Pierre weekly free press. (Pierre, S.D.) 1889-19??, 1908-10-01
CHAPTER XVI Continued,

ierent She Is young and timtd and
alarmed her little. ought to have
been more careful. She cannot un
derstand why should want to be he,
friend, knowing who she is, and know
Ing las she does, something of our fam
ily pride. She has not known me long
enough to be quite sure of me. She
remembers what said in Exeter
wish she didn't-and she fears there is
something other than good will be.
hind. I must make 1t my business to
remove every suspicion and win her
tull confidence. She must trust me be.
tore she can love me-
HeTeturned to his work of indexing,
resolved to put the whole subject out
Of his mind for the rest of the day.
He would be master of himself and
putwardly he carried his resolve into
execution. He stuck to his work with
= steady persistence that did him
credit.
The brain, however, works uncon-
sciously, almost automatically. He
dxed his mind well upon the task he
had in hand, but his subconscious self
was somewhere else, and was passing
through quite different set OF emo.
tons.
Books, books, books - sections
date-edit ons-occupied his attention
to the full; and all the while his sub.
conscious self was saying, Marion
ought to know. It may be of great
Importance to her. It would be easy
to call round after tea. Esther's let
ter is more than an excuse. If she
objects to see me- well, at any rate,
shall have done my duty
His days work was done at last,
and he hurried rapidly away Of incerti-
tude. He felt as though his brain or
his body was the receptacle of two
antagonistic personalities; which
would win the day was still a matter
Of consider be doubt.
S Should he go to Chingford Terrace,
20 rshould he not? His love inclined
In one direction, his pride In the 9TH
err But In the end love won.
He jumped ZIP from his chair as IL
a rocket Lad exploded underneath,
jerked on his oyercoat without any
consi Iteration of the seams, damned
on his hat at a very considerable an
Gle and hurried into the street. He
seemed afraid of himself -afraid lest
his resolution should eyaporate before
he got fairly under way
He walled rapidly at first, but after
a while settled down to a slower pace.
Now that he had conquered his pride
he felt hap Ter than he had done for
the day. Love, undimmed by any
cloud of bitterness, warmed and COM
.forted him. The thought of looking
again into Marion's clear, honest eyes
thrilled him to the finger tips.
He reached Chingford Terrace at
length and without difficulty and
marched boldly up to the door of No.
A and pulled the bell. Then he wait
ed with his heart in his mouth, won
dering what kind of reception he
would get.
When Clements card was handed
to Marion she gave q little gasp and
all the color suddenly left her cheeks
Fortunately, however, the servant was
not an observant person and did not
notice her confusion.
Where Is her she asked, after q
moment. in as different tone as she
could command and without raising
her eyes.
In the AL, miss
II there any one In the drawing
:roomf' s;3s83 s43
Il don't think so. None Of the 9TH
or Hides hev returned YET
oh, then. show him into the draw
ing room and say I will see him In q
few minutes. %
'.Ys s. miss, and Lucy turned at
once and left the room.
Marion heard the drawing room:
door open and shut; heard Lucy's
footsteps die away towards the
kitchen; then she placed her hand to-
her side and drew a long breath. She
had felt troubled and perplexed all the
day. and this unexpected visit added
greatly TO her perplexity. She could
not help wondering how he had discov-
cred her whereabo outs: His pertinac-
ity almost made her angry, and yet
she was conscious Of feeling that
was distinctly Measurable.
So She had been feeling particularly
lonely all the day The Guild Of
Women Works. saw comparatively
little of each other Occasionally q
few of them spent an hour together
81 the evening and now and then on:
Sunday they spnt \ day toge ether, but
I'll the main each pursued her owe
wa Some were Jour lists. some
typists some teachers, some artists,
md j rev Hike Marion were preparing
ior q tie future, hence, as 3 a
whoie they had not q great deal IN
common, Those engaged Ia the same
0ccnpet Ion we're ften 5eslous 81 each
81 and those who we're pre pairing
9ijp competse hem were not re-
4 iith sxnberanrly friendly feel.
li1ixIas esides HI uemen lii the
Sinxin aIs not cons tut onal lv clubba.
They Hiss each other when
part. and 8lsh and
|Is tsr delig over 4 cup Sof tea,