The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1932-10-06

better go and meet 1t now: After
all. what has happeneds Two people
have fallen in love on this glorious
day. and have resolved to belong 10
each othcrfas long as they live. and
| want everyone to know. For I'm
proud and very happy and"-lean-
ing across the wheel he kissed her
and ntterly unworthy. But first OF
all Iwant to tell your uncle myself.
So;goad on this'iron mustang"
,Doubtfully she shook her head,
then in silence released the brake.
You may be right, my lover" she
said. as they started, but again she
shook her head over sentence that
needed no completion.
Those twenty miles through the
April desert sped by all too quickly.
They found themselves dreading the
journeys end. 1t was as il their
must too soon enter into the com.
pick, forbiddins world where danger
and pride. jealousy and the search
for power. all conspired to take
away some Of the luster and fresh.
ness Of this new.found love. And it
may have been because of these
thoughtsvthat Ted turned just before
the Car stopped at the hacienda gate
and. taking her face between his
hands. looked almost hum rily down
at her. ThenH after long moment,
he spoke.>
""Adela, what lies ahead of US from
this moment on\ no one can tell.
There may be sorrow and anger and
perhaps tragedy itself lurking there.
We cannot say. But of this one
thing we can be sure-our love. Let
nothing come to harm that. Let
nothing lessen it Or make it doubt.
We must always trust. whatever
comes. If we hold this love OF ours
apart from the world. secure in our
trust Of each | other. : nothing can
harm u.s."
And the girl smiling UP a, him,
answered." Nothing. nothing in all
the world can touch my love for you.
| am yours, utterly. l would 60 out
with you now. this moment, into the
desert forever Our lives belong to
zach other: and all the world cannot
change it."
Then he bent and kissed her, and
ogether they went inside.
Ted watched the tall figure Of
Morales rise from behind his desk.
and for the merest instant Ted felt
the chill Of menacing presence in
pite OF the Spanish cordial smile.
1eneath that friendly. suave person.
lality there seemed for an instant to
lurk the stark. cold enmity Of a
killer Ted could not describe it and
never afterward could he be- sure
that It was more than the tension of
Mgh.pitehed nerves. But behind the
tall figure so amiably approaching
there seemed to lie the waiting beast
Of prey.
| Any occasion that brings you to
Us IS happy one" the old man was
laying. and he offered a chair and
cigarettes.
i hope. after l tell you all you,
won't think this occasion more un.
happy than happy" Ted replied.
| a little flicker passed over MOI
ralcs's eyes. How should that be:"l
/ Ted plunged. Sehor Morales, we
Americans are blunt. and l know Of
no other way to say what I must
say except simply and frankly"
BE as blunt as you please"
i love Adcla. We love each other.l
! have come to tell you that
Morales's lips trembled, and the
slender hand that held his cigarette
closed ever so little. His black eyes
swept slowly from Radcliffe's face
and rested on Adela.
is It true. chica?" he asked softly.
Il Coming forward Adela nodded in
.ilence, then sinking down beside
him. laid her cheek against the old
mans knee. and so they sat for a
moment.
Presently his hand lightly brushed
her hair. $50 you love him, chi.
iuta: he asked IN voice that
; seemed strangely tender.
;! The girl laid her lips against HI.
hand. More than anything in life, !"
!, she answered.
- lIe b Continuedl