The Brookings register. [volume] (Brookings, Brookings County, S.D.) 1903-1971, 1906-11-15

A half truth then. A suppression o.
something. A something done or per
mitted by Aleyis--a something not u
be recalled. What is done Is done
No PRAYERS or tears or agonies can
wipe it out" Had Alexis used the
words she would have made an easy
discount of them. She had told him
that morning that he over-estimated
everything. His whole nature was
| ~exaggerative. His joys and grietS
were not like the joys and griefs OF
other people. But Aloysius was a
man who weighed his words, and the
more she pondered on them, and on
the way in which they had been spok'
en-. the more serious they seemed.
Alexis had laid a burden on him
self. What burden? 1t was his taking
that burden on himself which had
given his cousin a bitter grief when
he must carry to the grave. She dared
not think of what the whole trend OF
that brief interview had seemed 20
hint At last she could bear her own
thoughts no longer, and betaklng her
self 10 her escritoire she wrote III
flying haste a letter of appeal 10
Alexis:
You must come to me at once. /
cannot endure myself until | have
seen YOU and have freed myself from
a dreadful fear which has fallen on
me. | have seer Aloysius, and his ac-
count of the reason for the miserable
division which has come between you
is so absolutely different from your
own that | am filed with dread ana
wonder. You have done something or
allowed something to be done which
has caused him a grief which he says
he must carry TO the grave. 1t has
nothing to do with any suspicious you
may have permitted yourself to nurse
with regard to him. 1t is nothing IN
the nature Of an injury to himself. IL
Is something which can never be UNI
done. something which creates a bur
den you have laid upon yourself.
use his words, 1t is not | who am
implacable.' Not God himself can
call back Yesterday Alexis, YOU
must not leave me to my thoughts.
They will drive me mad. Indeed.
am half-distracted as | write. | can
dream of nothing which will explain
Il all. There is something you regret
so much that it seems TO break your
heart. But it is not the thing you
made il seem to me. Come to me,
Alexis. Come and tell me all. | am
your promised wife and have a right
TO you'd complete confidence, your full
and undivided trust. For PHYS sake,
Alexis. come TO me. Do not delay an
hour
Again she signed and sealed, and
again she summoned the man who haG
done her errand to Aloysius earlier
in the day. He vas too well trained
to betray surprise, but her manner and
this hurried correspondence seemed to
bespeak something out of the common.
Take this to Mr.. Brangwyn's cham
bers instantly" she said. Wait for
an answer, and send a wire TO me tell
ing me what It is as soon as you re
ceive it,"
Yes. Miss Lillian" he answered, and
only a minute later she saw him ca
reening down the venue upon his BIZ
cycle on his way % the railway sta
ton. A little later yet she heard the
whistle of the approaching train.
The indoor air seemed 10 choke her.
she walked into the pleasance,
striving TO escape from her thoughts.
They logged her in her shodow, and
she scarcely dared to give them house
room. Sac feared-she fe2Ted-and
that was all she knew. But a great
threatening cloud hung over her, with
hints of thunder in it. 1t could not
burst and reveal the terror it held un-
til her messengers return. Only ore
thing she knew for certain. Alexis
had deceived her and he had some
good and sufficient cause for his du-
Misunderstanding with which he had
not dared to trust her.
Ito Be Continued.)