The Coalville times. [volume] (Coalville, Utah) 1894-1923, 1907-09-20
CHApTER XXVIII-contInued.

Is about 10 tell me that she lB lCay.
Ing Thought !. but / managed to
say. I'm glad 70 hear OF your luck"
though ! fear my tone was not cspo.
cialy Joyous
80" she went on. 81 am IN posi-.
zion 10 pay back Co YOU. ] think. what
my father and sam took from you
~ won't boz enough. l'm afraid, 10 pas
what you lost indirectly nut I hayb
told the lawyers TO make ~ an over
10 you"
could have laughed aloud Il WAS
zoo ridiculous, This situation into
which had got myself dld not
know what TO say I could hardly
keep out of my face how foolish this
collapse Of my crafty conspiracy made
me feel And then the fu, meaning
OF what she was doing came over me
the revelation Of her character
trusted myself 10 steal q glance At
her: and Tor the first time ! didn't
see the thrilling azure sheen over her
smooth white skin. though an her
beauty was before me. as dazzling as
when II compelled me 10 resolve 20
win her. No. / saw her. herself the
woman within. ! had known from tho
outset that there was an altar OF love
within my temple Of passion. ! think
chat was my first real visit 10 H.
"Anital" / said. unstcadlly "Anita!"
The color famed IN her checks; We
were silent for a long time.
"You-your people owe mo moth
lng." at length found voice 20 say.
"Eyen n they did, couldn't and
wouldn't take your money. Hut, be-
uoyo me they owe mo nothing
you cannot mislcad me" she an
swered "Whon they asked me TO be
come engaged to you. they told me
about H."
had forgotten Tho whole repul.
elye. rotten business came back TO me.
And. changed man that had become
In the last six months. / saw myself
as | had been. felt that she was
looking at me. was reading the de.
grading confession In my tolltale
features.
Il will tell you the whole truth"
said ]. Il did use your fathers and
your brothers debts 20 me as means
OF getting TO you. hut, before God.
Anita. swear ! was honest with you
whom / said 10 you never hoped or
wished 20 win You IN that way''
II believe YOU she replied, and her
tone and expression made my heart
leap with Undesirable Joy
Love is sometimes most unwlso In
his use Of the reins he puts on pas.
sion Instead OF acting as impulse
commanded I said, clumsuy: And
am very different today from what I
was last spring" II never occurred
20 me how she might interpret those
words.
Il know" she replied. She waited
several seconds before adding. 81. too.
have changed. / see that ! was far
more guilty than you There Is no
excuse for me. / was badly brought
up. as you used 10 say. but"
Mono" began to protest.
She cut me short with a sad You
need not be- polite and spare my feel.
ings Let's not talk OF H. Let us go
back 10 the object had In coming
for you to-day"
You owe me nothing" / repeated
"Your brother and your father set.
tlod long ago. I lost nothing through
them. And I've learned that n / had
never known you. Roobuck and Lang.
don would stlll have attacked me"
"What my uncle gave me has been
transferred TO you said she. woman
fashion. not hearing what she did not
care 10 heed. Il can't make you nc.
cept H.: but there It Is. and there Il
stays"
II cannot take Il" said l. III you
insist on leaving II In my name, I
shall simply return II TO your uncle"
q wrote him what / had done" she
rejolned. His answer came yester.
day He approves &C."
Approves H." / exclaimed.
"You do not know how eccentric he
is." she explained. naturally mIsun,
Outstanding my astonishment She
took letter from her bosom and
handed Il TO me read
Dear Madam: Il was yours 10 do
with as you pleased. II you ever ind
yourself In the mood to visit. Gull
House is open to you. provided you
bring no maid ! will not have female
servants about Yours truly
HOWARD FORESTER"
you will consent now, will you
not?" she asked, as lifted my eyes
from this characteristic note.
saw that her peace Of mind was
al stake "Yes-I consent
She gave great sigh as at the lay
ing down Of a heavy burden Thank
you" was an she said but she put a
world OF meaning into the words.
She took the FIRST homeward turning.
We were nearly AZ the house before
! found words that would pave the
way toward expressing my thoughts
my lOnglngs and hopes.
You say you have forgiven me-
said /. Then we can bc-iri"nds''
She was silent. and I took her SOM
hcr expression 10 mean that She
feared ! was hiding some sublety
II mean Just what say Anita ]
fastened TO explain "Fuends-sim.