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

he led Summarizing and Jira into tbs
living room, closing the door.
Nov IL you folks are ready said
Summarizing I've got a long rid
ahead of me-
This time Gloria did not keep then
waiting She came down The staircase
to Mark King standing at the bottom.
In her pink dress. like \ thistIedown,
floating down to him He WAS think
ing-she, too. remembered-how for
D first time they had met thus She
smiled at him she put out her two
hands to him as she had done that
other time. And right there they were
married-on Gus Ingie's old Bible.
Its donet- whispered Mark, bend
ing over her You are mine now :
mine for all time. Gloria And. girl of
mine" he added reverenfly may God
deal with me as / deal with you
IFS done" In an awed little voIce
came Gioriass response. like an echo
Mark King had seen her across the
quicksandx
Jim and the .tudge- had gone They
two were alone In the still house.
Gloria was nervous: King could see
that and thought that he understood
So he went for wood. made a CHEEKY
blaze in the fireplace. and drew two
chairs up to It.
Tell me about papa'S letter." said
Gloria hastily Had there not been
thai obvious topic she would have
caught at another, any other
King put out his hand for hers. and
while Gloria looked into the fire md
be looked into her face. he told her.
At the end he brought out Gus IngIe's
Bible and read to her what was writ
ten in 1t.
And you know where III is7-
I can 20 to it as straight as 4
string Two days to get to 1t and to
stake a claim. two DAYS to come ont
with \ couple of horses loaded to the
guards And that Itself means 4 for
tune. II it's clean. raw gold. rs would
e to be the case We need not
fear the p0orfaouse. you and /. Mrs
King r.
But Brodie7 And Mr. GrattonT
They don't know where it isl They
can't know. since we've got the Bible,
and Honeycutt WIS dead before they
got to him! II they knew they would
have been on their way already And
I'll be striking ont before dawn, Ieav-
ing no such trail that they can follow
1t In 4 hurry. even IL they should
seek to-.
You r going 30 soonf Papa
wanted THAR
-He wanted me to telephone As soon
AS / got this He rose. lingering over
her I'VE mustn't forget him. eren
for our own happiness
II nm going upstairs, Mark"
called Gloria after him
All right. Queen Of the World he
answered her -Tm Just to phone I'm
u message for him 1t won't take me
five minutes to get it done. Just to
say Tell Ben that / start Mt dawn
and that he's got my word for 1t that
nothing's going to stop me. And
that Tve Just married Gloria ~
He got his message through. and
Gloria wzx stiIl upstairs When time
passed and she did not come, he went
up softly and to her door 1t was
closed and he knocked Lightly, then
dropped his hand to the knob, awaiting
her voice
His knuckIes had hardly brushed
door. this door which he ap-
preached In reverence; Gloria had not
even heard him He called softly, his
little above a whisper.
EIoFfar
He heard her move; for a moment
she did not answer He could not
know how she stood, scarcely breath
her hands MT her breast. nor
how. now that the great step was
taken she was again half frightened,
half ~regretful, altogether bewildered
and uncertain OF herself. of him. of
everything
is it ron Mark"
Yes May / come I'm. Gloria7~
PLEASE. Mark It's all 80 new, 10
strange 1 intended to come right
back downstairs but I'm SO tired. |
Mark 1 want TO be alone a little; to
-hink- You don't mind. do you. Mark