The Lamar register., 1912-01-31

The woman did not stir; but he
fought he could detect In the still
aess her quickened breathing.
What we've taken" he amended.
I'D thank ye to leave as We go-if We
came to steal. It's little l have to
] lose.
There was no answer.
He touched the switch with an i'm
patient hand. stepped forward a single
pace, caught himself up and stopped
short. now pale and trembling who had
moment gone been flushed with
cain.
"Beatrix!" he cried thickly.
Dumbly his wife lifted her arms and
offered herself to him. unutterably
lovely. unspeakably radiant.
1t were worse than a waste of time
to attempt q portrait of her as she
seemed to him. Seen through her hus-
bands eyes, her beauty was incompar-
able, immaculate. too rare and fine. too
delicate thing to be bodied forth in
words. dependent upon the perfection
of no single feature. Not in her hair.
fair as sunlight on the sea, not in her
eyes of autumnal brown, not in the
wonderful hneness of her skin or in
the daintiness Of her features, not in
the graciousness of her body. did he
find the beauty Of her that surpassed
expression, but in the love she bore
him. in the sweetness OF her inviolate
soul. in the steadfastness of her i'm
pregnable heart
But it's doubtful II ever he had an
alyzed his passion for her SO minute
| ly. Mostly. think, at that moment of
her abrupt disclosure to him. he long.
ed unutterably for her lirs and the
proffered wreath round his neck of her
slim. round. white arms.
Yet he would not. Trembling though
he was, with every instinct and every
fiber of his being straining toward her,
with the hunger for her a keen pain in
his heart. he held himself back: or his
conception Of honor held him back
That which he had voluntarily forfeit.
ed and put away from him for his hon.
or's sake. he would not take back
though 1t were o6sred freely to him.
So" he said. after a bit. shakily;
then pulled himself together. and
controlling his voice-"So twas your.
self. after all. Bsatrixl Me heart told
me no other woman could have sung
that song a. - did"
The woman dropped her arms. Your
heart. Terenosf" shs asked q little bit.
terly.
What elssf Do " doubt it,"
She shook her head sadly. wistful.
ly. How do Mowf How can tell?
Surely. dear. No two people were ever
happier than wet within year
from our wedding you you left
me. ran away hen me. Why"
We'll ye kn0W why. dearest, and
well ye know twas love of We alone
that drove me rom ye. Could I let
1t be said " haA husband who was
incapable Of supporting ye? Could I
let 1t be said that your husband lived
like leech upon your fortunes?
Faith. didn't have to go for your
sake?'
NO" she disssnted with a second
weary shake Of her pretty head; Il
think 1t was love Of yourself. a little.
Terence-that and your pride.
Why should any Of our world
have guessed you were not the rich
man you fancied yourself when we
were Hhrrieu! VINO would nave told
them that your landed heritage in
ireland had turned out profitiess? Not
l. my dear"
Il know that" he commended stub
bornly. but I know. too. sooner or
later 1t would have come out. and
they would have said: There she
goes with her fortune-hunter. the ad-
venturer who married her for her
money"
And II SO? What earthly differ
ence could 1t make to us. sweetheart
What can gossip matter to us-if you
love me?"
'Tfi" he cried. almost angrily. "Ifi
All. but no. darling, It's your
self knows there is no if about II that
I'm sick with love Of ye thi very
minute-sick and mt ll- &c :"
Then" she r'ltfrI vat = 5esper-
ate little b-e~k = g .i..,i;yarable
voice; ard as~in held on; 5c7 arms
to him Z. 90 hs,- rify on is.a. oh. M
dearest one-nave pity on me If only
for a little while"
And suddenly he had caught her to
him, and she lay in his arms. her
young strong body nodded to his. her
lips to his. her eyes half-veiled. the