The Mitchell capital. (Mitchell, Dakota [S.D.]) 1879-1918, 1907-12-27
THE LESSON OF LOVING,
BY Anocla MORGAN.

\ 45'it. ioVi, DN w. II. Hearst.
ih"r had warned him against her re-
peaseuly. using every arsumen. TO con-
vince Inn of her heart.essness, he. triflinr
sfea'intn; OF the most serious attention
man can offer woman.
-Shr is a eoquettc.' they told him.
heep away from her"
Hut 10sI'n Howe only laughed al them.
AS YES one man most favored by AHA Gil-
lespie at the time. he felt that his adyan-
'age save him the rish; 10 scoff 81 warn-
inss so absurd.
Alta shallow-hearted? Alta fattllless?
an iheE Old not know her as he did, An
.hae talk about her having Tilted d *
ANtfy.~wea. what IL she mad: That was
"cs privilege certainly. Dick was a worth
les caap- Better 10 nave discovered ii he
Tore marriage than after.
ii'' We're lealous-all of them, Jealous
peNa&Se she loved him-yes, loved him
even rs he loved her. Sure OF it? Sure
as he was OF life itself.
FRESH IN MS memory was the vivid
sweetness OF that Wonderful moment wbe,
ne Alsi saw the leaping response in her
eyes IL" had caught her wrists firmly.
ia u grip that was almost cruel, while his
iiefe!lcss gaze searched her glowing face
"A sudden recollection had rushed back
something said by the warning ones
nv eyes can tell the same story to a
dozen men, "
Alta" he had cried. You mean .his9
1 love you, | want YOU for my wife-mina
always. do You love 1ne enough for ,h.tp
Ate yot. Surc-sure?"
cry, very sure" she had answere,,
Il love YOU, Justin"
ana SO he could laugh at the others ard
snap his fingers at their doubts me in
fatuation swept him on in AN eyer 1.e,,on-
ing current. There was sometime so NOV,
eriut' SO compelling about it, sop1c;hinp so
!H'Apiieaole, That at times he fel. a swift,
terror 'ess some day this mighty hapni,.ass
should be s'7atchcd from him. Ana VET,
.ms Wy strength of the attachment
no ones, ' :"
~ was three weeks later that his sister
approached him on The subject. i'm a s,,t,it
OF desperate bravery.
9he IS PLAYING with YOU, Justin, Don't
you khow 1t? o, ] cant see YOU 20 on
p,.''als ,aes way. DO you think she IN
l.h"S tNlhg herself to one man so soonp
NOT while there are others TO charm and
fool" "'" "'o
have done with his nonsense. One
YOU'D 'hlhk. to hear You women talk, thar
Alla Glllespie was some henu incarnotc
" . piaeh-'learsed creature with dcvilish
Not that. Sustin, It's lust her vanity.
her self love; her craving for the ad,nir,,
ton OF men"
you women seem to understand each
o,her.' he snccred. You are icalnus. All
OIL You. II is tliat and nothing else which
hurts you so"
At.erward he felt q vague regret for his
words. a disturbing question prictca him
ohder the influence of a truly great lave,
would such rudeness toward his sister
have been possible? $500
mat Very night he went 20 Alta and
urged n definite date for the wedding she
s ..sell startled. 1:smayed. al his mood.
.@ait~wait Just a lil,le", she bep,ed
L must have time 10 think and Man
And 1T was always so. whennve, be
ofoached the subject. FINALLY she orgy,
resentful OF his anxiety. Her manner
toward him changed.
justin lowe tried 20 persuade hi1,se,,
mat the change was only In his ina rina.
tion, but the hateful truth was ea.in.
Keeper into his heart each day.
MIA he cried at last, resolved Ia fac.
"iit'eNer should come. II must know
Mhal you mean, dear. You have changed.
somehow. Am l to blame for this?"
w. she said, in a color,ess voice.
GU Still care for me-"
Yes But the word did no. yfhrata
you love me as much as eyer""
ohe was silent. He looked upon her az
sis sht by the window. her head Slightly
n.'i,' the ate afternoon sunlight slantiuy
The silence heightened. deepened, wild.
ehed, until it seemed TO drown Xiv, 49, W.,
black surge of agony. Across mis- rast
ana awful gulf her voice came To hin, M
'isL' sounding very small and far away.
'hStih, L think we have made a mis-
lnke' you and L. Better to know n no.
sorry" 'SS
fe sat and stared upon her. voicelesx
mo,onless. Every little detail! of hcr
looms, her dress. stood out disiinc,l,.
burned forever into his memory.
more was a marrow scarle. ribbon about
hei throat, showing velvet red against lis
palpitatlng wlitencss. Upon this thread
all at once. eit
10 ms excited vision 4, seemed a circlct
OF blood. Had, indeed, The murdero1s
thought thai was in him taken shape and
hung itself at her throat?
AS ne looked the circlet seemed 10 widen
y SuiiocatlhS horror seized him-a horror
OF himself. of the fierce thought that came
to him. VIZ" cams
"ltnout a word he turned and rushed
IRON i1er presence, out into the street.
ne lao peen walking Il long time before
ne realized that it was dust. The wind
rising TO a furious gale. A storm was
like the storm in his sonl
Over in the west Il srea, crimson zach
soFeo me piled up purple of the clouds.
1t was like the rcd, red horror of thar
awful moment. ~
But that was all over now. Thank God
lie had fed from 1t,
descending banks Of darkness were blot
ms OUT the crimson wound In the west.
ven as THIS heavy resignation was be-
lumbins the pain that had tortured hin.
one question cried to him from out OF
he wind and darkness: Must experience
always teach US? Can we learn no other
Hay?"
Atchison Globe Sights.
a man feels as Ill at ease in a dry
coos store as he does in a kitchen.
ne MAJ who is interesting as a
'peclineh is o SO interesting as a fell