The Challis messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1912-current, 1919-05-21
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Duane's was launched like skin con-
genial to the tide. He spoke almost
as softly as thought, at first with
quaint shock such as a boat makes,
launched.
"How often do you 60 to church,"
he said, whimsically.
"Why-never, I'm afraid" she
gasped in surprise.
"You were planning to be married
In church,"
"Such funny questionsi Yes, Of
course"
"WhyT"
"Oh. it wouldn't be nice not to-"
"You don't believe in divorce, thenf'
"Oh yes-yes, indeed-if people
don't get along together. I think it's
wicked for people to live together II
they don't love each other"
"It's love. then, that makes mar
riage sacred?"
Eyes. Yes, indeed! OF counsel"
SIS 1t all right for two people who
are not Christians to live together &C.
cordlng to their creeds7"
"How do you mean?"
swell, the people who lived before
there were any Christians people
who never heard of Christianity-was
it all right for them to marry?"
| "Of course"
"It's not any one formula, then, that
makes marriage all right"
"Of course not, it's the-the-"
"The lovew
II think so. It's hard to explain"
Everything is, isn't it7'
Terribly"
There was more silence. He took
a cigar from his pocket, held it be.
fore her for permission. She said,
"Please." he struck a match. She
glanced at his face in the little lime
light Of the match. It was very hand
some. A pearl of drowsy luster
cleaned in the soft folds of his tie.
The hands sheltering the match were
splendid hands.
She watched the cigar fire glow and
fade and the little turbulent smoke
wells float into the air and die. One
Of thena formed wreath, strange.
frail, writing circlet of blue filaments.
It drifted past her and she put her fin
ger into it-her ring-finger by some
womanly instinct.
snow you're married to me-. said
Duane.
There was sudden movement of
his hands as If to seize upon her. She
recoiled a little; his hands did not
pursue her. They went back to the
steering wheel and chung to it fierce.
ly. She turned from his eyes, but he
gazed at her cheek, and she could feel
the blood stirring there in a blush.
IF you loved me, would you marry
met" he said.
IL love I'm going to marry
somebody else."
| WhenY
"Some day."
IF you're not happy with him, will
you leave him?"
"Oh. but I'll be happy with him."
$50 many people have said that
You've seen how seldom it worked
If you ceased to love him, or he you
would you leave hint"
"'n' is q large order. Maybe"
wouldn't 1t be wiser If two people
who thought they loved could live to
gether for while before they mar
ried?"
She felt her muscles set as IL she
would rise and run away from such
words. "Mr. Duane I don't think it,
nice even to be talking Of such things
Besides, it's growing late"
"It's not so late as it would be Il
you married a man and found that
your marriage was CHASTITY mistake
Hadn't we better start back?"
"Please don't leave me just yet
This is very solemn to me. I've been
studying you long time, trying te
get you out Of my mind, and only get
ting you deeper in my heart. I love
you"
II don't believe it."
II know it."
"Then you oughtn't to tell me-"
mot tell q woman you love herr
Not try to save her from wrecking hel
life and my ownY'
"How wrecking my-her life?"
II believe that If you marry Clay
Wimburn you'll be unhappy. He cant
give you home. He can't buy you
clothes. He can't support you"
"That's not his fault, just now
with the hard times and the war
Please let's 60 home"
ITO my homer"
That insolence was too appalling d
answer, or even to gasp at, or protest
against. It stunned her. He took ad'
vantage Of her daze to explain. hur.
riedly:
"You're not going to be one of those
silly, old-fashioned idiot girls that q
man can't talk to earnestly and frank
~, are you now? OF course you're
not. You're not one of those poor
things whose virtue consists in being
insulted every time anyone appeals to
their intelligence, are you? No. you're
fine. brave soul, and you want ia
know the truth about truth. and so dc
Il.
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