The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1907-01-11
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l-Az----4e 11-l-1 me EI4Hlel waters
1[ingIing with ther vas the sound d
striagsd instruments and minstrel
songs L vas ths last day of the
regatta
Wen, everything must have its ap-
pointed end. even the regatta said
AF1eslo1 Ittle ss1tentzously.
Tie girl who vas seated b his side
On the deck of the h0aseboat Glow
Worm looked mp At him with strange
light il her deep brown eyes.
shall you be sarry.7 she asked IL
2 sweet. rich voice
Yes, I shall De sorry.- he answered.
simply. I thought Ia grown alto
gsthsr tired Of the river. It's about
the tenth year running I've been
here. But my interest In It has re.
Tived- I shall remember this regatta
as long as I i've
Why she asked, and she looked
at him musingiy.
I'm 40 nov. Miss Basset. I've al
ways had everything I've wanted as
long as can remember. I have tried
most things. and had become little
weary Of them all And then all at
once Il vas just as Il I had walked
out Of gloom into eternal sunshine.
These last three days are The most
perfect ny lie has ever known
That sounds as II you we're IN
lore she said, smiling.
st is love" he said; ~and # Is you
I love-"
There vas sudden silence between
them. she did not move. bat her at
titude became q little rigid. her smile
died.
7 cannot marry you" she said at
last
Z care for you as I have never
cared t5r any other woman
MY refusal win pain you. then. 1
zn glad, because it is my wish to
pain you"
Arneston gazed at her In blank
amazement
Eight yearn ago had a friend
whom loved as / should have loved
my mosher had she lived. She met
man here who made her love him.
she loved him as only such woman
could love. She kept back no reserve
Of love. That woman's name is Agnes
Reid"
The girl paused and looked at her
companion closely.
The man did not speak She fan
cied he had started-that was all.
1T pleased this man to win her love
that he might cast It back at her.
He gave her up-jilted her. she came
home to us-my father and me-her
old friends. I knew nothing Of this
man or his name until after she died
and then I found some letters which
told me all"
"And who was he?"
She leaned forward, her eyes were
blazing in the darkness.
THAT man was yourself Those let
ters we're signed by you. 1t was you
who killed this woman"
II see"
The words were spoken duly. with
out any feeling whatever
When first met you,' she con-
tinued, Il saw-a woman can always
tell-that I attracted you. l resolved
to do all in my power to make you
care for me seriously. ! wanted you
to say what you have said tonight,
that you loved me, that l might tell
you this story. and give you that as
my answer"
"a kind Of revenge? Well. at any
rate. Miss Basset you have made me
90. through severe quarter Of an
hour. AS for my defense-well, / viii
not trouble with that"
He raised his hat and turned away.
Mi1s Basset watched him until the
shadows swallowed his form I'D.
Il don't feel at all as I expected, .
she said to herself in dismay. Il
thought | should glow with satisfac-
too. What weak fool am. II I
hadn't told myself all day long and
half the night what cause I had to
hate him. shouId-haye loved him. %
Everybody noticed how quiet and
pale Miss Basset was at supper. and
many wondered what had become Of
Arneston. When she reached her own
little bedroom in the Glow-worm she
found a letter waiting her.
Two or three newspaper cuttings
Huttered out Of It. She read the brief
note:
You will see that the inclosed cut.
tings exonerate me from the brutality
you we're good enough to place to my
credit should have undeceived you
at the time, but It was plain to me
that you had merely pretended to like
me-when / hoped that you-well
something different"