossible
/ for me to have loved yen. Let me go
now. There can be no further need for
| me TO stay"
She was walking out of the room,
when Burt placed himself before her,
| his features betraying the rage that
was in his heart.
Eyes, there is great need for you 10
stay" he said, speaking in calmer
voice than his features would have led
| one to expect-'so much need that /
must insist on your being seated"
He took hold of her arm and led her
back to her seat, and then went on,
standing before her.
Il suppose you will not deny now
! that you love Vance Rothesay?"
Il deny that you have the least right
/ to question me"
AT least | haze the power to do
that, and various other things, as you
will soon find. | must say that l did
judge that you loved Rothesay from
seeing you on the beach with him one
night, about a week ago
There was nothing but fear for her
lover in Hates heart as she ex-
claimed:
No matter what did. thank him
! for this disabled arm; but that Is the
very least have to thank him for. |
insist upon your telling me if you love
him! Let me hear the words from
/ your lips IL 1t Is So"
Hates eyes shone more sweetly than
Burt had ever seen them as she an
swered:
i Il am not ashamed of my love. Since
! you know so much--yes, love Vance
4 Rothesay."
Burt stood motionless as he heard
her words, and his face became livid.
! 1t seemed to him that he had never
before so much desired her as now,
when he heard her avow this love for
Rothesay. He had felt sure OF 1t ever
since that night; still it was severe
blow to hear it thus.
Now, indeed, he could form some
idea Of the way she could love, for her
face revealed even more than her
words.
She bent her head to her hands, in.
stinctively feeling that her counte-
nance spoke of the deep emotion with
which she had acknowledged her love.
She could not bear that Burt should
look at her when she thought of Roth
esay.
Does your father know this?" he
asked.
mo. II remained for you to compel
me to tell you, she said, Indignantly.
] Burt. hardened and INSCRIPTIONS
Rough he was, hesitated to speak thar
Z which he had come to speak. Still he
had great faith In the effectiveness Of
the hold he knew he now had.
Finally he said:
Il ask you'll insist upon your lis
tening attentively to what say-you
know, of course, in what kind OF POI
sition this Vance Rothssay stands now.
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