Vilas County news. [volume] (Eagle River, Vilas County, Wis.) 1896-1927, 1905-11-27

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I LesIie's I-I
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strength goes, the gate is thrown
open, and the conquerer marches in.
Leslie had been calm and self,
possessed enough when Ralph Dun.
combe was pleading his passionate
love, and was able to withstand his
urgent prayer; but to Yorke she can
find nothing to say-can only stand
! ing fast, and the gates beginning to
open.
He takes her hand, burt again she
draws it from him, and sinking on to
the trunk of a fallen tree. keeps her
| face, her eyes, from him.
you are angry?" he says his usual
ly light and careless voice deep and
earnest now. We'll, | deserve that!
II ought not to have told YOU
spoken to you-so suddenly. But"-1e
leans against tree close beside her
and looks down at her-''but, well, L
morning '-her heart gave a little
| quiver-'I was going away from Port,
maris and from you. I've been think,
| ing of you all night, and I'd decided
| that that was the best thing to do.
It's sudden and-and startling to you,
Leslie-Miss Lisle, but it doesn't seem
so to me. You see, l suppose l have
! been getting to love you ever since |
saw you ON the beach. That's not
long ago L dare say you'll say; burt 1t
seems a long time to ME months,
ages!"
1t seemed almost as il her own
heart were speaking; it is just as she
| has felt She listens in a kind or
amazement at the subtle sympathy be-
| tween them.
II have thought of nothing else but
you since l saw you. l know that |
shall be the happiest man in the world
Tiff you'll let me go on loving you,
and try and love me little in return,
and the most wretched beggar in ex-
istance Tiff you can't
He waits a moment, for strange
sensation comes in his throat ana
stops his speech, usually so fluent ana
free. Then, she still remaining silent,
he goes on in the same grave, earnesl
tone with the same half-eager, half
hesitating tremor in his voice:
I've never seen any one like you
know plenty OF women, but none like
you, Leslie-I beg your pardon; YOU
see, | always think OF you as. Leslie.
| If / were to try and tell you how l
feel, | should make a mess OF it. l can
I, only say that love you--I love you! :
! With all his ignorance and lack of
eloquence, he is wise. love you,
sums up all woman wants or nee1s
to hear.
'Of course, he goes on, in a lower
voice, daunted by her silence, her
motionless downcast face. her hidden
eyes-'of course, l can't expect, L
don't expect you to understand or-or
to care for me even little. You
haven't known me half long enough
or-or-anything about me. All /
want is little hope. Ii you don't dis
like me-right down dislike NELL
be glad enough and I'll try to get you
to love me a little. You can't love me
as love you; that isn't to be thought
of"
''Is it not?" she thinks, but she
says nothing.
! Up above their heads a thrush is
singing melodies, and the liquid notes
seem to say plainly, Il love your
The sum as it shines between the
leaves OF the old oaks and touches
Yorke's hair and eager face is surety
smiling, HE loves YOU" The stream
ripping in the hollow behind them, as
it runs laughing down to meet the sea,
| is as certainly murmur1ng, Love,
love, love!"
! "You are angry and-and offended
he says, after a pause, during which
she has been listening to this har
mony of natures voice. well, | de,
serve it! | ought to have waited until
you knew more OF me, but, you see, as
said, could not help it. l have been
thinking of you, dreaming OF you, all
night, and then l saw you suddenly
and | felt as il I must speak, happen
what might. Ii l hadn't seen you |
dare say I could have found hear
! enough to clear out and-and hold my
tongue. But when l saw you with that
little one in your arms, looking so
beautiful and SO good-just the Leslie
love so dearly-the words rushed
out almost before | knew it-and-
and'-he squares his broad chest and
tits his hat back with a gesture,
which, unlike most gestues, fits him
! like a glove there it isl"
She does not lift her face, does not
open her lips that are trembling-ilf he
could only see it!-and he waits a
moment before he says, sadly, with
the lovers despairing note audible
[! through his effected cherfulness:
'T'm-I'm sorry that I've made a
| nuiconco of mVS21f 9nd-and worried