Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1910-05-12

Carefully breaking a piece of dead
bough, she, as carefully measuring
the distance, drops it upon mis- hat.
| He starts, and looking up, sees, not
a squirrel, as he expected, but the
beautiful face which is. haunting him
even now, the beautiful face he has
so longed to meet, looking down at
him with its bewitching smile of in.
nocent mirth.>
| In an instant the light of relief
and joy flashes. into his eyes, and a
smile of welcome dispels the gloom
on his countenance.
Why" he says in breath, us it
really you? What are you doing up
there? Did you know was here? Lei
me help you down." and he leaps up
beside her eagerly.
She springs down into the lane
without touching his hand.
Where is Jack" she asks.
Jack? Oh, he was talking to two
Or three fellows, and-and / thought
that | would start on a little way
ahead"
The ruse is so palpable that it does
not need his hesitation and guilty look
to emphasize it.
''Oh, tell him, please, that / nave
gone in
Miss Dolores, Miss Dolores-Lor-
RE, Don't be angry Jack is coming!
/ came on in front, gave him the slip
because" She stops, for he has ven.
tured in his eagerness to put his hand
ever SO lightly upon her arm "be-
cause 1 thought / should see you
"You should not have done so; ii
was IA stupid trick
1T was; but could not help it.
Great Heaven!"-and fer the first
time Lorrie hears mans passion
speaking in his voice; what trick is
there too stupid for me to try if |
could by playing it get a word OIL
two with you alone?" 4
Good night"
DO not go; do not go, Miss Do
lores-Lorrie-stay one moment.
have come to speak to you!"
well, what is it? Won't it. keep
till morning."
81 don't think / can keep it an.
other hour" he says "Lorrie-l love
YOU"
CHAPTER VII
'Lorrie, love you!"
1t is tie first time the word "lOve'
has ever been spoken to her with its
full meaning; it is her first offer
and it fills her with a. surprise that is
overwhelming.
With a long-drawn breath she
shrinks from him, even putting out
one hand to keep him back, and Lord
Guy stands in the road gazing at her
in earnest, anxious silence.
The moonlight is streaming down
upon her where she stands, holding
her light shawl, thrown over her head
tightly to her bosom; and to the
eyes of the young man looking al
who may at any time ascend upon
one of the moonbeams and escape
him.
To Doth or them this is a new ex
lperience. 1t is Guys first love scene
as it is Lorrie's, and, like actors In
a new and strange part, they stand
awaiting their cues, uncertain and
nervous.
| Are you angry?"
Angry? No"
"No? You are not angry? Then
Miss Dolores-Lorrie-" and he ven
lures to take a step nearer.
"Wait! Did you-did you mean to
tell me this-to say this when you
gave Jack the slip tonight"
II don't know" he answers.
"You don't know?"
mo! on my word, do. not know!
IL only meant to seize the chance
of seeing you! I am always longing
to see you! / am never happy or al
rest out of your sight, I Think"
The color comes into her cheeks
at this, but flies again and leaves
them pale as before. and the long
Iashes hide the dark eyes, AS If she
feared they might tell too much How
his words had moved her.
ST only meant to snatch the oppor
tunity of seeing you; but when !
thought I had missed you, and then
you came. the surprise, the sudden
joy-ah! Ican't explain. But whether
l meant to say it or not. have. said
it, and IL love you!"
"How-how do you know" she
asks. You may be mistaken"
"Mistaken!"
yes. Why, it was only the other
day you first saw me! You can't love
You can't have learned to feel as
you say in that short time!"
only the other day? Yes, so it is
he assents, earnestly, and as If sur
iprised at the shortness of the time;
"but l feel as if had known you all
my life, as if all my life, until that
first evening / saw you. had been
wasted. Don't you believe that |
love you, Dolores?" he adds, with a
lovers passionate, reproachful appeal.
Lorrie raises her eyes and looks
| beyond him into the mist that is fall
ing over the meadows, typical of mist
that enwraps her heart like veil, so
that she scarcely knows whether she
Is awake or dreaming, whether the
handsome face before her. the musical
voice that rings in her ears, and not
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