Hopkinsville Kentuckian. [volume] (Hopkinsville, Ky.) 1889-1918, 1906-06-07

That gave me two days TO turn
1 myself, and if worse came 10
worse, / could move over to
Brooklyn and forget the whole af-
fair-and, if ! ever met him again,
deny / had ever seen him, and
even give him my right name and
stand on my dignity. IfIresem-
bled Alice Graham so closely, he
could have no assurance as to
which woman he had lunched
with, anyway.
AS soon as ] could do so grace
fully, I excused myselfand rushed
pell.mell up town, where / found
with JOY the card in the window
/ Of the house the number of which
| had given him. | rented the
room at once, gave my name as
Alice Graham; then hurried to
the place had been visiting, gave
up my room, and before evening
was redomiciled under a name |
had never heard prior to that day.
Finding his name proved very
simple after all, as | found when
a card was brought to me Thurs
day evening reading STANLEY
Woodland" | knew no other man
in the city. OF course, how SIM
pie. | went to the reception-room,
and sure enough here was my
handsome gentleman awaiting
me- He was more than cordial.
The next few weeks proved the
most interesting and exciting |
tver spent. Stanley Woodland
sought my company constantly,
and it kept my wits on the jump
not to betray myself. We went |
everywhere tOgether-to the the
alter, to the beach, driving, auto
MODELLING, to all sorts of entertain-
ments--and gradually lost my
fears and entered thoroughly intO
the enjoyment of all these things.
Besides ais the days passed wei
found plenty to talk Of in the pres
ent, and the conversation lostits
reminiscent character. le0Ht
Mr.. Woodland soon renewed his
character as a sutton, and his at
tentions became most ardent, The
strange thing about it was that |
/ resented them bitterly, and this
was not because they were not
most grateful to me, but because.
they were meant for somebody |
else. To confess the truth, l had
fallen desperately in love. with
Stanley Woodland and became flu
riously jealous of the real Alice
Graham. Soon it was that every
day became an increasing pain to
me, and it became intolerable.
So | determined to go back |
home, and announced to Stanley |
that circumstances compelled me |
to leave at once. This precipitated |
most violent protest and fierce
plea that | remain and marry |
him. H
"You love me-" he said, in his
compelling way. 81 know you do |
from your eyes, from your whole
attitude to me. You dare not deny |
it. Why make US both unhappy /
by your obstinacy? Stay here, B
marry me, to-morroW--to-night. (
have means and am of a good fam
lily. What do you care? There
is nothing else in the world to
weigh in the balance with love"
He clasped me in his strong |
arms and nearly crushed nae, |
came near swoOning as l realized |
that Icould not gainsay hiswords, !
and could only explain with the
truth.
And l told him the truth-the !
whole pitiful tale, in humiliation I
and contrition, with my eyes on |
the floor.
!. A great laugh startled me into !
raising them. l~He stood before /
me his legs apart and hands be.
hind him laughing at me, ap.
patently with great JOY. Ico1ld
'feelthe hot bl66dsurge to my TEN.
pies. ...i,'''.'',,' ,,,o
mr. You little 'goose,a he. replied.
.'Don't YOU suppose ! knew itAiI
knew it before luncheon was over
the day / met you. ] 'thought /