Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1910-12-27
TIMEs-REPUB1ICAN MAIReHALLTowN. IOWA, DECEMBER a 1910

IN hour. And nov he thanked God
that the answer was ready.
But before he could speak she
turned TO him with Q sudden transt
ton Of mood. which left him gaspinG
The face she turned upon him now
was radiant. flushed with life. fear
less. She held out both hands 70 him.
"Come." che said: that's YER You're
to forget Il ' happened, and you're
to do something for me that ! want.
Will you? I want this for . holiday.
Just as I set out to make Il when ]
saw the yacht was gone. The days
a. bright q It was then. and We
can make the hours pure gold. Il all
depends on 10. Come. will you do that
for me!"
Giving him her hands. she had
meant him to assist her to rise. but he
disregarded the intention and knelt
on one knee beside her. "Jeanne."-
he said.
Her color nuttered like a nag AZ
that, and she caught her breath.
Thank you-Philip."
We'll have our holiday. Jeanne, but
We must have q better understanding
arst."
mo! No more!-l can't!"
But he went steadily on: You said
there was only one way out. and !
knew what you meant. It IL q way
out-a way that I can't deny your
right to take. II we're talking Of
rights. During the I'VE years that I
spent at sandoval I always regarded
Il az q right that I could exercise
when I chose. Perhaps that 10 one Of
the reasons I never exercised It. But.
Jeanne, II you elect TO take that way.
shall take It with you"
She struggled away from him. turned
and faced him with horror-stricken
eyes. "You must not say that! You've
no right to threaten me with that!
No right" Then. clutching at his
hands again. you must promise!"
Again she pulled her hands away
and covered her face with them. She
was trembling uncontrollably.
1T was not . threat" he said stead.
ny. 1T was . promise. . promise ]
have the right to make. I make It
again. nov. Jeanne-a solemn prom
Use before God. Whether It's living Of
dying, I shall 60 beside you"
mo right" she repeated in . Wits.
Dor. What possible right could you
have to make . promise Ike that-a
threat that calls itself . promise3"
II have tho only right there b.
Listen. Last night. when you were
lying there asleep. I sat thinking.
thinking about you. about the love ]
had for you; about the change which
that love had made In me and would
70 on making after I had lost you. 1o1
I faced losing you. I knew that whs1
they sent . boat ashore for you. ]
should have to let you 60 without .
word. III could have heard Q prophecy
then, that today I should be telling
you I loved you, telling It with . aleG-
heart and conscience. I should have
gone hslf-mad for Joy. It seemed -
II the thing could never happen. an
. man with . stain upon me, and yes
terday that stain made 1t impossible
to say anything to you but goodby. I
meaat to say It, 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 . new day has
changed all that It has given me tho
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"
Il must thlnk," she gasped. you
must let me think"
NO." he said. Il have not asked for
an answer. There is nothing that you
have to tell me. Nothing that I'm
waiting to hear. No decision that you
must make. You understand what I
said and you know It's true. The
supreme fact in my universe u
Just you. That gives me the
right to follow you wherever you
60. But you are still free. You
can stay here. where Fate has put you,
and let me stay here. too. being sure
that ill the happiness in tho world