The daily telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1901-1926, 1910-10-19
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(Cunttn6st esE y
aOh. bnSltie % you care more
for business than Tor me1 don't
think you realize how terribly hard Tor
. me an this has been. I'm sttl right
ened. shall die OF nerTousness with
ont some one to talk to.H
''If's quite inpossihlel I-don't want
TO 70 back now
..indeed! And no doubt Il was Inn
possible Tor yon % come out here last
night for the anne reason
:.It was. The dsh struck In ana
could not leaxe.
cit was that woman who kept your
cried Mildred 's1t IS because Of her
that you refuse TO leave this country =
ItIense don e. e said Gs5leetti =
iisEv5e never Chou Of htr in That
way.
teThen come ava from this wretch
ed pace. 4 d6tee tie whole cpuIitty-
the fisheries the peuple. every thing.
This 1sn't your proper sphere. WY
not come away now. at once. ana aE pc
gin something new. sonaething worth
whfleW
ssIoo you realize the hopes the heart
Sches. the yftRI edort have put fnto
Slis enterprise" he QUESTIONED.
But she only said:
IT don't IKE it. It isn't q nice buai-
ness. Let father take the planS over.
If you need money. / have plenty
sfVVaitf' he Interrupted sharply. sit
down. 1 want to talk to you" he
drew the wrap closer about her shout
ders and led her TO deck chair The
change In him was becoming more APP
parent. He knew now that he had
never felt the same since his irst meet.
ing with Mildred upon the arrival OF
the Grande Dame. Even then she had
repealed him by her lack Of sympathy.
She had shown no understanding OF
his efforts. and now she revealed as
complete failure to grasp his code OF.
honor. It never occurred 70 her thae
any loyalty OF man to man could on
set her simple viii. She did not see
that his deSertfon Of George would be
nothing short OF treRchery.
It seemed to him All at once that
they had little In common. She was
wrapped completely In the web of her
own desires. She would make her preju-
dfces q law for him.s above all she
could not respond to the exuItation of
his success. She had no conception Of
the pEsde OF accomplishment that Is the
wine Of every true mans life. He had
waged bitter fight that had slapped
his very soul: he had made and won
the struggle that man makes once IN
lifetime. and now, Just when he had
proved himself strong and fair in the
sight of his fellows, she asked him to
forego It all. EngroSsed in her own
eeoisn, she required Of him greater
sacrifice th1n any he bad made. Now
that he had shown his strength she
wanted to load him down with golden
fetters-to make him dependent Was
It because She feared another girl!
She had tried TO help him. he knew
In her way-and the thought OF It
touched him That was like the NIL
bred he had always known-to act
fearlessIy, needless Of what her father
might do or say. Somehow he nad
never felt more convinced OF the SIN
certify OF her love, but he found him.
self thinking of it,as OF something OF
the mast. Alter all, what she had done
had been little, considering her power.
She had given carelessly out OF her
abundances while Cherry he saw II
all now, and a sudden sense of loyalty
and devotion to the girl who had real
~ shared his struggles swept over MIN
In a warm tide. It was most unlike
his distant worship Of Mildred. She
had been his dream, but the other was
bone OF his bone and Hesh OF his hesh-
For long time the two sat talking
| while these thoughts took etadu .l9!
form in the young mans mine' anu.
although the deck was deserted MISS
way land had now no need to curb her
once headstrong wooer.
ne could not put into words the
change that was working in him. but
che saw it. and. grasptng It's meaning
at last. she began to battle Ike
mother for her child. His awaken
ing had been slow. and hers was even
slower. but once she found her power
over him waning her sense OF loss
grew and grew as be failed to answer
to her half spoken appeal.
Womanlike. she cdpitulated at last