The Comrade. (Winnfield, La.) 1890-1914, 1910-11-04

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mere bodily presence of the man. tho
look Of him, the sound Of his voice,
the pressure OF his lips, the clasp Of
his arms, she began to realize that as
he grew older, unless she was so alb
solutely mistaken in him as to make
all estimate of him mockery, he would
realize the falsity of his view, the lit
tleness Of his action, and if he were in
truth the man whom she could rightly
love, his years would be one long re-
greet that he had failed. What would
happen when he realized that, when
! he came to the knowledge that she
was indeed all that she had seemed
and that he had been nothing that he
should? She knew, as she had writ
ten, that the man would never, could
never, forget her; that wherever he
went and whatever he did, she would
be present with him; that she had
stamped herself too indelibly upon his
heart for any attrition with humanity.
however close and persistent, to erase
the image. He would come back per.
haps.
20 Cod" she knel, down and
stretched out her arms, bring him
back" she prayed-a few short, brok-
en- words, lacking the eloQuence OF
long and studied petition, the appeal
of the heart every throb Of which IL
a prayer-''bring him back to me:"
, She thought that she would have
had him back on any terms. She said
. that she had been mad, fool, not to
r have taken him, not to have gone to
him, not to have married him In any
/, way, with any conditions, under any
circumstances. All her thoughts we're
o merged in one great passionate long
ing to be with him.
Il For the first time in her life thu
n pangs of jealousy tore her breast. She
q thought Of him in the world with 9th
CT err men, with other women, young
> handsome, a perfect godlike form ant
. face of man, rich, the widest romance
h with it's charm and mystery to attract
- His story could not be hid, neitke
. could hers. The man would be court
!, Cd, sought after, made much over, be
a loved It would be enough to turn tn
~ head of saint. How would he STAN
~ it? Would the recollection OF he
., make him strong? Would that God i
~ >whom he and she both had truste
20 until the crisis came, lead him in th
~ straight path? Would her purity, he
~ sweetness--stop! would he think he
w. thus lowered and possessed? nc
y now, certainly, but every hour thu
I, took him farther from her would ad
~ to his knowledge and would tell hfl
~ the truth and these would help him..
o. She pictured him, not happy avs
" from her, overwhelmed by her deaf
=, surely, saddened beyond present COZ
=, =. fort it must be, yet so occupied thi
=, insensibly his grief would be hgh
90 90 ened by the only thing after all TIL
~ makes life bearable in certain co
~ tingencies, and that Is work. Worl
- She, too, had work to do.
SO. She rose to her feet <doggedly as 81
thought Of that and considered VII
~ she could do. Her eyes fell upon Z
at ashes Of the signal Are. She eontel
~. plated it as the specter Of some Hint
of woman whose body had been burn
oft upon such an affair might look up'
ith her pyre. 1t was she who had light
IN the beacon. Her hand had called .
NO world to her side. She thought ht
ito he had begged her not to do so, hs
Tho he had declared himself content q
no. happy to live with her alone +
led world forgetting, by the world forge
mr.. For the first time she broke DO
act completely. She buried her face
vas her hands, her body reeled and she
van with sobs, the tears trickled thrcu
aha her fingers.
pst She must make another beacon, [
nv. thought And then it came to her t
Ter. they had taken away the flint .
ed steel. She had no means Of lighting
ak. That realization developed otl
av. thoughts. Her Bible was gone;
in clothes were gone; her toilet artfe
Her her scissors, her watch. her hn
the They had taken everything. They
left her nothing, absolutely notAl