New Britain herald., 1924-06-19
NOW. GO ON WITH THE STORY

urging immediate marriage.
 NOW. GO ON WITH THE STORY I'd be willing to wait, for your sake. Dorothy-eXcept for the fact we'd be running the risk of never having each other at all. No one knows what lies on the other side of death. The only happiness we can he sure of is that which we take now. | Dorothy, I want you to marry me tonight"
 His voice trembed with earnest ness He had put his case very well. Even in the beginning Dorothy was not conventional type, and lately, on. this rugged shore, she had come face to face with realities, Many things which she had regarded as es- sentials had been shown as froth, and she knew that VOWS plighted under this white sky could be just as holy as those taken before the altar in her own church. The marriage would he legal; nothing else really mattered. The ceremony was~a most but a symbol; and where and by whom it was performed she found all the time had pleaded with her she had been biased in his behalf. He had shown her a swift way out from her own doubts and fears Once in his arms. bound to him by vows. she could shut away the mis- givings that haunted her
 She was pale, foo. now, from inc violence of hcr mingled emotions; but already he could see the nearing glary Of his victory He was win ming he read the truth in the clear. yelling light in hcr eyes. in her trembling lips, in the hands that grew limp in his.
 "Ycs---ycs." she hfcathed at last.
 ''ronight?" he asked "or right now"
 This evening just after dinner. Just as night falls, We'll make it as ! respectable as we ean-preserve nj least some Of tho ronventionalities. We'll he glad later that we did"
 He sought her lips already with an air of mquestioned ownership. His eyes were no longer Nivid they were strange and dark and inscrut- able, and his voice was moving and deep. Then you arc mine--only mine. I've won you at last. Dorothy
 it is part of the knowledge of our eastern women that the greatest hap riness they ever knew is in yielding utterly to the man they love. Tell me--aren't you catching an echo of that happiness now
 She smiled soberly--a wnn, mif- h- less smile that was not without ten- derness. At least--t'm glad to know what am going to do," she told him.
 Acting on hilarious impulse Ivan seized her arms and walked with her 10 the mouth of Pete's dugout. The head guide, still not wholly recuper- ated from the shock or yesterdays accident. got slowly to his feet. ''1 want you to supervise the cook ing Of an extra special meal tonight. Pete" he said. "The best of all inc perishable things we can't take with us, and some of the others besides. if you need them. There is going 10 be a celebration tonight"
 Pete looked from one fo the other; and then was no expression that man could read on his homcly, bronzed face. 'What--what is going 10 hap pen?" he asked.
 He spoke rather softly without emphasis. yet the sound moved Dorothy more than great music. She was instantly cstranged. mysti- fled; and no reality was left in the smoking, sullcn fire. the white sky and the moaning sea. Pete seemed 10 be struggling for breath.
 There's going to he a wedding" Ivan announced easily. Mrs. New hall and l have just come to that decision"
 Watching closely in spite of her self. Dorothy thought that the man reeoiled. almost imperceptibly. and for one hushed instant his face vas darkcncd hy queer. unearthly shadow such as she had never seen i before. She had the weird feeling that some way that shadow vas like ! death-thst it spread across the faces ! of men as their souls passed from inc clay
 CHAPTER NNvII. The Wedding 1 All the summer flowers were faded. hut Iran's ingenuity devised g briFlal ] bouquet of scarieet autumn leaves in I which strands of green moss were | intertwined that vas in harmony with ! their surroundings. With branches ! of alder. rich with a glory Of golden ! leaves. he decorated il1e camp. cover inE up the unsightiy piles of supplies. framing the door of the dueOnt and I festoouinE inc great rock before which he and his bride would stand. i facing the cross. Neither Pete nor i Dorothy assisted greatly in theso ] preparations. Pc.r becaBse of hii weakness from yesterdays accident. ' Dorothy simply because she could not f rouse the impulse 10 make this mar i risge a holiday occasion.
 Ivan shaved. hafhcd and dressed with care. and the two packers sct | out to serve such wedding feast as had not been tasted since the Amer can occupation White breasts tf ptarnfiEan. tender chops of carilou veal. bsEsd ciams and baked salmon ! would comprise fhe budy of inc meal: then there would be reflector biscuits