The Washington times., 1921-02-05

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Ds1at-Arteraft picture.
ftSXY IHEN are you ieayinsr. ne
w asked In a yo'ss ,s &c. amn srn,
Gomez she said gently. I'm not
xoinx In yet. for q while"
T6e Dark lay before them. an
eupty rarden nlied with chequereo
Iirht and shadows under the moon
R followed her across the grAvei,
listening with dew. past the statue
offths mute statesman with arm up
raised. into pastoral stretches
delectable country which was theirs
alone.
.xpression of the breathing woman
~ ~. side. He was but partly con.
scious of a direction he had not
chosen. His blood throbbed vioieht,
Nv and n feeling of actual physicaI
fsintness was upon him. He was
being led, helplessly, all vohtion
zone, and the very idea OF resistance
became chimerical.
There was q seat under a tree,
beside a still lake FURNISHED oy tnc
moon, IT seemed as though ne
could not bear the current OF her
, touch, and Yet the thoyght Oh "s
removal were loss bearanie
For she had put her own hano ou.
mi nnnXAmenJ
frauxht with grace. so natural tha'
a. vas but the browning bestowaL
"AIison!" he cried. II can't ASK
Il OF YOU. have no right.
you're not asking It," she an.
avered. at Ia, I who am asking IL.
NO FUTURE ASSURED.
ssBut ] have no future may DC
an ioutcast tomorrow. nave noun.
ing to offer you." Hs spoke more
firmly now, more commahoihss'
.Don't you see, dear. that ~ s
Just because your future ID ooseu
that can do this? You never wouie
have done 1t, know-and cou!oh
face that. Don't you unoerstano
mat am demanding the great sac
rifce?" III.
nnGer6 tuFheo, anu
sivAly on hers. ,.,v
sIsn't Il the 'brayer thing!
z Still he failed to catch her 'hean
int. ,.,, hr
aBraverw she exclaimed. with her
vonderful courage; "brave II love
YOU, IL need you, IL / cannot 90
without you"
he took her in his arms. crushing
her to him in his strength. In one
ineffable brief moment finding her
lips, inhaling the faint perfume OF
her- smooth skin. Her 1.-THE hgure
Law passiyely against him. In mar
velous. unbelievable surrender.
.I see 4what you mean" he SAID
at length. II should have been
coward. But I could not be sure
that you loved me-"
so near was her face that he
could detect, even under the op-
scurity Of the branches, a smile.
"And so I was reduced to TINS!
I threw my pride to the winds,
she whispered. But / don't care.
/ was determined, selfishly, to
take happiness"
"And to give it," he added,
bending down to her. the su-
preme quality of its essence was
still to be doubted. bright star
dust which daszled him. to evap-
oyate before his waking eyes. And.
try as he would, he could not
realize the full depth the Joy OF
contact with being whom. py
discipline, he had trained his nina
to look upon as the unattainable.
they had spoken Of the future,
vet in these moments any con-
alteration of 1t was blotted out.
80 1t was only by degrees
that he collected himself suff-
ciently to be able to return to 1t.
. 80 Alison took up the thread.
Surely, she said, sacrifice is
useless unless it means some
thing, unies II be a realization. 1t
must be discriminating. And we
should both of us have remained
incomplete IL we had not taken
this. You would always, 1 think,
have been the one man for me
but we should have lost touch"
He felt her tremble. And 1
needed you. have needed you all
my life--one in whom might
have absolute faith. That is my
faith, of which I could not tell
youl while ago. Is it-sacri-
icgions?"
Z She looked up to him. He shook
his head, thinking Of his own. 1t
seemed the very distillation of
the divine.
. >"All my life" she went on, II
have been waiting for the one who
would risk everything. Oh. IL you
had faltered the least little bit. 1
don't know what I should have
done. That would have DESTROYED
what was left of me, put out, L
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