New Ulm review. (New Ulm, Brown County, Minn.) 1892-1961, 1915-12-15

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AT last" said !. you ar. !" my
part, It seemed suddenly 10 me. visit
ful. and all Just 1ins pathedc
red her lips. -
az cent my soul through the In.
visible. :. said I. and stepped within
ana quite aside for her % pan. 929e
Jimmy tod The bdsgsse H. IN Ill
| .his. eareee.s said !. she. would hsvs
speung back.
"And the greatest truth egeF ibid IN.
all the world Cpass IN Heluna I'M
t,ory. Come into my auist home A.
ready. % you know. yo1 h4ze come
into my heart. -
She now wac In the room. I closed
the door and sprang the catch.
AT last" said I. '.you are IN my
powerr' And bent upon her ths
piercing gaze Of my eagle eye
II don't quite understand"-
''shan I call Jimmy to explain1 He
called you heartless jade
The little imp! How dare her she
cried.
"As in fact all Of our brotherhood
has come to call you the heartless
jade"
Il made Judges for him! And the
little wretch told me I wasn't playing
the game! What did he mean2 oh.
Harry. wouldn't have come II
hadn't wanted to play the game fairly.
I'm sorry for what l said" She spoke
now suddenly, impulsively.
What was it you said?"
when l said-when called you-a
coward. didn't mean it"
You said it,
But not the way you thought.
only meant you took an unfair advan-
tage of a girl, running off with her
this way and giving her no chance to-
to get away. But now you do give me
chance-you meant to all along-and
In every way. as I've just done telling
auntie. you've been perfectly fine. per-
fectly splendid. perfectly bully too! It
has been hard place for man, too,
but-Harry. dear boy. I'll have to say
1t, you've been some considerable gen.
tleman through it all! There nowr'
Thank you. Helena" said
And as to your being any other
sort OF coward-that you had physical
fear, that you wouldn't do q mans
part-why. l never did mean that at
all. How could 1? And if l had
why. even Auntie Lucinda said your
going out after that Chinaman the
other night was heroic. even If he
couldn't have cooked a bit, and you
know Auntie Lucinda has always been
against you"
Yes. and you both called me q cow
ard because quit my law Office and
ran away from misfortune"
YES. we did. And meant that too!
say it now to your face, Harry. But
maybe l don't know all about that
maybe not"
well. wouldn't want to be unjust.
OF course. but 1 don't think a man
ought to throw away his life. You're
young. You could start over again.
and you ought to have tried. Your IA
Their made his own money. and so did
my father. Why. look at the Sally NJ.
mine that has given me my own for
tune. Do you suppose that grew on
bush to be shaken off? So why
couldn't you 60 out in the same way
and do something in the world?
don't mean just make money. Won
know, but do something. That's what
girl likes. And you were able enough.
You are young and strong, and You
have your education. and I've heard
my father say before he died-and 9th
er men agreed with him-that you
were the best lawyer at our bar and
that you had an extraordinary mind
and a clear sense Of justice. and.
and
But with all my fine qualities Of
mind and heart" said l, II lost nh
when l lost my money"
What do you mean?'
I'll tell you what mean-you drop
ped me because you thought me poor.
Well. don't blame you. 1t takes mon
ey to live. and you deserved all that
the world can give. don't blame you.
There were other men in the world
for you. The trouble with me was that
there was no other woman in the world
for me. All our trouble-all our many
meetings and partings have come out
of those two facts''
Did you think that of me?. she ask
ed at length slowly. suppose she was.
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