The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1913-06-16

understand nothing save that |
worship YOU. May not touch you 7
touch your hand. RosamundY !
love you so"
And | love you. beg you not
10 touch me-not yet. There In
something some reason why"
J Tell me. sweetheart"
DO you not know"
by Heaven. do mott" he said.
troubled and amazed.
She cast one desperate. unhappy
glance at him. then rose 60 her fnll
height. gazing out over the hhzy
valleys To where the mountains be.
gan. piled up like dim sun.tipped
clouds
Dear. do you not understand ~
she said. How can | make vi
understand that love you too
later
Give yourself to me. RosamLnd.
let me touch you-let me take
YOU
VIII you love me always"
I'm life. In death. which cannot
part us. VIII you marry me. Rosa
mund ?"
She looked straight into his eyes.
Dear. do you not understand ?
Have you forsottenl | died three
years ago today"
The unearthly sweetness OF her
white face startled him. A terrible
light broke In on him: his heart
stood still.
In his duh brain words were
soundlng-hls own words. written
years ago: when God takes tho
mind and leaves tho body alive.
there grows In II. sometimes. a
beauty almost supernatural"
lie had seeu II In HIS medical
practice. A thrill OF fright pene-
trated him. piercing every vein
with its chill He stroye to speak
his lips seemed frozen he stood
there before her. CHASTITY smile
stamped on his face. and In mis-
heart. terror.
What do you mean. Rosa
mund7" he said at last.
THAT | am dead. dear. Did you
not understand thatY ! thought you
knew it--when you first saw me at
the cemetery. after all those years
since childhood. Did you
not know TT" she asked wistfully.
Il mus, wait for my bridal"
Misery whltsned his face M he
raised his head and looked out
across the sunllt world. Something
has smeared and mnrred the fair
earth: the sun grew gray as he
stared.
stupefIed by tho crash. the ruins
OF life around him. he stood mute.
erect. facing tho west.
She whispered. DO You under
stand-"
Yes" he said. we will wed
later. You have been III. dear. but
II Is all right now--and VIII always
be-God help u.s. Love is stronger
than stronger than death.
Il know Il In stronger than
DEATH, she said. looking out dream
lily over the misty valley.
He followed her sare. calmly. se-
reneiy reviewing all tina, he mus,
reuouncc. the happiness OF we'd
lock. children--all that q man de-
slres
Suddenly instinct stirred. awak.
I Ing mans only friend-hope. A
lifetime for the battle,--for a cure
Hopeless? He laughed In his Ell
cltement. DespairF--when the cure
lay almost within his grasp'--the
work he had given his life to- A
month more In the laboratory--two
months -thrce-perhaps year.
What OF IT. II must surely come
how could he fail when the work
OF HIS life meant all In life
for herr
The light OF cxaltation slowly
/ faded from his face: ominous. fore
bodlng thoughts crept in. fear laid
a shaky hand on his head which
fell heavily forward on his breast.
Science and mans cunning and
the wisdom OF the world
20 God" he groaned. for Him
who cured by laying on His
handsl"
Now that he had learned her
name. and that her father was
alive. he stood mutely beside her
staring steadily at the chimneyt
and stately dormered roof almost
hidden behind the crimson maple
foliage across the vaiiey-he'
home.
she had seated herself once more
upon the moss. hands clasped upor
ono knee. looking out into tho wcs'
with dreamy eyes. =,
II shall not be long" he sale
gently. will you wait here fol
me- I will bring your father with
me-"
II will wait for You. But 20,
must come before tho new moon
Will your must 20 when th'
new moon lies in the west
Go. dearest? WhereT ,
II may not tell you" she sighed
but you will know very soon
very soon now. And there will bt
no moro sorrow. I think. sh'
added timidly.
There will be no moro sorrow.'
he repeated quietly.
For the former things are pass
ing away" she said.
lie broke n heavy spray OF gold
en.rod and laid II across her knees
abe held out a blossom to him
blind gentian. blue as her eyes. HI
kissed II.
BE with mo when the new moor
comes" she whispered. TT VIII b.
40 sweet. will teach you how
divine Is death. II you will come
You shall teach me the sweet
ness OF Ife," he said TREMENDOUSLY
"Yes-life. did not know yo'
called II by its truest name.
So he went away. trudging stur
Oily down the lane, gun giistenin'
on his shoulder.
Along the row OF village shop
loungers followed him with vacan
eyes. He saw nothing. heard moth
ing.
The landlord OF che Wildwood
Inn sat summing himself In the rec
evening glow.