Bonners Ferry herald. [volume] (Bonners Ferry, Idaho) 1904-current, 1914-12-04

Nora rose. flung her arms around
him and kissed him.
Look out for that tin earl"
"Oh, you great big, loyal, true
hearted mani Open that door and
let me get out to the terrace. l want
to sing, sing"
He said he was going to Milan IN
the morning"
She danced to the door and was
gone.
Moral" he called, impatiently. He
listened in vain for the sound OF her
return. well, I'll take the count when
1t comes to guessing what a woman's
going to do I'll go out and square
up with the old girl. Wonder how this
news will harness up with her social
bug"
Courtlandt got into his compartment
at Varenna. He had tipped the guard
literally not to open the door for any
one else, unless the train was crowded.
AS the shrill blast of the conductors
horn sounded the warning of "all
aboard" the door opened and heavily
yelled woman got in hurriedly. The
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guard slammed the door and latched
it. Courtlandt sighed: the futility OF
trusting these Italians, of trying to
buy their loyalty The woman was
without any luggage whatever. not
even the usual magazine. She was
dressed in brown, her hat was brown,
her veil, her gloves, her shoes. But
whether she was young or old was
beyond his deduction. He opened his
Corriere and held it before his eyes;
but he found reading impossible. The
newspaper finally slipped from his
hands to the floor, where 1t swayed
and rustled unnoticed. He was star
ing at the promontory across Lecco,
the green and restful hill, the little
earthly paradise out of which he had
been unjustly cast He couldn't under
stand. He had lived clearly and de-
Gently; he had wronged no man or
woman, nor himself. And yet, through
some evil twist of fate, he had lost
all there was in life worth having
The train lurched around a shoulder
of the mountain. He leaned against
the window. In a moment more the
villa was gone.
What was it? He felt irresistibly
drawn. Without intending to do so
he turned and stared at the woman
in brown. Her hand went to the vel
and swept 1t aside. Nora was as full
: of romance as a child. She coult
have stopped him before he made tn,
boat. but she wanted to be alone will
Q him.
: Moral"
D She flung herself on her knees IL
Q front of him. II am a wretch" sh'
= said
He could only repeat her name.
: Il am not worth my salt. All. VIII.
s did you run away7 Why did you no
pursue me. importune me until
wearied? perhaps gladly
|. There we're times when l would hav
opened my arms had you been tn
Il worst scoundrel in the world instea
e of the dearest lover. the patientest
a All. can you forgive me?"
Forgive you, Noraf He wa
). numb.
Il am miserable wretch I doub
4. ed you. II When all had to do wa
to recall the way people misrepresen
e ed things l had donel l sent bac
& your letters and read and r,
d read the old blue ones. Don't 20
d remember how you used to write ther
l on blue paper? Flora told m
II everything. It was only because sh
o hated me, not that she cared anythin
about you. She told me that nigh
% at the ball. She was at the bottoi
OF the abduction. When you kisse
me didn't you know that
kissed you back Edward, am mise
able wretch, but / shall follow 20
II wherever you go, and l haven't eve
a vanity box in my handbag!" Their
Al were tears in her eyes. Say that
N am a wretch"
D. He drew her up beside him. HI
arms closed around her so hungril,
r so strongly, that she gasped a littl
&c He looked into her eyes; his glanC
or travelled here and there over her fac
" searching for the familiar dimple /,
su one corner of her mouth.
Sc Moral" he whispered.
at Kiss mel"
Id And then the train came to a stan
jerkily. They fell back against tn
cushions.
Sc "Leccol' cried the guard throug
! the window.
They laughed like children.
Il bribed him." she said gaily. "Ar
ne now :"
l Yes. and now?" eagerly. if still b
~ wildered.
a. Let's go backl"
n THE END.
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