The News-Herald. [volume] (Hillsboro, Highland Co., Ohio) 1886-1973, 1913-08-21

stopped my breath with his lips on
mine understood things then that
| never had before. and felt that wise
guardian man angel take his fingers
from mine aud leave me safe at last.
l raised my hand and pressed II against
Johns wet ashes until he could let
me speak and was melted into his
very breast itself.
Molly" he said when enough ten
Serness hard come back into his arms
10 let me breathe, you have almost
filled me-
YOU | exclaimed. crowding still
closer. or at least trying to. Its not
you, it's | that am killed. and you did
1t! know you don't really want me,
but ] can't help that. Id rather you'd
do the suffering with me than to do
it myself away from you. I'm so hun
CRY and thirsty for you that-that
can't diet any longer | put the case
the strongest way knew how and got
swoonng. maddening. luscious re-
suit.
Want you. Mollyy' he almost sob
bed. and | felt his heart pounding
| uulu ueAl w my SuOuiuti'
Yes. want me,'' | answered. with
more spirit than breath left in me- II
refuse to believe you are as stupid as
am. and anybody with even an ordi-
nary amount of brains must have seen
how hard was fighting for you.
feel sure | left no stone unturned
Some of them | can already think
back and see myself tugging at and it
makes me hot all over. I'm foolish
and always was. so I'm to be excused
for acting that awful way, but you
are to blame for letting me do it. I'm
going to be your punishment for life
for not having been stern and stopped
me. You had better stop me some now
anyway. for if I go on loving you as
have been for the last few minutes
it will make you uncomfortable"
Peaches" he said after he had hush
ed me with another broken dose of
love as large as he thought | could
stand-I could have stood more!-"l
am never going to tell you how long
| have loved you. but that day you
came to me all in tlutter with Al
Benefits letter in your hand it is go
ing to take you lifetime to settle for.
You were mine--and Bills. How could
you-but women don't understand!
| felt him shudder in my arms as
held him close. was repaid for all
those tiresome exercises | had taken
by the strength to crush him against
my breast almost as hard as he crush
ed me. Our combined strength was
terrific. dangerous to life and ribs. but
heavenly!
"Don't women know. JohnT' | man
aged to ask softly in memory of like
question he had put to me across that
bread and jam with the rose a-listening
from the dark.
What brought me to consciousness
was his fumbling with the buttons at
the waist of that blue muslin reict of
a sentiment | had fastened but one,
and the lace had got caught on his
sleeve buttons
"Please don't button me into his pos
session. | laughed under his chin.
I'm still scared to death of him. and
you haven't hid me yeti"
Molly" he asked this time with a
heaven laugh, where could you be
more effectual,y hid from Al Bennett
than in my arms?"
! spent ten minutes telling Billy
what a hippopotamus really looks like
as | put him to bed. but later, much as
should have liked to, | couldn't con-
sumo that horrible dinner that had
helped prepare at the ,Iohnsons in the
shelter of Johns arms. and | had to
face Alfred Ruth Chester was there.
and she faced him too.
A man that can't be happy with a
woman who is willing to fulfill his
destiny" doesn't deserve to be.
Then we came over here, and John
had the most beautiful time persuading
Aunt Adeline how good man like Mr..
Carter would want his young widow to
be taken care of by being married to
safe friend Of his instead of being
figbty and having folks wondering
whom she would marry.
You know yourself how hard a time
beautiful young widow has Mrs.
Henderson," he said In the tone of
voice that always makes his patients
glad to take his worst doses He got
his blessing and me with warning.
lovely night wind is blowing across
my garden and bringing me congratu-
lations from all my flower family
Flowers are part of love and the
wooing of it. and they understand !
am waiting for the light to go out be-
hind the tall trees over which the
moon is stealthily sinking. He prom
sed me to put ii out right away. and
I'm watching the glow that marks the
place where my own two men crea-
lures are going to rest with my heart
in full song.
He needs rest. he is so very tired
and worn. He confessed ii as | stood
on the step above him tonight after
he had taken his own good night from
me out on the porch. When he ex-
planned to me how his agony over me
] for all these mOnfhS had kent MIN