The Kendrick gazette. [volume] (Kendrick, Idaho) 1892-1968, 1909-11-19

peril sweeping over him. Genevra |
heard the sharp. painful intake Of his |
breath and felt the sudden relaxation
Of his fingers. She was not puzzled.
She. too, had felt the magic Of the |
touch, and her blood was surging red.
She knew then that she had been
clasping his hand with a fervor that
less. i
Neenah may have felt the magnetic
current that coursed through these
surcharged creatures. She was. smil-
ing mysteriously to herself.
"Wait here" she whispered to Chase.
ever so softly. She released his hand
and moved off in the blackness Of the
passage. II will bring Selim," came
back to them.
"Oh!" fell family, TREMENDOUSLY. from
Genevra's lips. 1t was a trap, after
all! But it was not the trap laid by
traitor. She fell all aquiver. Her
heart f1uttered violently; her breath
came quickly. Alone with him. and
their blood leaping to the touch that
thrilled
Chase could no more have restrained
the hand that went out suddenly in
quest of hers than he could have
checked his own heart throbs. A wave
of exquisite joy swept over him-the
JOY of a temptation that knew no fear
no conscience. He found her cold lit
tie hand and clasped it in tense fin
gers-fngers that throbbed with the
call to passion. He drew her close;
their bodies touched and sweetly trem-
bled.
Are you afraid" he whispered in
tones ne had never heard before.
"Yes," she murmured convulsively-
''of you! Please, please, don't!' At
he same time she tightened ner clutch
apon his hand and crept closer to him,
governed by an unconquerable craving.
Chase had the sensation of smothering.
He could not believe the senses which
told him that she was responding to
his appeal.
"Genevra!" he murmured. almost
gasped. in his delirium. His arms
went about her slender figure sudden.
ly, and she was strained to his breast
locked to him with bonds that seemed
unbreakable. Her face was lifted tc
his The backness of the passage
was impenetrable, but love was the
guide He found her lips in one wild
glorious kiss.
A door creaked sharply. He released
her. Their quivering arms fell away
They drew ever so slightly apart, still
under the control of the influence
which had held them for that brie1
moment. She was trembling violently
A soft, wailing sigh as of pain cam,
from her lips.
Then the glimmer Of light came t,
them through the half open door at tn
end of the passage. They gaZed at
without comprehension, dumb in thei
sudden weakness. A shadowy figur
came out through the door. and Selim'
voice, low and tense, called to them.
"Forgive me-" he murmured.
ut is too late" she replied. The
his hand sought hers again, and, dizz
e with emotion, he led her up to tn
: open door. AS they passed into tn
g huge, dimly lighted chamber he turne
. to look into her face She met III
e gaze, and there We're tears in her eye.
: Selim was ahead of them. She shoe
s her head sadly, and he understood.
y "Can we ever forget?" she murmurc
:. plaintively.
e "Never!' he whispered.
e '"Then we shall always regret-a
e ways regret!'' she said, withdrawn
o her hand. sit was the beginning an
e the end"
: Not the end, dearest one-if we al
d always to regret" he interposed cage
ly. But why the end? You do 10y
t. me! 1 know it! And l worship you
If oh, you don't know how 1 worshi
Ii you. Genevra! p
d flush! We were fools! Don
s. please! l do not love you. was ca
D. ried away by oh, can't you unde
h stand? Remember what l am! Yo
r knew and yet you have degraded n
II in my own eyes. Is my own self r
s. spect nothing? You will laugh ar
n to-
"Genevrar' he protested as if
% great pain.
O. "Excellency." came from the lips
9 Selim at the lower end of the char
c. Der, breaking in sharply upon their Il
RI tie world. there is no time to be lost
40 Time to be lost And he had held h
pt in his arms. Time to be lost! All Il
he rest of time was to be lost! 9TH
ed may return at any moment"
of Chase pulled himself together.
fe looked into her eyes for a momeI
k finding nothing there but commal
IT to go. She stood straight and unyiel
k. ing on the very spot which had Sc
its her trembling with emotion but a N
he ment before.
lis Coming. Selim," he said. and NOV
nd away from her side as Neenah cal
re- toward them from the opposite wa
rt. Genevra did not move. She stood gu
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