The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1912-06-29
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But. Harry. you wouldn't desert
me now-abandon me % my fater'
Well. Il isn't exactly like abandon.
ment. seeing that you could 20 houo
70 your father and mother In o taxS-
cab"
She stared at him In horror.
so you don't want me Tor your
wife! You've changed your mindl
You're tired Of me already! Only an
hour together. and you're sick of your
bargain! You're anxious 70 get rid OF
mel You"
"oh. honey. I want you more than
anything else on earth. but I'm Q
soldier. dearie. . mere lieutenant In
the regular army. and I'm the slave
q the government. I've gone through
West Point. and they won't Let me 70.
sign respectably and n I did. we'd
starvs. They wouldn't accept my
resignation. but they'd bs willing to
courtmartial me and dismiss me from
the service In disgrace Then you
wouldn't want 70 marry me-And I
sAouidn't have any way Of supporting
you II you did. I only know one
trade. and that's soldering
Don't call IL q trade, beloved, its
the noblest profession In oil the
world. and you're the noblest soldier
that ever was. and In q year or two
you'll be the biggest general In the
army"
He could not AFFORD to shatter such
. dsvout Illusion or quench the light
Of fdth In those beloved and loving
eyes. He tacitly admitted his ability
70 be promoted commander.in-chief In
q year or two. He allowed that giit.
tsr1ng possibility to remain, used Il
- Q basis for argument.
Then. dearest. you must help me
20 do my duty"
She clasped his upper arm az II Il
were an altar and she an Iphigenia
about TO be sacrificed to save the
army. And she murmured with utter
heroism:
Il win! Do what you like with
mel"
He squeezed her hand between his
oiceps and his ribs and accepted the
offering In look drenched with graf.
itude. Then he said. matter-of-factly:
"Wen see how much time we have
when We get to-whntever the name
Of that street is."
The car jolted ami walled on its
way like an old drifting rocking
chair. The motormah was In no hur.
~. The passengers seemed to have
no occasion for haste. Somebody got
on or GOT on at almost every corner,
and paused for conversation while
ths car waited patiently. But eventu.
ally the conductor put his head in and
drawied: ~ss,f 5s;-sT--~ w.
Hay! Here's where you get on
etr
+, They FASTENED to debark and found
themselves in Q narrew, gaudily.lisht
d region where they saw a lordIy
xrspfsT-dlstributor, 2 profound schol-
than that the ministers street lay
far back along the path they had
Ia ths opposite direction, transferred
q some remote center, descended at
|. Tome unheard-of street, walked three
blocks one way and four another. and
there they would have been.
Mallory looked at his watch, and
Narjorie's hopes dropped like a
wrecked aeroplane. cor he grimly
asked how LORE 1t would take them to
reach the railroad station.
/, We'll. you'd ought to make II In
forty minutes" the transfer agent
said-and added, cynically, III the car
,mskss schedule" .sGS 1919. 1.iil,l;1 :,
Good Lord. the train starts In
twenty mlputss,"
Well, ! tell you-take this here
'Sre1n car TO Wexford avenoo-tnere's
usually q taxicab or two standin
there" --srsss' 40
Thank you. Hop ON. Marjorie"
Marjorie hoped on. and they ga
down. Mallory with eyes and thought
on nothing but the watch he kept II
his hand
During this tense journey the CIR
perfected her soul with gracefu
martyrdom.
I'll go to the train with you. Hal
ry. and then you can send me HON
In a taxicab."
Her neither lip trembled and he
eyes were filmed. but they were brav,
and her voice was SO tender that
wooed his mind from his watch. ii
gazed at her. and found her 80 dea
so devoted and so pitifully exquisite
that he vas almost overcome By a
impulse to gather Ter into his arm
there and then. Indifferent TO the iu
mediate passengers or to his faro
military superiors. An hour ago the
were young lovers In all the lit an