Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1908-10-21

lievfng Karl was In possession of the
letter, would yield to the inevitable;
that she would again confess her love.
even to Karl himself, and that only
miracle of resolution and faith and
strength could save the two young peo-
pie from the abyss OF dishonor and
unhappiness into which he was about
to plunge them.
He slipped his tea in silence. Sew
eral moments elapsed before Olga was
able to control herself. Then she
asked, without looking at Millar, and
her voice was dry with pain:
"Did-did Karl read the letter"
"Oh, yes" Millar said. with another
sip of tea.
80 God, too later she cried.
Millar arose and stood behind Olga's
chair. leaning over her and speaking in
a soft, low voice.
after he read the letter he buried
his face in his pillow and wept," he
said.
HE wept?"
eyes; he wept with JOY. I do not
like men who weep"
Olga did not heed his flippancy. She
looked up at him imploringly.
ST did not want him to get that let
ter" she said II came to ask him to
give it back to me unopened. l am
| too late"
at is not you who are too late. 1t
was | who was too early" Millar said
| deprecatingly.
"Oh. is this life really serious mat
ter" Olga exclaimed, when every
thing can depend upon ones getting
here few moments before or a few
minutes after o'clock"
THAT is it exactly" Millar said.
Eve should not take it so seriously"
Olga looked thoughtfully away from
him and said to herself softly:
"He wept."
From Joy" Millar repeated after
her. In the same soft voice.
81 am afraid to speak to him. and
| vet l must" Olga cried, starting up.
81 would like to go far. far away. but
I cannot. Something seems to hold
me here. / cannot cannot go. What
| will become of me?'
"You will be very happy and will
make Karl very happy" Millar said.
Heinrich entered and took the tea
things.
an. Karl will be down in a mo-
ment," he said.
Olga clasped her hands tragically
and turned an imploring face on Mil
lar, who started for the studio door.
"Goodby," he said; II will leave you
to speak to Karl alone"
"Please don't 60" Olga implored.
"I can hardly remain under the cir
cumstances," he said.
He knew that to further his design
Karl and Olga should meet quite alone
He would see to it that even old Helm
rich did not interrupt them until Olgs
had repeated her confession of love
and the hoax of the letter had beer
revealed Then he would reappear
with the letter. and they might read 1
together
Olga knew that her own frail femi
nine heart would give way if she wer,
left alone to meet Karl. Evil as sh,
believed Millar to be, yet she dreaded
his going now.
81 am afraid to be alone with him.
she said. won't you please stay?'
But if stay how could you speal
to Karl about the letter." Millar asked
"And you must say something abou
1t, you know. / would only be in tn
way"
Olga weakened and began to pac
the floor again.
well. l Shall be quite frank witt
him." she said. 81 shall be honest
shall ask him for the last time
Karrs voice was heard in his owl
room calling to Heinrich
HE is coming" Millar said. 81 vii
leave you'
please don't go very far away,
Olga implored.
Il shall be here" Millar said, goin
, to small anteroom adjoining the stu
dio. "If you need me, CALI
I He stepped within the other roor
and closed the door softly. Olga stood
/ her hands gripping the back of he
: | chair waiting