Greene County herald. (Leakesville, Miss.) 1898-current, 1921-01-21
Efn OMOLA mia" said the blind
scholar, thou wilt reach
~ the needful yolumeS-fhOu

scholar, thou wilt reach
the needfgl volumes-thou
knawest them-on the fifth shelf Of
the cabinet-" M
Tito rose at the sape moment with
Rasr,oEa, saying, 81 Wilt reach them. If
YOU will point them ont" and fol-
lowed her hastily into the adjoining
small room.
-There they are" said Romola.
pointing upward : EVERY book Is just
where ii was when my Gather ceased
20 see them" :,
Tito stood by her without fastening
to reach the books. we'd Tafh ~
81 hspe.~ she continued, turning her
eyes fall on Tito. with, a Look of grave
csufidence-"I hope he will not weary
you ; this work makes him so happyf"
-And me too, Romola-if you only
let me say, / love you--if you will only
think me worth loving a little"
His speech was the softest murmur,
end the dark beautiful face, nearer to
hers than 1t had ever been before,
WIS booking at her with beseeching
tenderness. 'rfV eV9at nWrit fpAy
Il do love you" murmured Romola I;
she looked at him, with the same sim
Pile majesty as ever, but her voice had
never In her life before sunk to that
smuruaur- Ii seemed to them both that
they were looking at each 0ther a long
yxihiIe before her lips moved again ;
yet 1t was but a moment till she said,
81 know now what 1t is to be happy
The faces just met, and he dark
curts mingled for an instant with the
rippling goid--Quick as ghtning AFTER
thai, Tito set his foot on a projecting
Hedge or the book shelves and reached
Sf0xfn tine needfui volumes. They were
bsfh e~ontented to be silent, and sep
arxse, for that first blissful experience
OF naatual consciousness was all the
more exquisite for being n~nperturbed
by Immediate sensation.
1t had all been as rapid as the ir-
reversible mingling Of waters, for even
the eager and jealous Bardo had not
Becszse impatient.
Whey they told her father, he
wanted fisne for reflection. "Be patient
my children. you are very young" <
sNe more could be said, and Ro-
moznss heart was perfectly satisfied.
Not 50 Tito's. If the subtle mixture
Of good and evil prepares suffering for
huHsAn truth and purity, there is also
suffering prepared for the wrongdoer
by fine same mingled conditions cAs
Tito kissed Romola on their parting
that evening the very strength of the
thrill that moved his whole being at
the sense that this woman, whose
beauty it was hardly possible to think
Nd as anything but the necessary con-
sequence of her noble nature, loved
him with all the tenderness that spoke
iu her clear eyes, brought a strong
reaction of regret that he had not kept
himself free from that first deceit
which had dragged him into the dan.
xer of being disgraced before her,
There WINS u spring of bitterness MAIN
gted with that fountain Of sweets"
Gesrge Eiiot's magnificent study OF
character concerns itself with Flor;
euce at the time when Christophe,
Cckuanhns was discovering America
when S~aycnarola was prior, Of Saint
Marks and ruled the city by his
n,ersl energy and IFS fanaticisiiS, wheI
his pfous frenzfes, his Visions, and his
predictions OF heavenly wrath seemed
60 the majority or hts fellow citizens
m coming from d more than morta
sz1urce when Charles the Eighth o.
Sranse-invaded Italy when the plagu,
6xouEIt dire. dismay :. when the elf,