The Fairmont West Virginian. (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1904-1914, 1913-03-06

e.sceitlIfy IN could. The I'LL ross
ss she ~ me returning when I
~ led ief 81 Is is VS. standins
NH her slender body. inclined
wafd me me. she stretched forth u hand
and solemnly lsgase her Mr. chitten.
..den,s hat l3wondered xagnelyiil any
80 ~ was looking Al rs: ana. Il 80, what
he thought Of Us.
] The girl pulled the hat literally In
side out In her esigerness; but her
gleyed fingers tremhfed 90 that the
precious letter iiuttered to tie door.
Ne both stooISad hit i gRas quicker.
Il WIS no x ATTEMPT an my 1part,to see
the address: ny act n was one Of com.
q q. poii teness But Ifconld not help
geeiiie the name. III was my own Iii Z
"Giye. tito me! = she cried breathe
lessly III
~ did so. was not. at that particu-,
lar. moment, capable 81 doing anything
else / was too bewiidered. MI own
name, She turned, hugging the hat.
tie legal documents ana the tletter..
ana hurried down the main stair, i at
her heels I'm
'.re1l the driver my address; I can
retnrn alonep
~ can not permit that. \ / objected
,,ecidedlF. dThe driver Is a stranger
Is M both insist On seeing you to
tha door: after that You may rest az
1sured that / siialI no longer ntiict
upon you my presence, odious Is It
doubtless is tossop. h !; s..
AZ she was already in the cab and
could not get out without aid, /
climbed In beside her and called the
street and number 10 The driver
II egally the letter IS mine; It u
addressed to me. and has passed out
of your keepIng..
Is;You shall never. never have tt!"--
yehemently.
1T is not necessary that / should"
Il replied, "for / va bely understand" "
4 saw that 1t was all over. There
was now no reaann why j should not
speak my mind fuIly.
5 ~ can understand without reading.
You realized that your note was cruel
and unlike anything you had done.
and your good heart compelled you to
write an apology; but your nfIde got
the better Of you. and upon second
thought you concluded to let the un-
merited hurt 90 on"
"WiIl Won kindly stop the driver. or
shall II" t3 4
"Does truth annoy you?" yl$ Z
az decline to discuss truth with you.
Will YOU stop the driver?.", s.,,..
mot until We reach seyenty.afst
street west" b IN
"By what right "o.-'S -"
"The right of a man who loves you.
There it Is out. and my pride has
gone down the wind. After tonghtiT
shall trouble YOU NO further. But ey-
ery man has the right to tell one wom-
an that he loves her and l love you.
/ loved YOU the moment !. first laid
ewes on YOU. | couldn't help II, I say,
This to YOU now because I perceive
how futile is, What dreams have
coniured IN about you! Poor fool!
When / was at work your face was al
ways crossing the page or peering up
from the margins. never saw a fine
painting that I did not think Of you,
or heard a fine piece Of music thateI
did not think of your voice"
There was a long interval Of 81.
lence: block after block went by. I
never once looked at her
"If | had been rich should have
mt It TO tile touch some time ago;
but nv poyerty seems to have been
fortunate. It has saved me a refusal.
In some way have MORALLY offended
you. how I can not imagine. It can
mot he sImply because I innocently
broke an engagement"
Then she smoke
"You diped after the theater that
night with a comic-opera singer You
were quite at liberty to do so, only
Won might have done me the honor to
notify me that you had made your
choice Of entertainment"
So 1t was out! Decidedly 1t was all
over now. never could explain away
the mistake,
~ have already explained to you my.
unfortunate mistake. There was and