Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1908-03-13
And ain sIvsrd shared Into bis half

And stiii siwsrd stared into his hall
yelled. sneering eyes. sI'eechless-
There Is only ore name uss-i Tor
ibis Kind Of thing" added Quarter,
taking q Quick involuntary step hack
ward n the door - the blaze OF furs
broke cut in Siward's e+es-
Good God. Quarter" whispered 81
ward with dry lips. what cur you
are, What q cur
And long after Quarter had passed
the door aud disappeared IN the corr-
dor. SIward stood there. frozen mo-
tionless under the icy waves or rage
that swept him.
Toward midnight. seated In his chair
by the window. u deathly lassitnde
weighing his heart. be heard the steps
OF people on the stairway, the click OF
th. ascending elevator. gay voices call
Ing good night. a ripple OF laughter. the
silken swish OF skirts In the corridor.
doors opening and closing; then silence
creeping throughout the house ON the
rrceding heels OF departure. For q
long while he sat there listening.
The cool wind from the ocean blew
his curtains far into the room, where
they bellled out. hutterlng. floating.
suhsiding. only 20 rise again In the
freshenIng breeze. lie sat watching
their sllken convolutiuns, stupidity. for
awhile, then rose and closed his win
dow. and raised the window on the
south for purposes OF air.
As he turned 10 adjust his transom,
something white thrust under the
door caught his eye. aud he walked
over and drew II across the sill. IL
was sealed note. He opened IL,
reading II as he walked back 10 the
| droplight burning beside his bed:
Did you not mean TO say goodby2 Be-
/ cause IL is to be goodby for long. long
| time-for al! our liyes-as long as We live
-as long as the world lasts and longer.
GoOdby-unles= you care 10 say 1t TO me.
lie stood studying the note for
awhile. Presently, lighting a match.
| he set fire TO it and carried il blazing
| to the CRATE and flung il in. watching
| the blackened ashes curl up, glow.
whiten and fall In flakes TO the hearth
| Then he went out into the corridor
and traversed the hall to the passage
| which led 10 the bay window. There
WAS nobody there Moving swiftly, lie
walked the length OF the corridor aud,
hating at her door. knocked once.
After moment the door swung
open. He stepped forward into the
| h.. lah nd
confronted the tall girl standing there
silhouetted against the lamp behind
her.
You are insane to do this! she
whispered. Il let you in for fear YOU d
knock again"
Il went To the bay window" he said.
You went too late | was there an
hour ago. waited DO you know
what time II isF'
Come to the bay window" he said,
"if you fear me here
"Do you know 1t is nearly O'Clock =
she repeated. And you leave at g."
shall we say goodby herey' he ask
ed coolly.
Certainly, | dare not 20 out And
you--do you know the chances we are
running! You must be perfectly mad
TO come TO my room. DO you think
anybody could have seen-heard you
No. Good night" He offered his
hand. She laid both of hers in it. He
could scarcely distinguish her features
where she stood dark against the bril-
liant light behind her.
"Goodby," he whispered, kissing heI
hands where they lay In his.
"GOodby." Her fingers closed con
vulsively, retaining his hands. II hope