The Dolores star. [volume] (Dolores, Montezuma County, Colo.) 1901-current, 1914-08-14


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TO you. You must have kncwn--"
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was why. said. that i've svadsd you
% long. II was very hard 10 do.
Charley: . hundred timss I've been
on tho point Of sendins Tor you. But
didn't"
I'm glad. too" he said simply. SEQ
ing Il was 10 b soul facing soul. be-
tween them now. i've missed you.
i've never passed such days In my life
- have here. There's Grace hating
me. you ought 70 hate mel ought to
hate you! Oh. Rawn. mani Where
would you have stopped, to get money.
70 get powerf Oh. excellent--to set
your wife - trap for another man!
But Il worked! II could have been
dons!" He looked her frankly In the
face - be finished. r love you. vir.
gtnia." he said simply. r suppose !
have oil along. It's cheap. after all
at this price. But for al this. nss-
or could have told you.
But one thing I viii say."-the IN
happy young man added. after = long
time: ITS the one thing I can claim
for an excuse. Ny price was love for
you. and good love. IL was the whole
love Of man for w0man--I never knew
before what that meant! II wasn't for
money. but for you. That great. mys-
terious second current-what you
yourself said was the one vast power
Of all the universe-that belonged to
everybody-love-love--I thought that
belonged to me, too. cant see even
now where that Ii wrong. ! can't
think, ] don't know. II II 10 wrong.
then I've been wrong. We're down in
the mire together! dragged you
there. And, once ! dreamed Of doing
something to lift people up-that was
why mutinied and tore up the mo-
tors. And had my own selfish price.
I. ! can never lift up my head
again. But love you'll"
She looked ut him. her lips parted.
her bosom agitated now. her eyes
large. her color slowly increasing.
You must not-Stop. We must think!
Charley"
."But why didn't your he demanded
Hereby. why didn't you finish your
work ~ you promised"
Il never promised. I didn't finish It
because I knew ! could. told you
1T was-Charley-yes-it WAS
love!"
For msr'
He half started up now. but she
raised . hand to restrain him.
The servants!" she whispered. In
deed. even n she spoke she saw the
livery Of the butler disappearing at
the tall glass doors letting out to the
gallery. She did not know that the
butler had seen much and heard some
what; that being butler he was wise.
But IT'S got to be--we've got to 90
through now!" he went on savagely.
why did you start this. then! Why
did you let me known"
1T was he who started II In me-
ambition! No, I always had Il. From
the day was born wanted to climb.
to win. 10 be rich. to have things In
my hands. All girls want that. ! SUB,
pose. till they know how little II IL.
So I married him tried to. and did.
knew he had money. But
then there was more wanted. after
all. only wanted that something else,
too. that any woman wants-what
shes got to have. once In her life, rich
or poor. because she's woman-some
one who truly loves her for herself -
she 10, because she 10 what she is-
because she's . woman!
oh. looked all around me here. Q
long time after came here. for what
I'd missed. I've never been happy
here. ! didn't have It. ! wanted II. At
last I saw Il. wanted II. Its price 10
ruin-for two. you and me. I'm like
you. II it's wrong. don't know where
the wrong began! didn't mind. -
far ~ was concerned. Let 4 woman
love you. and she'll do anything. no
matter how II hurts-herself. But not
you-not the man she loves and wants
to respect. Charley
"But-me? ] am not good enough
for you!"
"oh. boy! How sweet that sounds
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