Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1911-12-01

And you refused me. win you d
so again"
why do you come to me now?"
Cant you think OF the r~eason2"
"a don't want to think: / want &
hear"
II love you then" said the CIR
resolutely. You are the bravest
noblest. most splendid nan on earth
II you will take me, ! will be the hau
piest. proudest. thankfullest womal
that the sun shines on"
Take you" repeated Gormly. "Bu
! can't understand"
"Wil you understand this?" aske,
the girl.
She walked slowly toward him. Sh,
laid her hand on his shoulder. Sh,
lifted her face to his. His arm wen,
around her waist. What she had be
gun, he finished. He swept her Il
him. She gave herself up yieldingl,
to his embrace. When his lips sough,
hers, there was no avoidance. Hell
arm slipped round his neck and tight
ened there. And then at last he I'm
derstood. After awhile she drew
away from him.
you don't ask me what have
dOne?' she said.
Il neither know nor care since yo,
are here and you are mine"
Perhaps | should not have been
here" she returned. IF we had not
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
stupidest and dearest person imagin,
able"
Il have wit enough at least to know
where | a get correct information
upon all points"
And where is that"
"Here!' said Gormly, pressing with
his own the loveliest lips In the world.
which smiled at him and we're not re-
fused his touch. What have you
done and how has our engagement,
which, so far as I know, was not EN-
tered into until a moment since, been
announced ?"
Read that she cried, releasing
herself from his grasp and handing
him the neglected copy Of The Planet.
She turned to the editorial page
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
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 it contained. 1t had been
printed in heavy black capitals, double
Coming closer to her, so that
ne held her with one arm, Gormly
look the paper with the other and
-ead:
THE engagement Of Mr.. George |
to Miss Eleanor Haldane is !
authoritatively announced. The fu.
.ure mayor of New York Is to be con-
graduated upon having won for his
promised wife the young woman, who
only from her beauty of mind and
but because Of her lively and
PRACTICAL interest in the poor, the op-
and suffering, Is easily first
Imong the daughters of our great city.
The Planet feels that this announce
nent supplies the completing touch to
he other admirable qualifications
which Mr.. Gormly possesses for the
Office to which he has aspired
nd to which the people mean to see
i'm elected tomorrow"
"Who did it?" asked Gormly.
II did"
"But why?"
First of all, because I found out
hat | loved you"
why did you do it last night?"
Because ! believed that such an
announcement this morning, with its
of trust, and honor, and
Election. would do more to establish
on In the public confidence than al
lost anything that could be i'm
you have made my election GER
ain. But whether you have or not, I
ould almost believe that winning you
don't care"