Montpelier examiner. [volume] (Montpelier, Idaho) 1895-1937, 1907-11-15

g1VS1 you 70 me. Let Us Ros Let
me take You to the viyianS>- lie
threw out his arms In a Wild. pas.
sionate gesture: he was utterly unlike
himself Hts emotion burst through
aud shattered pose and cynlclsEn and
hard crust OF sellishness like the ex.
nicding powder bursting the she'll 4
can't give you up. Anita" he ex,
claimed in a tone OF utter desperation.
L can't. I can't
But her gaze was all this time stead.
lily on me, as II she feared would so.
should she look away II win tell
you myself" she said. rapidly. to me
'swe-Uncle Howard and Tread IN
the papers how they had all turned
against you. and he brought me over
here. He has been teiegraphlnE for
you. This morning he went TO town
to search for you. About an hour Aso
Langdon came. I refused 10 80 him.
as | have ever since the time I told
you about at Alvas. lie persisted.
until at last had the servant request
him 10 leave the house"
but now there's no longer any
reason for your staying. Anita" he
pleaded. He has said you are free.
Why stay when you would really no
more be here than II you were 20 so.
leaving one Of your empty dresseaG'
She had not for an Instant taken
her gaze from me; and 10 strange
were her eyes. 30 compelling. that J
seemed unable 20 move or speak.
But now she released me TO blaze
l Atv,.-aAA mkmn 4
any detail OF her face or voice a. she
said TO him: THAT IL false. Now
bray Langdon. told you the truth
when told you loved himl"
so violent was her emotion that
she had to pause for seif-eontrol. And
In was overwhelmed. daEed.
stunned. when she went on. she
was looking az neither Of us. Yea,
loved him. almost from the first
from the day he came to the box at
the races. l was ashamed. poor crea.
ture that my parents had made met
was ashamed OF II. And ] tried to
hate him, and thought did, And
when he showed me that he no longer
cared, my pride Roaded me into the
folly OF trying 10 listen 20 you. But
loved him more than ever. And M
you and he stand here, am ashamed
again--ashamed that | was ever 80
blind aud ignorant and prejudlced as
10 compare him wlth"-Hhe looked ~
L4angdon-"with you. Do you believe
me now-now that humble myself
before him here in your presenceH"
should have had no heart nj all
II had not felt pity for him IIls
face was gray. and on II were those
signs OF age that strong emotion
brings 10 the surface after 40.
You could have convinced me in no
other way" he replied. after a 81,
lence. and in n voice I should not
have recognized.
Silence again. Presently he raised
his head. and With something OF his
old cynicism bowed to her.
You have avenged much and
many" said he. Il have often had Z
presentiment that my day or wrath
would come"
He lifted his hat. bowed at me with
out looking at me, and. drawing the
tatters of his pose still further over
his wounds. moved away toward the
landing.
!. stlll in a stupor. watched him un,
til he had disappeared. when
turned to her, she dropped her eyes
Uncle Howard will be- back this
afternoon" said che. '.if may. I'll
stay at the house until he comes "a
take me-"
A weary. halfsuppresaed sigh
escaped from her knew how she
must be reading my silence. but was
still unable 20 speak. She went 20 the
horse. browsing near By. Hhe stroknd
his muzzle. Llngeringiy ahe twined
her fingers in hig mane. rs II about
to spring TO his back That remind
ed me OF a thousand and one changes
In her-llttle changes. each q trins
IN Itself. yet. taken all together. max
Ing 4 complete transformation.
Let me help YOU" I managed q
say. And I bent. and made a STEP
of my hand.
She touched her fingers 20 my
shoulder. set her narrow. graceful foot
upon my palm. But she did not rise
! glanced up. she Was gazing wiStfui
u down at me.
Women have 20 learn By experience
Just as do men," said she. forlornly
Yet men will not tolerate H."
suppose I must suddenly have
looked what was unable 10 put inte
wordH-for her eyes grew very wide
and. with a cry that was q siEh and
rob. and a laugh and n earnsa All
in one. she slid Into NJ arms and hei
. face was burning against mine.
DO you remember ihe night az tha
: fheater." she murmured. when YOU
lips almost touched ny nsck1--l
loved you then-Black Matt-BlRcA
: Matt"
And ! found voice: and the horma
wandered away.
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