Newark evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1916, 1910-08-15

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But beforeheicouh speak. she turned
to him with IA sudden Transition Of
mood, which left him gasping. The
face she turned upon him now was
radiant, flushed with life, fearless
Ehe held out both hands to him.
Come" sheysaid: that's over. You're
TO forget it(ever happened. and you're
70 do something for me that ! want
VIII youn I want this tor a holiday.
rust I setSout TO mako It whom I saw
the yacht was gone. The days as
bright az Il was than. and we can
mako the hours pure gold II all de-
pends ON US. Come, VIII you DO that
for me2"
Giving himshBr hands she had meant
him to assist her to rise. but he dis
regarded the intention and knelt on
| one knee beside her. "Jeanne,"-ne
said.
Her color futtered like a nag at that,
and she caught her breath. Thank
you, Philip"
wen haps our holiday, Jeanne but
we must have a better understanding
first"
mol No moreI I can.ti"
But he went steadily on: "XUu said
there was only one way out, and l
knew what you meant. II Is a way
out. a way that I can't deny your right
To take II wefre talking Of rights. Du-
ring the five years that I spent at San
doyaI I always regarded It as a right
that 1 could exercise when I chose.
Perhaps that Is n OF the reasons l
never exercised It. But, Jeanne. IL you
| elect 10 take that way, I shall take It
with you"
She struggled away from him, turned
and faced him with horror-strtcken
yves. You must not say that! You've
no right DO threaten me with that!
No right" Then. clutching at his
hands again, You must promisef"
Again she pulled her hands away and
covered her face with them. She was
trembling uncontroifabfy.
ut was not q threat" he said steadi-
ly, Tt was a promise. a promise l
have the right to make. 1 make It
| again, now, Jeanne-a solemn promise
before God. Whether It's living or dy~
ing, I shall go beside you"
"No right she repeated in a
whisper. What possible right could
YOU have to make q promise like that
a I0IGAL lA0L &d4Ao 80 &
"T have the only right there is. Lis
ten. Last night, when you were lying
there asleep, 1 gat thinking. thinking
about you, about the love l q FOR
YOU; about the change which that o v
had made in me and would go on max
ing after 1 had lost you.
For I faced losing you. ] knew that
when they sent a boat ashore for you
I should have to let you go without a
word. If I could have heard a prophecy
then that today 1 should be telling you
I loved you, telling II with a clear
heart and conscience, l should have
gone half mad for joy. 1t seemed as II
the thing could happen. / am a
man with a stain upon me, and yester-
day that stain made 1t impossible to
say anything to you but goodbye. 1
meant to say 1t and take my way
through the air again and live out the
rest of my life on what, from your
bounty, you had already given me-
but the coming of a new day has
| changed all that. It has given me the
right to tell you what I have told you,
and It gives me the right to make that
promise. Isn't that quite plain? Don't
you understand
She had listened breathless while he
talked to her. Now for the space OF
two deep inhalations she was silent.
st can't be true."' she said. family,
not all that. Not so soon. II was
only yesterday"
you know truer than that" he IN
terrupted. You know that hours and
days have nothing 10 do with the thing
I'm talking about. Try to remember
what I was when I came down out Of
the air upon that Zoe noe. A man who
for i've years had been d~rugging his
soul to death. trying to cast all the
humanity out of IT. Think what you
did for me. Think what you gave me
out of yourself. I don't tell you that
! love you better than my soul. because
because my soul is you-your warmth,