Devils Lake inter-ocean., 1912-11-22

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Fired In the General Direction Of the
Moon.
of the night? have right to know
and r had thought you gentleman,
though I should have known that no
gentleman would have have e she
finished Iame1y. .iy
on. the frivolfty scarcely gone from
his voice.
Certainly" she flashed. }S 81
Bedfght pufEed thoughtfnlly at his
cigar. the fragrant pungency Of the,
tobacco waiting to Jackie as she
stood in the moonbeam's path, the
light giving an ethereal beauty to her
trim, erect figure
It was wrong, admit" be said
impulsively. = am willing to admit
that-but refuse TO believe that no
gentleman could be other than hon.
ored by such q privilege. As one who
has tried to be such. would be VIII /
Ing to do it again IT," fs4 81 4.
Mr.. Bedight" the voice was keen
now-and the mayor hesitated. Il did
not come here to handy words.
never shall cease regretting that
am In a sense guilty OF mIsdemean-
or which makes It impossible for me
to condemn you as I should but
warn you not to presume to justify
further presumpti
Miss Vining paused effectively.
But yon have not answered my
question. Mr.. Bedight, !" she continued.
1 Who was the girl that came down
the path with you q, 81 dSs|
The man drew closer to her. The
Sfippancy was gone from his voice.
His face was earnest. 1stS
Miss Vinfng, you have inferred
that am guilty OF conduct unbecom-
ing a gentleman. A few mornings
ago you ran after me IN spirit of
mischief, and In the same spirit L
caught y0u in my arms and kissed
You. III have hurt you am sin
cerely sorry, but i. too. am reaping
the fruit Of folly Yon have chosen
TO arm yourself with a distant de-
meanor toward me, you rebuff my at q
tempts at entering the circle of your
real self. y0u are Judge" both on and /
Of the bench, distant suspicious.
naughty. You pursued me: / took
toll. With your permission i promise
to forget that You ran. but / cannot
forget that ] kissed you. / am not |
9 boy. a have seen scme Of the world.
do not know much about love. II
have been too busy trying TO do some.
thing. to fall fn love, or else i never
have happened to meet the. woman.
Since coming here I don't know ex-
actly what sort OF an enchantment I.
have entered but I do know that L
cannot forget the ecstasy OF the mo-
ment when our lips met You may
scorn me and it lies within your pow
! ser to discipline meor defeat me-
but shall not try to *obliterate the
thrill Of that brief moment T.. s$
Jackie Vining did not meet his eyes.
In her heart she felt strange, new
feeling of elation, softening Of re-
sentiment, but women were. theorens
long before mat ematicians struggled;
with right-angle triangles and hypsote-
j muses., and all their non-und derstand.
able descend ants, beautiful and sweet
land charming as they are, still per-
sist in being mans hardest problem.
| Your frank kness In some things
she said wi ithout emoti lion, .as as com
menda BILE as your lack OF it iii others.!
4 Must 4 repeat my question still anoth.
/ er time Who is the girl ?'s's3 d.
The mayor spoke firmly and with,
/ decision.
AS q. man who IS at least that
much of gentleman, refuse to an.
swer. The girl has done no wrong.
4 4 She z
Bedight, on Tnesday night II
4 1 saw one of n crowd sof young ladies'
4 leave the rbor after q clandestine
night meeting with you. Tonigh I
4 chance to- bInnder upon you at mid.
night again in the company Of a.
4. I. YOUNG woman There are no othera
here, aside from our part feel a
responsibflity and must fnsist on
your iransWering. q ss#ss$5
The mayor shrugged his shoulders
no was she Re asked the ea.jud go,i
i Tor the fourth time.
Why don II you AJAX hsr yourselfas
said the mayor.
Where 10 she 99''
he last saw off her she went
4 through tsiat door, he replied. dog
gadIy
Miss Ining stepped toward tiae
door snd opened IL ii the farther
] end of me boathonBs ii second door