Highland recorder. (Monterey, Highland County, Va.) 1877-1972, 1909-02-19

\ 1DI NOt!lu lOl IL sllC SOu'u'
Have | done that?'
Yes. Didn't YOU understand? Dc
you suppose any ether man IN the
world could have what you have hac
Of mc-of my real self: Do you sup
pose for one instant that any other
| man than you could ever obtain from
me the confidence ! offer YOU unasked
DO not tell you everything that Ell
tiers my head and heart? Do you not
know that care for you more than for
anybody alive?"
| "Geraldw
She looked him straight in the eyes;
| her breath caught, but she steadied her
voice
1--WE got to be truthful" she said.
81 care for you more than for Gerald"
"And / for you more than anybody
living" he said.
"Is it true?"
at is the truth, Eileen"
"You-yOu make me very happy,
Captain Selwyn."
But did you not know it before l
told you?"
"I-y-yes; l hoped So" In the eX-
ultant reaction from the delicious ten
sion of avowal she laughed lightly, not
knowing why.
"The pleasure in it," she said, sis
the certainty that I am capable of
making you happy. You have no idea
how | desire to do it. I've wanted TO
ever since | knew you've wanted to
be capable of doing it. And you tell
RE that 1 do, and I am utterly and
foOliShly happy" The quick, mischie-
vous sparkle flashed up, Transforming
her for an instant. "Ah, yes. and |
can make you unhappy, too, it seems,
| by talking of marriage. That, too is
something's delightful power-but'-
| the malice dying to a spark in. her bril-
| liant eyes-'!I shall not torment you,
Captain Selwyn. Will it make you hap
pie- If say, NO: 1 shall never marry
as long as I have your Will 1t really!
Then say it. Never, never will mar
| " as long as | have your confidence
and friendship. But want it ALL
every bit. please And if ever there Is
another woman-if ever you fall in
lOve-crack-away / go"-she snapped
her white fingers-"like that" she add
ed. "only quicker. Well, then, be
very. very careful, my friend. l wish
there were some place here where l
could curl up indefinitely and listen to
your views on life. You brought a
book to read, didn't your
He gave her a funny, embarrassed
glance. Eyes; brought a sort of book. y
''Then I'm all ready to be read to,
thank you. Please steady me while l
try TO stand up on this log. One hand
viii do
Scarcely in contact with him she
crossed the log, sprang blithely to the
ground and, lifting the hem OF her
summer gown an inch or two, picked
her way toward the bank above.
1--WE can see Nina when she signals
us from the lawn to come to luncheon,
she said, gazing out across the upland
toward the silvery tinted hillside where
Silverside stood, every pane glittering
with the white eastern sunlight.
In the dry, sweet grass she found a
place for nest and settled into it,
head prone on a heap of scented bay
leaves, elbows skyward and fingers
linked across her chin.
what book did you bring" she
asked dreamily.
He turned red. ''Its-it's just a
chapter from a little book Pm trying
to ~write-a--a sort of suggestion for
the establishment Of native regiments
in the Philippines. thought, perhaps,
you might not mind listening
He wrote simply and without self
consciousness. Loyalty aroused her in
terest, intelligence sustained it, ana
when the end came it came too quick
II for her. and she said so frankly,
which delighted him.
clark. Ear TO the ground. My
atavistic and wilder instincts warn me
that somebody is coming" she said.
y
lie hailed them as they came into view
above. Then he sprang to his feet,
calling out: "And Gerald too! Hello,
old fellow! This is perfectly fine!
When did you arrive?"
ooh, Gerald" cried Eileen, both
bands outstretched, cts spleadid of
you to come! Dear fellow, have you
seen Nina and Austin? And were
they not delighted? And you've come
10 stay, haven't you? There, | won't
begin to urge you. Look, Gerald
look, Boots--and Drina, too-only look at
those beautiful big plump trout in Cap
tain Selwyn's creel"
ooh, I say" exclaimed Gerald, you
didn't take those in that little brook,
did you, Philip? Well, wouldn't that
snare you! I'm coming down here aft
er luncheon. l sure am"
"You will, too, won't youT asked
Drina, jealous lest Boots, her idol,
miss his due share of piScatorial glory.
IF youn wait until finish my French
I'll come with you"
"Of course I WILL" said Lansing re-
pToachfnlly. "You don't suppose there's
any fun anywhere for me without you.
90 yoU?'
"No," naid Drina simply, 81 don't"
SelTyn turned to Gerald. 81 hunted
nigh and low for you before | came to
Silverside. You found my ncte?'
Eyes; I'll explain later" said the
boy, ccloring. "Come ahead, Ely;
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