La Junta tribune., 1907-11-09

navIou,eas in his. arrested him.
-Easbe.- be pleaded. Il ean't stand II.
Rtrtt or wrong. y0u must have No
secrets from me lis t"r1ure--
ARGUMENT il useless. Kenneth
Ksraersres roice WIS as c,s'd as h-<
,,,s--auife useless II ] tod VOC
,nss- there would ts- something else To-
morrow. an noe the woman for
ron. fou are not the man for me-
-piA you lore ne n r. began III.
man psssioaafeiy-
-fts NOT a questiod of love return
ID the GIRL -rm not going To allow
roo to spoil my life wifh Jour IN
tesrsA,,e doubts. nor VII ss6ifcs
uy Individuality % the altar ee your
Sesiousy. We have gone through this
twfore. and you beat aowa my reason
BIZ appealing to my Affection Now
choose to be FIRE. to pat you ost Of my
.ife cnce and for nj"
4, the dsys following Hadsey strovs
4. rrosen the question. bat Katherine
would neither answer his appeals in
writing nor grant him an Interview, sa
81. last silence fell between them Then
the girl tried to tske up her life wher.
/, had been broken ist0 by ths coming
cf Keupe,h. Tried TO rejoice In her +.
covered freedom but n the weeks
ra.se,i they grew heavier. Dragging AZ
her heart Ike the ball and chain on
The coarict's foot. She suffered In .
manner that she could neither uader-
stand ncx have believed possible and
rev re<entfui at the persistent schins
and craving that p0sseased her-
Ry nixht she tossed restiessiy. ID
comma Ter jai.or. half ehoked with =
xrief 70 wALh she would give no out
let. She had resented Keanethfs mas
ferfui claim on her and on her p1r-
suits Why. then. when this super
vissor uas lifted was she mot coatenti
Love .he i,eIieved subservient to ind
viduai:ty. When one Or Other must
l.. SACRIFICED she had had no hesits-
,i,u In her choice. She had made 4
fetch Of ego. to find In the end love
had 70 undermined II that she was
no ionser an entity. sumcienf to her
self. Then succeeded days when. half
desperate in her unhappine4a. she near
iy eapitulaied: hours when II seemed
as though an Irresistible force impelled
her to Kenneth but always pride rosa
fofbiddinx. and she made no sign
Kenneth sails Saturday." Mildred
told her At last. riskins 4 quarrel.
havinx been forbidden to mention the
name. There being nothing TO keep
him here now she continued comfort
ably. ..he may never return" She
watched with satisfaction the result OF
this stab I've often wondered" she
persisted. that You never regretted
the break. bur It's too late now. 81
It's better as II Is"
Katherine made no response. but
that night she wept for the FIRST time.
and long bitter sobs washed away
every feeling hut the love that gave
them birth She realized now that over
her love for Kenneth his faults had
no control. Human nature II 30 fat
that II must love and cling where II
can in spite Of weaknes-
Eariy Saturday. when HadIey vas
hand. tArust suddenly o0t Of IT, hais
light. caught at hi slssve- He tHas
1t tie tooch-
-Ksthesine- Ne thickness q vea
could disxuise hef In his eyes. Thsrs
they stood, Silent. Incapable Of spsseA.
staring at each other. Ths maA re
covered first and drew her toward the
end OF the dock. where great paeking
eases AFFORDED some seciusioa-
'.You should not have cooe.
II had to. I've been all Wroag-aAd
! wanted to tell Jon. I've hsea writ
ing-short stories-adveettslng ooes.
for di6efest Arms: that's Why wsnt
TO Charles Truax's once. He bays q
number each year. No oas knswA
didn't want them to-yoo especially.
until could Do so0ethiAg wsetA
while You.ll .cs0e aback-back to
America
-How much do yos mean by ts,iias
ne thisy'
"As much n you wish. live
missed you so-your fauits-my faults.
Whit do they matter. KeaHeth. I'm
wnfched Kithout you-r-
Thes Hadjey understood. Oaty 1t
The last moment had be su0cSent pres
ence Of mind to get his trunk pulled
OF the steamer before she slipped hsr
moorfngs.
kashSsria.
There are few places in tie woeSd
10 df6cult to get at ~ KaahGaria.
Though 1t lies IN Chinese tefritpry, ths