The Delta independent. [volume] (Delta, Colo.) 1886-19??, 1916-04-28

stop snort OF completion and the city
will be saved by legislative enactment
the innocent sheep may be made to
bleed again and the wolves will es-
cape"
She shuddered and drew a little
apart from him on the log step.
But your part in this horrible plot.
victor?" she asked
1T is as simple as it is. despicable.
In the first place, am to set the stu
alton before the department in such
light as to make it clearly matter of
public policy to take advantage of the
present Metropolitan crisis by pushing
the work vigorously to conclusion
After thus turning on the spigot OF
plenty. | am expected to crowd the
pay rolls and at the same time to hold
back Oh the actual progress of the
work. That is all-except that | am to
keep my mouth shut"
But you can't. you can't!" she cried
Then. in a passionate outburst: IF
you should do such thing as that, 1t
wouldn't kill my love-I can't say that
any more; but 1t would kill me-
shouldn't want to live!"
He looked around at her curiously,
as If he were holding her at arms
length.
Shall do what you would have me
do. Amy? Or shall do what is best
for you?" The opposing queries were
as impersonal as the arms-length gaze
perhaps l might be able to patch up
the ideals and stand them on their feet
again-and you would pay the penalty
all your life in poverty and privation
in hopes wrecked and ruined, and
with my hands tied. That is one bora
of the dilemma, and the other is
let me tell you, Amy, it is worse thar
your worst fears. They will strip your
father of the last thing he has on
earth and bring him out in debt to
them. There is one chance, and only
one. SO far as can see. Let me go on
as / have begun and / can pull him
out"
The tears had burned out OF the
steadfast eyes which were resting
with the shining soul looking out
through them, upon the crimsoning
snow peaks of the distant Timanyonis
How little you know the real love!
she said slowly. 1T neither weighs
nor measures. nor needs to; 1t writes
| its own law in the heart, and that law
| can make no compromise with evil 1t
has but one requirement-the best
good of the beloved. II the way to
that end lies through sacrifice-if 1t
| asks for the life itself-so let 1t be. II
| you knew this. Victor. you would know
that would gladly lose all-the mine
| my fathers chance CT his reward for
the years of toll, even my brothers
better chance for reformation-and
count myself happy in having found
love that was too great to do evil that
good might come"
| He got up stiffly and helped her to
her feet ard together they stood look
ing down upon the city of the plain.
lying now under the curved. sunset
shadow cast by the mighty. intending
sweep of tie great dam.
81 don't know" he said after time
"Once. as told you few weeks ago,
the best there was in me would have
leaped up to climb the heights with
you. But I've gone far since the going
| began. ! am not sure that ] could
find my way back II should try Let's
go down. ] mustn't keep you out on
the mountain after dark. ! haven't
happened to meet her. but suppose
there is Mrs. Grundy. even in Gomor-
rah'
She acquiesced in silence and they
made the descent of the steep trail
and walked across IL the growing dusk
from the foot Of Chigringo to the
succeed villa In the suburb. misers OF
speech, since there were no deeper
depths to which the spoken word could
plunge. But at the villa steps Brouil-
lard took the girl In his arms and
kissed her.
Put me out of your mind and heart
If you can" he said tenderly. repeating
the words which he had once sent
across the distances to her In another
moment of despair, and before she
could answer he was gone.
Monsieur Poudrecaulx Bongras, no.
tund. smiling and reached ard waved
to a broad burlesque OF second-empire
fierceness. looked in vain among his
dinner guests that evening for the
chief of the reclamation service, and
Bro".';s.-.'o absence held a small dis
appointment for the Frenchman Ru
, NOR. the rumor which was never quiet
, and which could never be traced con
, clusively to it's source. was again busy
, with exciting hints OF a new era OF
, prosperity about to dawn. and Bongras
, had hoped to drop his own little plum
, met OF inquiry into the reclamation
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