The citizen-Republican. (Scotland, Bon Homme County, S.D.) 1???-19??, 1904-10-06
CHAPTER MIMI.
ROMA DECIDES.

CHAPTER NANIl.
ROMA DECIDES.
On returning from knowlesEorth
hall to Hadley manor, Dunstan Bur
Rage once more took up his work under
/ Signor Neneto, who was still busy IN
/ peTfecting his wonderful clock, and IN
striving TO complete other
| some OF which have since been pat
eutei by him.
Becoming aware that whenever he
igeutured abroad his movements were
closely watched, Dunstan now seldom
left the grounds and gardens OF the old
/ manor house. Nor did he feel the re-
/ striCtions or u7onotony that sucn Sc
ciusion imposed on him. as he might
at another time when his mind was
less occupied, his life less full. For 1t
seemed, At this period, as If 4 new era
was opening before him. giving Gimp
ses of happiness which he had not Ven
tured to expect.
Dunstan had nothing in him Of that
sterner stun which forces q man 10
continue living in the face of despair.
On the contrary, his need of affection,
his longing sympathy for his happiness
on q responsive nature; and. therefore,
within a little time of Edith's engage
ment TO Godfrey, Dunstan began 10
turn to Roma.
And like a n whose eyes are newly
I OlClGI. ne alOl4tEI li4S S0I EASSHAS
charm Of her candid, truStful face, the
beauty OF her leaf-brown hair with its
un6ertints OF gold. the sea-blue depths
of her heavy fringed eyes, until he
wondered how he could so long have
remained blind to such aStractigeIless
as hers.
Nor was Roma long in discovering
his awakening. His expectant glance
as she entered the room. the brightness
of his face when they met unexpected
~, the tones OF his voice when he spoke
to her. all told her that the love she
had once desired was hers.
On that gray October afternoon when
she had stood al the window OF her
Own room. looking with inward eyes
upon herself, she had resolved TO over
come her infaruation for II whose
love was given TO another. Bitter rs
the task had been it was gradually ac-
complished.
For to give her affection where 1t
!, was not desired, or sought, seemed tc
. her a painful humiliation. And Roma
was proud. From that hour she be-
:. gan 70 pity 4 despise- herself Hol
], having misplaced her devotion, and &c
! hope that the man to whom is was of
:. ferei had been unconscious OF her gift
a BY way OF solactng her wounded and
lonely heart she recalled how patiently
now faithfully, another ma had loved
: and waited for her. Count SaSaTi wa!
: OF her own race, her fathers fgient
and ~benefactor. her in-Teconpenset
lover.
Roma reproached herself with III
thought h a his loneliness was bornt
for her sake. He had often assures
: her he would never marry II She dit
: not become his wife She felt sur
that ne must be attractive TO man,
: women, and she wondered what IL wa
i he saw In her to keep him faithful t
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i er, more considerate TO him, aEd 81
sincerely pitied him. From pity l
: love is but q step. What was most eff
, fectuai IN killing her love for Dunstal
was his weakness. Most women low
strength In men, n she was no ex
cepdon to the rule. His easy submts
sion to the fate that Lett him under
4 cloud: his want OF courage and deter
= mination to track and discover tn
murderer OF Richard COTE, helped t
show her his in~firu1ity n TO strip hiE
= Of the ~ideatization with which she ha
formerly clothed him.
One afternoon, when MS WORK for I'll
~ day was finished earlier than usual. b
came down from fhe laboratory an
found Roma in the sr1all oak-paneNe
room with It's curtains Of faded gree
!. danlask, its figure of the dancing faul
and its portraits OF Dante and Sav0n
: arola-
DO 1 disturb you?" ne asked, as sh
- looked up.
~ Pray come in" she aid sny.tingi
- When he seated himself at tne OF
posite side OF the fire, he inquired WIKI
q was the book she had been readirj
~ and or hearing it was Tassots poem
- he reminded her how long 1t vas sint
a. she had given him q lesson in Italia.
II had supposed O were very busy
she told him
Never too busy to hear you read
"a Dunstan replied quickly.
Shall We get Dante?7 she asks
W looking toward tbs bookshelf.
why not continue Tassoz" he su;
gested; for he longed to hear her spes
the burning lines Of this poet Of lover
the poet sh. had selected for her con
% panion this afternoon.
She began In q low voice. full
~ iute-like music, a voice whose deIic
T.. GUS softness could never fail to tout
- him, but which, uttering such Ynelod
o., u words. such heart-firing image
:. lulIed him to ecstasy.
BY degrees, as she recovered her sh,
a. ness, her tones became clearer. frrnt
- vibrating with the expression OF 4
~ poets feryor. until at the end of
stanza, overcome by the pasgiona
rapture Of the line, she suddenly Ia
!. down the book and abandoned hersf
10 her thoughts.
a. AS she did so. Dunstan, leaning 10
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