The Springfield herald., 1912-04-12

our lives; camping, as It were. upon
the border of the promised land and
fearing to enter 1t. l already have
enough money to last US for years.
and surely with the start l now have
the rest will not be long In coming.
| want you to tell me: Is there any
reason why you desire the postpone
ment of our marriage except that
am In the midst of accommodating more
resources?"
None In the world. am interested
heart and soul in your success and
shrink at the thought of divertins
your efforts For once married. know
that l should claim your time jeal-
ously."
And you could marry me one time
as well as another?"
Tomorrow as well as any other
day"
Within arms length of the prize
which l coveted more than all else
in the world combined, the woman
for whom / would have waived my
claims upon Immortality to have pos
sessed at the point of yielding herself
to my embrace. my tongue burst forth
in an impassioned appeal. Then
come with me tomorrow. sweetheart
dearest We will be quietly married
and start at once for Europe. l can
leave my interests in the hands OF
my broker. who will protect me fully.
We will want for nothing. We Will
so to Paris, to Spain, to Algters. We
will cruise through the Mediterranean
We will summer in the Alps. We will
winter on the Nile. The world shall
be ours. The papers and cable VIII
keep me in daily touch with affairs
| here If all goes well for few
months. as 1t surely must. we will not
| need to return, but will go on and on
as YOU wish None will be as happy
as we, and our lives Will be one long
honeymoon Nothing shall be denied
you. Come" Carried away as was
by the impetuosity of my passion,
firmly believed that l had forecasted
our, destiny as infallibly as fate itself
as / turned my glance from the fly
ing roadway to her face. She must
have caught some of my enthusiasm.
for her eyes were glowing and the
fingers which held entwined them
selves amongst mine.
III is WHAT nave uIedlicu aiSo. ~
is what my life must be, and OF late
have grown to picture you in my
mind as the one who is to share all
those things with me. But 1t would
| be terrible to awake some morning
in the midst Of our happiness and fnd
II ruined. Therefore | wish you to
be fully insured before embarking-
not that | would love you any the
| more if you had million, but because
the life you have just portrayed Is
what we both crave. And l believe
that all you have said will come true.
| But while | might wish very much TO
marry you tomorrow. think 1t is
better to wait
| slipped my free arm beneath hers
and drew her to me. Make 1t TO-
morrow, dearest" / pleaded. feeling
that she swayed upon the brink of sur
render and that could | have taken
her In my arms she would have
| Welded completely. when l think
how happy we would be. 1t seems a
shameful waste of time to deny our
| selves" Her bosom was rising and
falling rapidly and l knew that the
battle within her was raging sharp
ly. Her reply was both distressed
and beseeching:
You must not press me any more
Tom. No woman is more human than
| /. You are making 1t very dimcult
for mo to resist, and 1t hurts me to
say no to you. Please-please don't
drive me so hard
Tomorrow" l insisted mercilessly.
holding her still tighter and pushing
my advantage to the uttermost. She
ayerted her face. troubled look
haunting it.
"Then l will compromise in this
way. / will give you your answer to-
morrow. | must have one day IN
which to think 1t over. Mind you, l