Shoshone journal. [volume] (Shoshone, Idaho) 1884-1931, 1920-07-16
THE MAN NOBODY KNEW
Continued from Page Seven

snu MI tnt tTdkfdocc OF you
end In The stone there there's
story for you to read bigger thar
any book could hold :" She stil
made no answer she was holding hel
three gifts tightly. and staring at him
stsF1ns not In the reyuision he
contempt he had feared. but with the
wrath OF smile trembling on her
pale lips. 'Only one Of the photo
graphs Is 10 keep" he said thickly.
"One Of the two Pm giving you
the chance to say which II ~
which one Of the two you want to live
II you want either Of those men TO
30 on loving you 4. or II you want
them both TO 10 awsy-for Away"
In her eyes. there was another mira
Gle; her eyes were soft and indicative
81 great relief. rather than OF a great
shock and as he watched. spellbound
be saw that tears we're creeping into
them, and not Of sorrow but OF great
JOY. In that moment his most stupefy
Ing discovery was mace, and the mag.
nitude Of It, the portent OF II. set his
brain al naught, and left him destitute
Of reason.
Carol :" he said. petrlhed. carol"
Mute, she shook her head. Looking /
him full IN the eyes, she ninchcd sud |
denly, ana great sob burst In her
throat. The photograph OF Dlcky Nor
gan was Ia her hand: she held It a
moment, trembling, and then. while
her breath came faster aud her shout.
ders quivered. she tore II across aud
across. finer and finer, until only frag-
mentary scraps remalned-and these
she let fall IN her lap, unheeded. The
likeness OF billiard, the lying radiant
face OF the man nobody knew--thls
she had seized. and this she had
clutched to her breast. spasmodlcally.
as though In fear to have It snatched
away from her.
Hnliard was very close 10 her; and
his whole being was concentrated in
his eyes.
Carroll" he said TO her again In that
strangers voice. Carol You
yon knew" TO him the fact
WIS unbelievable.
TardIiy, unwlningly, she raised her
bead
From the very first day she sald
Both dad and
and no one else; not even mother
your eyes told us both, and
we've trusted you so and
Waited so surely we knew Il
would come out all right In the end, ,
somehow and and {
do like my gift II does
make the day better" Aud then, in 9
loft whisper, "Hcnryw
She had called him Henry" and :,
wen in the spell OF his confusion he n
hrobbed to the significance OF It. 5
The lover was eager but the prodlgal "
gas startled back from the very thrcSh- i
Id OF love. u
"From the first day. he hreathed y
lectrlhed. "And YOU trusted me like n
hat when you knew what I N
as doing" n
she was laughing and crying ut the
anne time; his hungry arms went out o.
, her and found her; words were u
lming unanimously to him and he -
nd them as they came. Somehow ",
10 ring was ON her finger; and she a,
nj kissed Il there. Between them. +,
lrtncred sacred understanding as "a
lperishable as bronze had arisen;
ey both knew without the necessity ca
D. al.
rs to he They both knew IN what w
pacity he was to face the world az
ey knew the brimmlng fullness of her ~ ~
rdon and the trimming fulness OF H.
$ regret. These truths were mutual
confirmed the shabby past was in eN
merged with the fresh fl'
d vivid present; their pledges TO this go
d were upon their lips The world ad
IS lying helpless az their feet W.
3 wonderful. sensitive. receptive 49,.
rid which had respected and hon mi
sd and admired him IN the days OF q,
regeneration, and would continue. m,
ying the reward Of his request. llr
In an Irresistible passion Of humility m
q shame ard courage. he tried to tell an,
r the sums OF his decelts, her lips ~.
vented him. IN.
You musn't, she murmureu. Of
ever, You let me choose i want hri
This way" eel
oazed triumphant. he was rc-livlng Nh'
gone incidents. seeing Faint clues
.elop into mighty revelations. com
'hendlns 40 last The supreme love uet
J supreme faith Of the Two who had I"
FED for his victory. and kept his ~,
ret shuf within their hearts. that MI
might stand tie ordeal and prove
imphant And now, the reputation Ana
I WAS already his the loft The
reputation which he should conse- wal
% himself 10 build not ms
y for fhe pleasure Of the building, an
also because there were those TO l".n
''n ne 'N'" - LOAF
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