Iron County record. [volume] (Cedar City, Utah) 1893-1982, 1920-11-26

ease from the glass OF uark req wine
which he was offering her.
Drink before you try to talk" His
tone was tenderly imperative. With
an insistence as gentle he pressed the
glass to her lips. She drank. crate
fully draining the glass.
"Excellentw Mario let her head
back to the cushion, rose, put the glass
| aside, returned. "You feel better
stronger, ehT
She nodded, but her smile was still
bewildered.
"Wbat happened, Mario? felt so
funny. all Of sudden, just when the
telephone began to ring: and then
| don't seem to remember"
"Don't you know you falnted7"
"Faintedw She started indignant.
| ly. But I never In my llfel Why
should faint? I'm all right"
In proof OF this assertion she sank
weakly back.
/ "You are overwrought" Mario
drew up a chair and sat down. "For
days you have been living at high nerv.
Gus tension, never knowing what ia.
| tally the next hour might bring forth
Tonight. against your wish and judc.
/ ment, you came out to meet man
! you fear and loathe-braving the
peril of arrest as well as the brutal
| ty Of this storm. Your clothing is
wet through. you are shivering You
suffered n shock at meeting me by
chance. Then we Quarreled !"
He lifted her hands to his lips. one after
the other "The sum Of such physical,
nervous and emotional stress was too
much. Leonora; you tainted without
a sign of warning. caught you bare
ly In time"
81 suppose I must've. II you say so.
Mario But l don't understand.
remember our rowing"
"Think Of that no more" Mario
pleaded and, at the same time, in.
sisted. "You and must never guar.
rel. There can be no excuse for mis-
understanding when our hearts are
one" She nodded meekiy. TEL me
one thing only" he pursued. Her
eyes promised. who is Philip"
"PhillpT Her look was completely
blank. II don't know any Philip :"
"You are sureT Intent search of
her face satisfied him. "Strangel In
your faint you spoke that name, as
If you were talking In your sleep !;
you said distinctly: Yes, Philip; and
again: No, Philip #. l am safe
with Mario, now"
II don't know" She drew hand
over perplexed brows. sand yet .
it's funny like an echo, what you
say l said"
mo matter" With decision the
Spaniard dismissed the puzzle, took
her hands in firm grasp and held
her eyes with gaze earnest and
commanding. For the present forget
all that, forget everything but that
we are united now and forever. Moth
ing-nothing, Leonora-can come be-
tween us now. We cannot permit It,
we will not. Love such as ours Is not
to be denied or paltered with upon
any conceivable consideration. AS
am wholly yours, so you must hence
forth be mine; and to us all the rest
must be such stuff as dreams are
made Of You understand that, Leo
nora? ! have your promise"
Never since childhood had she so sur
rendered to domination. But now
She knew strange, dear Joy in sub
hitting. She bowed her head, then
lifted II TO show him adorlng eyes.
"Yes Mario :"
$50 that is settledl"
Mario got up and strobe into the
bathroom. Water began TO gush loud
ly into the tub. He brought back q
light, warm robe Of feecy stuff.
"You are cold and wet; a hot bath
will make you another woman. Their
put this on. Meanwhile. l will fine
, dry clothing for you. and cab. To
night you sleep uptown: the best anC
quletest hotel In the city will be thC
safest. In the morning | VIII cal
for you; we Will 80 70 get the license
, for our marriage rs noon you viii
be my wife. BY uightfall we will be
far from New York"
They kissed. Mario lifted her t.
. her feet.
t The door latches OF itself. If any
/ one knocks, pay no attention. l shall
be back In few minutes, and have
my key"
In staring daze, utterly an un
? thinking puppet OF love and gratitude
. she saw him go. The sense OF hi
! personality fingered, precious and com
J pelling: she did not feel alone.
She moved slowly toward the bath
room, unconscious fingers loosenini
her sOdden blouse. Finding the tut
: nearly full. she shut or the taps. Onl.
: with the silence that followed did ap
J probation OF her solitude come home
TIL then. In her wonder and delight
she had accepted without question tn
easy explanation that Inez had los
her way upon the roofs and brough
her 10 the wrong house.
Even SO: Red must be hidden some
where I'm the same block Of tenements
Suppose ne were TO learn where sh
:, was now =. Suppose Inez had no
Numbered, but deliberately and witt
malicious intent had led her to Marie