New Ulm review., 1913-01-08
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"Oh. have II your own way" John
agreed with M g.A,d gr,lce as possible.
He could nat well explain that lie and
Katherine lnd l14sn IN love. TINT he
wax still In the x,lme cAxe tllOurl, xht'
had probably recovered. that he Ind
l@rsistentIy stayed AWAY frOin her for
the sake Of his peace 0f mind. and =
Almost amy. excuse for yielding will
serve when one Il resisting u weakness
81 which one ln,tl, wishes and d,sas not
wish to slI,a.unli.
On the si.ndesi p,stern terr,re they
found a small group !f young people
0f intl sexes. Haig saiuted them with
q triumphant hall. live brought him:
Now. you broker man. I'll iHt you $40
tlp r,,n heat YOU. hest two ont Of three
setx.''
Katherine rose and came forward to
meet them. Gregg accompanied her
almost Will, the air Of Il t,.,st. Il seem.
ed to John. They greeted the new.
cOnlerx cordially. Katherine with such
notable. absence Of tOnstrnint that
John. wln, ilad nprved himself for nm
ordeal. was nltiler heavily let down.
He erOllid almost have believed that SHE
had forgotten the ride home under the
October moon.
1t wAs nlldpniahly pleasant to lOli
luxuriO,lsly in the comfortable wicker
chair. watching the play Of animated
young faces. from whose freshness
neither work nor worry md subtract
ed. against the Underground Of green
sward ;nd towering shrublRry. Ort.a-
siOnully lie tossed Il light word On the
eddy Ut conversation. He noticed that
when lie spoke all. especially the men.
showed interest. That. too. w,lx pleas
ant.
Later Gregg reminded him Of the
promised match. and when they had
,l0nnpd tunnels 1t wns played John
lost. although after the first vet he
gave his Ol,lWnpnt Il hard game. Gregg
proved II generous cOnq,,erOr. finding
more excuses far his lucky victory
than John could have devised. The
latter enjoyed every point. especially
when Hang. srumb!ing something nin,ut
. thrown match. paid his iIet. Att
erward. In the physical .Untpntnent
consequent upon hard exer'i.s. aud
gOO,l Tubing. he stayed tO dinner.
very gay. Informal affair served On the
terra.e by candlelight. John wits III.
mort regretfui when the time came to
leave.
Late that night. going over the day.
he found that he had talked great
deal With katherine. but never alone.
H.. was leaving.
II am very glad you came.'' she said
brightly. "yOu will come .,gainy''
'.And | am glad. certainly SHALL
Then 1t WAS he thought be caught
question tlit.kpring mOmentarily III her
eyes. But th'. question. II there ut ull
save IN his imagination. was gone i,e-
fore he cOnla make sure.
He. was silent during the drive home
ward. and H:lig. ,tSily hummflg tile
pilgrims chorus motif. did not try to
hi. thoughts.
Hugs parting shot nSsthey separated
was. "NOw I've shown you the way.
20 III, there often. You'll I've Il brighter
and nOblpr man for it,
.Iohn went. not often und always In
Haig's company. 1t IL true. but often
enough to Keep burning brightly tue
lires within him.
IL Johns love affairs remained In
Itatu quo those Of another advanced
It lesst to u climax. Amid the cares
II banking and tr,lsttpxhilm War
zen Blake found dme tO contribute to
ht. xayety of the ridxe-that In tO say.
,e was frequently to be found on the
aampden terrace. an inc0nspicu0us.
'ften half forgotten listener to the
Dimble g'sslp and t'adinaRe. Had he
zen mOrp OlDtruSive Il In prohable that
~ would have -heen Rn,thhed iutD stay.
nR away. Rut one dOea MT grpatly
event the attentions Of . shadOw. and
ne day be proposed to Katherine and
vaa rejected. z..
"Why don't yOn marry John Dun
neade:" he asked abruptly.
She turned ON him anRrily. ''War-
en-: That II an
IAN imr~rtinpnce." be interrupted
gain evenly. "YOu will allow me this
lnle. I'm not likely to hOthpr yOlI
lurh again. You were In love with
i'm last summer. And you aren't the
Drt that fOrgets. Nor Ia hp. I think.
le will ~ further than any Of us
Ell gn lx'ttpr. Hp IL what you need.
Nth me- with Gregg you would Ike
,erply a pleasant incident. You know
nat yourself. think you're fighting
gaiilst that knowledge. Don't d" it."
wax the longest speech shp had ever
parl from his lips.
When they were nearing home she
lr,,ttl to him again. Il didn't know
Dm and he were friends
I'VE "re not" he replied simply.
He doesn't care for me-
''You are mistaken about him and