The daily telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1901-1926, 1914-02-05


couid not e ou 80 utat
Eflew lie truth Yon do e4lefe
1t vas my fault 2,
II don't know what % believe oes1
canse d6n't know what has hap
pened. Ail i know s that / got = note
from your fafher But no tter what
1t IS I'm never give you ar he de-
clared stIbbofnly
4 feared yoti would say those
very words. but y0u must DO IS J1st
the same. II win be hard for rs betl,
/ know. but she choked ard shook
her head as the words refused 70 come
TEL me FIRST why mnst eve you
up
Because IN spite Of all 1 Nm 20 mar
r. Ramon. CSertrudfs said ytreteledIy-
who said so r
MY father. he has forbidden me.
10 think of you ana ordered that
marry Ramon Sick or well. living or
Dead must marry him.
sim hanged If you do =
..It Is those miserable politics again
IL do not obey. my father cannot be
president, do you seeg Senior Alfarez
IS terribly angry that ! refused 60
marry his son. to whom since1 was Q
little child have been engaged
Ramon also Is furious; be threatened
10 kill himself So it comes to tins
then. IL l win not bind myself TO the
| agreement Senior Alfarez VIII contest
the election. / do not know how You
say those things but my father VIII
be defeated. Perhaps he viii be hum
bled "
II wont stand for II. They're max
ing you sacrifice that's all. What
kind OF a fatiier is it WHO would sell
his daughter
mo. no. You do not understand
He Is prond; ne cannot accept defeat:
he would rather give his life than De
Inundated. Furthermore. lie wishes
me TO marry Ramon, and so that ends
IT.. her lips were trembling as she
peered up at him to see if he really
] understood.
LET them rave, dear. What does
it matter who Is president? What does
anything natter TO you and meg"
.sHe says / am too young to know
my own mind, and-perhaps that ls
true. Senior Antonio: perhaps shall
soon forget you and learn to love
Ramon as he loves me. do not
know
In spite of the pathetic quaver in her
voice. Kirk cried with Jealous bitter
.sYou don't seem to object very
strongly; you seem TO care about as
much for Alfarez as you do cor me- Is
that it:.''
.fes. senior, she said brayely.
you are lyingr' declared tephanie.i
suddenly.
The girl burst into perfect torrent
| of weeping that ashamed him, Then
without any invitation. she flung her
self reeklessIy into his arms and lay
there, trembling, palpttating Ike an i'm
prisoned bird
eforsfye is.s dea1, ne exclaimed,
softly az knew better all the time.
/ You mustn't think of doing what they
! ask; / won't allow 1t" She looked up
with eyes cleaning through her tears
and said. broISeniy:
"Senor, / love you truly. You See
/ I cannot lie"
Her breath intoxicated him, and he
bent his head to kiss her. but Ste
1 phanie tore her roughly from his arms.
The woman showed the strength OF
man. and her vulture-like face was
working Gercely as she cried:
"No! She is mine. She Is mine! She
is a good girl"
ooh. am wicked G,rtrudis said
81 love you. Keerk x, Is. love ven
very dearly. but my father-he re
| fuses-I must obey-he has the right
ana must do as be wishes.
..come with me now. Wen lie mar
ried tonight" he urged. but she only
rlung to Stcphanie more closely. as II
| TO hold herself from falling.
"You are very sweet TO me- she
| said. with piteolis tenderness. "and
shall never forget the honor. but VOC
see cannot. This Is more to my fa-
Their than his life. 1t is the same to
ali our family. and must do my.
duty. / could not let you go away
thinking this was my doing, so sent
for you. No. one must obey ones
people. for they are wise-and good.
But one should be honest. -
The tears were stealing down her
cheeks. and she thrilled to his plead
ings as to some wondrous music. yet
she was like adamant, and all his
lovers desperation could not shake
her Seeing that his urging only made
mntters worse. he said. more gently:
You are exalted. now with the spsit
of self sacrifice, but later you viii see
that ana right am not discouraged
A thousand things may happen. Who
knows what tomorrow may bring:
Let's wait ana see If we can't find q
way out Now that ] know you love
me have the courage TO face any
thing. and ann going to win ven.
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