Saint Mary's beacon. [volume] (Leonard Town, Md.) 1867-1983, 1921-06-30


SOD might~Eith sac Efnsldee~a
kiii ode Of the devils; ana ne others
but Jon know how they dsJour their
can dead, That might. bshak. fheze
famine enough so that fIieyiA hold OF
until I can get back. That's tkS psizs
I'm playing for.
-And what if yce ,aonrt go hack e
He took her hand In ssxse n ITS. aod'
with the ether ne; earessea. for q sim
gle moment. the lovely He@h OF her
throat. The love he. hsd g0r bier spoke
from hls eyes-snch speech ias no .hs-
man vision rouid .posslhly( mistake.
Rsah % Them were tIngfing dnd breath
less -with q great. sweet Uodier.
Never let those fanes tear that
softness, while ron I've" NJ told here
gently. -Never Iet that BRACE old man
on the sled 30 TO his dealt with the
pack tearing ut him. cheat 'em.
Snowbirdi Beat 'ern the h5st minute.
II no other way remains SHOW EN-
who's boss. after aii-of a1 this for
est"
You mean-T Her eyfk widened.
Il mean that goa fnnst knIy spend
one Of those three sheIlsTtn aghting
on the wolves. Save THAI I'm the mo-
ment you need Il mosaus y other
two must DO saved ethIng
else.s
She nodded, shudderiux snstanf
at a menacing shadow d moved
within 90 feet Of the fireys
Then goodhy. Danr koid him.
And she stretched up ~ nR. s-The
thing I said-that day hillside
doesn't hold any mors
His own arms encirci4 but he
made no effort to claim D. ps Lem
n0x watched eflaem Quiet] zlls'
moment Of crisis not eyed ending
Co look away. Dan shock Rad- %
her enfreAtIng eyes ~ ~ 5uSf-E
kiss. dassiasx he - = soheriy. at
goes deeper<fhan that. q symbol.
Il was your word. too. ang mine; and
words can't be broken. Thugs being m
they are. Can't make ron under
sfandr'
She nodded. His eyes bed. Par.
haps SHE didn't underst B far as
actual functioning Of the rain was
concerned. But she reae IA I'M 10
him. as women-knowing' {e I'm the
concrete rather than tho Mbstract-
have always reached up N men; and
she dimly caught the giehm OF some
eternal principle and right Behind his
words. This strong man N 4he noun.
tains had given his wore. khad been
witness To her own pronslse 70 him
and 10 herself, and q iass that goes
down 20 the roots OF life prevented
him from claiming the kisa
Many times. since the world was
new. comf0rt-happiness-life itself
have been contingent on the breaking
Of q law. Yet In spite Of what seemed
common sense. even though no punish.
ment would forthcome n Il were
broken. the law has been kept. II was
this way now. II wouldn't have been
just kiss such as boys ard girls have
always had In the moonlight. II meant
the symbolic Remuneration Of the debt
that Dan owed Cranston--a debt that
In his mind might possibly 20 unpaid.
which no weight OF circumstance could
make him renounce.
His longing for her. lips pulled a.
the roots Of him. But By the laws Of
his being he couldn't claim them until
the debt incurred On the hillside.
months ago. had been paid; to take
them now meant to dullkhe fine edge
Of his resolve to. carp the issue
through to the end. to dim the star
that led him. 10 weaken Dim, by bend
Ing now. for the test DO come. He
didn't know why. Il hat Its fount In
the deep wells OF the spirit. Common
sense can't reveal how the holy man
keeps strong the spirit by denying the
flesh. II goes too deep for that. Dan
kept to his conservation.
He did. however. kiss her hands.
and he kissed the tears out Of her
eyes. Then he turned into the dark
ness and broke through the ring Of
the wolves.