The Ordway new era., 1916-03-24
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HG[OpG[ RANDOLPH QTSTTR,
and LILLIAN CHESTER
ILLUSTRATED %C.D.RH0DES
CHAPTER xx-con.inued.

fIomeward again in the starllt night.
still in that whiri of exultation. 1t was
somewhat chillier 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 were Kindred
spirits. these two. soaring above the
affairs OF earth In the serene compla-
cency Of those who make trities OF
vastness itself. They did not talk
much. for they had not much to talk
about. The details of scheme so
comprehensive as Allison's we're not
things to be explained, they were
things to be seen in vision. Once
she asked him about the bringing or
the foreign railroads into the combina-
tion. and he told her that this would
only be accomplished by political up
heaval. which would take place next
whole Of Europe. 1t was another de-
tail: and 1t 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 twinkling lights
stretching out to the horizon. all alone
above the world Of civilization. Be-
low sounded the clang of street cars.
and far OF to the left. high in the air
there cleaned the lights of curving
l. train. That was part of Allison's
world which he had long since con,
quered, part which he already held
In the hollow Of his hand; and the fact
that every moving thing which clung
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 unde. way. Beyond that dun
horizon lay another and still another.
and in them all. wherever things
moved or were transported, the lift OF
Allison's finger was to start and stop
the wheels. to the uttermost confines
OF the earthl Oh. 1t was wonderful;
wonderful! And she was part Of it!
1t was there that he proposed to her.
II did not surprise her. She had
known 1t when they had entered the
park. and that this was the place
He told her that all this empire was
being builded to ny at her feet. that
she was the empress of 1t and he the
emperor. but that their Joy was to be
not in the swav NOT in rho scenter aud
crown. but In the doing. and in the
having dore. and in the conceivins
and having conceived.
Was this colo painting of pomp
and glory and advantage and reward ?
He added to 1t the Gre of a lover. and
to that the force and mastery and
compulsion OF his Dynamic power She
felt again the pot.:t thrill of him. and
the might and su sep and drive OF him.
and with the h1.. tumbling words of
love In her ears. and her senses a-reel.
and her mind in Its whirling exulta.
ton. she felt between them a sympa.
thy and uAion which it was not in
human strength to deny! Something
held hse back, something made her
withheld the word of promise. on the
pies that she must have more time to
taink. to consider. to straighten out
the tansle Of her mind; but she suf-
fered him to sweep her in his arms.
and rain hot kisses upon her face. and
to tell her. over and over and over and
over. that she belonged to him, for
ever and forever!