The Fairmont West Virginian. (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1904-1914, 1912-08-08

1e4 tliifql ~ Y ~ llsE en- Il. W that
fshoNed tie mini /, 4 Eie Routd cIc 4 hIs
sesyes In that little room on Tie 1ileTi
side Of the door and see again ths
dark pool. her white shoulders. her
graceful arms, the lovely face Win
its crown Of sunny iiaif rising above
the rushing water. Ne had listened
to thesToar Of the wind through the
long nights, when sic thought him
asleep Il she thought 81 him, at AM
and heard again tliel scream Of the
storm that had brought her 10 hin
arms, No snow drop that touched
his cheek when he aaaIabroad hut
reminded him OF that night IN tho
COLI, ram when hs I'D Md her close
and carried hef Oh! Z He could not sd
Asd mend her boot, lthoat femem!
Barring that Rhite foot before which
.hR Mould fain have prostrated him:
self and upon which he would hayd
Pressed passionate kisses II be. had
given way. TO his desires: But he Kept
oil these things. in bis heart, pom
dered them and made no sign.
Did abe ask beauty in, her loyers
All, there at last he failed. Accord.
ing to the canons Of perfection he
did not measure up 10 the standard.
HIS features were Irregular his chin
q, trife too square, his mouth a
thought too firm, hissbtoy wrinkled a
little; but he was good to look al fol
he looked strong, he looked clean and
he looked true. There was about
him, too, that stamp Of practical Ell.
ficiency that men who cam do things
always have. You looked Rt him and
you felt sure that what hei undertook
that he would accomplish, that de-
cision and capability were lncarnate
in him.
/, But after all the things are said
love goes where It is sent, and
j. cat least, am hot ths sender
This woman loved this man Meth:
er because nor in spite OF these
qualities. That, they were might
account for her affection, but IL they
had not been. Il may be, that that al
fection, that that passion. would have
inhabitated her, heart still. No one
can say, no one can tell how or Why
those things are. She had, loved him
while she ragged against him and hat.
ed him. She did neither the one nor
the other OF those two last things,
now, and she loved him the more. !.
Mystery Is q great mover; there is
nothing so attractive as a problem we
cannot solve. The very. situation of
the man, how he came there, what
he did the. :, why he remained there,
Questions to which she had yet no
answer, stimulated her profoundly.
Because she did not know she cues.
toned in secret; interest was aroused
and the, transition to love was easy. I.
!Propinquity, too. ia responsible for
many an affection! a"The ivy clinss
to the first met tree" Given a man
and woman heart free and throw
them together and let there be decent
Kindness on both sides, and # Is al!
most inevitable that each shall love
the other. Isolate them from the
world. let them see no other compan4
IONS but the one man and the one
woman, and the result becomes more
inevitable. g'"ii2
Yes, this woman loved this man.
She said In her heart-and / am!
not one to dispute her conclusions
that she would have loved him had
he been one among millions to stand
before her. and It was true. He was
the complement OF her nature. They
differed in temperament as much as
IN complexion, and yet In those dif!;
ierences as must always be to make
perfect love and perfect union, there,
were striking resemblances, necessary
points Of contact. .57 5}i!
There was no reason whatever wbyII
Enid Maitland should not love this
man. The only, possible check upon,
her feelings would have been her;
rather anomalous relation to Armi
strong. but she reflected that she had
promised him definitely nothing
When she had met him she had been
heart whole, he had made some inn
preston upon her fancy and might
have made more with greater opportunJ
ity, but unfortunately for him, luckily
for her, he had not enjoyed that priv
ilege. She scarcely thought Of him
longer. VIZ ~ FV}
She would not have been human ifs
her mind had not dweit upon the
world beyond he:sky.line on the oth-s
or: side OF the range. She knew how
those who loved her must be suffering
n2accolnt Of her disappearance, but
knowing herself ssafe and realizing
that within short time, when thei
spring came again, she would 20 back
TO them and that their mourning
would be turned into Joy. by her arr
rival, she could not concern herself
very greatly over their present feel
ings and emotions; and besides, what
would be the use of worrying over
those things? There was metal more
attractive for her thoughts close al.
hand. And she. was too blssfulJyI