Atlanta semi-weekly journal. (Atlanta, Ga.) 1898-1920, 1912-09-10
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-Nor Hear me out. rive got to say
Il. love you. dear 7 love you
with every breath and thought and in
s-inct I've been loving You from the
nrst-I. too. know & now. and Know how
desperately I've been loving YOU All
-sons knew that this was In NE. strug-
Kfing FOR expression but 4 couldn {
let fttcorie out dared not for fear
of-iust this. what we've come % face
nov here finally-e. Il don't doubt n
was my fault: men are 50 made. though
I did what I could TO hide my feeitng.
I see now that all. along. I've been court
ing YOU Cynthia. malking love "a you,
insensibly TO myself and perha6 8 10 you.
bus none the less actually wooing you.
dear, because I loved you. But
HIS win was weaker than his neces-
sity. He had need to pause end sum
mon more strength TO pause and sum-
bare the truth 10 her. -
Then. the girf- said. wondering. hurt
and hesitant-.then. since you love me,
WHY
..Bscadss.' he said in voice that she
hardly recognized 1t has pleased God so
20 order my Affairs that have al
ready a wife. X may not love you nor
long Tor you nor even worship your
sweetness and dearness from distance
because I am married
His hands left her shoulders: free. she
tottered. turned. and reeled toward the
forward port blindiy seeking air. Crit
tenden saw the shadow of her head
against the opening then with a sense OF
suffocation bred Of his futile rage against
himself his hatred and contempt and de-
spair OF himself. he turned as instructive
u 10 the sole outlet for his feelings
the lock that held them in this heart
rending intimacy the lock that was re-
sponsible for All this needless pain and
suffering; needless. at least. this night.
he fell 70 his knees before the door.
struck a match. found the screwdriver.
and attacked the lock with a concentrate
ed ferocity. as though he held il malig-
nant foe
While he worked he could hear Gym
thia behind him fighting to restrain sobs
that were shaking her in great. stormy
gusts. torturing and exhausting her with
demonIac strength. For all that. few
we're audible-short dry. painful jests
Of sound that stretched him no less than
her upon a rack OF anguish.
With a final. frantic wrench he tore
the lock away. thrust the shank OF the
screwdriver through the keyhoIe and
pried the door open
Then. rising. Cynthia" he called soft
Is. shivering.
He heard her shift and move toward
him. and he stood out Of her path
4 faint giimmer OF light shifting down
The alleyway from the illumination in
The dining saloon showed him her face.
set and drawn and white with a ehostly
palior- Her eyes were fixed and steady.
seeing only what lay ahead. She moved
with the intent. unconscious air OF
somnzmbulist
Cynthia
She paused. just perceptibly. her pale
lips moving. 'sYes7-'
Cynthia" he said. lin sorry. Gym
thIa-"
She nodded automatically. meeting his
eyes with the same stunned stare. Yes"
she assented YEARLY; you must be-
know that We are both sorry But
:" Her sweet, lips softened and
aufvered- Good night" she said in
choking breath; and 50 went from him.
ending her way by some sublininal sense
since she could not see It's turnings for
her. binding tears.