Orleans County monitor. [volume] (Barton, Vt.) 1872-1953, 1905-12-25
: n -if0r tbe CONSEQUENCES:

-'-' MONTGOMERY BREWSTER
.1nst before leaving his apartments
~ Aflss Drew's home he received this
- from faraway Montana:
Butte, Mont, Oct %, l..
Montgomery Brewster, New York: 1
We are 5000 feet above the level of the
soa suppose that's why it costs US less
to live high. p 1oNES-
81 was beginning to despair, Monty
said Miss Drew reproachfully when
no had come down from the height of
his evaporation and remembered that
there were things Of more Importance.
The light in his eyes brought the
faintest tinge of red to her cheeks, and
where a moment before there had been
ANNOYANCE there was now feeling OF
serenity. For a moment the silence
was fraught with purpose. Monty
glanced around the room, uncertain
how to begin. 1t was not so easy as he
had imagined.
You are very good to see me-" he
said at last. ut was absolutely neces-
sary for me to talk to you this evening.
I could not have endured the suspense
any longer Barbara, I've spent three
or four sleepless nights on your ac-
count. Will it spoil your evening if
tell you in plain words what you al
ready know? 1t won't bother you, will
it," he foundered.
what do you mean, Monty?" she
begged, purposely dense and with Won
derful control of her eyes.
81 love you, Babs,'' he cried. Il
thought you knew about it all along
! or should have told you before. That's
why l haven't slept. The fear that
YOU may not care for me has driven
me nearly to distraction. 1t couldn't
go on any longer. l must know to-
day"
There was a CLEAN in his eyes that
made her pose of Indifference difficult.
The fervor of his. half whispered words
took possession of her. She had ex-
Dected sentiment of such a different
! character that his frank confession dis
armed her completely. Beneath his
ardent, abrupt plea there was assur-
ance, the confidence of one who is not
to be denied 1t was not what he had
said, but the way he had said it. A
/ wave Of exultatioE swept over her, tin
Cling through every nerve. Under the
spell her resolution to daily lightly
with his emotion suffered a check that
almost brought ignominious surrender.
Both of her hands were clasped in his
when he exultingly resumed the charge
against her heart, but she was rapidly
Of
be did not know that he was losing
ground with each step he took for
ward Barbara Drew loved Brewster
: but she was going to make him pa!
: dearly for the brief lapse her com
posure had experienced. When neX'
e she spoke she was again the Miss
y Drew who had been trained IN the
s ways of the world, and not the young
e girl in love.
Il care for you a great deal, Monty
= she said 'but I'm wondering whethe
? l care enough toto marry you.
y 1--WE haven't known each other yer.
. long, Babs," he said tenderly, but
! think we know each other well enough
i i to be beyond wondering"
III - 1t 10 ilAC SUu W t1iO VAOi
i thing" she said chidingly. Cant yo
! give me time to convince myself that
II love you as you would like and as
/ must love if expect to be happy wit
Il the man l marry?"
Il Il forgot myself he said humbly.
u "You forgot me- she protested ger
III | tly, touched by this sign of contritio1
/ | | n I1,,f
you see it's no little thing you ask 9
\ me? must be sure-very sure-befoI
I-before'-
Don't be so distressed" he pleadet
a you will love me, l know, becaus
you love me now This means mue
to me, but it means more to you. Yo
are the woman, and you are the OF
Il whose happiness should be considere
Il l can live only. in the hope that whe
Il come to you again with this san
u story and this same question you
n not be afraid to trust yourself to me.
You deserve to be happy for tina
Monty" she said earnestly, and
was with difficulty that she kept h
md eyes from wayering as they looked in
ter his.
of You win let me try to make "
led love me?" he asked eagerly.
Il may not be worth the struggle. -
oes I'll take that chance" he. replied
to She was conscious of disappointing
ga after he was gone He had not plead
ght as ardently as She had expected a
desired, and, Try as she would. 5
pa could not banish the touch of irritati
this that had come to haunt her for
Rip night.
Brewster walked to the club, eMt
hes that he had at least made beginniaI
WI His Dosition was now clear Besid
losing fortune he must win B
MI bara in OPEN competition.
lue- At the theater that evening he Il
Harrison, who was in a state of jubi
an ton.
aph ..yvhere did vor 80 t,s+ t,ns., asl
he
ere Zip: What tip?' from Brewster