Rocky Ford enterprise., 1911-06-02

that, and she caught her breath.
Thank you-Philip." .
well have our holiday, Jeanne, but
We must have . better understanding
drst."
mo! No morel-I can't!"
But he went steadily on: You said
there was only one way out, and I
knew what you meant. It - a way
out-a way that can't deny your
right to take. II we're talking of
rights. During the I'VE years that
spent at Sandoval always regarded
it as right that could exercise
when chose. Perhaps that IL one Of
the reasons I never exercised It. But
Jeanne. II you elect to take that way.
I shall take It with you"
She struggled away from him. turned
and faced him with horror-stricken
eyes. You must not say that! You've
NO right to threaten mo with that!
No right" Then. clutching at his
hands again. You must promised"
Again she pulled her hands away
and covered her face with them. She
was trembling uncontrollably.
1T was not . threat" he said stead.
lily. TT was q promise. . promise I
| have the right to make. I mako 1t
again. now. jeanne solemn prom
Use before God. Whether its living Or
dying. shall 20 beside you"
mo right" she repeated in . whis-
per. What possible right could you
have to make . promise like that
threat that calls itself promisef"
II have the only right there IL.
Listen. Last night. when you were
lying there asleep. sat thinking.
thinking about you. about the love I
had for you: about the change which
go on making after had lost you. For
faced losing you. know that when
they sent q boat ashore for you. l
should have to let you 20 without
word III could have heard prophecy
then. that today l should be telling
you I loved you. telling It with clear
heart and conscience. should have
gone halfmad for Joy. It seemed a.
II the thing could never happen. am
. man with q stain upon me. and yes
terday that stain made It impossible
to say anything to you but goodby.
meant to say It, and take my way
through the air again and live out the
rest OF my life on what, from your
bounty. you had already given me.
But the coming OF q new day has
changed all that. It has given me tho
right to tell you what have told you.
and II gives me the right to make that
promise. Isn't that quite plain! Don't
you understandf'
Il must think" she saspsd. you
must let me think"
NO." he said. II have not asked for
an answer. There is nothing that you
have to tell me. Nothing that I'm
waiting to hear. No decision that you
must make. YOU understand what
said and you know it's true. Tho
supreme fact In my universe 10
Just you. That gives mo tho
right to follow you wherever you
go. But you are still free. fou
can stay here. where Fate has put you.
and let me stay here. too. being sure
that all the happiness in the world
there IL for me IL to be found here at
your side. in helping you. And then II
the torture Of privation. loneliness and
despair become too hard"
She turned to him then and inter
rupted. Her words came quietly. un-
accompanied by any gesture Of her ex-
pressive hands. She spoke with the
utmost simplicity.
They won't be too hard. 1 think
neither the privation nor the loneli-
ness. There won't be any despair
not with you. my friend. And-and
we will follow my fathers gospel"
She saw the blood go ebbins out OF
his face. and then come back with
surge. He drew in two or three great
breaths of the keen. winelike air.
Then. in . strangely matter-of.fact
fashion. he seated himself beside her.
That gospel begins with breakfast
. he Raid