The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1908-11-01

"Hush, do not speak! 1t is I, Jes-
sica. Make no noise ~
She felt her wrist caught in grasp
that made her vince His whole body
he said in painfully articulated whis-
per, You' Where am IL"
"This is my room.'' she breathed.
"You have been walking in your sleep.
Make no sound. We shall be heard. ,,
A low exclamation broke from his
lips. He looked bewildoredlly about
him. his eyes returning to her face with
a Mortified realization. 81 -;
The voice was scarcely audible
"It was I who brought you here.
You were in the hall-you would have
been found. The house is reused"
He turned abruptly TO the door, but
going to dos You will be seen" J."
$50 much tho better; it will be at
my proper measure-as prowler,
housebreaker, disturber of honest
sleep!" -,
"You shall not; 1 will not have you
taken for what you are noti l know
but they would not know! No one
must see you leave this rooml Do you
not think Of met"
He caught his breath hard: Think
of you!'5 he repeated huskily. "Is
|
of you7 Is there a day when l would
not die to serve you9 Yet in my very
Sleep
He paused, gazing at her where she
stood in the half.light, misty, uncer-
tain figure. She was cuTiously happy:
guilt, however-the guilt of the hidden,
not the blameworthy thing--that. was
| tingline through her was for him a
shrinking and acute self~reproach,
| "Here!' he said under his breath:
"To have brought myself here, of all
places, for you of all women to risk
yourself for. me- only know that 1
was wandering for years and years in
a shadowy desert, searching for some
thing that would not be found-and
then, suddenly l was here and you were
speaking to me! You should have left
me to be dragged away where I could
| trouble nc one again,
She was silent. "For~ive me-" he
said, eff you can. II can never for
give myself. How can best go7'
| For answer she moved to the window,
slender and wraith~like. He followed
| silently. \ million vague. new impress
sions were .clutching at him. the fra
motto incense yelling shadowy forms.
Lines started from the blank:
And 1 swear, I thought OF her thus, in
| that hour
And how. after all, old things were
| best.
That I smelt the smell OF that jasmin-
! Which she used to wear In her breast!
AS she parted the curtain, second
of bright lightning revealed the land
scape, the dark hedges and clustered
| trees. II blackened, and she drew him
back with a hushed word, pointing
where a lantern was flashing through
| the shrubberv
..It is a watchman,'' she said. "He
will be gone presently"
Looking at her, where she stood in
the dim light, half turned away. one
| hand against her cheek, there welled
| through him wave of that hopeless
longing which her kiss had awakened in
| that epoch moment of the Reverend
Henry Sanderson. The clinging white
| gown. with the flmy lace at the throat,
| the taper,s faint glow glimmering to
| intangible suggestions Of the room-all
these called TO him potently, through
the lines that raced in his brain:
| But O. the smell OF that 1asmin- flower!
! And that music, and o the way
That voice rang out from the donjon
tower
"God help mel he whispered. the
pent passion Of his dreams rushing to
utterance, "Why did l ever see your
facet ] was reckless and careless then.
! had damned the decent side OF me
that now is duivering alive, ! have
tried to blot your face from nv NON.
ory. But it is useless. I shall always
| see it
4 rumble Of nearer thunder sounded
and q tentative dash OF rain struck the
! pane. She was shaken 20 her deptls
She stood in q whirlwind Of emotion
She seemed to feel his arms clasping
her, his lips on hers, his adjuring words
| l..
wreathcd them both The beating of
her heart seemed to fill all the silent
room.
On the lawn Just outside the window.
low voices were heard through the in
creasinG rain. They passed. and aftor
moment he softly unattached the window
Good bye, he said
She stretched ont her hand. He
touched il. then drew the window wide
AS he stepped noiselessly down onto the
springy turf. the lightning flashed again
"a pale green glow that seemed almost
before her face. She drew back, and
the same instant. through the thunder.
the electric bell on the wall rang sharp.
ly. She threw on her dressing gown,
thrust her feet into slippers, and hast.
ened from the room.
Tho same flash that had startled Jos-
sica lighted brightly the physician and
the watchman, who stood at the corner
|
tour of inspection. II was the latter
who had found the open door and who
had aroused the doctor, insisting that
he had seen man in the hall The
other had pooh. .poohcd this, but now
by the lightning both saw the figure
emerge from the French window and
disappear In the darkness.
They ran back, the physician ahegl.
The window was not locked. and th.y
stepped through 1t into an empty room.
''To be sure,''' said the doctor. dis.
gustedly. "He was here all the time
--heard US searching the halls, and tool.
the first unlocked door he found. Miss
Holme, no doubt, is sitting up with Mr.
Stires. Not word Of this, - he added.
as they walked along the hall. "Uuless
she misses something, there is no need
of frightening her.
He barred the outer door behind the
watchman and went on. AS he reached
David STRESS room, the door opened
and Jesslca. came out, She spoke to
! him IN a low, anxious voice, "I was
coming for YOU. ~ she said OF am