The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1910-05-23

10 release me. but ] never did, ana
never even thought Of doing CO.
until-that ht evening Thcn-wen,
You know hom she favored Willard
i'm preference to ME and. though /
we'll knew It was only TO tease me,
yet IL did tease me, and I came
home really angry with her o. was
an illadvised occasion for her to
favor her cousin
4 agree with YOU but from the
lutlc | know of Miss Van Nrmans
nature. Judge she was easily
piquod and quick 10 rctaliatc."
Yes. she was, we were both
too quick to take oncnsc. but
Of course. the real reason for that
was the lack of true faith between
us Wen. then ! came home. angered
~ said. and Dorothy was 500
different from Medicine so alto
gcthor sweet and dear. 80 free from
petty pickering or sarcasm. that Tor
the first time | felt as n ought
no, to marry the man ! did nut
love. | hroodcd over thie thought all
through the dinner hour and the
early evening Then you and mother
l,ft us. and | asked Dorothy TO go
Tor little stroll in the garden. Sn"
refused at first think the chi'd
was lit1lc fearful of what | might
say but ! said nothing OF the u.
mutt ia my heart | realized, though
that she knew | loved her. and that
-s she cared for me. | had Thought
/ she did. but never before hal |
/ felt so sure of it-aud the known
edge completely unnamed be |
/ badc her goodnight abruptly. and
rather coldly and then | went into
the library and fought It Jut with
| myself And concluded that my
duty was to Madeleine. confess
! To a frantic desire to go to ncr aud
| ask her. even lt that last minute. to
| free me from my troth. and then |
| thought what scandal !, would
| create. and ! knew that evcd If Dor
othy and ! both suffered, 1t was
/ Madeleine's right to leave matters
as they were. Having decided, |
proceeded to carry out my carrier
/ intention of going over To the Van
Norman house with the reliQuary
II was so late then that ! had no
thought of seeing Madeleine. Dat
and this. Rob. is my confession on
the way there. ! still had lingering Z
thought that II ! should see Made
lcine | would tell her the truth. and
leave 1t to her generosity to set
mo free. And it was with this guilty
knowledge -uhis shameful weakness
on my part--'that added to my dis
she was. in the library read tha
awful paper thought. of course
then she had taken her own life, an,
| feared IL was because she knew
of my falschess and treachery. Thli
made me feel as IL ! were reall,
her murderer. quite as much as II
had struck the actual blow"
Don't take 1t like that. Schuyler
that's morbid Imagination. You act
ed loyally to Miss Van Norman t.
the last. and though the whole stu
alton was most unfortunate, yoi
e were not really TO blame. No maj
can rule his own heart, and, any
way, il is not for me TO commen
on that side of the matter. Blu
since YOU have spoken thus frankl.
OF Miss Burt, ! must ask you hoy
, with your slight acquaintance, yo
, are so sure she Is worthy of you
regard.
} "Our acquaintance isn't so siogh
, Rob She has been some time wit
! mother and We have been goo
friends from the first. And know
}. her very soul-and she is the trues
! sweetest nature God ever made
i "But-rorgiye me--She has in
= pressed me as being not quite $
e frank and ingenious as she appears.
70 That's only because YOU don
! know her, and you judge by you
o own uncertain and mistaken impre
5 sions.
II "But-,Nhen she gave her evidenC
n al the lnquest-she seemed to hes
p, tate, and 10 wayer as to what 81
y should say. 1t did not have the rim
d of truth. though her manner wa
IS charming and even naive"
I (1'o be continued