The Emmett index. [volume] (Emmett, Idaho) 1893-1925, 1912-08-15

lore you 10. ne saiu calmly d
a Is in the parlor"
J. Then lie turned and walked AVA
u leaving me standing there alone IA
> ing the closed door. The blood surge
, 10 my face: | could feel the trembIin
OF my fingers as they grnsped th
knob. had not expected. not eve
hoped for this. She was standln
, waiting me In the center OF u ROOF
J full of sunahlne-a slender. white robe
figure. with smiling lips and smilin
eyes.
II asked Colonel Donald TO hay
you come 10 me before your depar
ture." she said firmly. 80 there nigh
be no misunderstanding between US.
you refer TO the words spoken yon
der. Miss Denslowf" and IL seemed
TO me an Icy hand gripped my heart
There was no misundersta nding.
assure you. realize that what you
said was merely TO save life. spoken
| on the spur OF the moment"
Her eyes fell, the blood flooding her
cheeks
ut was not that meant. Lieutenant
King: IL was something very different
have not really deceived you. but
but ] have permitted you to deceive
yourself thought I could let you
90 away without any explanation. but
III find | cannot, and Colonel Donald
thinks ! bad better confess the truth"
Il hope you also think So
ayes. III believe I do, only l hard
ly know how TO begin-how to make II
all clear. When you told me once that
you cared for me said that I loved
Colonel Donald. You remember thatr
"Yes." eagerly. WAS II not trueY'
at was true. but-bm not In the way
you though. Listen to me. ! wish TO
tell you llttle-just little-about
my own life. then you will under
stand"
She paused with eyes cast down. her
bosom heaying.
MY birth took place fifteen miles
east of here on Clear creek. in the
mountains. Long before then my fam
lily had become involved In a feud that
has cost many lives. My father was
not OF nature 10 keep this up. but
was compelled 10 defend himself. and
for some years the other side was In
he ascendant and used It's power
remorselessly. When | was but child
our home was burned TO the ground
and my mother. with me in her arms
driven 10 the mountains. My father
was away at the time. and the ex-
posture OF the night cost my mothers
life"
could see the tears in her eyes at
the memory. yet she continued speak
ing.
ut seemed ns II this loss OF his wife
temporarily crazed my father II seem
ed 10 change his entire disposition. and
he lived only for revenge and to drive
the other faction from this region. For
the time he appeared 10 lose all inter
est In me and passed his days and
nights In the mountains with the few
he could gather to his cause | was
taken 20 the home of an aunt. my
mothers sister | must have been a
lovable child, for | won her affection
and that OF her husband They insist
ed upon adopting me as their own. and
ms my real father had no home. no am
bltion other than revenge. he consent
ed, and | became legally Jean Dens,
low. No girl could have had happier |
life than mine or greater kindness and |
care. But Il is true | love Colonel |
Donald. for he Is my father"
IL seemed 10 me | could not speak. |
The words rushing 10 my lips choked
me. What could all this mean. this
this acknowledgment? In
confusion. In eaeerness. succeeded In
Dlurting out:
But Dunn? You were engaged to
Dunnr
Yes" her eyes uplifting to mine
1T was the wish OF my foster father,
md then knew no better"
But now? Since then you have
earned your mistake? You do not love
limp
you forget, am a married wo-
nan"
| sprang forward clasplng her hands.
sudden confidence mastering me.
Jean. tell me the truth-all the
ruth! What Is II your heart says?'
Shall ever forget what read in
he depths OF those blue gray eyes or
hose words In which she answered
ie2
II love my husband"
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