Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1918-11-14

out like that to be captured. Girl, you
| went through terrible danger to win
to your hearts desire"
Wasn't 1t worth 1t, Danny?"
| whispered.
Sweetheart" The arm about me
frightened. II thought you we're asleep"
he said.
NO" told him, "I was merely
thinking"
"Of what?" asked Dan.
"Of how used to want a dog.col.
| lar when they were in fashion," an.
| swered, driven by a whimsical i'm
| pulse. II was wondering II the love
which laughs at locksmiths could
work up smile over these things we
are wearing"
Dan snorted. you're the limit
Lucille" he remarked. II wish you'd
smuggled in bottle of water along
with that gun"
"Water?" repeated. Danny
haven't they given you drink?"
"They haven't even let me wash my
face" he returned.
"Or bite to eat?" continued.
MY stomach's as empty as my
heart is full" The Irish in my lover
was coming to the surface.
"You poor boy" 1 murmured. dual
made me eat before he sent me out"
"That man certainly crosses my
/, wires," Danny avered. II wish I
could get hep to the way he does
things. How in time did he know that
you loved me? hadn't told him. Did
you? And yet he pulled that stuff
about it.
"Lucile, there's something unnatur-
al about that man. 1t isn't possible to
do the things he does. What man in
his right senses would have sent you
out like he did? The thing was Just
about criminal in my eyes. Yet he
does 1t without batting an eye, and
tells you to keep up your nerve and
everything will come out right. And
some way, after last night, l am Just
soft enough to believe it. That same,
hard-headed Danny McKabe. Well,
if we get out of here he's got to tell
me how he knew we loved each other.
think he reads minds"
We sat on. Time in the dark seems
doubly long. To me it seemed that
many hours had passed since l was
led into that room. There was moth
ing to mark the passage of time save
the beating of our hearts. No sound
save that of our words or our breath
ing came into the place where we lay,
with the metal bands locked fast
about our throats.
So once more we lapsed into silence,
busy with our own thoughts, each
turning over his own problems and
hopes in his mind. Yet am sure that
the main thought of us both was of
the thing which had come to us in the
darkness, and made us grope for each
other blindly with our hands, and seek
each others lips by the sense of touch
alone.
know that for myself felt no re-
gret for the things which had happen
ed, and I told myself that no matter
what did happen, whether the end
Dual had predicted, or its reverse
came as the final issue, these few
hours spent by the side of the man
who had walked the latent woman
within me would be worth to me all |
it cost.
think something like this must !
have passed through the mind of Dan
ny, for after time he bent and whis-
pered:
"And you aren't sorry, then, Lu-
cile?"
"Sorry?" 1 told him. Danny, I'd |
rather be here with you this way than
anywhere else And whether we get
out or not, at least if we co. I shall
know that we go together. / want 1t
to be that way after this, Dan-to-
gether-always."
"My DEAR" he said slowly. and af-
ter while still more slowly, "My
dear--I wish I could feel that I de-
served thing like this"
"But we will get out, Dan." re-
assured. I'VE will. think it is fate"
'If I could only do something" he
cried out in a tone of evaporation.
'Tf I could do something to show you
my real feelings. If could get out of
this internal collar. If could get up
and fight-fight your way to free
dom!"
He lifted his hands from about me
and / knew from the clank OF the
chain that he was tugging at the metal
band which held him.
Don't. Danny" I begged him.
Don't, dear. Wait. Try and be pa
tient Those who are wiser than you
or / are working. They will not fail"
"God-if you're right" he choked
hoarsely. "If you are right, Lucille. A
man hates to cut such sorry show
before the woman he loves"
Another long time went by. How
long do not know. because do not |
know when was led into the cell, or
how long had elapsed until the end of
the whole matter came. BY intervals
Danny and spoke together, and / |
kept reassuring my belief in Dual's |
success in our rescue.