The Miller press. [volume] (Miller, S.D.) 190?-current, 1911-12-21
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so AGAIN."
"Why do you come to me now,'
Cant you think OF the reason?"
81 don't want to think; i want to
hear"
T love you then" said the girl
resolutely. You arc the bravest,
| noblest, most splendid man on earth.
If you will take me, / will be the hap.
piest, proudest, thankfullest woman
that the sun shines on"
Take you!" repeated Gormly. But
, / can't understand"
will you understand this?" asked
tho girl.
She walked slowly toward him. She
laid her hand on his shoulder. She
lifted her face TO his. His arm went
around her waist. What she had be
gun, he finished. He swept her to
him. She gave herself up yieldingly
to his embrace. When his lips sough,
hers, there was no avoidance. Her
arm slipped round his neck and tight,
ened there, And then at last he un,
derstood. After awhile she drew
away from him.
you don't ask me what I have
done?" she said.
Il neither know nor care since YOU
are here and you are mine"
Perhaps l should not have been
here" she returned, If we had NO,
been already engaged and the engage
ment already announced"
Il am very stupid this morning"
said Gormly in some bewilderment.
You certainly are" was the an,
swer. For a man who aspires to be
mayor Of New York. you are quite the
stupidsst and dearest person imagin'
able"
Il have wit enough at least to know
where | car get correct information
upon all points"
And where 10 that."
"Here!" said Gormly. pressing with
his own the loveliest lips in the world
which smiled at him and were not re
fused his touch. What have you
done and how has our engagement,
which, SO far as I know, was not Ell
NOAOu lhlo ullhll q OklC olDSC bOCl
announced?"
Read that" she cried, releasing
herself from his grasp and handing
him the neglected copy Of The Planet
She turned to the editorial rage
and pointed to a postscript to the lead,
er of the morning, which was a dis,
cussion highly eulogistic Of Gormly's
action and character. The postscript
was In the form Of a belated com,
munication which had been received
at the office Of The Planet at the last
moment, and had been forced into the
paper because It furnished the final
and completing touch to the other
revelations 1t contained. 1t had been
printed in heavy black capitals, double
spaced. Coming closer to her, so that
he held her with one arm, Gormly
took the paper with the other and
read:
The engagement Of Mr.. George
Gormly to Miss Eleanor Haldane is
authoritatively announced. The flu
ture mayor of New York Is to be con,
graduated upon having won for his
promised wife the young woman, who
not only from her beauty Of mind and
person, but because Of her lively and
practical interest in the poor, the op-
pressed and suffering. is easily first
among the daughters Of our great city,
The Planet feels that this announce
ment supplies the completing touch to
the other admirable qualifications
which MI. Gormly possesses for the
great office to which he has aspired
and to which the people mean to see
him elected tomorrow"
who did it," asked Gormly.
81 did"
But why?"
First Of all, because I found out
that I loved you"
why did you do II last night?"
Because ! believed hat such ar
announcement this morning, with its
implication of trust, and honor, and
affection, would do o to establish
you in the public confidence than al
most anything that could be I'm
agined."
"You have made my election GER
tain. But whether you have or not. ]
could almost believe that winning you
I don't care"