The Guthrie daily leader. [volume] (Guthrie, Okla.) 1893-1996, 1914-08-07

idlv 11p on dec / hcard a creahng'
groaning sound.
oThe windlass," said Leopold, ioi-
lowing my thoughts. 'They are haui-
ing in the cable. Tonight we anchor
half a mile out at sea; therefore an
hope of rescue from the shore is ac-
tually chimera.'
We'll" / said, breaking silence for
the first time, what is 1t you want OK
me?'
Il want YOU alone. dear Anne" SAID
Leopold, smirking odiously. when the
news of your gallant flight from PARIS
reached me it only increased the ardor
Of my love for you You see. your
cause is absolutely hopeless. Conseno
to marry me and | shall forgive every
thing"
"You-forgive!" answered con-
temptuously.
I saw him vince through the cloud
of tobacco smoke.
"Yrs, my dear Anne" he repeated,
al shall forgive YOU even for the taunts
you uttered to ne at Clichy, for know
nat, once YOU have transferred your
allegiance to me, YOU will honor me as
much as the traitor Charles, who, by
tho way, viii be convicted on Monday
morning if he is not first lynched by
an indignant populace. Marry me,
Anne, and we will spend our honey,
moon abroad, cruising the deep to-
gether., Nothing can save your lover
Dismiss all thought of him. You will
be kept prisoner in this cage until you
consent to be my wife
Leopold rose FROM his chair and
came toward me, greatly agitated
-. Anne" he cried, catching at my
hands, which / withdrew frcm the CON
tamination OF his touch, why will you
not be reasonable? Has the cheyaler
been as loyal to you as !, loved you as
faithfully? | loved you from that mo-
ment when first | saw you on board
the ship in Montreal harbor. All that
! have done has been for you Forget
him, Anne, and be my wife | will be
II
he added, ending his impassioned plea.
u have become reconciled With my ia
ther. I shall be his sole heir We shall
have millions, each wish OF yours
shall be gratified You--you-"
Let me answer you once and for all
time" | replied, in tones scarcely
audible. so intense was my agitation.
4 would rather die a thousand deaths
by torture than bear the contamina-
tion Of your presence. loathc you as
might loathe a yenomous snake. You
are the incarnation of all evil You
talk Of love- I cried Historically.
why you do not know even loves al
phabet. Love is noble; it begets sacri-
fee and seltforgetfuness and inno-
cence You can love no more than a
toad can know beauty. These are my
last words to YOU, whatever tyrannies
and treacheries you may devise"
lie staggered backward, and felt,
in spite OF all, momentary pang OF
pity at the extremity of his anguish
For in some strange warped way, this
man did love me, knew. | had always
felt that he did, and it had never
wholly closed my heart against COM
passion for him
IN a moment Leopold had recovered
his self-possession. lie uttered few
curt words to the guards in some
Mediterranean dialect. They advanced
and indicated by signs that / should
follow them. l was conducted into IA
little cabin in the fore part of the
ship, the door was locked on me and
was alone.
AS | stood there in my desolation 1
felt the vessel begin to move through
the water Leopold was fulfilling his
threat. We cast our anchor half mile
out at sea. Through the port-hole I
saw sunset family mirrored in the
dark waves like pale reflection OF
the cold misery in my own breast.
Continued TomorroW)