Lincoln County times. (Jerome, Idaho) 1911-1919, 1918-01-24

ne. And then--the prince camel"
I 1.-The prince, was theref :, she fall
cred.
HE came up to the table where
sophy and I. were sitting. think I
vas half mad. poured him a glass of
vine. / told him that you had prom
sed to, become my wife. He raised
MS glass; can see him now. He
told me, with q smile. that 1t was the
anniversary of theadays on which you
promised to become his-w
Louise shrank back.
HE told you thatf"
John was on his, feet. The fever
vas blazing once more.
~ HE told me that. face to faceF'
"And your
III we had been alone" John an
,wered simply. II should have killed
nim. I drove the words down his
throat. threw him back to the place
ne had left. and hurt him rather badly,
I'm afraid. 90 Sophy took me, home
somehow. and now am here"
She leaned a little forward on the
l,ouch. She looked into his face search
ngly. anxiously as If, looking for
something she could not find. His lips
we're, set In hard. cold lines. The
likeness to, Stephen had never been
more apparent.
"Llsten ~ she said. you are Puri-
tan. While admire the splendid self
restraint evolved from your creed, II Is
partly temperamental. Isn't IT. was
brought up to see things differently,
and 1 do see them differently. Tell
me. do you love meT
Love your he repeated. "You
know 1t! Could / suffer the tortures
come to you with mans blood upon
my hands II didn't? If the prince
lives, 1t Is simply the accident Of fate.
tell you that II we had been alone /
should have driven the breath out of
his BODY. Love you'll"
He rose slowly to her feet. She
leaned with her elbow upon the man.
telpiece. and her face was hidden for
moment.
Let ne think !" she said. II don't
know what to say to you. I don't
know you, John. There isn't anything
left Of the John loved. r. Let me look
again 7"
She swung around.
You speak Of love-" she went on
suddenly. do you know what it Isl
Do you know that love reaches to the
heavens, and can also touch the Meth
ermost depths of hell? II 1 throw
myself on your knees before you now.
If Link my fingers around your neck,
Il whisper to you that In the, days
that we're past before you came had
done things I would fam forget, If I
told you that from henceforth every
second of my life was yours, that my
heart beat with yours by day and by
night, that l had no other thought, no
other dream, than to stay by your side
to see you happy. to give all there was
of myself into your keeping, to keep
1t holy and sacred for you-John,
what thenf"
looked at her a moment as he had
looked at the woman in Piccadilly, into
whose hand he had dropped gold.
Are You going to tell me that # Is
the truth r. he asked hoarsely.
Think for single moment of that
feeling which you call love, John ="
she pleaded. "Listeni love you It
has come to me at last. after all these
years. 1t lives In my heart, greater
thing than my ambition, a greater
thing than my success, greater thing
than life itself. I love you, John Can't
you feel, don't you know. that moth
ing else In life can matterr
Not q line In his face softened. His
teeth had come together. He was like
a man upon the rack.
ut is true7 1t is true, thenr' he
demanded.
; She looked at him without any reply.
The seconds seemed drawn out to an
interminable. period. He heard the
rolling Of the motorbuses in the street.
Once more the perfume of the lilac
seemed to choke him. Then she leaned
back and touched the bell.
"The prince spoke the truth" she
said. II think you had better gow