Warren sheaf. [volume] (Warren, Marshall County, Minn.) 1880-current, 1911-11-16

eARRENssHEAF, WARREN, MIMI.
been calm and chummy rather than
emotional- it SOP
Perhaps it has been to you
Molly laughed quickly. Il do be.
lieve you would be serious in another
day or two. It Is good thing that
We will be having that sad sweet part.
ing so soon"
Stop! You know as well as that
you are only trying to cover the real
by the fippant.' All the time am in
London-you are going to be there.
You have promised to give me one
month of your splendid friendship and
We are going to all the theaters. OPP
eras and dinners that we can crowd
into thirty days.
mo, no-that was some of our in
consequent chatter at the beginning of
the trip" Molly tried to draw her
arm away.
When they arrived at the stern of
the boat where no sound came save
the rush of foamy water, he stopped
her and spoke In a voice made rich
by new depths.
You are not going back on your
promise. l love you, dear-it has been
80 since you came and sat beside me
at the table It is not the first time
that man has found the one woman
when it was too late and l am not
complaining am only glad to have
known, even for short time, such
love as feel for YOU" He drew her
SO near him that she started back
with a faint cry. He released her and
before he realized her intention she
was away and out of his sight
He stood for some moments where
she had left him. He was dazed by
the vastness of his love for her; too
much so to reason that life with any
other woman was impossible. aaaess
He did not see Molly Snerwell again
that night nor the next morning. The
tender was alongside the Marion and
most of the passengers for Queens
town were on the smaller boat. Muir.
ply scanned every part Of the ship,
but the girl was not to be SEEN He
concluded that she was In her state
room packing as she was to go on to
Liverpool
Nevertheless he paced the deck
nervously expectant. Some inner con-
seriousness told him that events were
shaping themselves into strange chan
nels.
When the tender with it's load Of
Queenstown passengers was ready
to detach itself from the great ship
Murphy gave tremendous start
Molly Sherwel was on the tender. She
was getting off at Ireland and he, the
man who loved her, had no address,
no possible clue to where she would
be. She had taken this means of es.
cape!
Murphy looked down at the thin
stream of water which was slowly
widening between the two boats With
out stopping to think of what he was
doing he rushed below In the com.
! panionway he was stopped. A cable
for William James Murphy. He scarce.
ly comprehended the contents as he
est possible deck of the Marion.
When he reaced the closest spot to
the tender and his eye caught sight
| Of trailing rope from her stern he
| made firm clear dive into the almost
| calm water.
There was fearful stirring on both
boats and life preserves were hurled
from all points. Murphy prayed, while
he struggled with the sea, that he
| might reach that rope before a life
saver reached him. He was a power.
| full swimmer. After brief but mighty
struggle his hands found and chung to
| the rope of the tender. For one sec.
ond his eyes looked up and he saw
the face of Molly Sherwell. Her eyes
we're praying for his safety and her
arms were outstretched
| He Is mine!" he heard her say to
those who would have cared for him
! when he went for moment into the
unconscious world.
Later, Molly bent over him. You
| might have died-dear-" Her voice
broke.
Il would have died without
you Everything went with you-what
was the game worth without love?"
| The cable, soaked and quickly dis.
appearing to nothingness, fell between
them.
my first fancee was very tickle,
She married the other fellow five days
after l left Molly-do you know
| whether or not we have to live in Lon.
don more than week before we can
| get license to" 4a-
Even a week would seem long
wouldn't 1t, dear?"