The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1907-05-06
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don't wish my story to be continued
In our next
''Ah. If there is to be a nextr' muir
INJURED the young man so fervently
that 1t was now the turn Of color to
redden her cheeks.
Il am talking heedlessly," she said
quickly. what want to say is this
have never had much money. Quite
recently inherited what had been ac-
cumulated by a relative whom never
knew. It seems so incredible, so
strange-well, 1t seems incredible and
strange yet-and / have been expect
ing to wake and find it all a dream.
Indeed, when you overlook me at this
spot where we now stand feared you
had come to tell me it was a mistake
to hurl me from the clouds to the hard
earth again"
"But it was just the reverse Of that"
he cried eagerly "Just the reverse,
remember. 1 came to confirm your
dream, and you received from my
hand the first Of your fortune"
YES" she admitted, her eyes fixed
on the sidewalk
81 see how it was,' he continued en-
Enthusiastically. 81 suppose you had
never drawn check before"
Never" she conceded
"And this was merely a test You
set up your dream against the hard
common sense of a bank, which has
no dreams. You were to transform
your vision into the actual or find it
vanish. When the commonplace cash
Ter passed forth the coin, their jingle
said to you. The supposed phantasy is
real,' but the gold pieces themselves at
that supreme moment meant no more
to you than so many worthless count
ers, so you turned your back upon
them"
She looked up at him, her eyes,
though moist, illumined with pleasure
! inspired by the sympathy in his tones
rather than the import of his words
The girls life heretofore had been as
scant Of kindness as Of cash, and there
was q deep sincerity in his voice which
was as refreshing to her lonesome
! heart as it was new to her experience
! This man was not so stupid as he had
pretended to be. He had accurately
OWNED the inner meaning of what had
happened. She had forgotten the ne.
cessity for haste which had been SO
importunate a few minutes before.
You must be a mind reader" she
| said.
| mo, I am not at all a clever person, y
| he laughed. Indeed, as I told YOU. ]
am always laundering into trouble and
making things uncomfortable for my
! friends. I regret to say l am rather
under a cloud just now in the service
and have been called upon to endure
the frown of my superiors."
"Why, what has happenedw she
asked. After their temporary halt a
the corner where they had been over
taken they now strolled along togethe
like old friends, her prohibition out O
mind.
well, you see, was temporarily Il
command of the cruiser coming dow
the Baltic, and passing an island rocl
q few miles away l thought it woul'
be q good opportunity to test a nev
gun that had been put aboard whel
we left England. The sea was yer,
calm and the rock most temptsome
OF course knew it was Russian terri
tory, but who could have imagine,
that such point in space was inhat
tied by anything else than seagullsr
"Whatr cried the girl, looking up q
him with new interest. You dom
% hn nf1anT= the
Russia demanded from England an
England refused to give up?"
ooh, England could not give me VI
Of course, but she apologised and a;
sured Russia she had no evil inten
Still, anything that sets the diploma
lists at work is frowned upon, and th
man who does an act which his govern
ment Is forced to disclaim become
unpopular with his superiors."
II read about it in the papers at tn
time. Didn't the rock fire back 6
your"
Yes. it did, and no one could hav
been more surprised than 1 when
saw the answering puff Of smoke"
How came a cannon to be there?"
Nobody knows. suppose tnat roc
in the Baltic is a concealed fort, wit
galleries and gun rooms cut in ii
stone after the fashion OF our defense
) at Gibraltar. l told the court marti;
! that 1 had added a valuable bit Of Il
. formation to our naval knowledge, bJ
I don't suppose this contention exc
cised any influence on the minds {
my judges. I also called their after
ton to the fact that my shell had hi
while the Russian shot fell half a mi
short That remark nearly cost me N
commission. A court martial has T
sense Of humor."
Il suppose everything is satisfactor
" settled now?'
! well. hardly that. You see. cont
mental nations are extremely susu
, cious OF Britain's good intentions. {
, indeed they are OF the good intention
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