Lincoln County times. (Jerome, Idaho) 1911-1919, 1915-01-14

As the Wrandalls would So. o".es
win tell" '"'' DIG
Nonsense! Don't talk ILa
!. ID quite unworthy OF you In
OF everything. Sara, you are W.
tul. The very thing Won tr,aa
the way you went about II tho
you surrender, makes for rrea,no.
you. II you had gone on with =, :
succeeded. that fact alone would h
put you In the class with the srsl
strong virile women OF history III
With the Medicis. the pora
and she began bitterly
Yes. with them. Bur thav
great women. just the same Won \
greater, for you have more than 81
possessed a conscience. w,shl
could tell you just what | foo,
haven't the words. /"
Il only want you to tell ma i
truth. DO you despise me-"
Again | say that | do NOT u
only say that | regard you with
with awe"
AS one might think OF a deo A
serpent" 'a'
Hardly that" he said. smiling :.
the nrst time. - He crossed ovar
laid his hand on her shoulder "no,
think TOO meanly OF yourself. Iunds
stand II all. You lived for mon,,
without heart. that's all"
You put 1t very gently"
i think am right. Now wont,
got II back. and it's hungry for N
sweet. good things OF life. You Wv,
to be happy. You want to love AGA,
and to be loved. You don't want
pltied. understand. It's the rein,
OF heart that went away long mon,t
ago and left an empty place thar vo
nlled with gall. The bitterness
gone. There is something sweet
It's place. Am not right?"
She hesitated. III YOU mean m,
want TO be loved by my enemie
Brandon. you are wrong she saI
clearly. Il have not been chastens
IN that particular"
You mean the Wrandalls7"
1t Is not in my nature 10 lova m
enemies. We stand on the same foo
ing as before. and always shall Tho
understand me. understand them.
am glad that my project failed. not "a
their sake. but for my own"
10. al III
yond him. He could not understand
nature like this.
You say nothing. Well. | can't as
you to understand. We will not di,
cuss my enemies. but my friend,
What do you intend to do In respec
TO Hetty?"
II am going to make her my wife
he said levelly.
She turned away 1t was now Quit
dark. He could not see the EXPIRE.
sion on her face.
What you have heard does no
weaken your love for her?
No. IL strengthens IT,"
You know what she has done. Sh,
has taken life with her own hands
Can you take her to your BOSOM cal
you make her the mother Of your owl
children? Remember. there is bloot
on her hands"
All. but her heart is clean,"
True" she said modify, her hear
Is clean"
NO cleaner than yours is now
Sara
She uttered short, mocking laugh
1t isn't necessary to say a thin
like that to me"
Il beg your pardon"
Her manner changed abruptly. Sh
turned to him. intense and serious.
She is so far away. Brandon. o.
the other side OF the world. and sh,
is full OF loathing for me. How am
to regain what | have lost? How an
| TO make her understand? She wen
away with that last ugly thought o
me. with the thought OF me as ap
peared to her on chat last. enlighten
ing day. All these months It has beef
growing more horrible to her. 1t hal
been beside her all the time. Al
these months she has known that
pretended to love her as"
Il don't believe you know Hetty al
well AZ you think you do" he BROKE
in. You forget that she loved yol
with all her soul. You can't kill love
so easily as all that. 1t will be al
right. Sara. You must write and ash
her to come back. It"
"Ah. but you don't know" Their
she. related the story OF the liberated
canary bird. "Hetty understands. The
cage door is open. She may return
when she chooses. but-son't you see
she must come OF her own free
will"
You will not ask her to GOMEZ!
mo. 1t is the test She will know
that | have told you everything. You
will go to her. Then she may under
stand. II she forgives she will come
back. There is nothing else to say
nothing else to consider"
81 shall go to her at once he said
resolutely.
ITO be Continued)