The Rice belt journal. (Welsh, Calcasieu Parish, La.) 1900-19??, 1914-04-24
CHAPTER xlll-contlnued.

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.come time soon, hope. Pm sick
4 tired of it all here, Gloria. To
i 4 has seemed like the game isn't
..,th the candle. What do you think%
I'm al In the dark, too" was her
..,,sssion. Slowly and surely in the
.s.dov Of her shattered hopes and his
tbapDy conflict Of duty and desire
yae they being drawn closer together
nan even they had been when they
lushed with the spring and dreamed
oithe days to come in radiant sun
shjDe Of unwhispered love.
4 don't know what to think" Gloria
ys1E on In a low tone. q don't seem
b understand Belmont"
why don't you go away? Don't
pu want to-"
what for? know the life out
here" She made a sweeping ges-
ae which seemed to encompass all
he world outside the four walls which
shut them in together. at wouldn't
rally satisfy me any more-to live
w used to live"
yet your life here" He left the
rest to her.
No, this doesn't satisfy me either"
In a word, Gloria, you're not hap
M
Instead Of replying directly, she
dsksd with dropping of her hands
sohsr sides In a hopeless fashion:
rs anybody in the whole world
atgf Are you happy%
Don't you think | ann"
I'm afraid not"
The appealing way she looked at
an her whole soul yelling up in her
ges, brought him to his feet and set
bin to pacing nervously up and down.
He looked fatigued, distressed, beside
himself with care. She forgaye him
eYeTthing but his studied refusal to
ii her share whatever weighed upon
aim Could he not see, she thought,
boz she yearned to tell him that
sAther he went there she would go
also, that his joys would be all her
says and that his burdens would be
tTlded with her, that love divided all
s0TfOE and doubled all joy?
Wright could stand it no longer.
he saw her before him, trembling with
'la same emotion that shook him,
aisEae with the same fire that burned
Rialn him, mutely questioning him
FA her big, soulful eyes. How could
A make amends for that month Of
lglect except by telling her what she
Gag ago had guessed, but what more
esntly she had a right to doubt? He
Mt weak where he wanted to be
E'ong To hear from her lips that
'ae loved him was all that he needed
? make him inylncible. With her &C.
nOvledged love In his heart there
Hss nothing he could not do.
%, Gloria, cant tell you what a
.Sls I'm making. You wouldn't un-
u " Business is business, out
s~s Roman's realm, but I've missed
'0a 50 much this last month"
a this declaration she caught her
s Y, Joy. she found, could some
s y, prove the twin Of pain. That
! man, this strong, fearless man.
y as struggles had missed her, had
-luated a longing for dependence
~ aef, made her heart bound. Love,
y Wlen his banners have been
=. ! lorth to the breeze leagues be-
IN. le easue wall Is reached, never
i .'sS % be a surprise when at last
81 . mock at the gate is heard.
!. 'oaye no right to say your work
outside of woman's realm If you've
s'alS supply" '''I
,,, Something the one woman could
' y he corrected.
IS, must be going" she said, rising
p su aer chair; I'm afraid Mrs.
'l'es isn't coming"
II. stepped between her and the
,,s. s11ing her take several steps
sb.a. W. because they brought he.
''ss % him, before he said;
GAR s,~