The Yale expositor. (Yale, St. Clair County, Mich.) 1894-current, 1912-08-29

aDoulS ne WOHueTeu were HOJ COHuuC'
i've to rapid recuperation. 1t would
be comfort to him also to have food
and time.
sit down. she said. II shall be
back In moment"
The fire of the morning was still
heat can Of soup, to make him some
buttered toast and hot coffee, were the
tasks OF few moments; she brought
them back to him, set them on the Ia
BILE before him and babe him fall to.
by jove." exclaimed the man after
a little time as he began to eat hast.
lily but with great relish what she had
prepared. while she stood over him
watching him silently. This is cozy.
warm, comfortable room, something
to eat served by the finest woman in
the world, the prettiest girl on earth
to look at-what more could a man de-
sire? This Is the way it's going to be
always in the future"
You have no warrant whatever for
saying or hoping that" answered the
girl slowly but decisively.
Have ! not?" asked the man quick
| ly. Did you not say to me a little
while ago that you liked ME better
than any man you had ever met and
that might win you il could? Well,
| |. can, and what's more, will in spite
of yourself, Enid. he laughed. why.
the memory of that kiss / stole from
you makes me mad" He pushed the
! things before him and rose to his feet
once more. Come, give me another"
he said, 1T isn't in the power of wo.
man TO stand against love like
mine"
Isn't it,"
mo, indeed"
Louise Newbold did" she answered
very quietly but with the swiftness
and the dexterity Of a sword thrust
by master hand. mighty arm.
Armstrong stared at her in open
mouthed astonishment.
What do you know about Louise
| Rosser or Newbold?" he asked at
last.
All that | want to know"
and did that damned hound tell
you?"
IF you mean Mr.. Newbold, he new
er mentioned your name. he does not
know you exist
Where is he now?" Numbered the
man.
man calmly, he has gone to the set
Elements to tell them | arr safe and
to seek help to get me out of the
! mountains"
Fear" exclaimed Armstrong
proudly, "I,fear nothing on earth For
fact. have longed to meet him.
want to know who told you about that
woman-Kirkby?
"He never mentioned your name in
connection with her."
But you must have heard 1t some
wildered. THE birds of the air didn't
tell 1t to you, did they?"
she told me herself" answered
Enid Maitland.
She told you? Why, she's been
dead in her grave five years, shot to
death by that murderous dog o. hus.
band of hers"
"A word with you Mr.. Armstrong"
said the woman with great spirit
You can't talk that way about Mr.
| Newbold he saved my life twice
| over, from bear and then in the
cloudburst which caught me in the
canon"
That evens up a little" said Arm
strong. Perhaps for your sake | will
spare him"
You" laughed the woman con.
temptuously. Spare him? Be ad vised.
look to yourself, If he ever finds out
what know, don't believe any power
on earth could save YOU"
oh" said Armstrong carelessly
enough, although be was consumed
with hate and jealousy and raging
against her clearly evident disdain
II can take care of myself, guess.
Anyway { only want to talk about
you. not about him or her. Your faith.
err"
is he well!
well enough, but heart-broken
crushed. | happened TO be IN his house
In Philadelphia when the telegram
came from your uncle that you we're
lost and probably dead. | had just
! asked him for your hand" he added
smiling grimly at the recollection.
You had no right TO do that"
II know that"
1T was not. it is not. his to give"
"Stll when won you | thought it
would be pleasant all, around If he
knew and approved"
And did he?'
Not then, he literally drove me out
of the house. but afterwards he said
If | could find you I could have you;
and. by Heaven, ] have found you and
! will have you whether yor like it or
not"
Never" cried the woman decisive
iy.
The situation had got on Arm
strong's nerves. and he mist perforce
show himself In his true colors Ills