Evening capital news. (Boise, Idaho) 1901-1927, 1912-11-10
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CHAPTER III.


n lever was a relief expedition treated
IN with less gratitude than the garrison at
Glendaire showed to their young DAVID
from overseas. They had been besieged
nv doubt and despair while disgrace threatened
them from the horizon. And behold Abraham
Petty-armed metaphoricaly with his sling
and his stone-had overcome their Goliath ana
had set them free.
astupid ass" was Pats verdict-Pat, whom
he had most Of all served.
"But he doesn't mean any HARM" Dot re-
monstrated. Dot knew the fear from winch
she had been rescued, though Pat did not.
~ only wish he did" her husband answered.
sIf he had done it deliberately, one could
break his back, you know. Think Of snipe
like that badgering man like John; It's pre-
posterous! It's bad enough to have suffered as
John has without being talked to about 1t.
Wasn't it awful, Dotf How did the poor chap
lookw
"He looked" she answered, Every much dis
turbed, as, OF course, he would"
"what life he has hadw cried Pat. II was
away, you know, when the thing happened. l
never even saw the poor girl he married. 1t
was an awful mistake from beginning to end.
think he always felt it to be so; and now,
Just when you've taken the child and he might
be little happy about it, along comes this
idiotw
They were out upon the terrace. Dorothy
had led Pat to the marble bench, upon which
she and Mrs Moran had held their interview.
She sat silently beside him for few minutes.
There are some emotions which escape all
words.
CHOW does it all look?' he asked. "Is there
a sunset? shall see it for myself in day or
two; but oh, Dorothy, think of what have
escaped"
40 she told him all the beauty Of the place.
It had grown even dearer to him since it had
become her home. She told him of the long
shadows on the grass, the pink clouds reflected
in the gray-green lake, the soft, purple haze
upon the mountain. Then she came back to
John again.
Does Renira cambridge know" she asked.
Il think not 1 cannot be sure, but think
not"
"He should have told her. She will have to
know it now. fear it will be an awful shock
to her, unless she has suspected"
"Tm afraid" said Pat, "that she hasn't.
Women don't easily suspect the men they love.
There is no love, you know. without perfect
faith"
"Ah, but there is! The greatest love. To
honor what every one honors, to admire what
every one admires, to cherish what every one
desires, all these one can do without love. But
to honor through shame, to admire through
doubt, to cherish through disgrace, these are
the tests of love-
"And do you think" he asked, "that if had
could have gone on loving me after you had dis.
covered itT'
81 could" she answered, with full conviction.
"1ndeed and indeed, I couldv'
"Indeed and indeed believe it," he an
swered. OTIS pity haven't some horrible
past for you to practise on. But Pm afraid,
darling, that you'll have to 60 on loving me for
no better reason than that adore you. Now,
we won't be tragic any more. Tell me again
how the mountain looks. Is it getting much
darker yet? What a wonderful thing life is,
my dear! And how good it was of Providence,
or evolution, to give us eyes. grudge the loss
OF mine even for these few days. You're won.
derful interpreter, but I can't help feeling
sometimes that I'm missing things bit-get.
ting out OF STEP as it were, with the march of
events"
Dorothy, as she made some laughing reply,
was very conscious Of her forced disloyalty;
yet how could she tell him anything without
telling him Of everything, and that was, Of
course, impossible. One Of Pats securest
anchors was his love for John. 1t would be i'm.
possible to touch that without uprooting it ut.
terly, and what had she to offer in exchange?
Nothing! Once or twice she had seen Pats