Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1909-01-17

how | respect YOU how | admire YOU The fine
life you have lived the splendid stand you have
taken for public right the browning of your long
and honorable and unbemished with the
success that | think see before you and with the
You have been good enough to say that had part
in it There will be anything in my life of
which shall be more proud than of that, if it
should be true d"
Miss Haldane - said Gormly what YOU say to
me is sweeter and more precious than the acclaim
the applause the OF all the rest OF the
make myself worthy of YOU but | should not be
worthy of you | should not be worth considering in
CARRYING for the work and for the possibilities
that it presents well as for you
II believe you" said the woman and am glad
to have you say that
Although there is nothing in my life so covet
as you Miss Haldane." went the with the
blunt honesty that somehow appealed to the woman
much more powerfully than more graceful and
mantle wooing vet if l had to choose be-
tween you and this great opportunity for service
to the people" He paused and looked at her
again ).
said the woman quickly
Il should have to do so
And YOU would do we'll she said without any
mental reservation Yet there little pang
her heart which if she had stopped to consider it
might have told her more of her true feelings than
she had been willing to admit or than he had sus-
pected 90 | could not respect YOU, she went on.
Is if you allowed one woman or anyone to influence
you now. =,
the man Your appreciation means more to me
than anything. l don't know what fate has in
store for me; but | doubt if l shall have another
opportunity of the magnitude of that have enjoyed
tonight, and that you were there completes my
satisfaction
Mine too
VET, there is another thing ought to say" con-
L tinued Gormly. You have spoken of my career
l am not altogether worthy OF your coincidence
What do you mean
Ever since have been in New York, there is no
act of my life that l could not tell you myself but
before that
You were boy them said the woman quickly
8" But l mingled with life in an ugly way
That ride in the snow! she whispered, staring
at him in turn
1t did not to him to lay any emphasis upon
or draw any inference from the tact that she had
remembered his remarks of several months before
And that other woman, was it she for whom you
rode?" she went on
Is Yes said he.
Did you do anything that makes you unworthy
the respect Of
Not a thing that of itself, in any way dis
honorable" answered Gormly. And whatever it
was have repented of it long since and would have
made amends if could have done so; but Well,
if | ever should come to you with that question,
shall tell YOU all about it AS it is, don't want
even the faintest shadow of pretense about myself
where you concerned.
You were only boy, you say, Mr.. Gormly,
said Miss Haldane after long pause. Il don't
know what it is, do l wish to now l know
what YOU are, the world knows what you have been
since you have been here, and L. she extended
her hand to him. trust you, would trust you
with anything
The man took it in both his own They were
stretching out beyond the city. No one was near.
The two in front were busy about their own con-
Germs He bent over it and kissed it ferventy.
Il thank you for that" he said simply as he
leased it.
BOOK III.
The Cr,c;,1 Moments