The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1909-08-16

r kissed her. feeling then that notn-
ing In life could ever be like the priv.
lege Of loving and protecting this NO.
man in her helplessness. l suppose
that words like those she and l spoke
then are common enough between men
and women when they are In love.
Yet those words have always been to
me like some kind Of sacred oath-the
woman asking out Of her weakness for
love and protection from the one who
holds all happiness and life for her.
and the man. with his hasty passions.
promising Of the best there Is in him.
Many a time in later years. when II
hasn't always been easy to see things
simply as 1t was then In our nrst Joy.
those words Of hers have come back to
me and given me that same soft tug
at my heart To hurt her would be ia
strike a child. to wiring the neck of q
bird that nestled In your hand. There
are a good many kinds of love in this
world, as there are Of hate. Perhaps
about the best of all is this desire ia
protect and cherish q woman-the feel
ing that any man who is worth his
salt has for the one he wants to marry.
Sarah walked part way back to the
Office with me that morning, then turn
ed north, saying she must try to dnd
Mrs. Dround and tell her. She was 20
happy she couldn't 60 home and SIT
down quietly until got back from the
office. Mrs. Dround, she knew. would
be specially glad to hear the news.
"For she thinks you are very smart
young man." Sarah added shyly.
1.-THE lady must be q mind reader.
then, for in the ten years have been
with the firm can't remember seeing
her once"
"Oh, yes, she has seen you. She said
90. Anyway, Jane knows all about
you, you may be sure. There isn't
much that goes on around her that
Jane doesn't know about"
With that she gave me . happy lit
tie nod and was on to the great stone
house OF my boss up north on the lake.
It was . windy. dirty December day.
but I was very content with the world
as it was and thought Chicago was the
finest city in the world. Az l sat
down to my desk my mind began to
dance In a whirl Of thoughts-of old
plans and new combinations. won
dered WHIST Sarah would say to some
Of my schemes to make our fortune.
Perhaps they would merely brighten
her. for q woman is q natural conserv-
alive. I hurried up my business to get
back to her and tell her that some day
not so very distant she would be toll
erably rich woman, for now It SEEM
ed only q step into the greater things
I had seen al these years afar Oh.
The Grounds gave M Q dinner not
long afterward. I reached the house
with Sarah before the others came.
Pretty soon heard the rustic OF skirts.
but. instead Of Sarah. q tall. thin wom-
an In q black lace eveniag dress came
into the room where the servant had
left me. Instantly I knew that this
was the face had sesn In de eaniaes
the morning after the anarchist riot
She was a beautiful woman, W1eA .
dark, almost foreign lock. NE snl3e1
cordially ~ she gave - her hand.
Sarah II not quite ready. She wants
to make herself very Ans-ths child.
And Mr.. DrounA u late too. I a.
glad. because 1t win give - few 0in-
utes to ourselves. Come into tie u
brary."
She led the way into Q long. stately
room. with q beautiful ceiling In wood
and gold. At one end. In Q little arched
recess. Q wosd frs was blazing. There
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