Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1911-11-30
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1sshlnE, motionless pinion&
His eyebalis seems to move re-
luctaDtly in their sockets. and his
head felt very light and empty, al
though so heavy that he cosA BOT Lift
1t from the pillow. But he managed
to shift his gaze from the window
until it rested upon a mans face
quaint, impressive brown face tlum.
mated by steady and thoughtful eyes,
filed with that mystic, unshakable
spirit Of fatalism that 10 the Genius
of the eastern peoples. The head it
self stood out with almost startling
distinctness against the background OF
pure white. 1t was swathed with an
immaculate white turban.
The sick nan felt that he recog
nized this CONFERENCE.-THE known it,
rather. in some vague, half-remember.
ed life before his latest death. The
name 7 He felt his lips move
and that they were thin and glazed.
Moistening them with his tongue he
made another attempt to artculate. A
thin whisper passed them In two
breaths: Ram Nath :"
Hearing this, the dark man started
out of his abstraction, cast a swift
pitiful glance at the sick mans face,
and came to hold a tumbler to his
lips. The liquid, colorless, acrid, and
pungent, slipped into his mouth, and
he had to swallow whether he would
or no. When the final drop disap-
peared, Ram Nath put down the glass,
smiled, laid a finger on his lips, and
went on tiptoe from the stateroom.
After awhile the man without an
identity fell asleep, calmly, restfully,
in absolute peace. When again he
awakened it was with the knowledge
that he was David Amber, and that a
woman sat beside him.
Sophia .
His voice sounded in his own hear
ing very thin and brittle. The girl
turned her gaze upon him swiftly, the
soft smile deepening, the dream-light
In her eyes burning brighter and more
steady. She bent forward, placing ovel
his wasted hand a hand firm ant
warm, strong yet gentle, its white
ness enhanced by the suggested ira
Gerry Of blue veins beneath the silkel
skin, and by the rosy tips of her slep
der, subtle fingers.
David" she said.
He sighed and remembered. Hi
brows knitted, then smoothed them
selves out: for with memory came tn,
realization that, since he was Their
and she by his side, God was surely il
his heaven, all well with the world!
How long Sophia?"
Five days, David"
where . :" =
"At sea, David, on a Messagerie
boat for Marseilles. Dear . :"
He closed his eyes in beatiHc cor
tent: David Dear =!
Can you listen%
Eyes sweetheart"
Her voice faltered; she fushe
adorably. "You mustn't talk. But Z
: tell you. They refused to Il
us go back to Kuttarpur; an escol
took us across the desert to Nok, 20
in a litter, l on horseback. There W
took train to Haidarabad and X
: rachi. Ram Nath. came with us, {
i, bearer, it being necessary that he tt
should leave India. My father ar
your man Doggott Joined us at K
rachi, where this steamer touched Il
second day"
"You understand, now-r"
q Everything, dearest"
"Labertouche-?"
HE told me nothing. I haveI
seen him since that morning, whe
Just after you were wounded, v
started for Nok. He posted off
Kuttarpur to find my father. . .
. No; it was you who told me-ever
: thing-in your delirium."
"And you forgive"
"Forgive!"
He smiled family. "That phot
graph"
g" had it ready to return to y
that morning, David"
= knowing what it meant to me?"
p knowing what it meant to me
> what it meant to both Of us, David"
so you weren't offended, tn
night?"
of 81 loved you even then, David.
nj. think / must have loved you from tt
a first day at NokoTis. Do you rene
in Der . 2" =
id. His eyes widened, perplexed, st
in. ing into her grave, dear eyes. 9Th
m. why did you PRETEND"
IN With the low, caressiHg laugh oil
he happy child, the girl knelt by the 81
,at of his berth, and laid her che
,is against his own. "Oh, David, my ]
vid! When do you expect to und
,at stand the heart of a woman, d.
to heart of miner"
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