Honolulu star-bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1912-2010, 1912-07-27

THE WAY
OF
A MAN
By EMERSON HoUdH
cs,nslt lsss. y n. Ostlss pusn.l,ss
(continped from Last Week.
By EMERSON HoUoH
Copyright lsss. by me Os,iss pusushiss
conpsay


greeting that brought Ler tsrogg.:"
almost. sir lac said. setting lis I.g
together .'nIaost.''
40 yGu fegfel then th@f she brought
me through thar J owe my lie to
her.
almost. sif.v he repeated, Il al
most regret It.
'.Then go bark :eave rcaort rs
dad.- + broke oui Navnpely.
she Is a sI,IenGid girl a noble l.e
Ing said 10 him slowly az last. She
saved me when I was sick and unable
10 travel There Is nothng could d.
that would pay the debt owe hrr.
She. Is noble woman. pldns ess
among women. body and soul.
'She Is like her nother." said b.
quietly. ''She was TOO good for this
Sir. you have done my family friey.
ous wrong. You have ruined my
daughters life."
struck my hand hard on his shout
der and looked him full In the eye.
Colonel Meriwether." ! said 70 him.
Il am ashamed Of you"
''What do you mean?v lie frowned
stefnly and shook on my hand.
Il brought her through" said, land
n It would do any good. ! would lie
down here and die for her. II what /
say r. not true. draw up your men for
firing squad and LET US end 1t. |
don't care to 60 back to Laramie
"What good would that do?" he said.
"1t's the girls name that's compromis-
ed. mani Why. the news Of this is all
over the country-the wires have car
ried It both sides Of the mountains;
the papers are full Of It in the east
You have been gone nearly three
months together. and all the world
knows r. Don't you suppose all the
world viii tnIkf Did I not see"- be
motioned his hand toward our encamp-
nent. Il know men"
'sYes." I said. II would have been no
man worth the name had not loved
your daughter And ! admit to you
that shall never love another woman.
not IN ell my life."
In answer he flung down on the
ground 10 front Of me something that
be carried-the scroll Of our covenant.
signed BY my name and In part by
hers
What does this meanf' be asked
at means said I. what II says:
that here or anywhere. In sickness or
in health. IN adversely or prosperity.
until Tie down to die and she beside
me IN her time. we two are in the eve
Of God married; and In the eye Of man
would have been. here or wherever else
We might be-
saw his face pale. but a somber
flame came lrto his eyes. aAnd you
say this-you. after all know regard
Ing your
saw my guilt once more. horrible
rs though an actual presence. re-
membered what Ellen Meriwether had
said to me regarding any other or
earlier covenant, recalled my troth.
plighted earlier. before had ever seen
ser-my faith. pledged in another
world. turned to him with no pride
IN my bearing.
so presuWe Gordon 0rme has told
yon.r said 10 him. You know Of
Grace Sheraton back thereT'
His.lips but closed the tighter. Have
you told her-have you told this to my
girl?" be asked.
Draw up your filer' I cried. spring
ing 70 my feet. Execute me. l de-
serve II. No. have not told her. L
planned to do SOL should never have
allowed her to sign her name there be-
fore I had told her everything been
fair TO her as could. But her acct
dent left her weak could not tell her
IA thousand things delayed II. Yes
II was my fault"
He looked me over with contempt.
'You are not at 10 touch the shoe on
my girls foot" he said slowly. But
now. since this thing has begun. since
you have thus involved her and COM
promised her. and MS Imagine In some
foul way have engaged her affections
now. say. Il must 20 on. When we
get hack Ia Laramie. sir. ron shall
marry that girl And then out you go
ard never zee her face again
rcoionel Meriwether." said to him
finally. III II would do her any good
l would give up my life for her.
But her father can neither tell me
how nor when my marriage ceremony
runs. nor can he tell me when to leave
the side OF the woman who is my wife.
I am subject To the orders OF no man
in fine world"
..You refuse To do what ron have
planned to d0s Sir that shows you
AZ you are. You proposed toto lire
with her here. hat not be bound to her
1T is not true. I said TO him In
somher anger. Il proposed to put be
fore her Ire at Of my "w:l 're"rnesS
OF ms own self deception v'h'rh ais
vas DISCRETION Of her. | propose to d.
thai now.