Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1907-09-14

NURlUN q OlSlR III,
FIRST NATIONAL BAND BLDG.
oTTUMWA, IOWA. !
| left him nothing but mis- passion as a
man. The minute she lifted her sur,
prised, appealing eyes to his there had
been only one thing to say.
There was no formal greeting be,
tween them. He slipped on to the di-
van without touching her hand.
II didn't know you were back" he
i whispered Don't go away and leave
me like that again"
did you miss me?" she asked. with
childlilke directness.
at wasn't like missing-it was as
If my own soul were gone. Every
kind of experience has come to me
all at once, and yet, in your absence.
l seem to have been benumbed 1t was
as if l couldn't feel JOY in my bit of
triumph nor sorrow when we laid my
mother in her grave. When you went
all went; and didn't know that you'd
come back again."
II didn't know you wanted me"
His response came in the tones that
ring forever in wOman's heart, and
which she carries with her into para
disc. The mere words Paula had heard
before, but they had not, as now, been
set to music with which her own
being sang. They were only the we'll
used formulas. which are all that Ian
} guage provides. and to which the liv-
ing voice alone lends the significance.
But to Winship they seemed new. He
uttered them as though they were
sounds never before heard on earth,
and Paula bowed her head, as though
: listening to words too sacred for the
human ear.
It was a lyric moment, and 1t was
soon over. few eager questions, a
!, few straightforward replies, and they
were sitting with clasped hands, pledg-
/. ed to become man and wife.
. The dull-eyed, uniformed guardians
paid them no attention; the visitors
who entered the room walked briskly
up to the much-discussed portrait
without giving them glance. Only
: the woman in black and green looked
down on them from her gilded frame
with her ever-unanswered What? and
: Why? s4
!. Perhaps it was the sight of that
: which recalled Minship to himself AL
: at once he seemed to fall from the
: blue ether, where ne and Paula had
: f1oated alone, to find himself again
!, part of an intricate society. He came
), down with a swift realization of the
= change which a few minutes had pro
. duced. There was no dash upon his
. happiness; he had only the sudden
= fear of owing his happiness to a trick
: He had explained himself to Paula
- as he had intended He had not made
y | bo
. between Paula the woman made il
:, the image of God, and Miss Trafford
;. the heiress of the man who had ruined
" his father, Roger Winship, in order tt
:, insure his own success. In their mu
). tual situation love alone could not be
the determining element, and she hat
a given her promise without understand
IL ing point which to him was essen
\ tial. With what skill he could mas
4 ter he must weave the warning in a
4 skillful composer will make tn
ID death-motive heard in the very strains
y Of the love-chant
"a paula. dear. Paula he whispered
a give been afraid of you. I've beel
g, afraid YOU wouldn't come with me OF
# the road must travel"
il "Td 20 anywhere with you, Roger
\ anywhere On earth
r "It won't be an easy way-especiall
,r for YOU"
70 Nothing will be hard with you t
ID help me- I've plenty of courage t
q face whatever must be encountered
d I've some skill, too" she added, wit
s, a smile.
to you'll need it. darling. Above al
1T you'll need faith in me-"
N "You couldn't overtax that, Roger.
le "Our love can't take the common
o. course You and can't be like
ly KNIGHT and Lady in a trouhadour's re
h. nance We have other things be
N tween us than just the fact that W
IL love each other"
or She looked at him with a puzzle
a. expression and an air of listenin
es only half attentiyely. A far.off cla'
ty ter of footsteps caught her ear, wit
az hum Of voices.
m Even before we met we were uni
an ed by past" Winship pursued.
ooh, don't let us talk of that now
Z, she entreated.
to "On the contrary, we must. Don
let us have any reserve between Il:
). It's been in your thoughts all winte
~ as It's been in mine"
oh The sound of footsteps drew neare
he and she fastened to speak.
I'M but it's all over now, Roger. A
vel have is yours-all I shall eve
is have"
nd She stopped abruptly. The quicl
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