The Charles Mix new era. (Wagner, Charles Mix County, S.D.) 1???-1911, 1909-02-19
Hidden
Perils
CHAPTER vrIs.-fcon,inu.d.,
- MARY CECIL IA
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We're glanced 40 in quick. proud pain
Don't szserslon snch a thing TO Lar
raiue~ he evsreatea. h~avrsesgy. ''@sse
~o1ld aespsse Fae. IL she thought | had
les yon irnsgiae as hefrosiaeA Ro@Isae, ie'
me tel yosi the slapls faef. tx sill need
bsat fsw worsis for IL tw = very Simple
0ra."
Ronrks had drawn up 3 chair beside
his ffiena now. ami was sitting astrids
upx,a II his arrss folded on ihe hack. hls
syss Intent and listening.
II have loved Lorraine sinner she was .
iistls thing. Fso higher tran ths chair
,oa are lesainx oa. / ran NOT tell Eor
/ What foxe3 hsr | can not tell why
! sach Iovs aAezlAd grow - my h~srt Tor q
| child, when ~i~cxen shefa~~was a Hssn
With a mans care. Hat that IL asd grew
| there. and has increased and de~pened
year by year. | know by-hy every hope
I build, and ererr pain | hare TO ssi'ir-
And does sh@ not know rhss, AtnoaF
Il thiak she does b~eauss | think 40
| GIRL coaA be the very light OF a man :
syes. and The very heart Of . mans life,
without knowing H."
rAl HD% NFIr lFBssN"
| fhoashtfuliy: Il hav. never studied any
xirl bur tina, and from the v~ry first
afways told her how I loyed her. ! dti
| not ksvs mnch for her to guess. not L.
And then th~y talked Of other things,
| until they reached Hampton House.
mir. aud Miss Gavestoa are dining al
| Mr.. Lurns'," the butler said. as be turned
| GA she xas and struck q match. Miss
Ehe6o~d was staying in k-nsington. Miss
Lorrsins was AT honae alone. Should he
rive any name besides DR.. ssrsF
Suppose we 60 mp -anannoEnced- said
| AfhoI. Il generally do"
.Asi right" returned Roarks, with ut
ter negligence
sHow provoking that Ina should be
| out BIZ added i'm a low sone TO Athol.
~ he aaunsered mp bsaaind him on the
stairs.
They have gone To q house near here.
and where very early hours are kept"
| Athag arsw cred. so your patience viii
not b~ long tried
As he finished speaking he tapped ut
| the door ID the lobby, and when a voice
snsw cred. leisar~iy and rather absentiy.
sCsonne in he opened the door and stood
back for TrenhAm TO enter first.
A small room. sornier In It's furniture,
bus made daxzlingly radiant by the four
gasIsxhts burning to their fullest extent.
! and a strong minded wood fire glowing
and cracking and blazing as II felt put
upon Its hossov TO coupor itself a. would
Z country wood fire under the same cir
c-umstaaces- A girl was kneeling or the
rug before this sturdy fire replensshinx
II ~xingerly and haskinS in its warmth.
and locking a. IL she loved IL.
-Vhy. Lorraine. a FIRE to-day
.No. not to-day tonight she said,
cSDliy. while shr scientifically inserted =
splinter between the bars. ~Atkol, what
q pits you are come. because everybody Is
out. There. that burns spsendidly. Ii |
don't have an immense amount of light
In these eouns. you know, and CHEEKY
fires whesa ] am alone here. | feei"-shs
was slowly rising now and shaking the
crumbs oh wood frnm her dr~ss-as If /
had the old times c~Ilnging about me still.
These rooms are always aulG and dim
and cherries then. and when | am here
alone | feel IS IL | had come hack to the
old hfe-uaae~s / make an enormous
d nasssrnr of light aud warmth and noise.
So | hare to build ap a hre and turn on
the xns and sing and laugh and LEI Joan
come In and-Athoi :"
The word was uttered In a tone quite
new tina, night TO Afhol. from tho lips
" hsvse very tone aud acssent he thought he
knsw 80 veil. She had risen and turned
to grseF him. and be had taken her hand
In his. fnsf her ~yes we've gone from his
faee To the face beyond him. and we're
resting there i'm q strange. wide. wistful
gae~ti0ging.
And Eourkes He had not claimed az
au~aintaneeship. nor greeted her. nor spo&
cn. lie had oniy seen her.
-Ito you forget him." asked Athol.
laughing rs he glanced from the girls
face to Rourke. "Iie thought you would
a0t."
n DO not" sire answered. quietly, an
then q sudden blush aarsed for an in
ssant across her face, and Rourke Tren.
h-anr "a that the eyes which he had
called fasting could he soft. too. and
lasais as q ehtId's.
M xili soon be hon,r.# she said.
wlth q essosners whose genutnea-ss neither
as the yaan= msa doubted. II g4syaght
ste wss fortunate when she went AVA /:
ss@ zill not Hthiak 80 now. will sheT
Nay we walt until them asked
Kasirke. -Ito yon think us great h~ores
for ~eorrsing iutyt now--or rather. ! ~aould
say. tlc ron think ne q Sreaf bore
1T Il 81 much Athol's house as Ii II
mine. said Lorraine. lightly, and as
mach yours. Mr.. Trenham. as his. Will
ron hmye tea with me-
Thank you. ses q magnificent meth
cd uf improving that FIRE" Mid Rourxe.
taking mp the tonxs.
Lorraine Eaye@fon Was nineteen, an Ir.
We're had said. and tall and rounded with
. wousanis perfect grace. pet Their. was an
in@xplieahla saiIdisaness lingering about
her still itourke felt It's presence with
| cut understanding IL He had been con
sciosss Of IL in her arss question. "WiIl
| you have TEA with met" knowing tina;
l H aO1O.
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