New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1909-10-17
The Parted Curtain
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THAT Is, mean that am lVsvs ILL,
There IS that clogfoOted heavine-s which go
me in the one place, and that res.,-'' cps
Hush l will not listen, Tel me ato,,.
Baltimore" a''u,
Please let me finish, The-- ones The tlo,.
the black oblivion, and then when Us'-
am never frightened, but hea -rt-ol-e1l,--' -,
There is that awful sense Of loss. 0f Io1,; -
such a feeling as one has at the death ~ ssis-
friend, a very dear friend l- even -.
And awake always IN tear -ot ~ fear ~.
of almost" 0u'
81 Loneliness
Yes. How do you know. so-. -
bereavement deeper and more a.,ing ~
that awful dread" -D
Griscom reached out and laid his hand
firmly on her arm. VIII YOU r'esse no, - ~
any more about it" said he Tel me - ~
thing about Baltimore No,' He held :,
his hand warningly. You are 1ve-wrougbtS
"But-Im not"
" But YOU are And I tell vl-. frankly ~.
I will not let YOU 60 ont Il Won t-v to ter ne
any more. l snail ,oegln 70 sing comic songs,
You are Ungrateful, anyway
UngTateful>'
Yes. Here you are talking bout no-b;,,
but your silly dreams, and YOU .- 5ssroeI,. -
a word about Baltimore. % vr. m We are -
under such tremendous obI,sa rou. especially
myself
No more than l. "
90 Yes, very much more"
Why, prav:"
For lot Of reasons. Tn the first Mac.
YOU are a woman and masculine Drotecrir7 E
your natural right Beside that. be anil,
saved your hfe, but he saved me from he
disgrace, GrIsCOms voice grew bitter -
having failed 70 protect YOU from a dsngs-
that was not very great, as The sequel provsf
through an unnanly InertIa born Of extreme
fear
Hush, Will YOU be still: And YOU offered &
yourself IN my place l1c
Much good that would have donef AZ
suppose he had avoided me and seized v,,u3
That would have been the worst Of an" ~
drew his handkerchief from his pOckes All
passed it across his forehead
Miss Wellesley threw him curious sdslong
glance The professor was staring .-l frunt d
him, his eyes fixed, his clean cu- ser,isiv.
features rigidly set In her swift sc-l4tinv the
girl observed that his evelashes werel flscf
very long, with delicate upward curved Wf7e
the lower fringe was so dark as % give 10 IL
clear gray eyes singular intensity Of ga1e
They turned 20 meet her own. when she ar
with a quick thrOb Of sympathy that thevhsld
more suffering than IS often % be found In the
eyes OF man. lnstinctIvely she dropped hsr
hand on his arm.
You must not feel as YOU do. Professor
GrlsCOm- All men are not made 70 chass
hons. Baltimore was quite right. Il Is
merely that he Is of the purely physical tvue
Say II, said GriscOm IN a dull voice Il
don't mind.
All, but YOU don't know what was going
TO say"
Say it Just the same.
ell, then, If must She flushed. You
are SOmething-much higher He came to
the rescue TO win You came .Vpectlng TO Be
killed His was courage, Yours --fS courage
and self sacrifice. You are very We and
gallant gentleman and l thank YOU from the
very bottom of nv heart
GrISCOm looked at her quickly. and the girl
saw that his eyes were slightly humid. Thank
YOU said he That helps a great deal 70
support my tOtterIng sell re>pect-and even
we blinking bOOkwOrmS sometimes value that
a FEW moments later their hanson drew
up IN front of a rather heavily imposing
house and CSrisCOm helped the girl o. aEght
Won't YOU come IN for q cup ri Tea, she
asked. 1t may help 10 counterfeit the effect
Of Lord RathmOre'S brandy. That Is VIII a
comes of being prescribed for by- Guarisman.
Griscom thanked her bur declined
think YOU ought 70 rest. he SAID.
The girl held out her hand There were
dark shadows under her eve~ and the small
lines at the corners OF her mouth began 20 tell
Of the ordeal through which she had passed
q" hope said GriScom, chat YOU VIII not