Potosi journal., 1907-10-23
CHAPTER IV.-Continued.


heard an irde>cribable tiutterins rush .
that told as plainly as sight could have |
done that 4 woman had answered her |
hearts call. Looking up involuntarily. !
| saw I sight that for 4 long moment !
held my eyes as II | had been fas- /!
cinated. Il was Bob bowed forward .
with his face hidden n his hands and /
Sands her arms about his neck. his !
head drawn down 20 her bosom. Bob, ,
Bob" she sail chokins!y Il cannot
stand Il any longer, Ny heart is break
ing for yoa. You were SO happy when
came into YOUR life. and The happi-
ness is changed to misery and despair,
and all for me-, a stranger. Al frs, l
thought of nothing but father ana how
20 save him, but since thar lay when
those men struck al your heart. have
been filled with. Oh. such 2 longing to
tel! you. 10 teli you, Bob"
What" Eeu,ah, what For the
love Q: God. don't stop: tell HE, Eeu-
IAN. tell me" lie had not lifted his
head Il was buried cn i.sr breast, his
arms close! around her. She bent her
,ea! a..l lad her beautiful. SIT cheeh,
down which the tears were now
streaming. against HIS brown hair.
Bob, forgive T.le. buy love YOU, love
you, Rob. as only woman can love
who has Cevc- known love before.
never known anything bat stern duty.
Bob. night after C:ShI when Al! have
LETT | have GrSpt into yOur Office and
SAT il Noa- chair have laid my head
on yCGC desk and cried and cried until
il seemed as though | could rot live
I'll morning without hearing YOU say
hat You loved ne. and thai You did
not mind the ruin had brought into
you- life. / have latted the back Of
yuU- chair where yOQr dear head had
rested. | have covered the arms of
your chair. that yoCr strong. brave
hands had Cripped with Kisses. Night
after night have k-e.t Al Your desk
and prayed 10 Goo to shield You. 70
protect You from a.! harm. To brush
away the black cloud brought into
your life. l have asked Him to do
with me yes. with MY father and
mother. anything, anything il only He
would bring back 70 you the happiness
had stolen. Bob. | have suffered, suf
fcret, as only a woman can suffer"
She was >obbinS as though her
heart would break. sohhinE wildly,
Cunvulsively. like the little child who
IN the night comes 70 lis mothers bed
20 tell OF the black COLLINS that have
been pursuing il. Long before she
had finished Speaking-aDd il took
,,nly few hsart-heatS for that rush Of
worts-l had broken the power OF the
fascination that held ne, had turned
away my eyes. and tried not 10 listen.
For fear Of breaking the spell. l did
not dare cross the room to close
Reu!ahs door or To reach the outer
door Of NY office which was nearer
hers than il was 10 my desk. | waited
through a silence. broken only by
Beulah's weeping that seemed hour
long. Then in Eob's voice came one
low sob OF joy:
"Beulah, Beulah my Neulah,"
/ realized that he had risen. l rose,
too, thinking that now | could close
! the door But again | saw a picture
that transfiNed me. Bob had taken
Heulah by both shoulders and he he!!
her off and looked into her eyes louc
and bcsccchingly. Never before nor
since have | seen upon human face
that glorious Joy which the old mas
ters sought to get into the faces OF
their worshippers who. kneelinG be
fore Christ. tried to send 10 Hin!
through their eyes. their souls graft
tude and love. | stood as one en-
thrallcd. Slowly and as ravcrentiy as
the living lover touches the brow OF
his dead wife. Bob bent his head and
+ kissed her forehead. Again and again
he drew her to him and implanted upon
her brow and eyes and lips his kisses
| | could not stand the scene any longer
| started to the corridor door, anC
then. as though for the first time either
had known l was within hearing, they
turned and stared at me. At last Rol
gave a long. deep sigh. then one o
those reluctant laughs of happines:
Yet Wet with sobs.
Well. Jim. dear old Jim. where die
you come from? Like all eavesdrop
pers. you have heard no good of your
self Own up. Jim. you did not hear
word good or bad about yourself. fo
it is Just coming back to me that W,
have been selfish. that We have Irt
YOU entirely out of our business con
ference.
We all laughed, and Reulah Sands
with her face a bloom of BURNING
bushes. said: MIR. Randolph. We haV
not settled what it is best to do abou
fathers affairs
After a little We did begin to tall
business. and finally agreed tha
Bculah should write her father. wore
ing her letter as carefully as possible
70 avoid all direct statements. bu
showing him that she had made bu
| little hcadWay on the work she. ha
come north to accomplish Bob was
changed being now: SO, too. was Be,
lah Sands. Both discussed their hope
and fears with a frankneSs in Strang
contrast to their former manner. Bu
there was one point on which 30
showed he was holding back | finall
put it to him bluntly: Bob. are so
working out anything that looks lik
real relief for Miss Sands and he
father"
Il don't know how to answer yo,
Jim. can only say have some idea
radical ones perhaps. but-well, l al
thinking along certain liI.es.'
l saw he was not yet willing to tai
us into his confidence. We parte
Bob going along in the cab with Mi: