The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1910-04-21
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had lost the confidence of both ,f
them. and dismissed me If IT, had
not been for an unfortunate out
burst of temper 10 which was
poadcd by the man We a,l now
know to De- the real culprit. the
explanation would have cone at that
time. As it was was discharged
81 was unable to- find another
position. When my best friends die
trusted me why should anyone else
have faith? was maddcncd with
the anguish and worry and shame.
aud unabl, to carry conviction
where applied for employment
4 was lett destitute. without q
cent. | was even hungry at times.
The only way managed I, subsist
without falling back on public char.
ity was to constitute myself spc-
cial bodyguard 10 an old Chinese
actress whose life was threatened by
two powerful Chinese societies. You
probably do not know that chi.
ncsc actress Is an anomaly. She
was impcrsOnating her brother. who
was dead. Then. by some miraculous
chance, you were present when the
! crisis came. and ! jumped between
| her and thcb ullct intended for her
/ and that | knew was intended for
/ her | was sick and weak at the
time from lack of food. and she
nurscd me and cared f.r me like
a mother And when those yellow
fiends finally succeeded in their
design she left me large sum of
money--probably all She had ever
saved in her life.
/ in the meantime" continued
/ Chester. his voice softcning. that
great good man Goldsmith had re-
turned. He trusted me. lie investi-
/ gated. He yindicatcd me in the
mind of everyone. in the mind of
/ Perry whom / love like a brother.
/ in the mind of your father who in
vited me here tonight. in the mind
OF the whole world-eXccpt your
self"
WAS it really partly fathers fault
that you--you had TO go away from
Goldsmith 4 Elkins?" she asked.
Chester made an impatient gesture.
THAT is all over" he replied.
The girls eyes had widened and
her lips parted. \ delicate, evan
cscent tint suffused her cheeks. and
there came as wifi change in hel
incompTehensibc moods.
And were you really big enough
and brave enough, she whispered
10 jump first between that woman
and the bullet when you saw tina
thoy were going to shoOt-and
was thcre-and you had not seer
me- or heard from me for 50 long
and-and you loved me? Are ther'
really honorable men like that
nowadays
, She looked straight at him wit
great blue eyes which seemed some
. how proud of their humility
1T was the hardest thing | eye
had TO do"
Are there really honorable me
like that-nowadays? she repeated
, The light in her eyes was ire
! sistiblc, and Chester found himse
at her side. His chest was heayin
= with great deep gasping breathe
] There Is one he said unsteadll!
% Yes. yes" said the girl. There
. one, There is ONE There is onl
I one"
] Chester found HIS arms about he
and they clung together in siler
embrace that seemed so sweet, s
, pure. so normal, that there had bee
no transition from the moment b,
=, fore and all was heaven With
m and around them.
1 Il love you, love you ! loy
y yon!" he repeated.
I. Yes, yes" said the girl. Say il
n Say it. Say It, have been hungr
J, to hear IT,"
His lips sought hers again. an
in that moment the Two youn
souls were 50 united that no earthl
A power could ever bring about the