Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1911-05-06

see me now? Ungird me, Sir Rich
ard. Look at mel Covet me! Take
| mei''
Apparently he half rose, shuffied
toward her and stopped with a stifed
sound, half sob, half a growl
dared not picture to myself what
ne must have seen as she stood front
Ing him, her hands, as 1 imagined. at
her bosom, tearing back her robes.
Again heard her voice go on, chal-
Ienslng him. Strip me now, Sir
Richard, If you can, Take now what
you bought, if you find it here. You
cannot? You do not? All, then tell
me that miracle has been done, She
VINO was Helena Won Ritz, as you
knew her, or as you thought Won knew
her, is not here."
Now fell long silence 1 could hear
the breathing of them both. where I
stood in the farther corner of nv
room. I had dropped both the der
ringers back in my pockets now. be-
cause knew there would be no need
for them Her voice was softer as
she went on.
Tell me, Sir Richard, has not that
miracle been done?" she demanded.
Might not in great stress that thief
upon the cross have been a woman?
Tell me, Sir Richard, am 1 not clean ?"
He flung his body into a seat. his
arm across the table. I heard his
groan.
God! Womani What are you ?"
he exclaimed. Clean? By God. YES.
as lily! 1 wish 1 were half as white
myself"
"Sir Richard, did you ever love a
woman?''
"One- other, beside yourself, long
ago.
May not we two ask that other
miracle of yourself?'
How do you mean? You have beat
en- me already"
why, then, thisi If 1 could keep
my promise, I would. If 1 could give
you myself, 1 would. Failing that, 1
may give you gratitude. Sir Richard,
I would give you gratitude, did you
restore this treaty as it was, for that
new consideration. Come, now, these
savages here are the same savages
who once took that little island for
you yonder. Twice they have defeat
ed you. Do you wish a third war?
You say England wishes slavery abol-
ished. AS you know, Texas is wholly
lost to England The armies of
reach forever, even at this hour But
If you give new state in the north
to these same savages, you go so far
against oppression, against slavery
you do that much for the doctrine of
England and her altruism in the
world. Sir Richard, never did I be-
lieve in hard bargains and never did
any great soul believe in such.
own to you that when asked you
here this afternoon 1 intended to
wheedle from you all of Oregon to 54
degrees, 40 minutes. I find in you
lone some such miracle as in myself
Neither of us is so bad as the world
has thought, as we ourselves have
thought. Do, then, that other miracle
Tor me. Let us compose our quarrel,
and SO part friends
How do you mean, MADAME"
Let us divide our dispute and stand
IN this treaty as you wrote it yester- |
lay. Sir Richard, you are minister with |
powers. Your govern |
nent ratifies your acts without ques-
ion. Your signature is binding-and |
here it is, writ already on the scroll. |
See, there are waters there on the |
able before you Take them. Patch |
ogether this treaty for me. That will
De your miracle, Sir Richard, and /
twill be the mending of our quarrel |
Sir, I offered you my body and you
would not take it. / offer you my
land. Will you have that, my lord?
ask this of gentleman of England"
1t was not my right to hear the
ounds of a mans shame and humilia-
ion; or of his rising resolve, of his
eformed manhood; but I did hear it
IL. 1 think that he took her hand
nd kissed it. Presently heard some
ort of shutting and crinkling of pa
er on the table. I heard him sigh,
S though he stood and looked at his
Tork. His heavy footballs crossed the
DOM as though he sought hat and
tick. Her lighter feet, as l heard,
ollowed him, as though she held out
9th her hands to him. There was a
ause, and yet another; and so, with
growing half sob, at last he passed
ut of the door; and he closed it soft
7 after him
When entered, she was standing,
er arms spread out across the door,
er face pale, her eyes large and dark,
er attire still disarrayed- On the
able, as saw, lay a parchment mend
q with waters.
Slowly she came and put her two
rms across my shoulders. Mon
eur," she said, Monsieur"
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