The Emmett index. [volume] (Emmett, Idaho) 1893-1925, 1912-04-04

Freckles wants: II is your love"
J "Well. / do love him" she said sin
ply.
McLean's arms dropped helplessly.
You don't understand" he reiterat
Z ed patiently. ut isn't the love N
friend. or a comrade. or a sister tina
Freckles wants from you; II il the lev,
OF a sweetheart. And II 20 save tn,
life he has offered for you you ar,
thinking OF being generous and i'm
pulsive enough to sacrifice your futur,
lin the absence OF your father II will
become my plain duty. az the pro
tector in whose hands he has placed
you. TO prevent such rashness. The
very words you speak and :he manner
In which you say them proves that you
are mere child and have not dreamed
what love Is"
IL have never had TO dream OF love"
/ she said proudly. Il have never
/ known anything else I'm all my life
but TO love every one and TO have
| every one love me. And there has
| Tever been any one so dear as
Freckles. II you will remember. we
have been through a good deal to-
gether | do love Freckles. Just as
| say | do. | don't know anything
about the love Of sweethearts. but
love him with all the love In my
heart, and | think that will satisfy
him"
Surely Il oughtr' muttered the man
OF knives and lancets.
"As for my father" continued the
angel, "he at once told me what he
learned from you about Freckles.
I've known all You know for several
weeks. That knowledge didn't change
your love for him particle. thipk
the Bird Woman loved him more.
Why should you two have all the
fine perceptions there are7 MY father
Is never unreasonable He won't ex.
pect me not TO love Freckles. or not
him"
She darted past Mclean into
Freckles room. closed the door and
turned the key.
Freckles lay raised on n fat pill
low. his body immovable in n plastic!
cast. his manned arm, as always, MD
den. The Anglers heart ached nj the
change In his appearance. He seem.
ed so weak. SO utterly hopeless and
so alone. She could see that the night
had been one long terror.
For the first time she tried putting
hnr nl In layf fNla ~
II mean to have no parents, no home.
no name? No name! That was the
worst of all. That was to be lost,
indeed-utterly and hopelessly lost. The
angel lifted her hands to her daZed
head and reeled as she tried to face
that proposition. She dropped on her
knees by the bed. slipped her arm I'M
der the pillow. and. leaning over
Freckles. set her lips on his forehead. |
lie smiled family.
Dear Freckles," she said. there is |
a story in your eyes this morning.
TELL me?'
Freckes drew a long. wavering
breath.
Angel" he begged. "be generous!
Be thinking of me little. I'm so
homesick and worn out, dear angel,
be giving me back me promise. Let
ne go?
''Why. FrecklesI" faltered the angel.
You don't know what you are asking.
Let you co. | cannot. love you
,etter than any one, Freckles. think
'ou are the very finest person ever
NEW. have our lives all planned. |
want you TO go to be educated and
earn all there is to know about sing
ng Just as soon as you are well
nough. BY the time you have com
eted your education shall have
nished college. and then ! want" she
hoked on IL second. Il want you to
e my real knight. Freckles, and come
, me and tell me that you-like me-a
tile. | have been counting on you
Or my sweetheart from the very first
rockies. can't give you up unless
on don't like me. But you do like
e-just a little-don't you, Freckles?"
Freckles lay whittier than the cover
{. his eyes on the ceiling and his
reath wheeling. The angel awaited I