The Arvada enterprise. (Arvada, Colo.) 1908-1970, 1916-03-09
CHAPTER xX-ContInued.
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Homeward again in the starlit night.
still In that whirl OF exultation. 1t was
somewhat chillier now, and Allison
bundled her into the machine with
rough tenderness. She felt the thrill
OF him az 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 tribes 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 were 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 combina-
ton, 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. 1t was another de-
tall; and 1t seemed quite natural She
was 80 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 OFF to the left, high in the mir
there CLEANED the lights of IA curving
l. train. That was a 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 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
Ai'lson's finger was to start and stop
the wheels. to the uttermost confines
or the earth! oh. it was wonderful;
wonderful! And she was part OF It!
II WIS there that he proposed to her.
IT 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 buildcd 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 sway. not in the scepter aud
crown. but In the doing. and in the
having done, and In the conceiving
and having conceived.
was this cold painting OF pomp
and glory and advantage and reward?
lie added To II tho IRE OF a lover, and
to that the force and mastery and
cornpulsion of his Dynamic power. She
felt again the pot":t thrill OF him. and
the might and sweep and drive OF him,
and with the ES.. tumbling words OF
love In her ears. and her senses a-reel.
and her mind in It's whirlIng eNulta.
ton. she felt between them "A sympn.
thy and uaion which 1t was not In
human strength TO deny! Something
held her back. something made her
withheld the word of promise, on the
plea that she must have more time to
think. TO consider. to straightcn out
the tangle OF her mind; but she SUI.
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
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