Perth Amboy evening news., 1911-10-12

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30 KIss THE eRess-swESrHEAHrs 10
KISS THE Caossin
was marked BY a new ~gentleness, a
new patience and witha1 a new
strength that made her to Bob's eyes
beautiful beyond dreams.
She, too, sawsa change. He wHssthe
sane stalwart figure as before, yet q
slight stoop had come into the Big
shoulders. Sfreaks OF gray In
his hair. The thin. strongly marked.
ascetic face was the same and yet not
the same; the bod arrogance, the look
OF the all co~nquaring viking. was
gone. In its place had come the quiet
matllred strength of the man who has
proved himself and the great kindli-
ness9e OF a strong ma who has suffer
ed without hardening
Under his steady regard she trens-
bled. She tried toStake her eyes from
his, but could NOT She knew that In
that moment of silence they were say
Ing what must not be said She tried
% speak, "a. .hrsak the snelI
/ 4 was singing TOR hfn1~no aSkea
me-" she said uusteadily.
Il heard you sing that song for him
once before, the night when IT, He
could not go on.
"AIl that is forgotten. Mr.. McAdeo."
He shock his head slowly. ut can
never be forgotten. Mrs. Gilbert. Nv
cry nishttI dream Of IT. he answered
sadly.
"It tore ray heart that night, your
singing Tie words fell SLOWLY Il
Knew thar ynese KliIn paopfa had some.
thing / had not. They had learned
the lesson. But I. In my ignorance,
could not see how one could learn to
kiss ones cross.
"AhIs She answered gently. 81
knew that something was hurting yen
that night. Otherwise
"Otherwise | should not have been
so ~unspeakably brutal to your he In.
tarr-rtc5 oscsf4iiy. lou are gen.
erons to find an excuse for me. But
That IL not true. A nan such as I
was III apt to DO such things, Mrs. GIL
BERT"
"a man such as You are is apt to
be too harsh with himself, Mr. Me-
Adoo. And"-she could not help the
hint of pride in her voice-T have
heard fine things Of You. You have
learned to kiss the cross, I think
Again he shook his head Il fear
NOT. / have not grown 80 far yet.
Andp-his voice was losing its stead
Siness-1seeing you here, II realize
how heavy my cross has beeome.v
He had need OF Gil bis strength to
repress the words that flooded to bis
lips. His body became rigid with tho
effort. Yet his eyes eloquent and
cenarc.iing. held hers. crying out that
she was his-AhtsI Her own, helpless
to deny him, answered. And she knew
that it was true, that from the very
beginning OF things the force which
had so strangely brought them togeth-
er had intended them to be OF one
piece. He mdghtscruelly hurt her-he
had cruelty hurt her-yet she could
not free herself from the bond that
held them. conld never desire release.
For so do strong men and wonnezA
love.
Yet between them stood the barrier
that could not be ignored Fearing,
she summoned her d~efenses against
the lore that was overcoming.
"Mr. MeAdeo, have you heard from
Him?''
he passed his hand In a hopeless
gesture across his eyes. II had for
gotten that. / have heard nothing. I
have no hope OF finding him. I'm
afraid something has happened1-
no, moi You mustn't say that. we
mustn't lose hope OF finding him and
saving him from himself. Surely,
surely nothing can have happened"
he shook bis head ~hopelessly, an
sweriag nothing. TO both OF them
Ia that moment the BITTER il seemed
overHowing. Their eyes at last turned
away, each fearing to look upon the
others suffering.
aShall we 60 mp to him?7 she said
HE wants to see you before he dies.
He IL waiting for you"
Eyes. III had forgotten why I ann
here
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