Willmar tribune. [volume] (Willmar, Minn.) 1895-1931, 1907-07-03
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~ can't. Don't think this Is any
joke. He'll find out - ~ /,
'.'Who will find out-what, pray?"
"He will. He's already said he was
afraid there might have been some
nonsense between you and me, because
we talked that evening at the Old.
akers'. He told my grandfather he
wasn't at all sure Of you until that
day lost my money"
your carrying me of from
him just to hurt him."
If you say that I'll hold you in my
arms again. He started toward her.
give loved you SO, tell you-all the
time-all the time"
"or perhaps it's q brutal revenge
on me-after thinking I'd only marry
for money"
'I've loved you always, tell you"
He came up to her, more gently now,
and took up her hand to- kiss it. He
saw the ring.
"Take his ring OFF,"
She looked up at him with an
amused little smile, but did not move.
He reached for the hand, and she put
it behind her.
"Take it off," he said, harshly.
He forced her hand out, took of the
ring with it's cleaning stone, none too
gently, and laid it on the table behind
him. Then he covered the hand with
kisses.
"Now it's my hand. Perhaps there
was little of both those feelings you
accuse me of-perhaps did want to
triumph over both you and Shepler-
and the other people who said you'd
never marry for anything but money
but do you think I'd have had either
one of those desires if I hadn't loved
you? Do you think I'd have cared how
many Sheplers you married If hadn't
loved you so, night and day-always
turning to you in spite of everything
loving you always, under everything
always, tell you.
| Under what-what +everythlng?'
when I was sure you had no heart
that you couldn't care for any man
except rich man-that you would
marry only for money"
"You thought that?"
"Cf course I thought it,
What has changed you?"
Nothing. I'm going to change it
now by proving differently. I shall
take you against your will-but shall
make you love me-in the end. know
you-you're a woman, in spite of your
SELF"
"You were entirely right about me.
1 would even have married you because
of the money"
Tell me what it is you're holding
back-don't wait"
LET me think-don't talk, pleased"
She sat long time silent, motion
less, her eyes fixed ahead. At length
she stirred herself to speak.
"You were right about me, partly
and partly wrong. don't think I can
make you understand. I've always
wanted so much from life-so much
more than it seemed possible to have.
The only thing for girl in my posi-
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what is called good marriage.
wanted what that would bring, too.
II was torn between the desIres-or
rather the natural instincts and the
trained desires. l had ideals about
loving and being loved, and l had the
smaterial ideals of my experience in this
world out here.
Il was untrue to each by turns.
Here-I want to show you something u
She took up book with closely writ
ten pages.
Il came here tonight won't con-
ceal from you that thought of you
when l came. 1t was my last time
here, and you had gone, supposed.
Among other things had out this old
diary to burn, and 1 had found this,
written on my eighteenth birthday,
when I came out-the fond, romantic
secret ideal OF foolish girl-listen:
"'The Soul of Love wed the Soul of
Truth and their daughter, Joy, was
born; who was immortal and in whom
they lived forever!'
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