The evening world., 1914-11-11

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CHAPTER VII.
oULDN'r you possibly love
me- Miss Cabotf Couldn't
~ you possiblyf" ne pleaded.
- and she Whispered. with .
sad sweetness:
= eouid-aIi too easily, Mr.. Forbes.
~ I en- afraid to love. I thought
gevsP snould love anybody really. And
ieow that know I might Il 10 90 ter
S1b1o IN awakening that lin afraid
selA"
Don't b afraid" he impiorsd.
Esvs ne. Let yourself love me-"
Tn afraid. Mr.. Forbes"
q xhsn II you're afraid TO love. its
,ssauss you don't, because you
0aa't"
\ xAis hurt her pride. Her heart was
- swollen with this new power that
q would not b denied either By her
~ or hinl.
"Yss, I could! Oh. I couldi But
mvstn't-I mustn't let myself love you
~Aet now-not 90 soon."
y Then I must watt" he sighed. and
Uald NO more. And she sat In q silence,
,eheash there was a great noise Of
lheartbeats In her breast and In her
7 tsmples and ears.
- She began to SILVER with the night
and with her excitement. She wanted
70 ~ that they must start back. but
her tongue stumbled thickly against
her chattering teeth. The world was
bitter cold-so far from him. In his
arms would DO warmth and comfort
- Ct . fireplace. She was lonely.
saansndursbly lonely and wistful.
Finally he took his eyes from the
s0con and bent bis case on her. He
sGAw how her shoulders quaked.
"You're cold. you poor. sweet child
you're cold. I'm dying to take you In
nv arms, but promissd-I prom
1sod." u
= Che was afraid to surrender. q /
AFRAID to defy the win Of the nj - j
TIE chill shook her wit vio1 D
again and again till she felt tho q
rocking, the stone wall wav( r
Thea she leaned toward him =
swhispsred:
"Kiss mel"
Hs could hardly believe thu he
heard, but no caught her to hid and
sought her lips with his. Iminedi-
.QtAly she was afraid again. Again
= ohe hid the preciousness Of her mouth
fr6m him. writhed and struggled and
-twisted her face. hid It In his breast.
4 &at now he fought her with great
1euthlsssness, took her cold CT SKIS In
Snls cold hands, and. holding her face
fsuD 70 the moonlight. kissed her eyes.
! ana her dew-bespent hair and her
sehseks. and pressed the nrst great
w8iee On her lips. They ned from him
oniy . moment she fingered In
Iyeiu!n, and then she sighed:
I'VE ruust 90 back-ws mustI !
shaAo 20, but there's to-morrow-and
'stNo people! What wouldn't they
$ fhlnk II they saw usr'
- Persis and Forbes clfldbed slowly
.tho winding stairway. and their mood
srWAs one Of hallowed reverence for
Ca and His beautiful world. they
I, ehirtea the balustrade With . gulty
.toDture. avoiding the almost daynent
"a the moon-swept lawn. They
, Upened the door with the innocent
2 6SsAith Of good fairies.
o.. ThSy rnounted the stairway with
: tnolp arms about each others bodies.
~ In the hall above they kissed ana
,GHinn1red. "0ood might Good night!
.0oo1. night" and tiptoed In opposite
n their remote doors they paused
"a throw kisses into the black DARK
{0eord each others invisible pres
yssbss turned the knob Of his door
Vim fierce caution. and waited 70
~ pSrs1s close hers. There was Q
1Sl0t thud and . little click ike
~ Hiss. He tiptoed across his siii.
oS1 was Just closing his door attcI
|, ~ Vhen he heard somewhere IN tns
Z ~ Inc soft thud OF another door.
~ click Of another lock. HIS near
A{o0ood as II a fist had seized 1t SUD
E6GSly, Some one else had been In the
it60k In the deep black there was nc
MytDIU08 whose OOOE II wa 800
T1nS else had been In the hall.
4 AFTER the breakfast next morning
svorbes sought an opportunity for 9
3oocret word with Persis. He caugh,
snor 1t the foot Of the stairs. she
vNss.A him with C. gesture ana a.
peoke the news to her without
1reparation:
rSr.fast night when We were sayins
sod night some one else was In the
as Her lips parted In a gasp Of terror
saad her eyes whttened. How do you
X know? Z" she whispered.
"I heard her-or him."
"Who was lit"
vi don't know. I can't even guess,
ho mumbled.
Forbes had hoped to be invited e
X rids with Persis, and had put on
.paip of civilian riding breeches and
he army puttees. But he wa
d ignored In the programme for TN
Rdey. announced by Enslee. who de'
\ eSccd that no and Persis would ridt
ever TO the Sleepy Hollow Country
(eaClub. by the quletest roads they couif
s1a0lnA, while the rest were to motol
saeYoss. They would all have luncheon
|SV0Gother ana return In the same way
80 that horse of mine doesn't brsai
~ AZ our fool nockS," he added.