The Miller press. [volume] (Miller, S.D.) 190?-current, 1911-12-28
AND you refused me. VIII you DO

I -AnG you refused me. VIII you DO
sc agaia?"
why do you come to me now?"
Cant you think OF the ~reason?"
81 don't want to think; i want to
hear"
q" love you then" said the girl
! %resolutely. You are the bravest,
noblest, most splendid man on earth.
If you will take me, | will be the hap
piest, proudest, thankfullest woman
that the sun shines on"
Take you!" repeated Gormly. But
/ can't understand"
will you understand this - asked
the girl.
She walked slowly toward him. She
laid her hand on his shoulder. She
! lifted her face to his. His arm went
around her waist. What she had be-
gun, he finished. He swept her to
him. She gave herself up yieldingly
to his embrace. When his lips sought
hers, there was no avoidance. Her
arm slipped round his neck and tight.
ened there, And then at last he un-
derstood. After awhile she drew
away from him.
You don't ask me what I have
done?" she said.
II neither know nor care since you
are here and you are mine"
Perhaps / should not have been
here she returned, IF we had not
been already engaged and the engage
ment already announced"
II am very stupid this morning"
said Gormly in some bewilderment.
You certainly are" was the an.
swer. For a man who aspires to be
mayor Of New York. you are quite the
s%tupidsst and dearest person imagin-
able"
Il have wit enough at least to know
where / can get correct information
upon all points"
And where 10 that!"
"Here!" said Gormly, pressing with
his W the loveliest lips in the world,
which smiled at him and were not re-
fused his touch. What have you
done and how has our engagement,
which. so far as l know, was not en-
tered into until a moment since, been
a~nnounced?'
Read that" she cried, releasing
herself from his grasp and handing
him the neglected copy of The Planet.
She turned to the editorial page
and pointed to a postscript to the lead
er of the morning, which was a dis
cussion highly eulogistic Of Gormly's
action and character. The postscript
was in the form OF a belated COM
munication which had been received
at the office of The Planet at the last
moment. and had been forced into the
paper because It furnished the final
and completing touch to the other
revelations Il contained. It had been
printed in heavy black capitals, double
spaced. Coming closer to her, SO that
he held her with n arm, GorInly
took the paper with the other and
read: "
The engagement Of Mr.. George
Gormly to Miss Eleanor Haldane is
authoritatively announced. The flu
ture mayor of New York is to be con-
graduated upon having won for his
promised wife the young woman, who
not only from her beauty Of mind and
person, but because of her lively and
practical interest In the poor, the OPP
pressed and suffering, is easily first
among the daughters OF our great city.
The Planet feels that this announce
ment supplies the completing touch to
the other admirable qualifications
which Mr.. Gormly possesses for the
great office to which he has aspired
and to which the people NEAR to see
him elected tomorrow"
who did it," asked Gormly.
81 did"
But WHY"
First of all, because I found out
F, that / loved you"
why did you do II last night?"
Because I believed that such an
announcement this morning, with It's
| implication Of trust. and honor. and
! affection, would do more to establish
you in the public confidence than al
most anything that could be i'm
agined."
"You have made my election GER
tain. But whether o have or not, l
could almost believe that winning you
I don't care"
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