Judsonia weekly advance., 1920-04-01

iltLc Sluul0s Idu DeEu SulOtUlA NdIleA upon to paint all the portraits in the world. In some degree she un- derstood the difficulties; in equal de 1 gree she sympathized with those who were striving to overcome them, and she hung on from day to day in her search with a dogged determination which set it's teeth against admitting that the search was hopeless.
 At last one great fear had settled on her heart. Suppose Dave should not enlist under his right name? In such d case her chance of finding him was the mere freak of accidental meet ing; a chance not to be banked upon in a country already swarming with its citizen soldiery. And yet there was nothing to do but keep on.
 She had sought a park bench where groups of soldiers were continually moving by. The lights shone on their faces, and her own tired eyes followed them necessarily. Always her ear Was alert for a voice that should set her heart a-pounding, aud more than once she had thought sho heard that voice; more than q score of times she had thought she had seen that figure with it's stride of self-reliance. with strength bulging in every muscle. And always it had been to learn that she had been mistaken; always it had been to feel the heart sink just little lower than before. And still she kept on. There was nothing to do but keep on
 Often she wondered how he would receive her. That cold look which had frozen his features when she seized the revolver in his hand, would it still sit there, too distant and de- | tached to be even scornful? Would sine have it to break down? She could not know; she could only hope and pray and go on.
 As she turned her eyes to follow a group of men in uniform she became aware of d soldier sitting alone in the shadow a short distance away. Some quality about him caught her atten- tion; his face was not discernible, and his figure was too much in the shadow to more than suggest it's outline, but she found herself regarding him with an intentness that set her pulses rae ing Should she dare risk it again? And yet there was something. :. She had a sudden plan. She would | make no inquiry, no apology; she would walk near by and call him by name. If that name meant nothing to him he would not even notice her pres ence, but if it should be
 Dave" she said.
 He turned quickly in his seat; the light fell on her face and he saw her he was on his feet and had taken q step toward her. Then he stopped, and she saw his features harden as they had on that dreadful occasion which nCw seemed so long ago.
 'Well" he said. His voice was me chanical, but in it was something which quicllened her hope; something which suggested that he was making it mechanical because he dared not let it express the human emotion which was struggling for utterance.
 Let me talk to you, Daye,' she pleaded. q have followed you around the world for this. Let me talk. can explain everything"
 He stood still so long that she won dered if he never would speak. She dared not reach her hands to him {; she could only stand and wait.
 'Irene," he said, "why did you fol- low me here?"
 "There is only one answer, Dave. Because I love you and would follow you anywhere. No one can stop me doing that no one, Dave-eXcept you"
 And again he stood, and she knew that he was turning over in his mind things weightier than life and death, and that when he spoke again his course would be set. Then, in the s partial shadow, she saw his arms slowly extend; they rose, wide and strong, and extended toward her. There was quick step, and they met about her, and the world Swooned and went by. t.
 T can explain everything" she said, when she could talk.
 "You need explain nothing" he re. turned. 'I have lived the torments of the damned. Edith Duncan was right i; she said if it were real love it would never give up. 'Endureth all things she said. All things she said. |. There is no limit"
 "But must tell you, dear," she said "so that you may understand" And then she patched together the story from what she knew and from what Edith Duncan had told her, and Dave filled in what neither had known, in cluding the incident earlier on tha fateful evening. Shes could see his jaws harden as they pieccd the plo together and she knew what he wal thinking.
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