The Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1???-1928, 1904-08-29

ssletH w sxf>-s
through week Of suct
mingled emotions, such alterations Of
JOY and sorrow, of love and jealousy
o. remembrances and anticipation, as
could scarcely be described.
When tho woman he loved left him
alone The night lie recognized her. after
that rapturous exchange of kisses,
Grafton felt himself transported to
Heaven. He forgot, in the happiness
consequent upon his discovery of her
identity, the racial antaeunsm which
should lie between them; he forgot
he great gulf Of war which held them
asunder; he even forgot the engage
ment Of Anne to de Wire But the
next morning, when the first glow of
his passion had left him. he was
enabled to view things in a clearer
light.
lio carefully took account of the diff,
ferent obstacles which separated, or
might tend 10 separate, him from the
woman he loved He intended TO win
her, come what might, and as the
campaign was like to prove diff
cult one, in which the odds were
mainly against him, il behooved him
70 take stock Of all opposition and
carefully look over he field. He must
think. he must plan, he must leave
no stone unturned, lose no point In the
game
First Of all he was an American
and that was different from an Eng
lshman Anne, although she showed
little OF it 10 q casual inspection. was
an American as well. That was
point gained The war. he believed.
Noald presently be over That was
or rolnt in his favor If she
loved him-if she loved him. Who
could doubt il after last night? But
did she love him enough TO brave the
enger and defy the opposition Of her
grandfather? Did she love him enough
IA marry him in despite Of country,
nationality public opinion? He
thought So
She had great pride of race, and
from the French poini ~af view she
would be condcseending ineffably in
marrying q mere commoner For the
matter Of that. he thought. in his low
ing humility, that no man was tit 10
Possess this priceless jewel Of woman
hood. He placed hor upon a level so |
hieh that she would have boon com |
peeled to conGcscend 10 marry even a /
king, much less simple American /
gentleman MARRIAGE with him meant I
for her the renuneiatoE OF title, rank,
station, possessions, country family /
friends, tradtions--he' piled up the
catalogue OF sacrifices involved. in
gloomy, ever-deepenng humility. !
Stll other women had done such
things these were not insuperable
The last difficulty was the greatest.
There was dc Nitre-a stumbling
block, indeed. No man could have
done moro for another than he had
done for the young Frenchman He
had twice saved his life. no had es-
tahGshCd his honor. and. by singu-
lariy ironic trick OF fate, he feared he
had been The means of bestowine unon
him the hand of the woman they both
loved
Ills own sense Of the Obligation he
he'd conferred uDon that young
'renchman lay heavily uron his soul
lie could not demand from him freely
ir even take from him by force what
ic would have wrested chcerrully from
,,'l,aor. 4 benefit cuatr-~-d hcwovtr
may lie considered by The recipient
g a benefit forgot, invariably e.tab-
ishes a sense Of Obligation on him
Who confers it, Therefore. dc Vitrc
.as an obstacle of the most serious
aumcnt to the future progress of his
appiness. How 10 contend with Kim
IL knew not Certainly he could not
make the REIMBURSEMENT of the
fCuchmaa's desire for Anne the price.
r The reward of his own past serv-
res. a genuine man. he could not
ven bear to have these services men
Toned; ana that they so persisten1y
cmained in his thoughts gave him
onCraile uncasiness A very exalted =
nd chivalr.c nature had Philip Graf
IN. lie was particularly nice on the :
oint Of honor. u
That was not all either. FOR con-
eeted with de Wire was the honor of e
he de Bohans Anne. in The most q
nclic manner and Of her own free =
'ilL had heirothed herself 10 the Il
Guns FForchman She had yolun-
'riiN catered upon the relationship =
nd assumed the obligation. Her
'nso Of honor was rot less Keen han Is
IS. She was a woman. 10 remem- n
erred. imbued with ali the traditions
ihat race whose pToud boast # was Y
iat While hoy bad not been born to
~ tinsiy degree and they would not n
nieseend io the p~incely rank. yet v
iey were Bohans. Was Anne capable y
sacrificing her word for her love-
was doubtful
The last consideration that arose in 9
4 mind was an acute conjecture that q
r. rl7rquis no8id not Dc murh bot
r satisfied With d. Vitrr for adfo~ y
r bis granddaughter fhsn he would ~
ave been g-iih Grafton. The old
an probably. nay. certainly. had
rmed his own plans. and there vas n
ifhrg.rf dr.ft a r1i~d erf+0r II ffe II