Coulee City dispatch. [volume] (Coulee City, Wash.) 19??-19??, 1916-10-26

O1uA IulAh JOu dCOt liCSS. Dul yOu
can't feel as do. You haven't all this
on your conscience-you weren't his
friend. as was" He caught a glimpse
of her face clean cut against the light.
and suddenly he faltered and the slow
color mounted to his eyes.
I'll understand You're rather
splendid, Miss Smith. If could only
set things right-make goodw be NUT
tered
She made little gesture of assent.
THAT seems to me all that we live
for" she said thoughtfully, ito make
good-either to others or to ourselves.
Only-it isn't often granted u.s."
He had the feeling that she was not
speaking to him. that for the moment
he had passed out of her range Of
vision and he remained silent Some
one tapped at the door, and instantly
, their eyes met in mutual Interrogation
"a gentleman to see you, mademoi
selle"
She passed into the little adjoining
sitting room and closed the door quiet
" behind her. So quiet indeed had
been her entry that the man hunched
together by the window did not appear
to notice her. His face was turned
to the full light as though in deliberate
defiance Of its own harshly revealed
suffering and misery.
"Stephen" He started and tried to
rise, but she came toward him with an
authoritative movement. mo. don't
get up. Sit there. You look-tired-
ILL.,"
Eyes. am ILL.," he admitted. He
dropped back with a short stifled sigh
"If had not been i'll | should not have
come. 1t is my only excuse" He
looked at her almost wistfuily.
"Stephen!"
He looked her steadily in the plying
sorrowful eyes.
III have not come for sympathy
Gabrielle am glad it's over and
done with. With one thing should be
content"
What do you ask of me?"
ITO accept my name and that which
the French state will give my wife in
payment for the services | have done
her. 1t Is all have to give. Gabrielle
Accept it-no, don't shrink from me
like that. am dying man-remem
Der that. | ask nothing for myself but
poor formality: it may be a few days
"a few weeks at most. and then-and
you will be free"
81 am free now" she answered
swiftly. "But If yielded to you
ShnnId ho
you and accepted dishonor for your
sake. ceased to love you and re-
gained my honor the same hour | re-
fused your name. That was my atone
ment to myself. To accept your offer
would be to wrong myself-and you
too deeply"
He made movement of desperate
appeal. But she did not answer him.
The door had opened and Preston.
with white stern face. stood on the
threshold.
Corporal Goetz is here" he said.
"Miss Smith-will you Gomez"
And Lowe saw how she turned from
him. not with Indifference but with
the absolute oblivion of mind whose
whole force has swept suddenly in one
deep channel. He followed her to the
open door and stood there. silent and
forgotten. watching her.
Corporal Goetz bowed as she en-
tered. He looked at her narrowly. a
little curiously.
II heard your name" he said in his
careful French. 81 have a message for
you-from my comrade'
"From Richard FarquharT
81 know him as Richard Nameless
He gave me the message out there In
the desert-a simple sentence that
have retained word for word. Tell
her. he said that truth was more beau
tiful than the mirage"
There was brief silence. She
stood in the full red glow of the eve
ming as it poured in through the win
dow, and Stephen saw her face 1t
seemed to him inspired. almost beau
tiful-a miracle of great happiness.
"And the sentence?" 1t was Pres
ton who spoke, and for all his self.
restraint his voice had lost its steadi
ness.
ITO be shot at daybreak."
ut Is mpossible-a bsurd-" Pres
ton muttered.
She turned to him then as though
waking from q dream. The brief mo-
ment of serene triumphant happiness
had passed. She was face to face with
life again. and the strength and beauty
were aight with the old fiery resolu-
ton.
we have one hope before all others.
Madame Arnaud has influence, and she
has given me her word to use it."
MADAME Arnaud Is dead" They
stared at Goetz in stricken Mortified