The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1909-12-19


gumcnt, That ] am, suppose
we're not
Te smiled. "lly imagination is not
oual TO that feat He leaned a little
.oa,rard her. speaking with n vibrating
STAIN that betrayed the depth of the
MISSION beneath.
nIn nv ewes You are perfect-face of
rou heart of YOU, soul of you. Gon are
.he ideal woman-apd You have come
to me. 1t is too wonderful
"It's mighty sweet of YOU TO say
srcb things, - she murmured. fbut--it
,frightens me little: You say 1t is
thouph you mean IT.
q. do mean 1T.
She laughed, but with n little catch
of the breath She was lovely enough
% Justify the rhapsodies of any lover,
for her somewhat serious beauty was
softened when she looked Al Norton
with a yelling shyness that only made
Il moro dazzling.
KNOW she urged, with laughing depre-
lyon don't know. 1t is true he
answered.
stOh. ! wish YOU wouldu t be so ter
,;blv IN earnest about it, she cried
VIRGINIA turned her eyes. away TO the
lake which rippled ut tho foot Of the
lawn hchind n brcallwater of capmas
and irises. The thud OF steam launch
\ chi across the afternoon stiffness for a
moment then The startled hush crcpt
back 10 its place. The very atmosphere
of peace was on the scene, but when her
ewes came back 10 the motionlcss man
WIN leaned against the veranda rail and
watched her, The outer quiet was tossed
into a swirl of passion by the look in
lis eyes.
4 T"J'm afraid. she murmurcd, in the
voice Of a child.
He laughed. and came nearer, pull
;ng n porch chair about SO that he could
Law hand upon her hammock.
"Afraid because adore you!'
"Yes-just that
"s3ul can't help it II is You who
are TO blame, You should not be so
perfect
a'You haven { known me very long,
she said eleven weeks day after to-
morrow. And | have been guest here.
with Tho loveliest people and in the
/ most beautiful place in the world. Of
has come 10 light. You Just ought 10
sec mo al home, IN my everyday
!, mood =
~ hope to, he said, significantly.
The color flashed over her face. 81
Should have supposed that Il wise and
Conservative man would satisfy himself
on such important points bcfore-bcfore
committing himself. she remarked at
large.
lie put out his hand to touch hers, but
/ she swavcd the hammock lightly back
ward out Of his reach.
~ did not need TO. he said quietly.
az knew-from the first moment / saw
; YOU
"l don't know that | have ever told
you Of a curious feeling that J. had
when 1 FIRST saw you, Norton con
ilnned slowly "A feeling that i had
seen You before. All that day / kept
WIS something ] already knew i'll your
face. il haffled mc-though | have
good memory for faces. Then. after
, wards, ! got theory about it,
"0h, of course,H she Knocked.
But he was not to he put aside by her
Z mockery 81 feel now that IL was a
s prophecy rather than memory he
said. seriously - Your face was famil-
lar to ME because it answered so per
{ feetly 10 my dreams. You are the ideal
8 ] have waited for all my lifc-my per.
feet woman, nobly planned only moro
Z perfect than ever poet dreamed
''But don I YOU sec, she urged in
moment. "that YOU think me So mere,
3 y because you love me?'
1lc shook his head.
81 love you because il is so.
q but how can | trust love founded
& on mistaile-and "A mistake YOU are
bound TO discover i'll time! | feel so
unsafe. You don I know me: your own
; words prove il. - Her voice was urgent.
almost breathcss.
She was 50 serious about it all that
sudden fear struck his heart. lie
4 gave her quick, strange look, and
h the ears Of both.
Then she said, with trembling little
hugh:
"0h. ] have no buried crimes 10 con