Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1908-01-01

Kinross felt the blood surge to his
very forehead He answered her with
an abrupt question.
"Why did you leave my letter unan-'
swered, Eunice?"
Her eyes fell. She did not reply at
once.
II couldn't write to you"
"And why?"
Aunt Eunice kept urging me to
write She said must express my
gratitude to you for oil you had done
for me, but my feeling for you is 80
far above gratitude-it is feeling SO
much larger and greater than that.
Yet" she added, her head dropping, II
could not write of 1t to you, and so l
could not write ut all, for there Is to
me sacredness In my feeling for you
which would seem belittled and even
desecrated by my not being true to 1t.
could write to you out Of the fullness
Of my heart or be silent"
He suddenly caught her hand, hang
ing at her side. and clasped 1t in a
grip that hurt her. III you had writ
ten to me out of the fullness Of your
heart, oh, you incomparable"- BE
checked himself and dropped her I'm.
gers with an abruptness that made her
feel us though he had flung them of.
Life is such farce. Eunice." he
answered coldly, that, generally
speaking. 1t is wiser to do as you did
Ito refrain from speaking out Of the
fullness of the heart But what, may
ask. restrained you"
She looked panied and hurt, both at
his tone and his words.
II feared" she answered, with a
gentle sadness. that l might weary
you, Dr.. Klnross."
His laugh sounded to her sardonic.
Weary met Let me tell you some
thing. The night saw you of. on
your train for New York there was
sudden drop In my spiritual thermom-
eter that left me torpid, bored, sick to
death Of the not-Yorth- Wilderness of
things. After q few days wrote to
you, and the expectation Of hearing
from you revived me somewhat. But
the expectation prolonged itself to q
point where 1t ceased to be interesting
and became tormenting. Why doesn't
Eunice answer my letter. was the
only thought my brain contained day
and night"
"Rut now that you know why you
say that you commend my wisdom in
keeping silentw
"Ah, but what good did 1t server
For you see here am at your side
In spite of your wisdom in spite of my
own-for I, too. Eunice. have been
acting wisely since we parted, else a
whole month would not have passed
without our looking again into each
others eyes"
There was passion in his voice
that caught her breath.
"You have been repressing your feel
ings In staying away-your feelings
for me?" she asked breathlessly. did
you want to see mel" came her visit
full question.
Did L? Here amp was his an
swer.
But" her eagerness suddenly drop,
ped, and she spoke mournfully. 1T
can't last, you know"
mo. Your aunt is going to take you
to Europe"
"Yes."
"She says you are wild to go!~
"Oh:" She lifted her head and flung
back lock of hair from her eyes.
I'm spite of all the delights that
wealth can give, what is 1t all when 1t
can't feed the soul, when. the heart is
always longing-for just one thing
that She checked herself, and again
her head dropped.
"And that one thing, Eunice"
She raised her eyes to his. 1T is
you I have wanted! Rather than 60 to
Europe-so far away from you'll
would bring back those days Of last
summer on the farm-yes, even those
days before we had spoken together at
all-for at least l then could see you
every day face to face"
"Eunice! It's no use! We can't be
wise you and 1--we can't struggle
against the inevitable! The power
that draws you and me together is
stronger than our wills-we must yield
to it!'
She drew her hand away from his
mo, no! If you mean we must yield
to it at the expense Of another girls
happiness, will not!'
"Georgiana, you meant"
"You are betrothed to her,
The devil / amp
"But you are as good as"
That's her idea, not mine. I never
originated it. And If I have any in
fluence WIFI, ro-se!e"-