Tensas gazette. [volume] (St. Joseph, La.) 1886-current, 1911-08-11

long for nothing" Muriel laughed
whimsically. AT times. ] have felt
that | would willingly give my voice
for the power or rather that someone
else might have the power to make
me love him, but" she laughed mock
ingly. those moments are few and far
between. II would probably be irk-
some to be tied to one man when
there are so many handsome ones.
Why. think of it, couldn't even
fiirt with them"
"Oh-h-I see" Tweedie again made
use of his expressive syllable.
Il promised Mr.. Kelly a game OF
SWITCHBOARD" she informed him while
she shook out the folds Of her skirt.
but when | come back-Do more seri-
ousness-this has been enough for the
whole six days"
Il shall remember" laughed Tweed
ie lightly.
Muriel spent the greater part of the
days following. with her table COM
panion. Jim Kelly. He demanded most
of her time. He was not a man to in
spire her confidence as Allan Tweedie
had. but she enjoyed an Unconditional
comradeship with him.
Even so, the six days on shipboard
taught Muriel that her life hencefor-
ward would circle around the memory
and personality of Allan Tweedie.
Upon the day of her landing she
said goodby to Tweedie and Jim Kel-
ly. They were going on to Liverpool
while she was leaving the boat at
Fishguard. The goodby was not for
long. Both men were coming to see
her in London.
! Jim Kelly came but not Allan
Tweedfe When the days wore on and
} he never so much as wrote line or
In any way lived up to the trust she
would have credited him with. Muriel
knew sorrow. He, the one man she
had chosen to believe in had failed her
, utterly
Muriel tried to put him from her
: thoughts. but he remained a living
breathing personality and she de-
{ srised herself for cherishing the mem
DRY of a man who had crushed out
: once and for all her hope that man
might one day give her the greatest
gift
She decided hurriedly to go to Ber-
. lin and there plunge into her work.
{ The deep love that had stolen into her
: life had added a warmth and timber
to her voice which compensated in
5 great measure for her constant long
o ing for Allan Tweedie. She would
8 have staked all her life on the truth
in his eyes.
Four years on the continent gave
d her a firm footing In the musical
o world. It was then that she crossed
|. back to America for a big concert
|. tour.
One OF her first stops was in To
n ronto. She realized that she was near
e very near, the man VINO refused &c
; leave her in peace. He was civil
+ engineer and was even then probably
/ in SauIt-Ste-Marie.
e Muriel was well through her FRS
p operate aria when her voice suddenl,
l. wavered and would have broken save
g for her swift control Allan Tweedi<
e was in the stage box and leaning IA
over. The green light in his eye'
II shone Iull into Murieps own.
She answered in the Affirmative t.
4 the note which he sent around to her
- He came to her dressing room ant
:" she closed the door.
b -Tell me first" Allan Tweedle salt
m trying to steady his voice. "whetherio
is not you are the wife of Jim KeIly?"
lie IL am nobody's-
IN ~Then come here. dear" he held on
ID his arms.
it Muriel drew a deep breath as hi
arms frightened about her This al
seems very natural. Allan-but VIII
lg have you left me so alone?"
Il 81 have been more or less of foo
ye After you left the ship at Fishguart
n Jim Kelly told me that you were hi
Ve wife"
K II" Muriel drew from Tweedie'
D arms.
ps Come here--just where you wers
1 Yes: he said that you were elopin
Id and that It was a secret"
as "Still-you could have made sure
d. couldn't you'll you had loved m
al them"
IF | had loved you then! ] hav
he loved you always--so much SO that
I'D dared not trust myself to see you
10 YOU were his wife, After | had los
the opportunity Of finding you ! som
ly how knew that 1t was best. You wan
of ed your music more than anything
Nv Never more than you. Allan-If yo
an ever think that will drop every bit I
tie my music"
ne mo. you won't--because then
by would have nothing to live up. AS
is | will have a constant struggle
pi- hold my own against another love
ed He bent his head over hers.
lie Then she looked up. "It won't
much of a struggle-you see ha,
ne been given the greatest gift"
til "Dearl" Allan Tweedie said.