Meade County news. [volume] (Meade, Kan.) 1900-1918, 1913-12-25
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"Some time soon, l hope. I'm sick
and tired of 1t all, here, Gloria. To-
day It has seemed like the game isn't
worth the candle What do you Think"
I'm all In the dark. too" was her
confession. Slowly and surely in the
shadow Of her shattered hopes and his
unhappy conflict of duty and desire
were they being drawn closer together
than even they had been when they
laughed with the spring and dreamed
of the days to come in a radiant sun
shine of unwhispered love.
Il don't know what to think" Gloria
went on in low tone. II don't seem
to understand Belmont"
why don't you go awayi Don't
you want TOT"
What for? ! know the life out
there" She made sweeping GEES
ture which seemed to encompass all
the world outside the four walls which
shut them in together. 1T wouldn't
really satisfy me any more-to live
as used to live"
yet your life here" He left the
rest to her.
mo, this doesn't satisfy me either"
I'm word, Gloria. you're not hap
by"
Instead Of replying directly, she
asked with a dropping Of her hands
to her sides in hopeless fashion:
lis anybody in the whole world
happy? Are you happy?"
Don't you think ann"
I'm afraid not"
The appealing way she looked at
him, her whole soul yelling up In her
eyes, brought him to his feet and set
him to pacing nervously UP and down.
He looked fatigued, distressed, beside
himself with care. She forgave him
everything but his studied refusal to
let her share whatever weighed upon
him Could he not see, she thought,
how she yearned to tell him that
whittier he went there she would go
also, that his joys would be all her
Joys and that his burdens would be
divided with her, that love divided all
Borrow and doubled all Joy?
Wright could stand 1t no longer.
He saw her before him, trembling with
that same emotion that shook him,
ahame with the same fire that burned
within him, mutely questioning him
with her big. soulful eyes. How could
he make amends for that month of
neglect except by telling her what she
long ago had guessed, but what more
recently she had right to doubt? He
felt weak where he wanted to be
strong. To hear from her lips that
she loved him was all that he needed
TO make him invincible. With her &C.
knowledged love in his heart there
was nothing he could not do.
"Oh. Gloria, I can't tell you what a
fight I'm making You wouldn't un-
derstand. Business is business, out.
side a woman's realm, but I've missed
you 80 much this last month"
At this declaration she caught her
breath. Joy, she found, could some
times prove the twin OF pain. That
this man. this strong. fearless man,
in his struggles had missed her, had
intimated longing for dependence
upon her, made her heart bound. Love
even when his banners have been
fiung forth to the breeze leagues be-
fore the castle wall is reached, never
ceases to be surprise when at last
the knock at the gate is heard.
You've no right to say your work
is outside of woman's realm II you've
If you've missed something a woman
could supply"
Something the one woman could
supply" he corrected.
Il must be going" she said, rising
from her chair; I'm afraid Mrs
Hayes isn't coming"
He stepped between her and the
door, letting her take several steps
forward. because they brought her
closer to him. before he said:
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