New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1909-08-22
SUNDAY MAGAZINE FOR AUGUST H. 1--WE

simply ahame with happiness IN his presence and
She feared he soon find It out hat the horse
was his gift, She comprehended all al once Out
must answer Her heart and her mind had Goa
lesced There was love IN both and little OF reason
in either She knew he was holding her eyes 70 ms
with the sheer force OF overwhelming love She tired
TO escape % YOu-mean-
He broke all control like a whirlwind 60 ] mean
| can't hold it any longer. love you. love You
He took her in his arms. suddenly, passionately
crushing her almost fercely against his heart lie
kissed her the lips once, twice a dozen tunes m
half minute feeling the warm moist sOttness IL the
contact and holding her plant figure yet more close
ly to him
She too mad with it all-foI second hen
she began TO battle with his might. Van, Mr.
Van!" she said, pushing his face away with hand
he might have devoured. - Let me go Let me 60
How dare You sha MT You sha MT Let me g0I'
Her nature in revolt for a moment against her
better Judgment refused to do the bidding OF her
muscles Then she gathered strength out Of the
whirlwnd itself and pushed him away cyl like tigTe5s
ashamed How dare you treat me
LIE had turned abruptly looking toward the door
II Her utterance halted by his movement Of
listening She had barely time TO take up her papers
and make effort at regaIn1ng her composure-
Bostwick was coming down the hall He presently
appeared at the door For a moment there was
silence.
Van was the first to speak. How are YOU
SearleT he said Cheerlly Got over your groueht
n
dam You thought you were clever suppose, he
said in grOwlIke that certainly htted his face
80 What are YOU doing here, i d ike to know,
'Tottering angels. said Van. Didn't that
perienCe do YOU any good. after all. No wonder the
COnViCts wOuldn' I have YOU,
Beth was afraid for what BOstwICk might have
heard She could not censure Van for what he had
done. she saw he would make no explanations. vt
best she could only attempt put some appearance
of the commonplace upon the horseman' S visit
Mr. Van Buren, came-tO see Mrs Dick, She
faltered. steadying her voice as best she might.
They re-very old friends "
What's that =. demanded BOstwick, coming into
the room and pointing at the bright nugget pin lying
exposed the table Some present, suppose,
for Mrs Dick He started 70 take it.
Van interposed It's neither for Mrs Dick nor
for YOU It's a present We made to Miss Kent
BoStwIck elevated his brOws Indeed
Beth futtered in with a word of defense 1t
just little souvenir, that all, souvenir of-ot
my escape from those terrible men. "
And Searle's return. added Van, who felt the
very fend in his sight of BOstwlck helpless
and enraged
Seare opened his lips as if TO fling out something
of his wrath He held II back and turned TO Beth
1T Will be night We have much TO do l
Beth helpless And IN the circumstance she
wished for Van to go. Certainly she answered,
raising her eyes for a second to the hOrseman
that IS. If
Certainly, Van answered cordially GoOdby
He advanced and held out his hand
She gave him her own, because there was nothing
else to dO-and the tngling of his being made
burn. She did not dare TO meet his gaze.
So long, Searle he added smilingly Better
turn that crouch out to pasture Then he Went.
CHAPTER XX