Plentywood herald. [volume] (Plentywood, Mont.) 1908-current, 1932-10-13
V--Continued

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He will do whatever / ask him 10
do something sang within her.
Won't you sit down with me,
Mark she smiled at him.
I have eaten" he said a triiie harsh
", she thought.
.1ou are SO good to me- She
stirred her coffee and he saw only he
lashes and their black shadows on her
cheeks.
The human comedy had begun, or
the comedy begun long ago was re-
stunned smoothly In Its third act After
that 1t was neither Gloria nor King
who played the part OF stage director /;
that time-honored responsibility was
back In the hands of the Oldest OF all
stage managers.
King saw lying on the table the
package done up In an old cloth
which she had brought. Further, he
knew that he had seen 1t before and
where he had seen It. He knew that
at a 8 he had old Loony H~oneycutt'a
secret where he could put out his hand
to 1t, with none to gainsay him. He
knew that with 1t was a message from
his old friend Ben that Ben, himself,
lay at this moment In Coloma hurt.
And yet his eyes chung to the eyes OF
Gloria and all of these things were
swept aside In his mind. There are
urges which must be obeyed, the urge
OF spinning worlds to circling suns, the
urge OF man to maid.
stGloria r. he said huskily. "Gloria ts
Yes, Mark7" she said quietly. try
ing to speak very calmly and as
though she did not know, oh, so well.
all that tumult that lay behind his
calling her name.
She knew what was Ii his heart.
His soul exulted as the certainty
rushed upon him. And the color mere
~ deepened In her cheeks while she
hid her eyes from him.
He came to her swiftly. She rose as
swiftly to her feet. Like magnet and
steel they were swept together. He
felt her body tense but unresisting In
his arms : suddenly she relaxed, her
head was against his breast. Gloria In
his arms-Gloria's sweet face hidden
from him against his rough shirt
Gloria" he cried again. .GIoria =.
She freed herself, and while he let
her go he stood watching her with the
new look in his eyes. Scarlet-faced
she flashed her look at him from
across the table
Please, Mark" as he moved toward
her. 4You haven't read papa's letter
yet. And-and I'm dying to know what
is In that funny package. Aren't your,
If I'm dying at ali,. he told her
gravely, though he found a smile to
answer her own-and two very serious
smiles they were-"it Is Of quite an
other complaint. And this time"
4But please, Mark / am here all
alone-wlth y0u-and-n
II know. | haven't forgotten. But.
Gloria Some time You are going to
give yourself to me, aren't YOU. dear?
While Summarizing is still here, won't
You let him marry us? 1t will give
me the right to shut that fool Graf
toms mouth for him and Oh. Gloria.
my dear, my dear Will you. Gloriagr
And then from lips which did NOT
smile he heard the very faint but no
longer elusive Eyes,
Now, GloriaT'
.Yes, Mark. II you are sure thar
you want me-" She spoke humbly. at
the instant she was humble. But
she added hastily, still you haven't
read poor papa's letter. He vas very
anxious. Let me go a minute, Mark.
/ am going upstairs. IL want to
phone to mamma first. And while I am
gone You can read papa's letter, and
and" Her face was hot with
bushes.
And arrange with the judge" he
said. his own voice uncertain. "Yes,
Gloria"
She ran by him then. He heard her
going upstairs, he heard a door clos
Ing after her. Then like a man who
treads on III 1he went to- the window
and threw 1t Up and called:
"Jiml Tell the judge not to go. /
business with him. | want him
and you here In ten minutes"
And then when Jim's voice had an
swered him he thought to take up the
parcel on the table A hurried letter
from Ben and the parcel from Honey
cults. Something here for which he