The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1921-02-11
VII. Observation-Disclosures.


you are overwrOught" Mario
drew up Il 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 judg-
ment, you came out TO meet a man
you fear and Misunderstanding 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 quarreIed :"
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"
Il suppose 1 must've, if you say so,
Mario But 1 don't understand.
/ remember our rowing" a.. .....
Think of that no more,' Mario
pleaded and, at the same time. in
sisted. You and I must never quar-
rel. There can be no excuse for mis-
understanding when our hearts are
one" She nodded meekIy. Tell me
one thing only" he pursued. Her
eyes promised. ''Who is PhilipT'
"PhiIip?" Her look was completely
blank. Il don't know any Philip -
You are sure?' Intent search of
her face satisfied him. Strange! In
your faint you spoke that name, as
if you We're talking in your sleep
you said distinctly: Yes. Philip and
again: No, Philip -. 1 am safe
with Mario. now"
Il don't know" She drew a hand
over perpIexed brows. And yet
it's funny . like an echo, what you
say l said
No matter" With decision the
Spaniard dismissed the puzzle. took
her hands in a firm grasp and held
her eyes with a 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-
L.
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 mad she so sur
rendered TO domination. But now
She knew strange, dear joy in SUBJ
hitting She bowed her head. then
lifted if TO show him adoring eyes.
Yes. Mario :"
$50 that is settled ~
Mario got up and strobe into the
bathroom. Water began TO gush loud
Iy into the tub. He brought back a
light, warm robe of fieecy stuff.
"YOu are cold and wet; hot bath
VIII make you another woman. Then
put this on. Meanwhile, / will find
dry clothing for you, and a cab. To-
night you sleep uptown: the best and
Quietest hotel in the city will be the
safest. In the morning | will call
for YOU: we will 30 to get the license
for our marriage. BY noon you will
be my wife. BY nightfall we will be
far from New York"
They kissed Mario lifted her to
her feet.
The door Iatehes of itself If any
one knocks, pay no attention. / shall
be back in few minutes. and have
my key"
In a staring daze, utterly an I'M
thinking puppet of love and gratitude.
she saw him go. The sense of his
personality fingered. precious and conn.,
pelling: she did not feel alone
She moved slowly toward the bath
room. unconscious fingers loosening
her sodden blouse. Finding the tub
nearly full. she shut OFF the taps. Only
with the silence that followed did an
probation Of her solitude come home.
TIL then. in her wonder and delight.
she had accepted without question the
easy explanation that Inez had lost
her way upon the roofs and brought
her to the wrong huuse.
Even so: Red must be hidden some
where in the same block of tenems.nts.
Suppose he were to learn where she