Martinsburg herald. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1881-1920, 1907-04-27

"But how should have known
cried. when you had TAINTED me with
| my imprisonment at GIenarm. you
| had dared me to follow you. If you
can tell me--if there Is an answer to
| that"
Il shall never tell you anything
more! You we're so eager to think III
of me--to accuse me-"
1T was because love you. 1t was
my jealousy of that man, my boyhood
enemy, that made me catch at any
doubt, You are so beautiful-you
are so much part of the peace, the
charm of all this. had hoped for
spring-for you and the spring to-
yetherW
"oh, please"
Her flight had shaken the toque to
IN unwonted angle; her breath came
quick and hard as she tugged at the
latch eagerly. The light from over
head was fnll upon us. but I could
not go with hope and belief struggling
dissatisfied in my heart. / seized her
hands and sought to look into her
eyes
But you challenged me-to follow
you! | want to know why you did
hat"
She drew away, struggling to free
herself
"Why was it, Mariana"
because | wanted"
"Yes?"
4 wanted you to come. Squire Glen
erm!"
My history of the affair at Glenarm
has oyerrun the bounds | had set for
it, and these, / submit, are not days
for the desk and pen. Marian is
turning over the sheets of manuscript
that lie at my left elbow and demand
ing that quit work for walk abroad.
My grandfather is pacing the terrace
outside, planning, 10 doubt, those
changes. in the grounds that are his
constant delight
OF some OF the persons concerned in
this winters tale let me say word
more The prisoner whom Larry left
behind we discharged after several
days with all the honors of war, and
Il may add without breach of conf
dence) a comfortable indemnity. Lar
ry has made reputation by his book
on RUSSIA searching study into the
conditions of the Cars empire, and,
having squeezed that lemon, he is now
in Tibet. His father has secured from
the British government a promise of
immunity for Larry, so long as that
amiable adventurer keeps away from
Ireland. My friends latest letters to
me contain, / note, no reference to
The Sod.
Bates is in California conducting a
fruit ranch, and when he Visited us
last Christmas he bore all the marks
of gentleman whom the world uses
well. Stoddard's life has known many
remarkable changes in the three years
that have passed, but they must wait
for another day and, perhaps, another
historian. Suffice it to say that it
was he who married us-Marian and
me--in the little chapel by the wall,
and that when he comes now and then
to visit us, we renew our impression
soul. Sister Theresa continues at the
head of st. Agatha's, and she and the
other Sisters of her brown-clad COM
pany are delightful neighbors. Pick
ering's failure and subsequent disap-
pearance were described sufficiently
in the newspapers. and his name is
never mentioned at Glenarm.
AS for myself-Marian is tapping
the floor restlessly with her boot and
/ must hasten-I may say that | am
no idler. 1t was | who carried on the
work of finishing Glenarm House,
and ! manage the farms which my
grandfather has lately acquired in this
neighborhood But better STILL from
my own point of view, | maintain in
Chicago an Office as consulting engi.
neer, and I have already had several
important commissions.
Glenarm House is now what my
grandfather had wished to make it. a
beautiful and dignified mansion. He
insisted on filling up the tunnel so
that the Door of Bewilderment is no
more. The passage in the wall and
the strong box in the paneling of the
chimney breast remain, though the lat
ter we use now as hiding place for
certain priced bottles of rare whisky
which John Marshall Glenarm ordains
shall be taken down only on Christ
mas Ewes. to drink the health Of
Olivia Gladys Armstrong, That young
woman, | may add, Is now belle in
her own city, and of the scores Of
youngsters all the way from Pittsburg
TO New Orleans who lay siege to her
heart, my word IS, may the best man
VIM
Marian--the most patient of women
lis walking toward the door, eager
for the sunshine, the free airs Of
spring, the blue vistas lakeward, and
at last | am ready to go.