The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1913-10-07

swer would have to be given, some So
luton of the problem would have to
be arrived at. What these would be
size could not tell
Newbcld's departure was like the
end of an era to her. The curtain
dropped; wht n it rose again what was
to be eXrecteI? There was no COM
fort except in the thought that she
loved him. So loag as their affections
matched and ran together nothing
else mattered. With the solution of it
all next to her sadly beating heart she
was still sunrCIe,y confident that
love, or Cod-and there was not so
much difference between them as to
make 1t worth while to mention the
one rather than the other-would find
the way.
Their leave taking had been singu.
larly cold and abrupt. She had real.
lied the danger he was apt to incur
ard size he'd exacted a reluctant prom
Use from him that he would be careful.
Don't throw your life away, doa't
risk it even, remember that 1t is
mine" she had urged.
And just as simply as she had en-
Joined it uron Linn he he'd promised.
He had given his word that he would
not send help back to her but that he
would bring it back, and she had CON
fidence in that word. A confidence
that had he been inclined to break his
promise would have made it absolute
ly Impossible There had been a long
clasp CT t, . hands. lyrg lock in the
eyes, a long breath in tie breast, a
long t.yoD in tie heart ard then
farewell 7Acy d4rol no more.
Once before lie had Lett Ter and she
had stood ron tie plateau and fol
lowed his vanishing figure with anXi.
Gus trouled thought until it had been
lost in tie depths of the forest below.
She had controlled herself In this
second parting for his sake as we'll as
her own. Under the asles OF his
grim repression she realized the pres
ence of live Goals which breath would
have famed into fame. She dared
nothing while lie was there, but when
he shut the door behind him the ne
cessity for selt-control was removed.
She had laid her arms on the table
and bowed her head upon them and
shook and quivered with emotions I'M
relieved by SINCE tear-weeping
wcs for lighter hearts and less severe
demands!
! His post on after all was the easier
| OF the two, AS of old 1t was the man
who vert nth to the battlefield VII 9
the woman could only wait passively
the issue of the fight. Although he
was half blinded with emotions he had
to give some thought to his progress,
and there was yet one task to be done
before he could set forth upon his
journey toward civilization and res.
cue.
It was fortunate, as 1t turned out,
that this obligation detained him. He
was that tyre Of merciful man whose
mercies extended to his beasts. The
poor little burros must be attended to
and their safety assured so far as it
could be, for it would be impossible
for Enid Maitland to care for them.
Indeed he had already eXacted a prom.
iHs from her that she would not
lave the plateau and risk her life on
the Icy stairs with which she was so
unfamiliar.
He had gore to the corral and shak-
en- down food enough for them which
| II 1t had been do,ed out to them day
by day would have lasted longer than
the week he intended to be absent; of
course he realized that they would eat
1t up in half that time, but even so
they would probably suffer not too
great discomfort before he got back.
All these preparations took some lit.
tie time. 1t had grown somewhat late
In the morning before he started
There had been fierce storm rag.ne
when he first looked out and at her
earnest solicitation he had delayed his
departure until 1t had subsidized.
His tasks at the corral were at last
completed; he had done what he could
for them both, nothing now remained
but to make the quickest and safest
way to the settlement. Choulderirg
the pack containing ms axe and gun
and Sleeping bag and such provision
es would serve /. tide him over I'm.
I'll he reached human habitations, he
set forth. He did not look up to the
hut indeed he could not have seen II
Tor the corral was almost directly be-
meath It, but if it had been in full view
ne would not hava cooked back. hs
could not trust himself to, every in.
stinct. every impulse in his soul Won d
-ain drag him back to that hut and to
the WOMAN. It was Only his viii and,
did lie but know it, her y Il ;aat made
I'm cry o"t his pVrrose.
. l." woa,d have saved ra-h3~s half
q M..a or his Journey j. lie lel eare
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