Mountain Home Republican. [volume] (Mountain Home, Idaho) 1915-1946, 1924-08-15

sea seemed to melt into the clouds
The grace OF her slim body len
beauty even to the bunch of he
shoulders.
"You are like a child who has beer
let out of a dark ROOM" Christopher
went on. Everything seems beautI
ful, but you don't see clearly-youl
eyes aren't strong enough yet. What
you imagine to be love is worse
thing. Gerald does not love you. He
can never marry you. He belongs to
that world at which you are looking
with blurred eyes. MYRTLE, don't yor
want to be good?"
81 want to be happy" MYRTLE re-
piled. II shall always be good"
How do you know thatf"
Because | am all good inside" she
said. 81 couldn't do any Of the things
that wicked people do"
Christopher sat for a moment in
puzzled thought.
Look here" he went on, "lf you
love Gerald, and Gerald doesn't love
you, and you are content with the
pretense of his love, and you go on low
Ing him, and you know that you can
not be his wife, then you are not good
any longer"
She shook her head.
There is only once In my life" she
said, that have ever come near sin,
and that is when l thought Of staying
at the farm and marrying Pierre Les
champs. l love Gerald. All that
need to be happy and good is that he
should love me-"
but Gerald does not love you and
never WILL" Christopher declared
bluntly. Gerald, at the present mo-
ment, at any rate, is incapable Of
Stable affection, and If he were ca.
pable of 1t, his people would not allow
him to marry you"
81 do not wish him to marry me-" |
she declared, with little choke in her |
voice.
Perhaps not" he replied. "ln that !
case you should listen to me more
patiently. / want you to leave this
place and go to some friends of mine
in England"
"What, alone2"
Alone"
She shook her head.
christopher" she said, suddenly
slipping her arm through his. II think
you want to be kind to me- l believe
that you are very good-perhaps you
are better than Gerald. But so long
as Gerald wants me near, shall stay.
Even II he goes about with other
people, he thinks of me. He has Told
me so, and he has promised to take me
to one Of his supper parties this week.
/ am looking forward TO It more then
to anything else In the world"
Christopher's face hardened.
''YOu viii not go to one Of those sup
per parties, MYRTLE" he insisted. al
would rather take you back to the
farm"
She turned her head and looked at
him. There was something in her eyes I
from which he understanding cry
much like hate.
She saw the pain in his face and she '
was suddenly remorseful. She cling '
to his arm again. Her cheek almost
touched his.
christopher - dear Christopher" a
she pleaded, 81 did not mean to hurt
'ou. l know how good you are, but a
ust think how wonderful 1t would be P
or me to go with Gerald, to meet other s.
iris, to laugh and talk, to sit by his II
ide, his guest, to dance, perhaps oh,
would be paradise Everybody else q
oes to parties, Christopher" n
Il will take you to the OPERA" he m
rOmised. n
Her eyes glowed. M
at would be wonderful" she MUIR W
lured, but you must not prevent my Y,
DING to the party" m
MYRTLE" he pointed out, "the 20 ing "a
omen whom you would meet Il ere n,
re not fit for you to know"
But what harm can they do m, r" IN
he persisted. 81 know that they IRE n,
ot nice. But what does it matt n? m,
erald will take care of me-" ov
Christopher rose to his feet There
as certain hopelessness about his ~
SIX that he was slowly beginning to
allie. 49,,
Come" he said, at is time we went m,
lck." 49,
She took his arm as they scraml led I'm
'wn into the road.
You are not cross with me- Chri to-
ler?" she yentured a little timi ly. sa,
'ou look so gloomy-eyen a little hel
SCRABBLE" she went on, clingine to col
5 arm and looking up into his face 90,
am very great trouble to YOU
ar Are you not sorry that you ever IN
ought me away?" ois
II am not sorry yet, MYRTLE" he I'M
swered. 81 only hope that I never con
" be-"
Her mood suddenly changed. She ind
lghed gayly. d.
oh, la, la" she cried. "If you look foo
glum shall sing and dance to YOU, az
re in the road, as we do ut festival ,ha
le. Gerald says that I must have 10
1cing lessons. He is going to send ~.
to a woman here" .Se
She pirOuetted lightly on one foot