White Bluffs spokesman. [volume] (White Bluffs, Wash.) 1907-1938, 1925-07-03

pale. violet eyes steady.
He stood before her. Jessie, do
you know that they want to me into
national politics?"
Jessie nodded.
And did you know that they were
to ask me to touch off the dyna mite
that next week will destroy the Dino
saur Cave?"
Jessie's wide eyes deepened with
tears. 20 no! Hughie, not that! You
mustn't demand that of yourself"
Hugh stared at her as though he
would probe to her very soul. But
he did not speak, and Jessie went on:
mot that! Give them the Chit
dren's Code. Give them whatever you
peculiarly can give them. Then go
back to your dinosaurs"
THAT, Jessie!" gasped Hugh. "That
from you'll"
Hugh could not phrase what welled
up within him. She misinterpreted his
silence, and lifted her coat. IF I've
answered all your questions, Hughie,
I'll be going l must be back at the
ranch tomorrow"
Hugh took the coat from her and
tossed it to the chair Jessie! Jes
sic! For Gods sake give me truth.
utter and absolute. Why, after all
the years of contempt for my work.
do you answer me so?"
Very white now, Jessie returned his
look. Because" she replied carefully,
II have suffered for two years as only
woman who can love as l can, Is
able to suffer Because, suffering so,
l made myself learn where 1t was
had failed. Part of my way of learn
ing was to get your point of view
about your work. Once / got it,
realized how had tortured you, how
had deliberately turned you to Mir
lam Page-I tried to take my medi-
cine, standing. You must do for Wy
oming whatever you alone can do. At
all other times, keep to your own
work.
put a restraining hand nher shout
der.
"Wait, Jessie! Do you know that
in all my world, you are the only one
that would answer me so. And do you
know that in spite of the people who
have broken faith with me, I believe
that you believe what you say. You
always have been an absolutely hon
est human being"
YES" said Jessie, slowly, II have
| been that, at least"
do you know what your attitude
means to me? Look, Jessie, l am
down to bedrock. All the superstruc-
ture of my life has been swept away.
All my old feeling about people. all
philosophy of life, gone! Bookie, Mir
lam, Mrs. Ellis, Johnny, with their
one unacceptable demand on me. A
demand to which l responded. But
of it! l can't stick it, without some
one to understand"
He moistened his lips and went on
1T was my work that separated us,
Jessie. Will you let it be my work
that brings us together again? Your
faith in it and its import? In all the
world, only you. Jessie, am swept
clean. ALI have to offer you is my
admiration for what you've grown tt
be and my complete trust in you, ant
my terrible spiritual need of you
sympathy. If this seems to you TOT
selfish, let it go. But if in the bigness
Of your nature, you can take me in
as you would lonely little boy who
who is trying to adjust himself tt
his first terrible awakening to what
life really is"
Hugh's voice broke. Jessies eyes
deepened to tenderness that liftei
her whole face to extraordinary beau
ty. For moment she stood thus.
Then, her very lips white, she slow
ly shook her head.
"No, Hughie. l learn slowly Blu
learn surely. dare not come bacl
to you caring for you as l do, unless
can believe that love is dawninl
within you l had thought that /
only you would take me into you
arms again, could win you. don
want to win you, know now, Hughie
can't be satisfied with you merel.
needing me. You must love me-"
"Jessie Jessie! Do you mean tina
} you shall go on with the application
!, for divorce?"
ITS fair, isn't it, Hughie?"
Fair? Great heavens, yes. I'm no
asking fairness of you. That woult
give me nothing"
Jessie threw her coat over her arm
now and walked firmly to the door
There she stood for moment, hea
: bowed, Hugh watching her with hi
whole soul concentrated on the effor
: to read her mind. But he could no
know what force it was within he,
that caused her to raise her head and
her violet eyes, black with feeling
say to him:
, Lets end it, Hughie You dom
, know what love is. You never will
, until you can forget yourself. Pei
|, haps it's not in you to know the bi!
thing. That's not strange. 1t comes
to few people,"