Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1906-12-27

N II can't. Dbnt think this Is an,
Joke. He'll find out"
who will find out--what, pray?"
| "He will. He's already said he wa
afraid there might have been som,
nonsense between you and me, becaus
we talked that evening at the Old
akers'. He told my grandfather hi
wasn't at all sure Of you until tina
day lost my money"
'Oh, see-and Of course you'd l'k'
your revenge--carrying me Off from
him just to hurt him."
"If you say that I'll hold you in m.
arms again" He started toward her
"I've loved you SO, ! tell you-all tn,
time-all the time"
cor perhaps It's a brutal reveng,
on me-after thinking I'd only MARI,
for money"
"I've loved you always, tell you.
He came up to her, more gently now
and took up her hand 10 hiss Il. Fl,
saw the ring.
take his ring Off"
She looked up at him with al
amused little smile, but did not mcy
He reached for the hand, and she pu
1t behind her.
"Take 1t off," he said, harshly.
He forced her hand out, took on tn,
ring with its cleaning stone, none to
gently, and laid it on the table behin,
him. Then he covered the hand will
kisses.
"Now it's my hand. Perhaps Their
| was a little of both those feelings yc
accuse me of-perhaps | did want I
triumph over both you and Shepler-
and the other people who said you
never marry for anything but money
but do you think I'd have had eithe
one of those desires Ii | hadn't love
you? Do you think I'd have cared hoy
many Sheplers you married IL hadn
loved you so, night and day-alway
turning to you In spite of everything
loving you always, under everything
always, tell YOU"
Under what-what 'everything?"
when I was sure you had no hear
that you couldn't care for any ma
except a rich man-that you woul
marry only for money"
"You thought that?"
"Of course I thought It."
what has changed your"
Nothing. I'm going to change
now by proving differently. l sha
take you against your will--but l sha
make you love me-in the end. kno,
you-you're a woman, In spite of you
SELF"
you were entirely right about m
would even have married you becaus
Of the money"
'Tell me what 1t Ii you're holdir
oack-don't wait"
Let me think-don't talk, pleased"
She sat long time silent, motto
ess, her eyes fixed ahead. At Icing
she stirred herself to speak.
you were right about me, partly
and partly wrong. l don't think CO
make you understand. I've alwa!
wanted so much from life--so muC
more than 1t seemed possible to hav
The only thing for girl in my pos
~AoA ohu SlA WdS W maj
what Is called good marriage.
wanted what that would bring, to
| was torn between the desires
rather the natural instincts and Il
trained desires. | had ideals abol
loving and being loved, and had II
material ideals of my experience in tn
world out here.
II was untrue to each by turn
Here-I want to show you something
She took up book with closely viii
ten pages.
II came here tonight won't co,
ceal from you that | thought of y
when came. 1t was my last tim
! here, and you had gone, suppose
Among other things had out this
diary to burn, and | had found tn
written on my eighteenth blrthda
when | came out-the fond, roman"
secret ideal Oh foolish girl-listen:
1.-The Soul of Love wed the Soul
Truth and their daughter, JOY, W.
born; who was immortal and in who
they lived forevern
CTO BE CONTINUEDJ