Five Mile Beach weekly journal., 1915-10-08

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n Want You Two to Love Each
Other"
miration she stood gazing at the first
fine lady" upon whom her glance had
ever fallen.
Samson went over and took Sally's
hand.
"Drennie," he said, softly, "is there
anything the matter with herr"
Adrienne Lescott shook her head.
81 understand" she said.
81 sent the others on" he went on
quietly, because l wanted that first
we three should meet alone. George
and Wilfred are going to stop at nay
uncle's house, but, unless you'd rather
have it otherwise, Sally wants you
here"
"Do / stop now?" the girl asked.
But the man shook his head.
81 want you to meet my other people
first"
AS they rode at a walk along the lit
tie shred of road left to them, the man
turned gravely.
"Drennie," he began, she waited for
me, all those years. What l was helped
to do by such splendid friends as you
and your brother and Wilfred, she was
back here trying to do for herself. 1
told you back there the night before I
left that | was afraid to let myself
question my feelings toward you. Do
you remember"
She met his eyes, and her own yes
were frankly smiling.
you were very complimentary,
Samson" she told him. 81 warned
you then that it was the moon talk
ing"
NO." he said firmly, at was not the
moon. I have since then met that fear
and analysed. it. My feeling for you is
the best that a mar can have, the hon
est worship of friendship. And" he
added, Il have analysed your feeling
for me, too, and, thank God! l have
that same friendship from you. Haven't
II"
For a moment, she only nodded; but
her eyes were bent on the road ahead
of her. The man waited in tense
silence. Then, she raised her face, and
it was a face that smiled with the
serenity of one who has wakened out
of a troubled dream.
"You will always have that, Samson,
DEAR" she assured him.
"Have l enough of 1t, to ask you to
do for her what you did for me? To
take her and teach her the things she
has the right to know"
I'D love it," she cried. And then
she smiled, as she added: "She will
be much easier to teach. She won't
re SC stupid, and one of the things l
hall teach her'-she paused, and
added whimsically-"will be to make
you cut your hair again"
But, just before they drew up at the
house of old Spicer South, she said;
Il might as well make a clean breast
of 1t, Samson, and give my vanity the
punishment it deserves. You had me
in deep doubt"
about what?"
"About-well, about us. | wasn't
quite sure that l wanted Sally to have
you-that I-didn't need you myself.
I've been a shameful little cat to Will
fred"
"But now" The Kentuckian broke
of.
"Now, l know that my friendship
for you and my love for him have both
had their acid test-and l am happier
than I've ever been before. I'm glad
we've been through it. There are no
doubts ahead. I've got you BOTH
about him." said Samson, thought
fully. MAY l tell you something
which, although it's a thing in your
own heart, you have quite
known?"
She nodded, and he went on.
THE thing which you call fascina-
ton in me was really just a proxy.
Drennie. You were liking qualities in
me that were really his qualities. Just
because you had. known him only in
gentle guise, his finish blinded you
to his courage. Because he could turn
to woman the heart Of a woman you
failed to see that under 1t was the
iron and fire. You thought you saw
those qualities in me, because l wore
my bark as shaggy as that scaling
hickory over there. When he was get
ting anonymous threats Of death ev-
cry morning he didn't mention them