The Lee County journal. (Leesburg, Ga.) 1904-19??, 1907-07-19

come Il in ritpu. want to
sneak - NV dchild, not only
81 - ~ f.thefriend but-but
~ vonr IL av And that was
WIN ~ rov n ne back here.
coI1ld -. - r,ol4t your mothers
letter. sssEsbe teIFe that you have
beEome ersbaad Ioand adds that it
is Ito IIr vor q nothing about.
Sh f imploes me toe my influence
with you III break i
TWIN sslod sEe le written that?"
dehanGed+fs lin. rionately. What
is there asE,nsf Lilo Maine?" He is
a iced nE and h(ants me to be-
cohe his xsfe Whgould I refuse?"
Ruth Looked III thdrl through the
glass pa1aiE and vo1red at the glow
Of color, the srge light in her
eyes.
4 You doIhot loyeh, JOAN" he said
simply.
do loEe hin. answered. But
hen voice iac1ad decVi p.
Joan, ay dEar JoN.' he went on.
~ u and b ara spoil our lives. But
thd Re is no ned b taT to spoil yours.
WI y be in sud haste One happy day
you win meet BIZ naMhom you may
lovb Wait foa that d., little one. He
will step in.oH yom Il like a prince
out Of fairy lala. Wit for his com
ing Joan. A for mel cannot help
myself IL IA b0unCby a promise.
And mans Sord 0ncgiven must be
held by him q a sacrebond. But, oh,
Joah! it will break n heart for me
to know tina you hag wasted your
life on a mad yo1 DO lot love. You
are SO youn.s Hive Etience, child,
hayF patience3
y Why s4odb itbreal your hearth"
she replied ibldt frhy should it
troul pie ydi At ar"
There Ws a Hence No answer
came to tat Qgstion for some mo-
ments.
Il does ,onca me, Joan" he said
at last, al tile uskily "because-be-
caus f." he faered for a moment.
and them addeCfrmly, all weakness
CONQUERED, forour fathers sake, as
well as y youown, l would like to
see his htehappy"
PerhaIa t wanot the answer which
Joan ha49xpead But at that mo,
ment B48ts m came into the room
with tn aEnoCement that luncheon
was rea
The b follyed him, leaving the
way cleft or Rh to make her escape
from THU Bt
When + realed her hotel Ruth sat
down a. wro a letter:
My 1 r 0l6weetheart of the Past
You Al | ha been little foolish.
&nu MOI imam little unfair toward
each oti We're there should have
been mi al tnt and confidence there
has beeinstes mutual reticence.
"Learto ylr confusion, sir, that
! was a'ouF t today, andy acct
set j}s'ss iaT place, and by deIiber-
4 a1e bBtifiahe eavesdropping in the
seconIverheard what passed be-
1WeeIb anc Miss Joan Arliu4ton,
Snd 7 ed We full meaning of it
ma bve her, that she loved you"
IN ras your secret. Well kept,
honor kept
NC lear mine! My love has
chang Brian, in those ten years,
Just q urs has changed. And here
comes most surprising thing. The
man Re for, but whom I have al
ready used since my husbands
death Lionel Maine. the very man
VINO asked Joan Arlington to be
MS =" put Of pique, just as she has
aceepY him in the same spirit, We
met aris. He was kind to me
tnere' ped me with advice at the
tlme 4 ordens tragic death
Debld Brian, it was my stupid
VahltYich has been to blame for all
lhls understanding. l thought
nay ias convinced-that you still
cared me, | did not want to dis
appolLou twice. That would have
seeme5o cruel. But all the time,
brlan'lcved Lionel Maine, and he
loved
"Go Joan at once, dear Brian.-
l pen that She is worth a mans
loFe' she Is worth your love And
II send for Lionel Maine. He
is WoA woman's love, and viii have
my lo-Modern Society.
coloEtive Farming Associations.
A4fclose Of 1906. 17,1G2 co-opera-
tive hing associations existed in
the Gin onnire with q mem berS7iD