The citizen-Republican. (Scotland, Bon Homme County, S.D.) 1???-19??, 1910-08-04
CHAPTER VI
Eve in the Garden.

But that clear voice recalled me ere
I had taken a dozen steps
What is II? Whittier DO you goT'
she asked. Net forward TO Poitlers at
this hourl"
"oh, no." I answered. y vas mere
iy going TOTO walk about the gaFGen
to thiuk-to light it out. But 1 was
rude. Pardon me. Ii did not eaAze
what / was doing"
You are pardoned," she said, and
her voice was siren-sweet Perhaps !
can help you to fight it out, my friend
at least, I should like 70 help you
Besides, l have not yet done taking
60 you. l have some further adyios at
your disposal, IL o care for IL
II do care for IT." i said, and turned
kind"
II wish to be kind" she answered,
and looked up at me with q smile that
set my head TO whirling. But before
I proceed" she added, you must sit
when you are proving UP and down
like that. I feel as though 1 were hold
Ing a ~tete-a-tete with a wild animal
and II disconcerts me-"
She patted the seat with an inviting
hand, and smiled again that ailuriug
smile. l sat down obediently Il
looked at her, noting how the noon
light touched her hail with silver and
gave a strange glory to her ace.
Since you are betrothed to another,
Nj. de Tavernay,' she began, turning
in the seat so that she faced me,
"doubly betrothed with d tis there Is no
breaking, and since l have satisfied
myself that you are a man Of honor,
/ feel that l can be quite frank with
you, almost as 7 should be with my OWL
brother, did I have me-. What is it?"
she asked, noticing the cloud which
swept across my c~ountenance.
Nothing, nothing" l FASTENED to
Say. Only there was q sting In the
words, IS well as kindness"
"A sting?" she repeated. IT fear you
are very thin skinned, NJ. de Taver-
nay"
Perhaps I am" I admitted, humbly.
II shall try to remedy the fault"
DO" she urged; but I was about
20 say that you have not yet wholly ex-
planned yourself
II think I have told the whole story
I said, casting my mind back over its
details. Il can hin OF nothing that I
have omitted"
her lips parted, the color coming and
going in her cheeks.
You said, some lime ago." she went
on, at last, that I was concerned with
this story-that 1t was for that reason
you desired my advice"
iSss tiidk ID True; ulGQeT1OlSelie.
Well, you have not yet explained to
me what o meant by that, my
friend"
A sudden trembling seized me as I
met her eyes.
( thought you knew I began
aoarsely. II thought o guessed"
Il am not good at guessing" she said
looking at me. her eyes radiant, her
hands against her heart.
I meant" I stammered. II meant
But my lips refused to form the
words; my heart turned faint
oh" she said, in a low voice, ST
understand" n she played for a
.You mean. then, that it is 1 who
have wrought this change IN you?"
YES" / assented and caught my
breath to choke bach the sob which
rose in my throat.
She looked at me with a little
frown. which changed in an instant
to an arch smile.
Come" she said, confess that
you are easily impressed. and that
you will forget as easily"
II shall never forget"
Remember the prove That
which flames at a touch. dies at a
BREATH"
Proverbs I said are the expires
sions Of generally accepted fallacies.'
But consider, my friend" and she
til h almost touched me, until the
sweet glow of her body penetrated to
me. You have known me only q
Few hours. l am the first woman
you nave met in riding forth into
the world. You mistake a goose for
a swan. ! assure you hat there are
many women beside whom you would
nOI give me a second lrla nra T~laal
1t is very possible that your betrothed
may be one of them. So you will
soon recover from this madness: in a
day or two it i'll have quite passed
away. Honor leads you to Poitiers
n there you will find happiness
wonder at this nights emotion. and
70 at it. You will look back
and you Will say to yourself: What
q fool I was"
1T is true I said slowly. chat
may be q fool in desiring what
can never hope to possess; but, at
least mademoiselle. do me the JUS
cease to desire it. / do not know
how to tell you for / have no skill
lin8sthe phrases of love. only know
that yol have touched in me n chord
which VIII never cease to vibrate nm
III Itself Is still. 1t is not
< you are VERY /
! eeaasi1u.; II is not the tone of yonri
voice. though that is very sweet: Il
Is not your smile. though that drives
sns 2 9 It is something be-
yond aIsd behind all that; it is some
thing which. for want OF q better
name, call your soul-that which
LOOKS out Of your eyes SO clear and
pure tnat I trenble before it, know
.ng my own unworthiness. Il is
snd soul INA I love. mademoiselle,
demonstrating in earth or heaysn
can alter that love one atom
have heard nat love gives eyes
! 9 the blind ears to the deaf. a tonSus
g dumb. know that at that
me and the words rushed nnh,dd. ANN -
the world became ali A.