The Lee County journal. (Leesburg, Ga.) 1904-19??, 1907-09-06

ooh. no-no, thank you; I'm not
bit tired. Let me thank you for
sending your man away. I don't
know what / should have done if he
had caught me here with YOU
with me"
1T is horribly embarrassing, Of
course, butt feel can rely on you
to accept my explanation and to for
get the unfortunate episode"
I'm afraid not" / replied gravely.
II wish you would sit down Won't
you? I've been travelling all day, and
I'm very tired"
ut would be a double offense if
my unjustifable presence here kept
you standing" she responded de-
lightfully, accepting the chair.
Il feel intuitively that your pres
ence is more than justified" | said;
q felt that the moment l became
aware that you were here. / do not
ask for any explanation, but l hope
you will volunteer one, since it must
detain you here
"You are not sitting down now"
she said, harder look in her eyes.
you haven't said l might, and l
feel less tired now that you are
seated" Nevertheless, l took chair
quickly, realizing that by standing
might induce her to be too brief.
Il am living in the fiat above this"
she began.
Indeed" I exclaimed Il was not
aware"
A touch Of extra color became per
ceptible in her cheeks. l felt l had
allowed my pleasure at the announce
ment to be too manifest.
Where ignorance is bliss" she
said quickly, a rather roguish ex-
preston in her eyes, which she di-
rected over my shoulder.
- tbs folly to be wise, certainly.
But you should complete the quota
ton, which is, think, Drink deep,
or not at ALL"
oh" she murmured: Eyes"
Il prefer to drink deeply Of the
knowledge that"
Please let me finish!" she inter
posed. Il was just going out, and
was leaning out of the window when
| dropped my glove 1t futtered
down, and a sudden gust of wind
blew it straight into your window"
It's an i'll wind" | said quickly
"Of course, 1 could have done
hundred things in the circumstances;
| could have worn another pair of
gloves, or have sent a maid down,
Or But, of course, l did the
worse thing possible! 1 already had
one glove on, you see, and, as l was
coming down to go out, l came for
it myself"
THAT blows nobody any
good u concluded.
"Of course, l rang"
"Of course"
"And / knocked, too, for a long
time. And just at the moment
came to the conclusion there was no
body in, | discovered the door was
not properly closed. I'm afraid
must plead guilty of being dreadfully
impulsiye. l didn't really stop to
think what a rude thing I was doing.
pushed open the door slightly and
looked straight along, and there was
the glove lying on a table in the
sunlight"
And you recovered it?" sug-
gested.
mo, of course not! I tried to;
entered without thinking, and just as
did SO another gust of wind blew
the door to. was so awfully
startled! At the moment, l hurried
across the hall, too. l heard you at
the door, Then I lost my head com
pletely. / took refuge in here" She
rose. 81 hope you will accept my
apologies, and forget
I'm afraid l can't do that" 1 said
things a man cannot forgive-or for
get. You have placed me very awll-
wardly You see, there was a con-
versation between my man and me
which"
'T-I-don't think you are justified
in supposing l was eavesdropping as
well as trespassing," she said, trife
Indignantly.
But have I your unqualified denial
that you overheard our cOnversa-
tion?" l persisted very gravely.
''That was rather too much, but You
cannot possibly suppose was inten-
tionally listening"
Mono. The point is this: eff
you overheard our conversation, you
must be aware that secuted my
mans idea that your glove might
have a far-reaching influence on my
life"
"Oh, II certainly don't think
heard"
And if you didn't hear enough of
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