The gazette-times. [volume] (Heppner, Or.) 1912-1925, 1914-11-26

I put Mr.. Bangs up in my best CUES
chamber, and, be it said to my credit "s
Countess did not have to suggest "
As we said good night to her on me -
landing at the top of the stairs, she tooA
my b~andaged paw betWeeh hei
hands and said: NJ
lyon will soon be rid Of me forever, ME-
| Smart viii you bear with me patlent'y ieA
a little while longera'' There was . plaHr
tive appesfing note in her voice. she seemeo
strangely subdued. ,h.r
II can hear with you much easier than
7 ran hear the thought Of being no o.
YOU" l said in q very low VOICE o
pressed my clumsy hand fiereely' ana
felt no pain. -.n M
..You have been too good to me, sns
said in a very small voice. Some gay ~n
I am out Of all this trouble, may DC .un
to tell you how much 1 appfeeAs'e ~
have done for me
An almost irresistible was soou' y -
ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS to seize her In ny
srms came over nae, but I conquered 1t ana
,,shed after Mr.. Bangs, as blind as 9 %
and Keeling for a dozen steps or more "
was a most extraordinary feeling
found myself wondering if passion had
that effect on all men. If this was an hhur
ration Of what a real passionate love conio
do IN a sensible, level-hesded person. tnAn
uh.t in heavens name, was the emouea
7 Mad characterized as love during my placr9
courtship Of the family remembered .spo
wr;+er1 There had been no such bHholnss
staggering sensation as this. NO thoughts
nhvsical contact with my former fnsmorA.
had left me weak and trembling sno oA1oa
as l was at this historic moment.
panes was chattering in his glib Engnsn
fashion as we descended to my study, puy
7 did not hear half that he said ne iooNs.
surprised at two or three Of the answers
made to his questions, and am sure tno's
mare several Of them that l didn't respona
tn at all. He must have thought me an U~
mannerly person
ors remark Of his brought me rathe1
, 81 ,rnlv n nv senses. I seemed capabie
81 rrasninr its awful significance when an
I the others had gone by without nouee.
Q an all goes well,'' he was saying, sna
t should be safely away from here on l
fourteenth. That leaves less than Ten oa's
t more. sir, under your hospitable roof
. LESS than ten days" I repeated. This
was the fifth of the month. II all goes
well. Less than ten days r.
Again I passed . sleepless nignG
feeling Of the utmost loneliness ano oesoiH-
ton grew up within me- Less than zen oaynA
And then she would be safely away nv.
me. She and Rosemary There was . slhsis
raw Of brightness in the gloom that shrouoeS
: nv thoughts-she had urged me to fly away
with her. She did not want to leave ma
behind to face the perils after she was
!, s.felv ont of them, God bless her ZOE
thinking Of thati
y put Of course what little common sense
y and INDICTMENT | had left within me told mo
that such a course was entirely out OF ~
! o~uestion. j could not 60 away Win ner. ;
j copld do no more than to see her safely
on her way to the queer little port on Ing
cast co.st of Italy. Then ! should return
! to my pleak, joyless castle-to my sepuicnls
, and suffer all the torments OF the dshneu
! for DAYS and weeks until word came tnas
, , she was actually safe on the other sioe %
the Atlantic. ~.
!. What courage, what pluck she had orimr
' IA, No a thousand times, mol She was
. claiming her own, her dearest own. ms
I devil must have been in the people who
' get themselves up as judges to condemn neg
: for fighting so bravely for that which TOO
' had riyen her. Curse them all I
u fear that nv thoughts became more sna
more mandolin as the interminable nishs
went on. .
. Always they came back to the sickenIns
: realization that ! was to lose her in tes
j DAYS. and that my castle would be like .
tomb. 49,,
OF course the Hazards and the Billy
9 Smiths we're possible panaceas, but what
could they bring TO ease the pangs Of Z
!. secret nestalgiai Nothing but their own
' blissful contentment, their own happiness 70
make my loneliness seem all the more hop
rible by contrast. Would it not be better ior
. me to face it alonei Would 1t not be better
' to live the life Of 8 hermit
She came to visit me at IL clock the
: next day. was alone IN the study, Poopen-
dyke was showing Mr.. Bangs over the castle
She was dressed In = gown OF some sofs
gray material, and there was a bunch Oh
= violets At her girdle.
ITO Be Continued.)