The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1926-07-26
PAGE SEVEN
asked! Let yoa -. Ess;sr 1Ar 10

will hcA me saways. Yet yo,, AL
that wave = gallant epedby ss
though body end soul Of yp1 were
not joined irrevocably 70 u,{ne.
God! Sandy. San yoM 4hiak of
that night when ypu ran q NE n
the rain; whom your dear, lovod hand
reached out; your eWeot, dear voice
called. You called me ack-A song
riding In the winda music thrilling
Through the storm. The wind il
melody since then. You called me 10
YOU; TO what heights Of . Joy now
maddeninw to the memory; TO bound
less. undreamed-o Rladness
your love. Sandy!
"All Of It nine. Mine for hours
and days and months--nearly . year.
IND now you want It ended.
Ended. say this frightfui word
Ny mind is black. am sfraid-ny,t
for myself. but for the harm / may
do to yOu--yOu, loved and lost.
- sit here fighting to control my.
seif--to do nothing that can law a
wound on your heart.
but ] an, unable to think. because
flames leap in me--thc white. deadly
fiame OF insanity and despair.
You tell me to go. Do you know
you are telling me to die? I don:r
mind. IN few moments IL wouid he
over. ! will die. I plan this.
And then returns the imave NJ
you. the face OF you. see YOU that
midnight when we stood against the
cypress tree. You called IL = lone
nottic tree. The moon made livhtad
figures that flashed across the waves
We watched 2nd then you looked
at me. ] see your male. wOndrons
face and the smile Of il as ! kissed
YOU. You said: This is beauty: This
Is rs. sw '',st. and finer than anything
Can get free OF this1 Can I nut
this image from ME!
Gan you? Sandy, can Won forvat
ALL THIS?
Much easier to tear my heart ont
BODILY, tear out all the nerves Of INV
nody, than to take from nv snirit
the thought Of you. You are bu med
IN me. Life cannot release the one
or the other Of US. | hold YOU burned
in the very fiber Of my being. Won
are there. II ! golf die, then Won
must also die. We are one!
SANDY. you know it. Whut Won
gave was love. You don't want ~
take It back. And you CAN'T! You
are sendlnE me away because you
think II better--better for Aoth ~
US. You think of me first ana vnur.
self second. You say INV l;fs i
marred because Of you. Let il ma
marred. Let 1t be ten th0suand times
'''"cs
"l'll go away. ri wait throuoh
long bitter years. Only let me hone.
Time cannot be long that holds The
thouEht--the mad. sweet. iovoms
hought Of your returning.
Let me see you once again. An
nour--a moment. One word of hOp&.
tomorrow ] will come-for THAT one
brief instant that shall tel me 10
90 trusting in you--tell me to 20
notd'ng our love the sacred dream
y better and not too distant dav
Tomorrow ut
TN wait. If it is 8 or o or u orr
Oh. my dearest"
SANDY leaned against the desk
mists circled about her Sh.
rad to breathe their heavy. over
heat.
With her face averted she asked
n distant, unnatural voice: "Where
I'D This letter come from? l never
aw this letter before"
AND she was conscious Of her nm
re coming to her, saying a thing she
MY vaguely heard-"His attorney
ave IL TO me. Did you read that
Message across the top. the part
In red. across the top Of the letter.
'as note:
This Is sample of the evidence
g snail produce should your client.
rs. Murill0, care to press her suit
1r divorce. We have ample proof
rat this and our other evidence 10
enu'ne No doubt your client will
&c the folly Of her action. Should
&c insist on the proceedings. we shall
lay all cards on the
All cards on the table! She strue-
ea TO free her mind from the heat
's--when had ne written ~,
ow did Murillo get hold Of Il? Lord
And suddenly she remembered
wv him standing before the hat.
ok that morning after she had writ.
n the letter Of dismissal: after She
ID received the emerald.
MuriElo had stood at the hat-rack
the old home. shuffling the letters
ought IN the mail. How she had
ashed down the stairs and snatched
en- from him-his slow. disdainful
alN; ms malicious: "Ah. you have
1850 W NVuNG0ts lily GEAR
Already he had pocketed This lot.
r; he, had slyly removed it from
So he knew--he knew. Not q detail
capped him.
And now. sickeningly, she recalled
1t Ramon had talked of this lotter
Zen ne came on that wild nisht az
nd and rain; when he stopped her
she came from the movie with
~ Arliss. I
All. Ramon had waited at the n;er
previous evening. He had watt
She took the letter and tw;s,ed &
'wly. She twisted it as thom~h i
re = living shine and she were
Unknowingly. bitter, moaninr
,nds moved on her. lips. Then She
was caught in thar Of her uncle.
ntly he took the letter from her
oOthed it out. In the uuiefes4
&c she had ever heard he asked:
It true. Sandy! It's true. kid?'
we looked 1T him. distracted. She
q swiftly in broken voice: ooh.
!; why, yes. Bob--it's true"
It's not signed"
No: it isn't signed. He didn't
IT. She began to laugh. ooh.
never signed his letters"
fou might try denying it,
ne pressed her palms against
throat as though she wished to
lnGle her life ont.
ne says he has other evidence.
-maybe he followed N. iann
ut. ! was sure somSone followed
he now smiled. She reached for
purse. She said: II rres. III
Bob. think lll 70. ftss closs
!erc---it's awfully close
ne door Was pushed. open. 6~me-