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CHAPTER lx.-(contInusd.)
Ten years ago." abstractedly.
what q lot Of things may happen in
ten years! Deaths. births, marriages.,
he went on: the snufYing out Of king
doms and republics; wars, panics.
famine: honor to some and dishonor
10 others. Il kind Of makes fellow
grind his teeth. little girl; 1t kind OF
makes him shut his nsts and long to
run amuck."
why should q strong. Intelligent
man. such a. you are. think nike thatf
You are resourceful and unafraid.
Why should you talk Hike thati You
are young. too. Whyf
He stopped and looked fun into her
eyes. DO you really wish to knowf"
Had I bettsrf" with . wisdom b.
yond her years.
mo, you had better not. I'm not .
good man. Fortune. ~ criterions 90.
I've slipped here and there: I've gam.
bled and drunk and sQuandsred my
time. Why. In my youth I was -
model q boy ~ ever was Psrcival.
Where the divarication took place ]
can't say. There's always two forks
In the road. Fortune. and many Of us
take the wrong one. It's easier going
Fine excuse: shf Some persons would
eall me . scoundrsl. . black-leg; In
some ways. yes. But In the days to
come ! want you always TO remember
the two untarnished spots upon my
shield Of honor: I have never cheat
Cd Q man at cards nor run away with
his wife. The devil must give me
these merits. however painful II may
b to him. Ten years ago. only .
decade; good Lord! It's like . hun
dred years ago. sometimes"
Fortune breathed with difhculty.
Never before had he taken her into
Ais confidence to such extent. She
essayed to speak: tho old terror
seemed fairly to smother hes. II was
not what be had told her. but what
she wished to but dared not ask. She
was like Biusbeard's wife. only she
had not the moral courage to open the
door Of the grisiy closet. Her
mother. her uncle: what Of them. al,
what Of themf The crooked street
vanished: the roar dwindled away;
shs was alone. all. all alone.
Il suppose ] ought not to have told
yoa." he said troubled At the misery
- saw gathsrsd In her syss and
vaguely conscious Of what had written
II there. Your mother and uncle
Aavs been vs0 kind to me. They
enow lsss Of ne than you do. I have
Sssn to them Q kind of srrand-boy; q
Aappy-golucky fellow. who chssrsd
tAsm when thsy had the doldrums. {"
WIN forced ehssrfulness he again
took her hand and snugglsd Il under
De am. siving II . friendly rsassuz-
Ag pat tn not speak TO you a
osvs. child. bot Q hair q your hseA
= more precious to ne than an Midas
Oold. Whsosvsr rye thought Of you.
fVs tsisd to b good. Honsstiy."
And can't you 20 hack 10 the b.
0anning and start ansvf" trsmulously,
-Can any oas 20 backf Ths MOVING
anger writes. An hour 10 Q terrible
shins when you look TO So what can
Aappsn In II But. come: ssemonsi
rd TAR rather - yoa smile. Woa't
youf"
ne trssd 10. but to him II was ed
Ase than her tsars would have bssa.
For IN hour thsy walksd through
fAs dim and musty streets. He snsrt-
"a himself TO amuss her and falriy
saeossdsd. But never Aid the unac.
eountabls fear. that prssaes oe misfor.
tune. slssp In her Asart And at last,
When he took her to her carriage and
1ads her sood-by TN dinner, Q half.
formed idea began to grow n hss
AFain: 70 savs NJ. Jones without -
tnyins 1yannA
fhs lattsr's carriage was at ths 9th.
- end a ths basaArs; % - strods
sansnly through tAs press. rudsly q
Oowtng tAoos who Got in his Wv. An
eeeasional cusse vas 1uAS aftse hin:
ut his hsasAt his brsadtA q sho1l
-. his lowering fAes. prseluasd any
nang more activA Ths Noslsms hal
. lsal q fAitA iA tAs s@casy a
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~n tAs promise e thaea aatisAsd tAai
directly. - b tAs aaas tsl.sA -AIlaA