Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1917-10-24

"Not that surely. I WIS only think
ing
'tOf vhatz"
"0h. If different thines--of the peo-
Die down there in their houses-thetr
lives. the things they believe: we think
they are uarrow, but wonder, after
ali 81 you md I, who believe none Of
those things. are not the narrow ones
HUFF was not subtle. Possibly he
would not have understood had uof
the Saint Jude.s chimes rnng Just then,
symbols like that seem 10 mean SO
much TO them, said Elmer, and fell
silent
In the warm silence. HUFF felt for i
and found her hand.
GAN this time, when couldn't see +
you" he said unsteadilv, "rve been
thinking Of you here alone. auG in +
trouble Sometimes thought couldn't !
stand 1t. thar I'd have to come out and
see you, il only for FIVE minutes
II have always been more or less
lonely. Sometimes think If had been !
sent away 10 school, had known other /
girls, it would have been better. I.
have never had any frlends-except +
you. and the others"
HUFF released her hand and faced
her.
~ don't want to be your friend E1I.
nor. I want to be much more"
She was rather shocked al first. She
stood. looking I'D at him. her lips
slightly parted.
"IT u-you-want--"
IL love yoU. want you TO marry
me, dear"
There was no doubt Of the boys sin
cerlty. Il rang true. lie stood with
his arms out. and after p moment she
went into them Except for the father
who was gone. this was the first love
that had come into her life. She took
# hungrllv. In the starlight she held
un her lips like q child for his Kiss.
The police were still active. So IN
sistent was Boroday on caution chat all
of September went by without SO much
as d plan Of campaign. Talbot played
+ golf and established friendly relations
that might be invaluable later. HUFF
under protest. retained the tazicat
work.
( "Its q dogs life" he said. They're
not after me now. Give me something
I else to do. or else let me take a vaca-
ton"
+ But they kept him At work.
HUFF fell into the way Of seeing Ell
+ nor once ar twice week Talbot took
him out. picking him up on the edge Of
town after dusk. on his way in his car
10 dance or dinner At the country
club. and taking him back the same
way.
.. s-- to- s.s-ss---. s-- 7zr-v-.s
{ grew and 3hrIved ON those late sumner
+ meetings. Her sweetness and elusive.
ness maddened him. Sometimes NJ
. thought her never SO FAR from hlm as
when she was in his arms
do you love neT' he would demand
boarsejy
~ think SO. know want you ID
love me"
And be had TO be content with this
ON the evenings when she WAS aicuS
TIinor SAT in her arbor and watched
ghe road 80 the hill Ward had called
twice. and each time she had been ouf
Oh the long rambles she took almasi
daily. After his second visit. slt
stayed In the house for days, expecting
him. But he did not come again
She was not in love with Ward. JUS
as she was not in love with waiter
HUFF. But the clergyman represented
lB her strange and lonely Aie some
thing new and different He fFpibel
all that she had never known He vas
the priest. rather than the man TO Re.
at first The time was coming when al
would be man only, and after that
Late ia September Boroday was az
rested. The arrest came as q shock Il
the band. As a matter Of fact the Pc
+ lice could prove nothing but the chic
had long talk with the husstan. L
]. was the Agrarian affair. of course. Th'
chief had recognized him. Bat SO HF1u