Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1905-11-16

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In an instant, as it were, it seemed
to have wrought a change in him.
Gay, reckless, thoughtless an hour
! ago, he is serious enough now.
His heart is beating quickly,
fUriously; his strong hands trembie
as he holds the terrified horses ana
urges them on with whip and voice,
and yet, though apparently engrossed
with them. thinking more of the
silent girl beside him.
She Is so silent. She scarcely
seems TO move. but sits with the rug
concealing her face. her head bent
down.
What have ] said?" he asks him.
self In truth, he scarcely knows. IL
seems as If his heart had suddenly be.
come the master Of his voice and
actions and had made helpless slave
OF his
II she would only speak He longs.
past all description, to hear her voice,
even though 1t should be in anger
and indignation; but she does not
speak. He lifts his face to the sweep
ing rain and almost welcomes 1t. The
storm is in harmony with the tenn
pest of awakened passion which RACES
in his breast. He does not dare to
speak to her, scarcely ventures to look
her way; and so he sits as silent as
herself, while the horses dash along
the streaming road and up the Port
mars street
we might have come by boat;
there Is water enough" said the duke
dryly. Miss Lisle, am afraid You
are wet through. Pray go in at once
or YOU will catch cold"
She stands up on the box and
Yorle goes to unfasten the wraps,
but she is too quick for him, and tax
ing out the hair-pin, lets the rug fail,
and stands before his eyes, her slim,
graceful figure swaying little from
him as If she did not want him t"
touch her.
He gets down and offers her his
hard, burt she springs from the box
lightly, pauses moment, then, with
low.voiced observation-disclosures you,
follows her father into the house.
The poor child is wet through, ana
chilled" he says, sympatheticailJ.
IT'S a pity you didn't think of
macintosh, Yorke. What are yoa
going to do with the break and
horses?"
Yorlle looks down at him as II he
scarcely heard or understood for a
moment; then he says. absently, like
a man only half recovered from
stunning blow
"The horses? Oh, I'll find some
place for them"
"You might take them to the sta
ton, your grace; they could put them
up there in the Goods stable" suS-
gested Grey.
Eyes, yes"
and look sharp" says the duke,
Wen have some dinner by the time
you get back. VIII you have a glass
Of whisky and water before you go?'
But Yorke only shakes his heal
almost impatiently. Pm all right he
says. curtly, and he drives off, He
secs the horses made comfortable In
tho stables Mt the station, helps to
rub them down and litter them then
he turns back.
But ut the top Of the street he
pauses. lie can not face the duke 1Fst
yet. There Is that in his face, in hts
voice, he knows, which will reveal his
secret. He turns off to the right AMI
makes his way along littleuscd road
toward the sea.
He Is wet enough, but he does nol
notice 1t. He scarcely knows where
he Is going until he stands on the edge
of the sea.
Il love herr he murmurs yes,
love her, There is no woman in all
the world like her-so good, SO gentle
SO beautiful"
He thinks of all the girls he has
seen, talked with, laughed with,
danced with, hrted with, but there is
none like Leslie.
am lbSt llldll II l W. l'I S'l
her." he says to himself, And how
can get herr" he groans, and pushes
his hat off his brow that is hot ana
burning "She cares nothing for me;
why should she? If were to ask her
to be my wfe-my wife! How can ?
and he shudders as II some black
Thought had swept down upon MIN
and crushed the hope out OF him
how can oh, what mad, senselese
fool | have been, How we chuCk our
lives away, to find out when It Is 100
late what II is we've lost, II | had
met her a year ago" He breaks OFT
with sighs as he tramps Wp and down
in the rain, III | could only wipe ont
chat year, But can't can't,
though I'd give ten years of the life
that's left ME to be able to do II.
What would she thinll-say, II sic
kncw-if | told her? With all her
sweet childish ways, and all her IN.
noccnce and purity she is woman,