White Pine news. [volume] (East Ely, Nev.) 1920-1923, 1921-04-10

we uUu huOWa euNh ~ -" -
you don't know me
els that all7" There was relief in
his voice. ~ don't know you? Haven't
seen you day by day7 Haven't I
seen your self-control tried, proved
haven't I seen your justice, when you
could not understand Look ut mel"
She shook her head, her eyes on the
sand under her feet. He could scarce
ly catch her words. They did not
know each other. He did not know
heri
"Dear! l don't know whether you
love red or blue. that's a fact; Ibsen
or Rostand; heat oil cold. Does that
matter7 l know you"
An upward glance had caught him
smiling. Her speech was routed. I'm
-the-only girl herer"
DO you think that's why l love
your
"Ah, but you loved Gertyf" That
slipped from her. She had not meant
TO say that!
'Does that hurt?" Abashed by her
own daring, yet she was glad she had
dared. She wanted him to deny II.
For he would deny it7 She wondered
If he were angry, but she could not
look at him.
The minutes. dragging like weighted
hours, told her that he was not going
4 answer her. II came 10 her then
that she would never know whether
Gerty's story were wholly false, or
partly true. She knew. then, that no
~wheedling. wife's or sweetheart's,
would tease that story from him. 1t
did not belong to him.
His silence frightened her into ar
tlculateness. He must not think that
she was foolish! 1t was not that, in
itself, she meant. The words jostled
one another In their soft swift rush.
He-he had made q mistake once be-
fore. lie had liked the sort OF woman
he Ind thought Gerry was. She her.
self was not like the real Gerty any
more than she was like the other. the
And that they did not think alike. be-
lleve alike. that there were differ
epces-
Aren't you making something out
of nothing. 1nnesf'
That voice could always chide her
into silencel Her speech lay cluttered
in ruins, her words like useless broken
bricks falling from the wall she was
building.
He took her hand and led her TO a
pile of rock the river had not eaten.
He pulled her down beside him.
"Isn't IT true, with usf"
at Is. with me-" breathed Innes.
Their voices were low as though they
were in church.
And you think Is isn't. with me !"
Richard stood before her. rs IT be-
cause l trust you, 1 wonder? That !,
loving YOU. love 10 have the others
love you, too1 Don't you suppose /
know how IL is with the rest. Mac
Lean; how IL was with Estrada Z
Should l be Jealous7 Why. I'm not.
I'm proud! Isn't that because / know
you. know the fine steady heart of
your You hated me at first-and I am
proud of that. I don't love you
ehoughf' He knelt at her feet, not
listening to her pleading. He bent
down and kissed one foot; then the
other. II love themi" TIE face he
raised to her Innes had never seen be.
fore. lie pressed a kiss against her
knee. THAT. tool It's mine. I've not
srid my prayers since I was q boy. 1
shall say them again. here. you teach
ing me" His kisses ran up her arm,
from the tips Of her limp fingers. His
mouth, close TO hers. stopped there.
He whispered:
"You-kiss me. my girl"
Slowly. u~nseeingly. as though drawn
by an external will. her face raised TO
his: slowly. their lips met. His arms
were around her; the world was blot
ted out.
Innes, minutes later. put her mouth
against his ear. II vas the lines he
did not know. that he had seen with
others, mischievous. whimsical. romp-
ing as a young boy.
II Lowered" she whispered. And
heat and sunshine. But I love blue,
on you and cold. II 1t were with you
and the rest OF the differences"
He caught her TO him. There are
not going to be any differences"
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