The Oklahoma City times. [volume] (Oklahoma City, Okla.) 1908-1984, 1917-07-06

pass without seeing HIM Was there In
stInct In their love?
Hut she saw him Their eyes met and
both blushcd with deep blush And the
shining Of her eyes was owing TO All un-
paid debt of tears He left the place
soon after But he had seen her their
eyes had met Hefore he LETT lean man
chmo up to him and slipped into his hand
a little letter. Ie gut away and read II
The darling Of his heart wrote Ms II he
were OF her own rank II Wns all done
IN pencil and she dotted her II and
crossed her Is as II sbe were school.
master. John went down and took a
swim In the Thames and ate a mighty
dinner afterwhrd
ON Monday evening John took the lane
TO kensngton. For though no time was
given IN LOrna's letter he was not in
clln"d To wait any longer than dccency
required The lanes and fields between
Chnring Cross and tho village Of Kcu'
Slhgton were at that time more than
soahonsbly besct by footpads and high
whymen However. Johns grcnl size,
und the stout club he carried, kept those
follows from more than looking AZ him.
II was Hull brond daylight as he passed
along and he sang n song In the broad
est moor dialect which caused people
besides the footphds 10 look at him
when he cam" 10 Errl HrHndirs home
MS natural m0doHiy forbade him 10 APP
penr nt the door fur VISITORS and guests.
] H'I'l'l' ne went To Fl0e uooi, lNt
tn'rnnc" for servants and rctnincra
h"r", To his great surprise. who should
meet him but GWenuy CnTfHk 1,ornH'b
maid OF the Duune Glrn Her mistr,ss,
no doubt, had seen him coming and had
sent Gwcnny 10 meet him John followed
GWenny into a little room fitted up very
dnlntilJ and there wan Lorna
Dearest Lorna Lady Lorna. cried
he
Yes. John. but why have You be-
hnv"d so7 on John, how glad | am
nut, Master John Rldd. tell me the truth
Now why, for more than twelve months,
nave you taken no notice Of your friend
Lorna Doouc''
Simply because my old friend took no
notice Of mo
what cried Lorna Then whore
are the letters I have written yor'
,Wonny CarflS, Gwcnny CnrfaK come
here
Gwenny appeared rather nustered
"twcnny." said Lorna. did YOU think
II honest 10 keep both the letters and the
money The girl broke down and con
fcssed all She had never posted the
letters Lorna had given 10 her Then the
girl turned on John and said that he was
not OF birth high enough for Lorna Rnd
so she had kept IA" letters She ran out
ana came hnck with n letter bag which
she threw on tho table In II were the
leuers which lOrnn had written and
which Gwenny had never posted Take
your letters. John said Lorna
'i"enny, you may go.' @id Lorna,
'hnd mind that you come not near me
Hgnln for threo whole days" And when
ne maid wns gone In n storm Of sob.
hlng and weeping Lorna turned 60 John
ana said. III you really intend 10 take
me. for better or for worse, you must
'Hke Gwenny Carfax along with me-
Il would take you even with nny
nj
| cry one of them hated me which ! be
i'r" thie llttlc glrl does not nt the bot
tom Of her heart"
! After TINT they spoke of Themselves
ana how people would regard them sup
posing that when she came 10 he her
own free mistress. ms she would In tho
course of time she were To throw aside
her rank nnd shape her mind TO its M
| tive bent nnd TO Johns perfect happiness
wealth md rank Nid lOrua, and
tho right to be IN great houses and tho
| pleasure, NJ hcing sNvicd gnh. huw | hate
" of nll people I know there are but
two beside my uncle who do not hate
and detcst me And who nrr those two.
MINK YOU "Gwenny for ONE replied
John
Yes. and the queen for the other.
said Lorna. The one Is too far below
mo and the other too fnr above mo Oh
John. you must not fursoRc me My
uncle VIII b" nj HON" I'm h'lt ru hour md
| II you are gone | shrll tell him thot YOU
have been here and TINT | wish yuu 10
como again. But .,ou uuat go now.
mink must toll him first. before YOU
meet And John went down the great
'front.' staircase Hnd out into world that
seemed very beautiful to him
shortly nftcrward John called upon
Lorna and WAS introduced to Lord Rrnn
dir This nobleman was ms deaf ns n
post aud looked uron John simply as n
| country youth who had rescued Lorna
! IRON, the Doones He could mover BE-
mnde Ia understand the nature uf Their
! toclng for each other. though they tried
| TO mnkc him understand pcrhapa h.
! thought II wise to he n little dcnfer thpu
usual when they talked Of such matters
Then Lorna told John a seerc, YOU
| must know" said she. that Lord Urnr-
| dir sull believes that his son. Alan. 4,
alive, He does not know that he Hes y.
meath the sod In Glen Doone; and n yoi.
tell him he will lie soon beneath the sod
! In London. Alan hns disappeared, that
II all he knows and he whits In DAN,
expectation of his coming back and mar.
rylng me-