Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1910-07-28

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come back to you"
How terrible are the arrangements
Of blind fate" said the woman. II
must believe what you say. You
awaken my pity, my tenderness, my
consideration, but these are all. He is
not by to hear and therefore l will say,
for you deserve the truth, that Just as
you say you love me. nay, then, just as
you do and more a thousand times,
/ love that man. 1t would be a crime,
a sin. a bodily proclamation, a mental
and spiritual degradation to which the
other"-he knew to what she alluded
as she paused-"were nothing, If l
should come to you with my whole
heart and soul given to the man." she
threw her hand out in a great sweep
ing gesture, "yonder out at sea-"
but he doesn't love you"
20 yes, he does. Not as l would be
loved, / admit, not as, please God, l
shall be loved by him. He doesn't
know: he doesn't understand. Wis
dom will come to him and he will
come back"
1T might be so" said the man. II
came back. But he believes you
dead"
"And didn't you when you searched
for me during those three years?"
NO." answered Langford, 81 had a
confident hope that somewhere you
were alive"
"And will he not have that hope,
too"
Il cannot believe It,
There was a long, frightful pause.
The woman sighed deeply.
1T may be as you say. 1t may be
that we are separated forever. 1t may
be that I shall never look upon him
again, 0 he upon me, but that makes
no difference. l do not love you.
cannot love you. If he is dead, / shall
love his memory until l meet him, II
so be / may be found worthy Of that,
and | will keep myself for him. No
other man shall have what belongs to
him."
They had stepped nearer the en-
trance of the cave, which was a spa
: cious one, as they spoke. The beauty
: of the woman in that soft light was
SO intense that it cast over Langford
a spell. He heard the sound of he1
: voice, but did not heed what she said
/, Suddenly he caught her in his arms.
Kate" he cried, 1--WE are alone here
and I am master. That is my shiI
. yonder. I can have you bound hand
and foot and take you aboard Of her
, I will say that you are mad, that l an
! taking you back to the United States
: to your friends. You must come bach
with me. I can't let you go"
Valentine" said the woman, quiet
ly, "if you do not instantly release
j me, I will kill you where you stand
! You don't realize how strong I am
Sect"
With a quick, sudden movement sh,
. caught his arms with her free hand
4 and literally tore them apart. To he
. 1.-THE and vigorous body she adde,
! spirit and determination which mad
her indeed more than a match for thu
slender, somewhat broken man befor,
her. a
"You see," she cried. She stood be
tween him and the doorway, one han,
outstretched, the fingers open. !"
d could kill you before you left thi
q cave. You told me that you had sen
your men back to the ship and tina
!, you were alone upon the island, and
could hide where / hid before an
q they would find your dead body her
n upon the sands. That would be all.
:. Kill me If you WISH" said the ma
d ~recklessly. Il don't care. Perhap
n that would be the better way"
II mo-" said the woman, II respec
d you too much for that"
Respect me?"
Z Eyes. You have shown me wha
b you are by what you have done, al
but this mad action of a momen
t. since, and I can understand that, m
friend, for I too love, and 1t seems t
ID me that I would brook anything, eV
erything, for n moment like tina
you fain would have enjoyed. But "
are not children, neither are we say
ages to act like beasts of prey. | fol
" give you, I trust you" She cam
k close to him and laid her hand upo
his arm. II respect you, / admir-
ID you!"
Everything" said the man, "bt
to love me-"
everything but that" assented th
It, woman quietly.
Il shan't offend again." returne
,e the man. Neither by force nor pc
suasion can / effect anything. Kate
ID he said after another pause, "com
IN back to the United States or to SON
civilized land. The world is befor
~ you. / will land you where you pleas
and give you or lend you none
enough to enable you to get where yo
/" like. You shall be on the yacht to m
or as my sister"
Id ut can't be" said the woman. don
&c you see that I car accept no favol
from you?"
ne But no one need ever know; I wi
discharge the crew Of the yacht
er some South American port. The
Is will scatter"
God would know and ! wou-
know and when l see him again,
would have to tell him. 1t would NAL
it harder for me. And I don't wal
to go back. / will wait here for him
Kate" said the man impulsivel
I'D 1T was ungenerous of me not to ha,
go told you before. They took him aws
from the islands senseless, raving wi
brain fever. He collapsed stricken
IL dead on the sand hv that little hes