News and citizen. [volume] (Morrisville, Vt. ;) 1881-current, 1908-01-22
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C0urtship.
BY HELEN X. MARTIN.
Author OF "Tiiiie: A Mennonite Maid"
Copyright, 1907, by Mcclure, Phillips & Co.
(CoNTINUED.J
1907, by Mcclure, Phillips g. Co.

You say it is for my good that yol
withhold for the time what you know
OF this room. 1t is, then, as have Otter
suspected. bound up in some way will
my life?"
He hesitated an instant. Let us no
speak of it just yet Eunice."
Very well" she acquiesced gently
81 have so often wished" she added
that, if inauimate things can really
take on impressions from the lives oil
the people that use them and after
ward give out those impressions, this
place would speak to me of its his,
tory!'
1t was not to be wondered at that
her ideas were thus fantastic, he
thought. The effect of her desutory
reading upon one who lived a life as
Isolated from the world as nuns and
whose mind was left undisciplined by
any other mental exercise was so Curl
Gus as to be almost phenomenal.
"But do you know how soon you can
tell mc?' she asked.
probably the next time we can be
alone together. And don't let it be IL
week from now. When and where shall
it be?'
''In this room tomorrow night? she
suggested.
cant you come to me on the ter
race again?' he proposed, quite unwill-
ing to expose her to the scandal which
must arise il they were found alone in
this chamber in the small hours of the
night.
Eve would not be interrupted or in
any way disturbed here" she said her
clear eyes so innocent of any impro-
priety in her proposal that he would
NO more have suggested it to her than
he would have offered poison to a
babe
"You know" she added 'they all
have great fear of this part of the
house. On the terrace we might be
seen. Abe
She stopped short as though to ward
off an anathema upon Abe.
But Kinross realized that perhaps
she was right They ran little Or no
risk of interruption in this room.
"Let us meet here, then. tomorrow
night, and / will tell you what can"
He was conscious of the fact that In
the course of their talk she had seem
ed to him like one reused out of
long torpor. like dropping wild flower
reviving under a soft rain.
EDO you know, Eunice. it isn't true
what you told me the other night
that you have no education You
have read and, l have reason to be-
lieve, assimilated the best of English
letters"
you call me educated?' she asked
with interest
Technically an educated person Is
no doubt one who knows the multiple
cation tables. l am not sure that you
do"
She shook her head sadly. "No," she |
humbly acknowledged. "And l can't |
spell either"
your education is dreadfully one |
sided he said, smiling. But take |
comfort This is the day for special, |
ties. believe that your knowledge % |
English at least is rather thorough"
would it serve me in supporting |
mySelf!' she eagerly asked
Surely. The wonder to me is that |
you have not through some occult proc
ess learned to read those Balzacs."
She looked at him doubtfuly.
"You never even glanced into them:"
Long ago l used to take one down
occasionally and wish | could read it,"
Had it been fortunate or unfortunate
for her. he wondered, that she had
missed this confession in his pocket?
That remained to be seen, and he was
eager to be alone in his room to read
it. He felt reluctance to bringing this
interesting tete-a-tete to an end, but
he must without delay be alone TO
read the secret in his pocket He rose
from his chair.
Its getting awfully late, Eunice
I'd better go now. We will meet here
tomorrow night then? At what time:'
.'I can come as soon as Ollie falls |
asleep. She was restless tonight. and II |
made me late. She is usually quiet 10y |
half past at the latest"
'I shall be waiting for you here at
that time. And now l think you'd bet
ter get some rest and not stop here to
read"
He held out his hand to her. Good |
night"
Without rising from the bed she laid |
her slim fingers in his. and he clasped |
them for an instant as he looked down
into her eyes appraised to his. There
was something in her passionate gaze
'fpure as very fire" which set his own |
pulsa to bounding and which made him |
feel for the first time in her presence
the full force of fascinating person
atty. the charm of a most sweet wo |
manhood
He clasped her hand almost fierceiy |
then turned away abruptly and went |
from the room.
CHAPTER XVI.
CEATED on the side of his bed.
his lamp burning on the bureau /
at his elbow. Dr. Kinross. III
~ the small hours of the morn
ing, read the paper he had found in
the haunted room.
Both the wording OF Il and the pen
m1ueliu rave evidence that fbp VII o.