The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1907-11-12
.nAprER xxvIII.-contlnued.
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onont to tell me that she is leay-
+hought /. But l managed to v
oIm clad to hear of your luck" a
ab fear my tone was not espe-
cially joyous. az on, u nosi.
AN to pay back to YOU think what t
father and Sam took from you. {
,.ooy he enough, I'm afraid, to pay
~ Won lost indirectly. But have :
IN the lawyers to make 1T all over
to you" ,u,oa cloud T. wos
rt5iculous. this situation into
- had got myself. l did not
-, what to say. / could hardly
-, ont of nv face how foolish this
collanse Of my crafty conspiracy mace
ma feel. And then the fui4 meaning
ID what she was doing came over me
+bo revelation of her character. |
.,atod myself to steal a glance at
and for the first time | didn't
&c the thrilling azure sheen over her
ooo+b white skin, though all her
aeauty was before me, as dazzling as
uben II compelled me to resolve TO
- her No; l saw her, herself-the |
woman within. l had known from the ]
n,,tset that there was an altar of love
within my temple of passion. thlnK
ehat was my first real visit to 1t.
"Anital" | said, unsteadily. Anita"
The color famed in her cheeks; we
we're silent for long time
"You-your people owe me MOTH
no. at length found voice to say
aFyen If they did, l couldn't and
wouldn't take your money. But De-
sieye me. they owe me nothing.
"You cannot mislead me-" she an
swered. when they asked me to pc
come engaged to you, they told me
about it."
| had forgotten. The whole repul-
alive. rotten business came back to me.
And. changed man that | had become
in the last six months, l saw myself
as l had been. l felt that she was
booking at me, was reading the de-
grading confession in my telltale
Features.
81 will tell you the whole truth"
said l. Il did use your fathers and
your brothers debts to me as means
OF getting to you. But, before God,
Anita, l swear l was honest with you
when l said to you l never hoped or
wished to win you in that way!
81 believe you" she replied, and her
tone and expression made my heart
leap with indescribable joy.
Love is sometimes most unwise in
his use of the reins he puts on pas
sion. Instead OF acting as impulse
commanded, l said, clumsily: And
am very different to-day from what
was last spring" 1t never occurred
TO me how she might interpret those
words.
Il know" she replied. She waited
several seconds before adding: 81, too
have changed. l see that l was fal
more guilty than you. There is ne
excuse for me. 1 was badly brough
up as you used to say, but"
Mono" l began to protest.
She cut me short with a sad: "Yol
need not be polite and spare my feel
ings. Let's not talk of it. Let us g
back to the object l had in coming
for you to-day"
You owe me nothing" l repeated
Your brother and your father set
tied long ago. l lost nothing through
them. And I've learned that if hat
never known you, Roebuck and Lang
don would still have attacked me-"
What my uncle gave me has beef
transferred to you" said she, woman
Fashion, not hearing what she did no
care to heed. 81 can't make you &C
cept it; but there 1t is, and there
stays"
4 cannot take it," said l. "If yo
lnsist on leaving it in my name,
snail simply return it to your uncle.
l wrote him what I had done" sh
reloined. His answer came yestel
DAY. He approves it,"
Approves it," l exclaimed.
You do not know how eccentric h
u.s. she explained, naturally misur
outstanding my establishment. Sh
LOOK letter from her bosom an
handed 1t to me. l read:
Dear Madam: 1t was yours to d
win as you pleased. If you ever fin
yourself in the mood to visit. Gu
rouse is open to you, provided 20
oring no maid l will not have femal
servants about. Yours truly,
HOWARD FORESTER.
You will consent now, will 20
Not!' she asked, as l lifted my eye
from this Characteristic note.
| saw that her peace of mind wa
I" stake "Yes-I consent"
she gave a great sigh as at the lay
ing down of heavy burden. Than
sou, was all she said, but she put
World of meaning into the words
one took the first homeward turning
we We're nearly at the house befor
found words that would pave tn
way toward expressing my thought
my longings and hopes.
You say you have forgiven me
sala l. Then we can be-frends
one was silent, and l took her son
yer expression to mean that sh
feared | was hiding some subtlety
L mean fuSt uyAu I