The Julesburg grit-advocate., 1914-06-25

"loat ash - abosa tAsa: eaat
think. All ! know y that II yes hal
asked Ne - . anything IN the world.
] think I'd have saiA yss-"
For ns.-
Yes. for yoa. It's tAs truth It's
all out. At last! There's the whole
story now OF John Ravn-ali OF II, In
black and white! Here's all my story
to you You must have Known"
YES. she nodded: 'of course That
was Why. l said. that I've evaded you
80 long. 1t vas very hard to do.
Charley: 4 huadred times I've been
on the point OF sending for you. But
l didn't"
m glad. too" he said simply, see-
ing 1t was 10 be soul facing soul, be-
tween them now. I've missed you
I've never passed such days In my life
a. l have here. There's Grace hating
me. you ought to hate mel ought to
hate you! Oh. Rawn. man! Where
would you have stopped, to get money.
to get power! Oh. excellent-to set
your wife as a trap for another man!
But 1t worked! 1t could have been
done!" He looked her. frankly In the
face a. he finished. Z love you, vir-
ginia." he said simply Il suppose
have all along. It's cheap. after ALL
at this price. But for all this, l nsv-
er could have told you.
But one thing I will say."-the un-
happy young man added. after long
time; Its the one thing l can claim
FOR an excuse. Ny price was love for
you. and good love. 1t was the whole
love Of man for voman-l never knew
before what that meant! 1t 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 untverse-that belonged to
evsrybody-love-love-It thought that
belonged to me. too. l can't see even
now where that IL wrong. | can't
think. don't know. II 1t 10 wrong.
then I've been wrong. We're down In
the mire together! l dragged you
there. And once I dreamed Of doing
something to lift people up-that was
Why l mutinied and tore up the mo-
tors. And had my own selfish price.
! can never lift up my head
again. But love you!"
She looked At 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
hercely. why didn't you finish your
work a. you promised!"
Il never promised. didn't finish It
because I knew I could. told you
1t was-Charley-yes-it was
Iove!"
For mef"
He half started up now. but she
raised hand to restrain him.
The servants!" she whispered. In
deed. even as 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 a butler he was wise.
But It's got to be-we've got to 20
through now!" he went on savaeely.
why did you start this. then! Why
did you let me know?"
1T was he who started 1t in me-
ambition! No. l always had Il. From
the day ! was born wanted to climb.
to win. to be rich, to have things in
my hands. All girls want that, I sun
pose. till they know how little it IL.
So married him tried to, and I did
l knew he had money. But
then there was more | wanted. after
all. only wanted that something elss
too. that any woman wants-what
she's got to have, once In her life, rich |
or poor. because she's a woman-some
one who truly loves her for herself as |
she Is. because she Is what she t-I
because she's a woman!
"Oh. ] looked all around me here. /.
long time after l came here, for what
I'D missed. I've never been hannv
here. didn't have it. wanted it. At
last saw 1t. wanted 1t. Its price ia
ruin-for two. you and me. I'm like
you, II it's wrong. don't know where
the wrong began! l didn't mind, 70
FAR as ! was concerned. Let a woman
love you. and she'll do anything, no
matter how 1t hurts-herself. But not
the man she loves and wants
to respect. Charley
"But-me? am not good enough
'or you'll"
"Oh. boy! How sweet that sounds
70 me! Say 1t over again to me!
You make me think l might some day
be worth mans love. It's got away
rom US now. It's all too late. Every
.hing's too late. When he-Mr. Rawn
comes back. we've got to tell him
I'VE done what l was set to do-but
lot the way he thought, not the way
my Of US thought"