Grand Forks herald. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1916-1955, 1920-05-22
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his hand as on the first morning the
american had Aen them together.

his hand as on the first morning the
American had Aen them together:
Delight recalled that morning and her
impressions as across an infinite. dis
EtancessHow unrealtsM had Aeemed
then; all that was now SO much more
real than all the rest Of life. And
now. too late, she had learned why
Danilo had feareh Stefan Balsic, be-
cause he loved him.f
He was in the saddle; the little
cavalcade wheeled ahd formed. He
was going, in silence.
It was Irenya who %innocently gave
Delight her Xdesire. The little maid
suddenly appeared in the doorway.
with herr pretty, graceful obeisance.
Count Barsfc saw her and inclined
his head kindly, with a smile that
glanced across his grave face like a
touch of sunshine across the Karst.he
loved. He uttered n sentence in his
kinswoman's native Servian, then.
prefaced 'FVisosti,.' the other girl had
learned to translate as the, mobiles
title.
He had spoken. and she had not IN
derstood. Her vision blurred by
tears of passion and disappointment,
Delight chung to the vim and
watched her husband ride away. Less
and less, the %glittering riders dwin-
died smaller in her sight as they
went. until they showed as a string
OF iridescent beads against the bar
rem mountain, n presently were
gone. h,
After a long' time, Irenya came to
1.-The balcony.
I, II am to help you, Countess De-
lice" she said, her voice anxious,
her eye blue and wondering and
distressed. Lord Stefan has de-
clared that you go away from Jus, and
return to America, across the seas
Delight WINGED and shrank, she
thrust out of the castle m rejected.
II wish to co." she answered cold
~, and knew herself c~ontradicted by
the plain evidence, of recent weep
ing. &.
$50 Lord Stefan said. When M
Rupert arrives, you will depart" e
II told o that"
Certainly yes, Countess DelicA.
Otherwise could l think Of that grief
Mr.. Rupert are also left"
\ Very WE'LL" Delight consented
flistlessly. Make ready. then I VIII
! come"
Together. they began the dreary
tasko Of preparation to leave a place
beloved. And this time there was
no thought Of return to help De:
light; nothing to go seek elsewhere,
since she had left all here. With
box, with slipped or trinket, came
memories Of when each was worn,
and for whom. How had she eve,
fancied she. loved Michael, in the
light Of what she felt now? That pale
tepid sentiment which she had follow:
ed half around the world. that
glamour OF the eyer and sensesA and
mist spun Of her own .illusions-wha1
had 1t in common with the thins
her? -t
When Irenya icAmeto tine gold.
colored dress worn the night 1f 81,
Robert Owens visit, the night when
she had thrown down the silver cup
Delight started from hef chair. SUI.
aWaitm she bade desperately
Wait, 1renya. pack no more
tess t Dslic c, p fEe 81 .n sur1 leSed' L fo %iti
mournful interest., smoothing the ~
cade. 1T IL OF 4 great dignity n
which to travel, indeed: ana the lace
on that n which you wear IL torn
Yes, It was torn, where the thin
fabric a caught npoif 6tefan'l
sleeve when he swept her into that
strong embrace she had Aeft for thin
desolation. At the recollection of hia
touch. hi1 glance. the .urutterable
folly OF what sheN had done ana was
doing rushed over her. s%ubmersine
al else, w pride. They loved each
other. ~ few human beings eve
aknow love, prevented by their own
Ilimitations. What had the past to do
with herr He had offered her the
present and future. Bdddenly It came
to her that no woman OF the type
she had seen could have entered the
sanctuary he had dbened Tor fen his
wife. She had accused. him Of hy-
Epocrfsy; ne had forgotten such peo-
pie existed, IN barring HIS heart to
sits would not 70. shs would await
his return, and--yes, sits wHcnid apol-
unpack the boxes. IrenyAsss .she
commanded. aI am not going
! :csuftess pefice