Herald and news. [volume] (West Randolph, Vt.) 1878-1943, 1904-12-22

IN 50 lonely rNbudg $50 Rohel4
you cant know, and she drew ms
hand up TO her face and leaned hel
lips upon il
Poor heart " ] said and / bent aui
laid gentle kiss on her forehead. She
turned her pale luminous face up %
me wistfully, like q child. and
kissed her warm, red mouth. Then Uy
heart began humping like d hydraulic
ram and my haads trembled strangg
". ! tried 10 steady them She would
be 50 angry if she thought that
dared. / had kissed Katherine mum
berless times, as a man may kiss his
sister, lovingly, tenderly, but abso-
lutely without a thrill They hal
never been like this / was at a loss
had never dreamed of Katherine ex-
cept as my dear old friend-my man
hood chum. and as for her-my heart
sank for l knew she had been utterly
devoted to old Landry and incurred
passionately for him. At least (
thought so. II she knew what was
thinking she would hate me-loathe
me, forever II she knew-ah, II she
knew. She sat there dreaming. her
eyes, as / thought, on memory's dis
tant mountain peaks; her dear, warm.
brown eyes that | loved.
I She turned to me with a little laugn
TITS so nice 10 be loved a little
she said, as she nestled against M
coat. as if she belonged there. / fought
with myself a moment She must
have felt my heart beating. / was
horribly ashamed Then / suddenly
lost my self-eontrol, and STOPPING to-
ward her, l took her in my arms ant
kissed her passionately, many, MAN.
times, passionately, eagerly, as | had
never kissed anyone in my life-as
had never wanted to kiss anyone be-
fore. After a time | lifted my heal +.
and waited for the storm knew fl /
must come. / felt Ike a whipped eur /
though every pulse in my body /
throbbed with delight and joy. What
ever came, / knew now | was blind /
no longer They talk Of love being
blind, | say it's the other way about,
It's love that clears our sight-so We
can really see where we have always
before being cropping in a dim half
light
She nestled closer in my arms and
laughed a little, low laugh of content
ment
"oh, Freddy, boy, she said, 81
thought you would never wake up
I've been such a long, long time wait
ing to come home.
! started back and faced her in
"And-and Landry?" I faltered.
oh, my dear, / never loved Ian
Try Cab, so | knew now why he
vas glad to go, poor duffer, poor, I'M
selfish, loving old duffer)
lie knew didn't but he-he- q
AIRED, and he knew / loved you. So he I
helped me He told me you loved me. {
lnly you were asleep, and I've waited c
% long-so long for this" she sighed i
happily.
| looked in her eyes fncredulousIy 4
Kit, why in the name of common r
ense didn't you tell me?" +
Tell you? Freddy, how could I? A
wasn't sure you-you cared. and Il
ometimes / was sure you didn't. II p
'as only because Landry was SO posi- D
I've that | dared to hope / could only b
'ait in silence, and since Lam O
ry died it has been so lonely, so ii
rearily lonely" Il
Poor old girl" said in her hair. C
poor darling old girl" r,
You've lost a whole year, she
ried, "a whole year"
Then you knew a year ago?"
Yes; it's funny. Freddy, but l
luldn't imagine why no man ever le
loved me the least tiny bit. When bl
andry told me he cared, / tried to XII
link | loved him, but he said then
rat / didn't, and afterward. he knew n,
was you. He watched my eyes. he vi
lid, when you were about, and when 50
2 told me that, was as astonished
J you were when / told you NJ
When your horse threw you that vi
me, then | knew beyond a doubt, for br
suffered agonies thinking what
tDAt Aof1 hdpPCuth+ lou were So ! ~
lastly that | was horribly frightened. II
felt sure that you were at least -,
aimed for life" .
And then, she brought me the letter 49,
Landry's letter, that was not to be M
liYered until had found my own. 80 80
], that letter. If / had only seen it -,
hen Landry died. Kit would not have
own pale waiting for what was al g
AVS hers. oa
You COMPOUNDED blind old bat" he VI
'ote, what in the name of all that's ln'
Ily, do YOU stay around here for? If ~
was such an egregrious donkey as ioi
u are I'd go off and die, but I've gor
be the one instead-and I've got is
es to see. That's ever the way in on'
is vale of tears. OF
Well you must know some time II pa
il come to you all at once. as the Oh
owledge Of IL came to me-then. cid up
y, / wouldn't mind being in yonr pes
OTIS. I'd give my life for that one
UT as happily and freely as ia +ngs ,