Gunnison news-champion., 1914-09-18

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yone han he could not understand .
natare ilse this.
~Xou say nothing Well. can't asa
y3g g. understand. We viii not dis
euss ray eneasia~. bat my friends.
v nai do yos intend 10 do An respect
b betty ?"
7 sm going 10 make her nay wife"
h. saie ieselly
she tgrnec away. II was now quite
dars. HE could not see the exp.es-
siaH on her face.
"a hat yos have heard does not
weaken yogr love for her.
No. At strengthens IT."
You know what she has done. She
has taken a life with her ewB hands.
Can you take her % your bosom. can
you make her the mother Of your own
children? Remember. there is blood
On her naHae"
"Ah, but her heart is cleani"
True, she said moodily. her heart
is clean"
Ne cleaner than yours is nov
Sara"
She uttered a short, mockiug laugh.
1T isalt necessary TO say a thing
Alike that to me"
Il beg your pardon"
Her naHIsr changed abruptly. She
turned to him. intense and serious.
She is 8, far away Brandon. On
the other side Of the world. and she
Is full of leathing for me. Hcw am |
10 regain what | have lost? How am
to make her understand? She went
away with that last ugly thought of
me, with the thought of me as | ap.
pearef TO her on that last enlighten-
ing day. All these months It has been
growing more horrible te her 1t has
been beside her all the time. All
these months she has known that
pretended to love her ss-"
Il don't believe you know Hetty as
well as you think you do" he broke
IN "You forget that she loved you
with all her soul. You can't kill love
30 easily a. all that. 1t will be all
right, Sara. You must write and ash
her to come back. It"
"Ah, but you don't know!" Then
she related the story of the liberated
canary bird. "Hetty understands. The
cage Goor Is open. She may return
when she chooses, but-don't you see ?
-<he must come of her own free
will"
you will not ask her to Gomez"
No. Ii is the test. She will know
that have toli you everything. You
will go 10 her. Then she may under.
stand. II she forgives she will come
back. There is nothing else to say
nothing else to consider"
Il shall go to her at once" he said
resolutely.
She gave him a quick. searching
glance.
She may refuse to marry you, even
now, Brandon"
she can'ti" he cried. An instan,
later his face fell. by Jove, IL sup
pose the law will have to be consid
cred now. She win at least have te
20 through the form of q trial"
She whirled on him angrily. The
law What has the Law to do with
It? Don't be a fool"
She ought to be legally exoner
ated" he said.
Her fingers gripped his arm fercely
81 want you to understand one thing
Brandon. The story | have told you
was for your ears alone. The secret
lives with us and dies with u.s."
He looked his relief. Right! Il
must 20 no farther. II is not a mat
ter for the law to decide. You may
trust me-"
i am cold" she said. He heard
her teeth chatter distinctly as she
pulled her thick mantle closer about
her throat and shoulders. 1T is yer,
raw and wet down here. Comet"
As she started of along the long
narrow pier, he sprang after her
grasping her arm She leaned rathei
heavily against him for few step
and then drew herself up. Her teetl
still chattered. her arm trembled il
his clasp.
BY Jove. Sara. this is bad" h,
cried, in distress. You're chilled Z,
the marrow"
Nerves" she retorted, and he some
how felt that her lips were set an,
drawn.
"Ycu must get to bed right away
not Dath, mustard, and all that II
not stop for dinner. Thanks just tn
same / will be over In the morr
ing"
When will you sail?" she asked
after a moment
Il can't &C for ten days, at leas
Ny mother goes into the hospital mex
weeE for an operation, as I've told yoI
cant leave until after that's owe,
Nothing serious. but-well. i can't g
away l shall write TO Hetty tonigh
and cable her tomorrow. BY the wal
IL don't know Just where to find hel
You see, We were not to write to eac
other. II VS. in the bargain. l sui
poee you don't know how l can"
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