The Guthrie daily leader. [volume] (Guthrie, Okla.) 1893-1996, 1910-03-19

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went over and stood in front oI
rar. An Che accumulated Jealousy Of
the ast few weeks had been fred ny
what She told me II Sullivan had .
come across the sands just then |
thnk ! would have atrangled him with
my hands, out OF pure hate.
'nd yen marry him?' | demanded
My voice sounded hoarse and strange
in nv ears. That's all want to
know Rid you marry hiA?'
mo"
drew lone hreath.
You-cured abom him?"
she hesisatcd
"No," sbc sald finally. q did not
care about him.
I sat down on the edge Of the boat
ana moppcd my not face. was heart
ily ashamed OF myself and mingled
with my abasement was a great re-
lief II she had not married him, ana
had not cared for him, nothing else
was Of any importance.
Il was sorry, OF course, the moment
tho train had started, but | had wired
was coming, and I could not 80
back. and then when I got there, the
place was charming There were no
neighbors, but we flshed and rode and
motored, and was moonlight, like
this
/ put MY hand over both Of hers,
claspcd in her lap u know y ! ac-
knowlodgod renentantly. "and--peorle
do queer things vhen it is moonlight.
The moon has got me tonight, Alison.
If I am a boor remember that won't
your
Her fingers lay quiet under mine.
"And So. she Went on with a little
, sigh I-began to think perhaps |
I cared. But all the time I felt that
! there was something not quite right.
+ Now and then Mrs Curtis would say
/ or do something that gave me a
. oueer start. as II she had dropped o
i mask for q moment And there was
J. trouble with the servants they were
\ almost insolent. / couldn't under
/. stand. don't know when 1t dawned
d on me that the old Baron Cayalcantl
il had b,en right when he said they
d were not my kind Of people. But
wanted to get away wanted it des
+, perately'
4. "Oi course. they were not youi
v kind" / cried. The man was mar
d ried, The girl Jennie, a housemaid
r was spy in Mrs Sulliyan's employ
/ " he had pretended to marry You
,e would have killed him. Not only that
,e but the man he murdered Harrington
r., was his wifes father And III SET
ot him hang by the neck yet II il take
to every energy and every penny ! pos
ar sess"
s could have told her 30 much NOR
H. gently have broken the shock fo
d. ner. have meyer been proud of tha
evening on the sand was alternate
ly a boor and q rulhan--like a hur
as youngster who passes the blow tina
ry has hurt him on TO bis playmate, tina
n. both may bawl together And no'
NJ Alison sat, white and cold, withou
Ike speech
i'd Married." She said finally in
en- small voice. why, don't think it
or possible. Is il? II was on my va
10 Baltimore to marry lin mysel
~. wAcn the wreck came
oBm you said you don't care TO
a him. protested, my heavy mase'
at line mind unable to jump the gaps j
re- her story. And then, without th
slightest warning. realized that sh
sw was crying. She shook of my han
ed and mmbled for her handkerchie
se and falling to find it, she accepted II
qlt one thrust into her wet fingers
en- Then. little by little, she told m
ts from the handkerchief, sordid stor
/ Of motor "trip i'm the mountains Wit
se ont Mrs. Curtis. Of a lost road and
'er broken ear. and a rainy night whe
they-she and Sullivan, tramped etc
naliy ana did not get home And
,as Mrs. Curtis. when they got home
up dawn. suddenly grown conventions
on and deepIy shocked OF her on
&C. proud. disdainful consent
lat make possible the haohneyed cor
promising situation by marrying q
- rascal. and then--ui his disappearan
from the train. Il was so terrible
her, such a Heayensont relief to II
in spite Of my rage against sulliFa
that laughed aloud AT which s
looked az me over the handkorchie
u know it's funny" she said vi
catch in her breath When ! thi
that ! nearly married a murderer
and didn't cry for sheer Joy tn
she buried her face and cried again
- please don't | protested unstei
- ily 4 won't be responsible II y
- keep an crying like that. may I
II get that have a capital charge hal
ing over my head, and that ] may
MI arrested at any moment"
NF That brought her out of the hai
x kerchief at once q meant to be
= hepfulP she said, "and Eve thons
- Of nothing but myself There ~'
) s0me things | meant to tell you
M jennle was--what You say then
aA derslana why sAs laAll L nc Just
fore left She had been pack
iuy things and she must have s.
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