Amarillo daily news. [volume] (Amarillo, Tex.) 19??-current, 1922-04-12
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She tuok a letter from her bag. II
only got this this morning Just 49, |
was coming away. li's IN reply a. the
Jne wrote him about his Y. e. oh.
harko. ~ splendid. 80 utterly splendid
- h, H. and then a. l,c like this Look
ne SAYS he's lust got leave and he's
goinR to spend II In Paris, On. of his
Aumcn IN there. That Mrs. Winfrrd.
Hes taken up with her again. Tie
ays Poor thing. she's all alone IN
Paris. ! know how sorry you viii feel
ol her. aud feel ! ought To- 20 and
iuok after her. I knew YOU will agree
Eiih me. III tell her you sent me That
will amuse and please her So"
She touched her eyes with hcr hand.
kcrchici 1T rather hurts. Marko. It's
not that ! nina Ills going It's Just
Ahai he would do. Hut us the way
q, tells me. lie Just says II like that
deliberately because he knows II will
hufi. so utterly splendid. Marko. and
~ utterly gtacchss She gave hci
i,il, note Of sadness again. Utterly
plcndid' l.ooA this n all he says about
nis V &. Isn't this fine aud isn't u
ike him. He ays. n. :. Yes. that v. c.
business. You know why got Il. don't
ou' lt'stands fvr Very Cautious, you
snvw."
They laughed together. Yes. like
him. Tybar exactly. Sabre could SEQ
MIN writing the letter. rcilshting !.
saying words that wuul,L hut delight
.ng In his own whimsicality that would
muse. SplenGid, airy. untouched by
,ar. uni, uched by thought. fearless.
needless. graceless. Fortunes darling.
invested IN her robe II muckcry,
N,nas laughter ended In a little
a;ch at hcr brcaia. lie touched her
nm Lets walk. Mona
III
lie thought she was looking thin
md done NJ. Her face had rather a
irawn lUok. It's soft ruundncss gone.
tie thought she never had iookcd 20
tau,iiul t. him. She spoke To him u
what she had tried 10 say In her let.
tcrs ui his disippointmenis In offer.
ing himself Tor service. Never had her
.c,ct voice sounded ~ cxduisiicly ten.
ler iu him. They spoke ~ the war.
Never. hu, IN their letters. had he been
lhlc thur IT, give his feelings and re-.
gshe them. touched with the same per.
eep,ions. kindlc,i and enlarged. back
INTO ms symp1thi,s again.
H' shook his head. not trusting him.
fclf e. lJJa AT her tie said. You
Not /. Anyone can know the right
thing But strength Ia do it-strenrth
lows cut OF YOU Ia mc. II always has.
l want u mure and mors | shall want
I. Things are diiiicult Sometimes I've
, irightful feeling that things are clos.
'ng IN on me. There's Shcilcy's code to
ne West Wind II makes mel don't
Snow--vrouehi up. And sometimes I've
he feeling that I'm being carried along
like that FnL towards that frightful
cry az the end. - Wind, II Winter
ONES"
He stopped. he said Give me your
iandker, hief To- keep. Mona. Something
OF your own To keep. There will he
strength IN II for inc-to help me hold
N g. the rcsi--to believe ii--'if Wiser
Iomes-Can Spring be- far behind
She touched her HANDKERCHIEF to heT
lips and gave l, To hlm.
~
Sabre hr1 always thought Bright
sffie would hc wonderful with old Airs.
Pcrch. H. wrCte long letters 10 Youne
rerch, telling him how much more
han wonderful Bright Efli. was Effie
no,hesed Mrs. Perch and managed her
Ind humured hcI, In a way that not
wen YOUNG pcrh himself could have
hcitered.
Marvellous Fife Sabre used 10 think;
Ind OF course. II was becaus. her ~.
founding fund u humor WIS based
spon her all-einbacing capacity for
lIve Sabre liked Immensely the half.
whispered talks with her while Mrs.
Perch do. ii In her chair. Fife was
ilways happy
On" evening he asked her m,st
extraordinary question. shot out OF him
without intcndin. II. discharged cut ui
ri- questioning thoughts ~ by a hid.
dcn spring suddenly touched by crop
.ng fingers.
Fife, do YOU love Godg"
Her surprise seemed t. him 10 lie
more at the thing he had asked than
a. IT. amazing un-NIartcdncss aud
amazing ifielcysncy. why. Of course
do. Mt Sabre
why do YOU"
She s,id In simple wondcrnent. as
ne asked what Ind the sun 10 de- with
ght. 90 whether water was wet. why,
,od H. love"
lie stared AT her.
The second Christmas Of the wal
came. The evening bciur, the last DAY
II the old Year was 10 hav, given
sabre a rare pleasure 10 which he had
occn inDi-n'rly looking forward. lie
was To- have spcn, u with Mr. Far.
gus. The I'D chess and acros,ic even.
ngs hardly ewes happened now. u was
to have hccn real long evening: but
4 proved not very long.
Al 10 o'clock profound gymnast sites
(: the mind In search of hidden word
beginning with -" and ending with
J. were interrupted by the entry OF
the maid. .'plcasc Mr Sabre. I think
its for you. Ma. Sabre"
Per me- Who on carih-y"
lie opened IL. H. did not recognize
the writing an the envelope. He un.
folded a. All.
"frcd'lie's killed. Please do tonne M
once ! think she's dying.-E. A."
CHAPTER VII
lie was alon" IN the rom where