Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1910-07-28
rectly my back was turned, Tilted

~ D.h "oo CuihCu, Jheeu
mel!
-'Iilted you'll
Yes, Tilted me! 1t is an ugly, yul
gar word, but, by Heaven, it's the
true one. Oh, know what you would
say. All women can dupe man
the youngest of EN-! And so can you
though you are but girl. A grill
by Heaven, no woman of thirty could
have more cleverly thrown poor
man over directly she got a chance OF
securing rich one.
L know what you would say; that
we were free. Free; after you had
got me to love you with all my heart
and soul. BY Heaven! / don't think
any man ever loved a girl as / loved
you, Lorrie!"
did your" she says family.
did /? You know that did! Even
you will not pretend that did not
love you! And to think that all the
time-at the moment your arms were
about me, your kiss warm upon my
lips"
"Ah, don't!''
THE very moment you were fooling
me to the top of my bent you We're
looking forward to the future. We
We're to be free, free! Yes, you were
to be free, to make a better bargain
if you could
He pauses for breath, and some
thing like an oath leaps passionately
from his lips.
If man had told me that you
you, whom | held the sweetest, pur
est, truest girl in all the world, would
have deserted me for the first man
who came to you with more money
would have given him the lie in his
teeth and l should have been a foo
for my pains
He takes one or two strides. anG
jerks his hat from his forehead, upor
which she can see the large drops Of
perspration.
'But what does it matter? You viii
be happy, / hope! You will be the
wife of the richest man in England
more Or less, and I"
you will be the husband of Diana
Meford!"
Il knew you would say that" he re
torts. Il knew you would make tha1
your excuse, and throw it in my face,
but it was not l who was faithless!
No, Lorrie!" 1t is the first time he
has spoken her name since he ad
dressed her when he first saw her
and the sound of it on his lips thrills
her with the old thrill 81 stuck te
you through thick and thin! If it hal
meant a complete smash-up of Latch
am / would have married you!
gave in to my father about the month
because l could not refuse him tha
much, but I stood by you! l mean
coming to you when the month was
UP and saying. 'Lorrie, | am a poo
man, but I will make you happy. i
you will keep your word, and marry
me-"
Ycu-you meant this" is all she
can say; there is huge old elm
standing clearly defined against tn,
blue sky before her, and it seems t.
be topping over; her head feels dizzy
her eyes blinded. you meant that
Before Heaven, l meant that. VIII,
should you doubt me?" he demand.
flercely.
They told me, they said that-tha
You had been making love to Diana"
They told you! Who? who? Blu
1t does not matter who told you
Making love to her. Is avoiding a wo
man as much as you can; is telling
yourself every day and night tha
nothing would induce you to marry
her, making love to herr"
"You-you were with her every
day."
Il was! I won't deny it, But it was
not my fault. | might have been with
her every day until Donmsday, ant
should not have married her unless
you had Tilted me, and you did it,"
wait, wait!" she pants, in~ hel
misery. Il do not understand. You
say"
L say that until / heard the news
Of your engagement to that smooth
sneaking hound-I beg your pardon,
forgot, to Seymour Melford-I had re
solved that not even to save Latcham
not even to save my father, would
marry Diana Melmord When I heard
that you had been wise enough tt
throw over Guy Kendale for Seymour
Melford, what was there left for me
to do but marry the woman who
could, at any rate, save my people
from ruin. Having lost you, what die
1T matter whom l married? No! If il
is any consolation to you, you may
believe me that if you had remained
true to me | would have let every
thing go to smash rather than have
lost you. But there" He breaks
off, What is the use of bullying you
You acted after the manner of your
sex, | suppose, and there is no more
to be said!"