Gunnison news-champion., 1914-04-24

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tAinOs n many months. tSesty."
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think we were quite w0aAssfuA, bseA
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why did We come back - ksW
rork. sers~ burst out betty. elaaN
ing her friends hand - n ssAasely
spsrreA ~ terror. We wess hASOy
over there. And free!"
Listen. my dear" said sesa. .
hard note growing In her voice: "this
y my home. I Do not love \. but
can sse no reason for sbandoainG \.
That 10 Why We came hack 10 ksv
York"
Hetty pressed her friends hAnd -
her lips. Forgive me-" she cried In
pulsively. Il shouldn't have con
complained. II was detestable"
"Besides." went on Sara evesly.
you were quite free TO remain o. tAs
other side. ! left 1t to you"
You save me q week to decide"
said Hetty In . hurried mannss Of
speaking. II took but tweaty 4ssf
hOHrs-less than that. Over night,
yea remember I love you, Sara
eoulA not lsave you. An that uAuhA
I could feel yes pullinG - ny hsast
strlnes. pulling ne closer, 80 hs11ia1
Ne. YOa were In your room, ] In
mine. and vet all the time yea seemed
to be bending over me In the darh-
ness. urging ne TO stay with you and
love you and be loved by you. 1t
couldn't have been q dream"
TT was not . dream" saiA Sara,
With Q queer smile.
"You do love me?" tensely.
81 % love you" was the hrn an
swef Sara was staring across the
water. her eyes big and as black as
night itself. She seemed TO be looking
far beyond the misty lights that bob
bled with nearby schooners. far be-
yond the yellow mass on the opposite
shore where town lay Graded in the
shadows, far into the fast Gardening
sky that came W like . veil out Of
~ east.
Hetty's fingers frightened In .
warmer clasp. Unconsciously perhaps.
eara's grip on the girls shoulder
tighteneA also; unconsciously. for her
thoughts were far away. The younger
woman's pensive gaze rested on the
peaceful watefs below. taking in the
SLOW approach Of the fog that was
soon TO envelop the land. Neither
spoke for many minutes: inscrutable
thinker, each . prey to thoughts that
leaped backward to the beginning and
took up the puzzle at its inception.
Il wonder" began Hetty, her eyes
narrowing with the intensity OF
thought. She did not complete the
sentence.
Sara answered the unspoken ques-
tiOn. TT viii never be different from
I -
Hetty started. How could you have
known what I was thinking" she
cried IN wonder
IT IL what you are always think
inG. NY dear You are always asking