The Wolf Point herald. (Wolf Point, Mont.) 1913-1940, 1925-01-15

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search for pelly would have to be pro
tracted through the winter months.
If his inquiries at the mission proved
fruitless, it would mean returning &c
Little Falls for a sleigh and dogs.
Then there was the matter of the
Free Traders.
Lee would find his hands full soon
enough.
EDO you know, Lee,T said the girl
ore day, 81 often feel as if / We're on
the very verge Of remembering. And
when | wake in the morning, just for
an instant | feel ii different person, as
f | had remembered. And / am
afraid Of remembering. 1t is as if re
membrance would bring back some.
thing terrible with il. Who am II"
YOU are just YOU said Lee, smil-
ing. "That's enough for ne"
"Where did we meet?'
In the range"
81 was alone? And Their I had an
accident and was thrown from my
horse? And you, too? 1t is so strange
| know that l lived in a large city
not long ago, and that l was so glad
to get back to the woods. But where
was l riding? That's the big prob
lem that we have to solve, isn't itT'
She looked at him earnestly. Lee
she said solemnly, sometimes | hope
1 never shall remember"
She made no plans, leaving every
thing to Lee, and nothing was decided
Bv the middle of the second week, she
could walk fairly well, her strength
had come back, and the little period
of elysium was drawing to its end.
1t was inevitable that the problem
should be faced.
For the first time she had econ.
panied Lee as far as the lake shore
There had been no signs of the Free
Traders. and Lee was convinced that
they had long since abandoned all
hope of finding them. 1t was a o
derful evening. There was a haze OF
Indian summer in the November air
there was still a touch of fire in the
leaves of birch and maple; the west
was radiant with the sunset clouds.
And. standing there beside her, Lee
knew ar last-knew for sure that this
love was eternal, and the former love
only the pale shadow that it had cast
before 1t. He turned toward her an6
read the same knowledge in her eyes
Dear" he said.
He took her in his arms, and she
Law there. confident, happy in the
knowledge that she was his. She pul
her arms about his neck and theil
lips met. And they looked at eacf
other in all the thrill and glory anC
surprise OF 1t. It was all so simple,
so incredibly dear and true.
you, woman of mine, without a
name, who have come to me out OF
nowhere because l wanted you! How
long have you knownY
I've known almost since the begin
ming that if you cared as much as
do, Lee, you must love me more than
thought it possible to love-"
He looked at her incredulously, and
between them the pale wrath of Els
telle floated for just a moment He
had trusted her. He had vowed never
to trust again in any woman.
Then it was dissipated in the sun
Of their love. "Do you care
enough to trust yourself to me and
the chance of what the future
may bring to u.s."
Il love you enough to trust you alto
Lee she answered.
But there was just the shadow OF
a little fear in her eyes. "Oh, my
dear, | am afraid, awfully afraid OF
the time when-when I remember. DO
you know that since l knew loved
you, and thought you cared for me,
have sometimes prayed that may
never remember? have been afraid
of what may be lying in wait for us,
waiting to overwhelm us, as If 1t
grudged our happiness"
"You must not let yourself grow
morbid" But Lee, too, felt the wings
Of that shadow of fear beat past him:
There is nobody elsef' he asked
eve shall not find that we have been
like that? 1t would be unpear-
mo, no! I'm sure Of that, Lee;
surer than that | stand here, that |
never loved anybody else. |
know that so well, Lee; for If there
had been, I should have felt 1t by
instinct, however deep down WITHIN
me the memory of him lay buried NO.
love isn't like that 1t doesn't lose IT
self like that. There is nobody but
you-never anybody but you.
But what I'm afraid of Is that
something else, something terrible may
come between US" -
"There's nothing else that could
separate us"
sIf you were engagedT' Lee would
no sooner have deliberately stolen an
other mans sweetheart than ms "ile.
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