The Idaho recorder. [volume] (Salmon City, Idaho) 1886-1927, 1914-08-06

went on hurriedly. lifting his hand
whatever you say. | must tell you.
I've been trying TO for months ard
monthsl- Now that he had started.
II came with a boylsh vehemence that
both chilled and thrilled her. Even
in her own desolation, and shrinking
almost unbeArably from the ayovAl
the hope and brightness in his voice
touched her with pity. II seemed TO
her that life Was a strange tumble OF
unacceptable and incomprehensible
pain. And all the while. in the young
voice vibrant with feeling. her crtnE.
ing ear was catching imagined echoes
OF that other voice. Grayer and more
seif-contained. but shaken by the same
passion. in that iteration OF ! love
youl love yOu!"
His answer came TO him finally In
her silence. and he released her hands
which he had caught in his own They
dropped. limp and unresponsiye. In
her lap. shirley" he said brokenly.
maybe you can't care for me-yet
But II you will marry me, In be
content with 50 little till-you do"
She shook her head. her hair max
ing dim flashes in the frelisht NO.
/ Chilly" she said 1t makes me
wretched to give you pain. but I must
i mustl Love isn't like that II
| doesn't come afterward | know.
could never give you what you want,
You would end by despising me. as
| should despise myself"
Il won't give up" he said incoher'
entity. Il can't give up. Not 80 long
as know there's nobody else At the
ball | thought thought perhaps you
cared for Valiant-but since he told
ne"
He stopped suddenly for she was
looking at him from an Ashen face.
He told me there was no reason why
! should not try my luck" he said diff
ficultly. Il asked him"
There was a silence, while he gaEed
at her. breathing despair. Then he
tried to laugh.
IAN right" he said hoarsely 1t
II doesn't matter Don't worry"
She stretched out her hand TO him
in gesture OF wistful pain. and he
held IL a moment between both OF
his. then released IL and went hur
riedly out.
As the door closed. Shirley sat
Gown, her head dropping into her
hande like a storm broken flower. Val
liant had accepted the finality OF tn,
situation. With a wave OF deeper
hopelessness than had yet submerged
her. she realized that. against her owr
decision. something deep within hel
had taken shy and secret comfort IA
his stubborn masculine refusal
Against all fact, In face OF the impos
slble. her heart had been elinging {,
this-as though his love might ever
attain the miraculous and somewhere
somehow. recreate circumstance. Blu
now he, too, had bowed 10 the decree
A kind OF utter Rpathetic wretched
ness seized upon her. to replace tn
sharp misery that had 30 long beef
her companion--Rn empty numbnes
in which. In a measure. she ceased 4
feel
An hour dragged slowly by and a
length she rose and went slowly al
the stairs. Her head felt curiousl,
heavy. bat Il did not ache. Outsid
her mothers door. as was her custom
she paused mechanically 10 listen.
tiny pencil OF light struck through IN
darkness and painted a spot OF bright
ness on her gown. Il came through
the keyhole: the mp IN her mother
room was burning She has fallei
! asleep and forgotten a." she though,
; and softly turning the knob. pushe,
: the door noiselessly open and entered
J A moment she stood listening 20 tn
low regular breathing OF the sleeper
2 The rcading-lamp shed a shaded glo'
z on the pillow with its spread out vi
/ yer hair. and on the delicate hand
clasped loosely on the coverlet Shii
, ley came close and looked down OF
! The placid face II vas smooth as
! childs and a smile touched Il Tight
as II some pleasant sleep thought ha
; just laid rosy fingers on the dreamin
! lips. The light caught aud sparkle
, from something bright that lay b.
{ tween her mothers hAnds II Was IA
? curl and she saw suddenly that Wha
! she had all her life thought was
solid pendant was now open locksi
wise and that the two halves claspe
a miniature II came 90 her at ono
that the picture must be sAssoon'l
aud a quick thrill OF pity and Year,
b Ing Selled up through her own deje,
. tf0n gfoounR Nha Ionkad ~ u clos.
I H. She started az she did 60. for N
: face on the little disk OF ivory va
that Of John Valiant
p An instant she stared unbelievinEl)
Then recollection OF the ressm blanc
J OF which Valiant had told her rushs.
: TO her. and she realized that Il mu,
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