Wauwatosa news. [volume] (Wauwatosa, Wis.) 1900-1948, 1909-06-25

He drew back the hand he had laid upon
her shoulder, and spoke without touch
ing her.
eve may as well confess it," he said
bitterly. ''We both know it well enough.
We both knew it long before those three
days in the cottage were at an end. Oh,
you played your part very well; you did
your best to pretend to misunderstood me
at the hall that night, but GU knew per
fectly what you had to forgive me for,
as well as / knew it." He stopped. And
yet l had not done much had |? Kissed
your hand twice-ealled you by your
name once, 1 think-no more. Who
could call that making love to your Not
make love to your / told you | loved
you in every moment of the time we
spent together, and loathed myself for
my cowardice in doing it almost as in
tensely as l did for the idiocy which had
tied me hand and foot to a woman for
whom I did not care straw"
ooh, why did you do it," Her voice
was scarcely audible
why? Oh, heaven kncws!" He
moved away few PAGES and returned
| Il suppose there are some excuses to be
made for me-" he said gloomi!y, "al-
/ though | don't want to urge them or de-
| serve to have them listened to. | might
say that the father evidently expected it
and the girl showed herself willing Both
are true enough. l make clean breast
of it. l don't pretend that the money
had not something to do with it; con
sidering my position in life l am a poor
man. We should get on pretty well.
thought, neither asking much of the
other, going our separate ways for the
most part, contentedy and pleasantly
enough. l meant to make the child q
good husband, can honestly say, and
should have done it, l believe, but for
you"
Verona made no answer. She could as
little force her tongue to speech as she
could hold her limbs from trembling.
| Verona, do you love meF" he said
I'm a scoundrel, l suppose, to say that
in spite of all, it's the one thing / care
to hear. Lookl The fog shuts us in;
were in a world of our own; we may
venture to speak the truth for once
though never again. You do, my sweet p
Afterwards she told herself piteously
that it was not her fault that he kissed
her. His embrace was so gentle that she
was fast in his arms before she knew.
"You should notch. you should not =
she said family and half sobbing. at
was cruel enough without that!' She
tried to release herself. ooh, you see
how | love you! Let me got"
His clasp loosened, but he did not re.
lease her; his face was suddenly flushed
eager, bright
Verona, you see that fog there?"
"Yes!" She returned his look won
deringly.
at does not move-it shuts us in. II
may be hours before it clears-beforC
you can go home without risking your
life. Don't go--dont wait. Come will
me-"
with you?" she said.
Eyes. Listen, dearest! 1t will be SC
easy. There is the road to Exeter W.
can reach the city in ample tine for tn,
night train to London. / will take YOU
straight to my cousin, Lady Caroline
Masters-she is a woman in five thou
sand. She hates my engagement, ant
she will understand In two days W,
can be married. Are you going to tel
me that / am bound? I know it-let i
go. The girl does not care a straw TO
me, and her fathers money will buy he
a better match any day. / had NJ
thought an hour ago but that must q
through with it. l was fool to thinI
that / would or could. Weak, you say
No, you will be brave, Verona, anC
come"
HIS words had poured out eagerly, We
hemently, and she had not tried t
check them. Come? Oh, if she bu
dared, she thought desperately, yielding
again to the embrace which frightened
about her! He was right as far as h,
understood Laura. Little shallow hear
and giddy head, she would not care VIII,
was in love with that sailor boy already
But Robert, who had worked and waitet
for her for five years? That was a mat
ter far different. If he knew he woulC
see that although he might break hi
bonds hers must hold her She tried t.
speak, but could not force the nam,
through her lips. She could only look a
him. More ardently, more tendeTly, h,
went on.
you viii come, Verona-you will b.
brave and Gomez My sweet, think o
those days in the cottage Can you for
get an hour of them2 | cannot. If eve
man and woman were made and mean
for each other you and l are. Should W,
have felt so soon as we do for each othe
if it were not so? Oh, | ask question
when l want no answers! The fog ma,
be on us, and we are losing time. Yol
shall say all you have to say as we go
Come, dearest!"
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