The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1916-02-10
CHAPTER xx-cOntinusd.

Homeward again In the starllt night.
still in that whlrl OF exultation. II was
somewhat cnilller now. and Allison
bundled her into the machine with
rough tenderness. She felt the thrill
OF him as he sat beside her, and the
firm strength with which he controlled
the swiftly speeding runabout was
part her strength. They we're kindred
spirits these two, soaring above the
affairs Of earth In the serene compla.
cency Of those who make trities OF
yastness itself. They did not talk
much. for they had not much to talk
about The details Of a scheme so
comprehensive as Alllson's we're not
things to be explained, they were
things to be seen in vision. Once
she asked him about the bringing OF
the foreign railroads into the combipa-
tlon, and he told her that this would
only be accomplished by a political up
heaval, which would take place next
month, and would probably involve the
whole Of Europe, It was another de-
tail; and It seemed quite natural She
was so interested that he told her all
about his foreign visitors.
In the park, Allison stopped at the
little outlook house where they had
climbed on that snowy night. and they
stood there, with the stars above. the
trees below and the twnkling lights
stretching out to the horizon. all alone
above the. world Of civilization. Be-
low sounded the clang OF street cars.
and far OFF to the left, high in the air
there cleaned the lights Of a curying
L train That Was q part Of Allisons
world which he had long since con
quered a part which he already held
in the hollow of his hand; and the fact
that every moving thing which clunR
upon a track in all this vast pano-
rama was under his dominion, served
only to illustrate and make plain the
marvel Of the accomplishment which
was now under way. Beyond that DIM
horizon lay another and still another.
and In them all, wherever things
moved or were transported, the lift OF
Allison's finger was 10 start and stop
the wheels, to the uttermost confines
OF the earth! Oh, ii was wonderful;
wonderful! And she was part Of III
It was there that he proposed to her
It did not surprise her She had
known II when they had entered the
park, and that this was the place.
He told her that all this empire was
being builded to lay at her feet, that
she was the empress OF 1t and be the
emperor. but that their Joy was to be
not in the sway, not in the scepter and
crown, but in the doing, and in the
having doue. and in the conceiying
and having conceived.
Was this a cold painting OF pomp
and glory and advantage and reward?
He added to II the fire Of lover and
to that the force and mastery and
compulsion OF his dynamic power. She
felt again the potent thrill of him. and
the might and sweep and drive OF him,
and with the hot tumbling words OF
love in her ears, and her senses a-reel,
and her mind in its whirlng exulta.
ton, she felt between them a sympa-
thy and a union which II was not IN
human strength to denyl Something
held her back, something made her
withhold the word Of promise, on the
plea that she must have more time to
think, 10 consider, to straighten out
the tangle Of her mind; but she suf-
fered him to sweep her in his arms,
and rain hot kisses upon her face, and
to tell he-, over and over and over and
over that she belonged to him. for
ever and forever