The Emmett index. [volume] (Emmett, Idaho) 1893-1925, 1911-12-28

idly. Mr.. McAdoo
His race lighted up in an incredu
lous pngerness
Are you -really2 was just think
ing OF you. And sometimes my fancies
get the better of me nowadays
He got 10 his feef uncertainty She
saw the effort It COST him In ms weak
ness, She put her gloyed hand In his.
he caught it In II strong clasp
you mustn't stand" she said anx
iously. You aren't strong yet
ue sank back into his chair AS he
did so the shawl fell from his shout
ders. Trembllngly ne stopped to re-
cover It. But she was swfter than be
She threw II around him again As
she drew her arm away IL brushed
against him. For the first time their
eyes looked away
She took the chair where Kathleen
! had been II was he who AT last broke
the silence. The words fell haltingly
uncertainty.
~ can't quite realize Il often have
thought OF yuu being here there are
so many things | wanted 10 say to
you Now-seeing you therein that
chair
She turned 70 him eagerly. her eyes
pleading with him not to misunder.
stand 81 had TO cOms-to acknowl.
edge my fault"
"Your fault? But
Eyes. My shameful fault. Don't you
see. | owed II TO myself TO COME"
You mean-Paul Remington? But
that is not your fault. Ill only-am
responsible for that. ! tried TO shape
his life after mlne-a poor model. Mrs |
Gilbert. ! tried to cut him off from |
his happiness. Being what he was ne
had 10 leave me And there were
others-whO were tempting him We
were too much for him"
"Ah. but | made 1t easy for him to
yield by making him discontented"-
1T began before that. But that was
your right too ! tried to cut you off
from your happiness"
BUTT makes what | did the more
shameful-my happiness was not In
volved. Mr.. McAdoo."
He shook his head gravely. at
might have been. He was very low.
able" He used the past tense in which
we speak of the dead.
Again their eyes fell apart and there
was a silence. She forced herself to
speak
You have learned the lesson OF
generosity well. Mr. McAdoo."
IL have to earn the charity that has
been given me-from every one-now
from you. | was cruel. brutal. to you
yet you could come here. Doesn't
that prove that you, too. have forgiven
much-far more than I?'
mo! For what you said was true ,
And | was afraid to come-afraid of
FOUR judgment! You make me the
more ashamed .
"Dontr he cried sharply. as If IN {
pain. 1T hurts TO see you abase your
'elf before mel" /.
Again a silence. while his eyes held s
lers The quality of his gaze frighten ;
ID her. II was saying too much
,reaking down her self command. u
Ira wing her to him. She spoke hastily #
MIR McAdoo. do you know that he .
las disappearedT G
She saw then the hurt that had been c
mt upon him. Yes. | have tried to II
ave him found. but they can discover e
% trace of him But | will not give K
p until he is found-and our fault I
epaired," He used the plural uncon 4
ciously. r
when you find him will you let me S,
now? shall send an address to Il
ne Dunmeades." Il
You are going awayT' ST
yes: tomorrow" W
And you will not come hack" He al
ID not ask a question. g
He turned once more to look out into III
lie street But he saw nothing there. Sc
e was measuring the meaning OF the al
oment. she had changed. as had he: te
; felt 1t in her every word. In her al
essence. Yet her humility hurt him al
He had many things to DC
axe up to her"-and he would never
I've the chance; she was going away.
II of his life. as suddenly as she had b,
Aht. DUN ltdlfh tue neat iuttlluS hN
eyes. Each had Il secret that must Nj
withheld. Yet by that telepathy bu
hich informs hearts even across the on
stances each guessed the others Sc mi
Ell, knew thar the frank intimacy of eX
e moment sprang from more than a en-
mmon regret, was more than the TO
ath of an unreasoning hostility But lie
ey were not children Both knew de
ut before life's happiness comes ne
e's responsibility and that they. In TO
cir game of cross purposes. had as 50
med a responsibility which was not WI
/ fulfilled II
She rose, He. too. got TO his feet. W
e held out her ungloved hand. He
ok 1t again in his strong clasp Her yo'
$ tried to fashion n conventional
'ewell. pei
I hope you will soon get your ,'E
ength back and that you will be 10
,cessful always-and happy" At "'u
, last words her voice began TO fal. "
| pray that life will be kinder to
] than IL has been Mrs Gilbert