Gunnison news-champion., 1907-06-07
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~ passed through my Once . lee
ssts1ies iAser I kaasd Bobs VOICE in
Hc.slsh Ssads o.5ce. u Sss raised
10 passionate eloeaeacs.
Yes k~uiah. ] have done !; ssnet@
handsd ! have csucskea Csmemeyer.
standard OIL asd tbs 'sysseR that
ss,.ked Rae 10 ;Es cross q fee weeks
ago. Hou have three nailli0ns. and !
have seven Nov there 10 noshing
mere bs: for yos TO go home to your
father and then come back to me
Bach To Ee. Begiah. bach to Ese to sc
my wife
He stopped There was NO sound
! waited. then. fTighteaed. ! stepped
to the door of Beuiaa sands oasce
hob vas standing Just inside the
threshold. where he had halted to give
her the glad tie ags She had risen
from her desk and vas looking at him
with an agonizcd stare. He seemed
10 he transfxed by her iook. the wild
ecstasy Of the ostburst of love yet
mirrercd in his eyes She xss Just
saying as | react "a the door:
Bob. in mercy name tell me you
got this money fairly. honorably"
Bob must have realized for the first
time what be had done He did not
speak He only stared into her eyes
She was now at his side.
Bob. you are anneryed," she said;
you have been through a terrible or
deal For an hour l have been read
ing in the bulletins of the banks and
trust companies that have failed. Of
the banking houses that have been
ruined. ! have been reading that yoa
did It; that you have made millions
and ! knew it was Tor me. for father,
but In the midst of my JOY, NY graft
tgde. my love-for, oh. Bob. | love
you" she interrupted herself pas
siOnately. 1T seems as though ! love
you beyond the capacity OF human
heart to love ! think that for the
right to be yours for one single mo-
rnent of this life | would smilingly en-.
dure all the pains ami miseries ~
eternal torture Yes. Bob for the
right 10 have you call ne yours for
only while | heard the words. would
do anything. Bob. anything that wa.
honorable"
She had drawn his head down close
TO her face. and her great blue eyes
searched his as though they would
go to his very soul She was child
in her simple appeal for him to allow
her to see his heart. to see that there
Was nothing black there.
As she gazed her beautiful hands
played through his hair as do q moth
er's through that OF the child she 10
sOothing in sickness.
Bob. speak to me, speak tO me-"
she begged. tell me there Was no Ass-
Tell me no one WAS made to suffer a.
my father and | have suffered. Tel
me that the suicides and the convicts,
the daughters dragged to shame and
the mothers driven to the madhouse
as result OF this panic, cannot be
charged to anything unfair or d.shon.
orable that YOU have done Bob. oh,
Bob. answer! Answer no, or my
heart will break or II, Bob. you have
made mistake. II you have done
that which in your sreat desire to aid
me and my father osemed justifiable.
but which you nov oee was wrong.
tell II to me, Bob dear, and together
we will try to undo IL. We will try
to find a way to atone We will give
TIE millions to the last. last penny
to those upon whom you have brought
misery. Fathers loss will not mat
ter Together We will go to him sna
tell him what We have done. what
We have lived through, tell him or
our mistake and in our agony he VI
forget his own. For such a horrcr
has my father Of anything dishonor-
able that he will embrace his misery
as happiness when he knows that his
teachings have enabled his daughter
to undo this great wrong And then.
Bob. We will be married. ami yen and
i and father and mother viii be to-
gether. and be, oh. so happy. and we
will begin all over again.
'Beulah. stop; in the name Of Cod,
in the name Of your love for me,
don't say another word. There 10
q limit to the capacity Of a man to
suffer even II he be a great. strong
brute like myself, and. Beulah. Ihave
rerached that limit The day has been
a hard one"
His voice softened and became a.
q tired child's.
Il must go into the hustle Of the
street. into the din and sound. and get
down my nerves and get back M
head. Then ! shall be able to think
clear and true. and l will come back
TO you. and together We will see il
have done anything that makes me
unfit to touch the cheek and the hands
and the lips of the best and most
beautiful woman God ever pvt upon
earth. Beulah. .ou know I would no.
deceive you to save my body from the
hres OF this world and my soul from
the torture Of the damned. and I
promise You that IL I find that l have
done wroAG what yov call vropo