The Fairmont West Virginian. (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1904-1914, 1911-04-08
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hss turn He had taken on his cap;
~ her hrst woid. I beg your pardon,
EhareS heard sofnsthing o fsyour story.
He was sverytmpeh embarrassed. It
was sLangford sshtt took up the tale.
.sincebyou k1oSs much, MI. Whit,
taker. you may as well hear The rest
Indeed, am fanxJous that the world
should hear II Miss Brenton and l.,
we-er-did not Believe IN marriage,
md we went uwaE.4together.
Every word was ngonyS to angford.
who was a proud man: 1t was worse
than agony tqs Katharine Brenton, who
was a proudswoman and It was worst
agony Of all ID the man OF the Is
land. But3Langfdrd, persisted. He did
not careShow heAinrt himself. Indeed,
he rather luxuriated in the conscious.
ness OF. his, own3pain. It was part Of
his expiatioh. He realized that he,
would have TO hurt; Katharine. but per.
haps the very keenness Of her pain
would make her realize her position.
and he wanted to atfn her, now that
he had found her and seen. her, more
than ever. Nor was. his passion a
base one. againihe was ashamed OF
what he had already said. so he spoke
the more frankly: He gave no thought
at all, to the, other man. but II; he had,
he would have been glad to hurt him
until he killed him.
We went. on my yacht yonder three
years ago. lin short-I behaved
like a brute on 1t, I will admit.
Il discovered that he was a mar.
ried man." said tho woman swiftly at
this juncture. She, too, would be
frank, This grave and middle.nged of.
fcer should hear all. HE had pro-
fessed his belief in those views. which.
II 5you have read Fate and Destiny
YOU realize that ! entertained"
The officer howeda2
"And have yousf abandoned them
Ifow?" he asked.
Absolutely" was the firm answer.
Il am christian woman. thank God!'"
Thank God. say !. too" continued
Langford. "Yet 1 was not altogether
a sham or a lie. 1t was true that I
was a married man..
Tho ,,o,to,o,
contemptuous look at him at which
Eangford WINGED. but he went on. He
WA determ,ned IN make an absolute.
" clean breast Of. the whole aroir
~ 4 tr,os w,s +. r,,rr,oa :
tbut5 + WAC under tbsIesno,I ~ nJ,s.
pren,on's a,o,,ono,s AVA =, ~
beontyrS -
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III smaS! n..,,s sa.u
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!. y H. Observation-Disclosures al.
& q hated the woman IN
bSTa nj mo and co as Mls..nrtS1
mn adissin,e as her dovotee forS N
love;r bcr + will aIm,t" sha sm,,S,,
drear,lv "more ithan her nb,IosonhvS Ii
nroposed ina. waI should tramn,o M
the conventions she had taught me rs
believe she despised. and 20 away H.
gether." IA
.pnt ION were NOT free" said I'M
woman. 40 enter unon s,ch nm undds.
taking" p
"No NV !. or,oa u,,,,,,lI.
Nav ;h,s ann,,ar,a,ion h,d ~
,,rr,.a ~ n.nh th.aa ,asutss h.
rro,,ns ~ ,ud,,nr, he.,das ,hosogM
;aJaa,,na, 1snses.,,s ..s..tA"s ~
marines and senmen from Tho cboy.
emo. for Tho .bo,t was AGAINST Tho
shore. and the man Of the island.
| Whitaker first awoke to the situa.
tion.
"1 beg vour nardon" he said "brt
would It not be better to continue this
conversation prlyatelyg"
.1 tb,,L o. " r,.ur,,ad , 4
"No." said the man Of the island
addressing the lieutenant commander
for the first time, "you and these men
are the world, I want the story told
where all the world may hear" 4
Wbittaker's sunrise Mt th,s remorr
was scarcely ,css than he had exne.
rienced when the woman addressed
him. Who was th,s snlcnd,d rod,,te