The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1922-04-13

bAAink hifu 70 hrf. Hut his mindrw
his mind turned 10 her, automatical.
~. when he was OFT hls guard. a.
swing door ever to Its frame. franti
caliy. when he would ahatc u. as a
priSoned animal against iia bars By
day. by night. IN Fortunes company.
In Mabcfs company. In solitude. his
mind turned TO her, This was the
refuge he kept locked. using the "a
preston and cnVisaElng IL.
lie used to think. ''of course fail.
OF course she's always In my mind,
Hut while I make the effort TO pre-.
vent Il. while do sometimes man.
age 20 wrench my mind away. I'm
keeping tit. I'm able to no ON putting
up some sort OF fight. I'm able 10
help her"
To help heri But helping her. un.
folding before her In his own meas.
urcd words. as enc pronounelng sen.
tenee. rcctitude's austcre asylum for
their pains. watching her while she
listened. hearing her gentle acquies.
cence these were most terrible 10
his govcrnance upon himself.
vi
lie said one day. You see. there's
this Mona. LIES got one. Were
IN the thing. All the time you've got
TO SO on. You cant so back one
single second. What you've done.
you've done II may take only a
minute in tho doing. or N the say.
ing. but It's done. or said. for all
your life, perhaps for the whole OF
some one eisc's life as well That's
terrific. Mona.
Mona. that's how lie Fets It's.
there's just one way we can act Lfe
and that's BY thinking forward be-
fore we do "A thing iiy remember.
ing that IT'S going 10 be- there for
always. What's In our hearts for
one another, Mona. 10 no hurt 20 to
morrow OF TO next year or 20 twenty
years hence. either to our own lives
or 20 any one else's--no hurt while
IT'S only there ana not expressed. or
acted on. I've never told you what's
in my heart for you. nor you told
me what's in your heart for me II
must remain like that. once that
goes. everything goes. it's only
question % time before one Of us
looks back aud wishes for the years
over again
she made the smallest motion OF
dissent.
lie said. Yes. There's right and
wrong. Mona. Nothing eiso in be.
tween. No compromise. No way Of
getting round them or over them.
You must b. either one thing OF the
other. once Ne took step towards
wrong. there Il l. forever. and ali lts
horrible things with it.--deceit. con.
ceaiment. falsehood. sub,erfuge. pre-
tsnce. vile and beastiy things like
that. couldn't endure them. and
much icaa could endure thinking l
had caused you to suffer them. And
then on thru that mire 20 dishonor
Its easy IL sounds rather fine. TO
say the world well lost for love. bu,
honor. honors not well lost for any.
thing. You can't replace IT, I
couldn't
The austerc asyium OF their pains.
Hc looked back upon n as he had
unfolded a. lie looked forward across
it As. most stern and bleak. II await.
ed them. He cried with a sudden
Ioudness. as tho he protested. not be.
fore her. but before arbitramrnt in
the high court Of destiny. ~But I
cannot help you upward. can only
lead you downward
she said. Upward. Marko. You
help me upward
Her gentle acquieSccnces
There swept upon him. a. one reck.
less IN sudden surge Of INVESTIGATION.
most passionate desire to take her
In bis arms. and on her lips TO crush
10 fragments tho barriers % conduct
he had IN damnable sophistries erect.
cd. and In her ears TO breathe. You
are beloved TO me- Honor. honesty.
virtue. reciitude darling.
words. words. words Beloved. let
the foundations of the world 20 spin.
ming. 80 We have love"
HE called most terribly upon him
self. and his self answered him; but
shaken by that most fierce onset he
said thickly. 'fll have this. II ever
Il grows too hard for you. tell me-
tell me "
II must be kept locked. In Rricv-
Gus doubt Of his own strength. In
loneliness more lonely for his doubt.
more deeply. as advancing summer
Enlightened out his waking solitude.
he explored among his Utmost
thoughts: more eagerly. in relief
from their perplexities. turned TO the
companionship of Fargus and the
Perches. How very. very glad they
always were 10 see HIM n was the
strong happiness they manifested In
greeting him that most deeply gave
the pleasure he had In their com.
pany. He often pondered tho fact.
n was. In their manifestation Of II.