The St. Mary banner. (Franklin, Parish of St. Mary, La.) 1889-1931, 1915-09-25
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She continued her exposition
Ihere are but few, gently born
ihey are generous and broadminded
lhey could not be mine own people
otherwise. They are all care about
l shun mediocrity as would the
plague. | refuse to permit it to touch
me- either with words or with deeds
Inc good opinion of those love is
dear TO me; as for the rest of the
world. She snapped her fingers tc
Illustrate how little she cared.
i am man under cloud, to be
avoided"
Perhaps that cloud has a silver
inning" with gentle smile. 81 do not
believe you did anything wrong, pre-.
medltatedly. All Of us, one time or
another. surrender to wild impulse.
Perhaps in the future there awaits for
| me such moment | cannot recollect
the name of Warrington in a cause
ceiebre." thoughtfully.
He could only gaze at her dumbly.
! Ny name is not Warrington" finding
his voice. God in heaven, what would
happen when she found out what his
name was? But my first name is
Paul"
raul | have had my suspicious
that your name was not Warrington.
but tell me nothing more What good
would 1t do? did not read that mans
letter. | merely noted your name and
MS You doubtless knew him some
where in the past"
Might there not be danger in your
Kindness to me?"
I'm what way?"
man under a cloud is often reck-
less and desperate. There is always
an Invisible demon calling out to him:
what's the use of being good? You
are the first woman of your station
who has treated me as a human be-
ing; | do not say as an equal It's a
heady wine for an abstemious man.
Don't you realize that you are a beau
tiful woman?"
She looked up into his eyes quickly,
but she saw nothing there indicating
hattery, only somber gravity.
81 should be silly to deny it. l
know that had | been a trump, the
colonel would not have snubbad me-
wonder why it is that in life beauty
in a woman is always looked upon
with suspicion?"
Envy provokes that"
She resumed her inclination against |
the rail again. After Singapore it is
probable that we shall not meet again.
admit, in my world. could not walk
upon this free and easy ground. l
should have to ask about your ante
cedents. what you have done, all about
you, in fact Then. we should sit in
Judgment"
And condemn me, off-hand. That
would be perfectly right"
But might be one of the dissent
ng judges"
That is because you are one wom-
IN in thouSand."
No; | simply have a mind of my
'wn. and often prefer to be guided by
t. l am not sheep"
Silence. The lap-lap of the water,
he long slow rise and fall. and the
[artling fying-fish apparently claimed
heir attention.
But Warrington saw nothing save
he danger, the danger to himself and
o her. At any moment he might fling
is arms around her, without his hav-
ng the power to resist She called to
i'm as nothing in the world had called
efore. But she trusted him, and be-
ause of this he resolutely throttled
he recurring desires. She was right.
lie had scorned what she had termed
S womans intinct. She had read him ,
18th a degree Of accuracy. In the
yes of God he was good man, a de-
endable man; but he was not impos- '
IDLY good. He was human enough to d
ant her, human enough to appreciate G
lie danger in which she stood of him.
Tell me about the man who looks T
Ike me-" His gaze roved out to sea. c
, the white Islands of vapor low-lying t
the east. "In what respect does he a
me?" A
His hair is yellow, his eyes are e
ue, and he smiles the same way you c
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He felt the lump rise and swell in
8 throat. a
IF you stood before a mirror you n
ould see him. But there the re- S
mblance ends" 8
rs he man who does things?" a h
tie of strained curiosity In his tones. tt
IN years! n
IN what way do you mean?" 81
Does he work In the world, does he ia
vent, build, finance?" d;
Mayhap her eyes deceived her, but al
q tan on his face seemed less brown pl