The citizen-Republican. (Scotland, Bon Homme County, S.D.) 1???-19??, 1917-01-04

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exactly the same hurry as ever, when
for him life had suddenly come to q
standstill.
CHAPTER XVI.
not even sob. He turned after a mo-
ment and went back to that bowed
golden head there in the deep crimson
chair.
Look here" he said, II know you
can't ever forgive me. 1 don't expect
IT! [ don't deserve it! But please
don't feel so awfully about it. I'll ex-
plain it all to every one. I'll make 1t
all right for you. I'll take every bit of
blame on myself. and get plenty of
witnesses to prove all about tt
The girl looked up with sorrow and
surprise in her wet eyes.
Why, I do not blame you," she said,
Il cannot see how you
were to blame. 1t was no ones fault.
1t was just an unusual Happening
strange set Of circumstances. I could
not blame you There is nothing to
forgive, and if there were 1 would
gladly forgive it!"
Then what on earth makes you look,
so white and feel so distressed? q, he
asked in a distracted voice, as a mar
VIII sometimes look talk to the
woman he loves when she becomes q
fearful problem of despair to his obtuse
eyes.
oh, don't you know?"
mo, l don't" he said. you're surely
not mourning for that brute of a man
10 whom you had promised to sacrifice
our 1ife?"
She shook her head, and buried her
race IN her hands again. He could sea
that the tears We're dropping between
iet myers, and they seemed to fall red
hot upon his heart.
liner what is it?" His tone was
only cried the harder. Fer slendar
shoulders We're shaking with his grief
now. A' sAieA
He put his hand down softly and
touched her bowed head.
won't you tell me, dear?' he
p.saeheo' and, STOPPING, knelt beside
The sobs ceased, and she was o,,,ta
sun Tor a moment, while his hands still
lay on her hair with that gentle. MEAD
ing touch. pAeao-
It is-because you married m-in-
cant va; y. y hst knowing- Oh,
On, the folly INT blindness Of Iowa,
GoIoon got up from his knees as if sha
had stung him. = ~
You need not feel bad about that
any more" he said in a hurt tone, "Did
aaaiaaot tel you l would set you free at
once? Surely no one in his senses
could call you bound after s,cb el Use
~>eumstances." u CIT
She was very still for an instant ..
: ne nag struck her and then she raised
her golden head, and a pair Of $3.50
eye suddenly grown naughty,
- y mean that l will set YOU free,n
Ia ~ naiu coldiy. I would not think of
as.tlng you be bound by a misunder-
when you were under grea+
sIress OF mind. You were in no w;sa ~
blame. ! will set you free" ~
A. you please" he retorted bitterly
In eu1Ilog teward the window again. III
y sanounts 70 the same thing. There is
Hothlns Tor you to feel bad about
Yes, there is" she answered. MI,
quick rush of feeling that broke
through her assumed haueffiness sT
shall always feel that I have broker N
UPON your life. You have had a most
LYING experience with me, and Won
hevsa can quite forget it. Things won't
h paused and the o,1iet +a.rs
chased each other eloquently down her
face. oo"n nef
Ne" said Gordon still bitterly.
.th,ngs will v be the same for me. I
eta;! Always see you sitting there In my
cnalr.l snail always be missing Won
from It! But I am glad-glad. I would
Y have known what / missed If ~
had not been for this" He spoke almost
sevagely. $50
He did not look around, but she WAS
staring at him in establishment haI
blue eyes suddenly alight.
softly. - asAeq
He wheeled round upon her. 81 mean
That I n never forget you; that
do not want to forget you. / should
nave had these two days OF your
sweet company, than all my lifetime In
any other companionship."
h h breathed. Then, Why
being free?'
"I didn't say anything about being
free That ! remember. It was you that
q said ! would set you free. I cou,d
not, OF course. hold you to a bond you
did not want
But I did not say / did not want Ii.
I said I would not hold you II you did
not want to stay"
Dr. you mean that II o had known
mo a little-that ia, Just as much al
you know me know-and had come in
there and found out your mistake bn-
fore II was too late, that you would
have wanted to go on with lip.
lessIs s47-s74Z esASsII
II you had known me lust m Yn,,ch
as you 40 now, and had looked m and
that It was I and not Georra
HayAe you were marrying, would Won
have wanted to go on and be married. p.
confessed.
4 asked you first" she said. with
3ust = flicker or q smile.
He caught the Skinner OF light in her