The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1936-08-20


Davis is solid; he's that sort"
"Yes," said Agnes.
$50 together, they ought to be all
right. Then they'll be helped by the
natural assumption that your father'd
see Dave through-if he needed more
capital. Also" continued Jeb after
moment, sit doesn't exactly hurt Col
lit, Ayreforth and Remble that every
body knows we're marrying, and so I'd
see him through, if it came to a
pinch"
"Jeb, we're not marrying"
"You Just think so! Glen! Oh,
God, Glen, you drive me crazy!
Kiss me! mol AS if you meant
it! And mean it! Oh, damn US,
Glen, what's the matter? What got
you bothered about Collitt today?"
Agnes told him it was O'Mara, and
Jeb held her tighter.
''Was he here again?"
"NoA 1t was over the phone"
"What was he calling you about"
HE didn't call me, Jeb; called
him." And she told him about Myr.
ties letter. $50 I called Mr.. O'Mara
to find out If should go to the jail
to see her."
"What did he tell you?"
"That I shouldn't"
"That's right, but why didn't you
call me? I'd have told you.
What else did that shyster say to
your"
"He mentioned Mr.. Collitt, and asked
how we'll Davis had known him."
"Tell that Irishman to mind his own
business. I'll watch Davis partners
for you. They've backing now; they'll
be all right. Glen, why do you
let O'Mara play you?"
"Play me?"
"For a mark. Do you mean to be
| her - and his witness at the trial2
| You've got to realize what you're do
| ing. Her trial isn't going to turn on
her; it's going to turn on you. He
knows it. You're just Gods gift to
the defense attorney, if you let him
make a mark Of you. They're play
ing you for quite a stake, between
them. They're not only after you to
| get her off, but also they're after a
hundred and fifty thousand dollars in
| life-insurance alone which the COM
panies will have to pay her, if she's
acquitted. Half of that goes to him.
you may be sure. Remember that,
when he talks to you. For Gods sake,
| Glen, come to-"
Agnes lay awake long that night,
with one wonder, one bother, one
doubt and perplexity following anoth-
er through her thoughts and feelings.
| She had never felt so confused.
What did love-or desire, if you call
it that?-do to you in these days?
For a while, it might make you
| happy, as it had made Mother and
Father happy together for many years,
and as it had made Bee happy for a
while, at least, before she found out
that she was-what? Bored? Was
| it mere boredom that Bee would es-
cape, for a while longer, by having
| another baby? Was it that which
neither the baby nor a million dollars
| could cure?
4 After you married, and no matter
whom You married, you went on hv-
ing; you and your husband. both of
you. You did not cease to be human
beings; you became more human, hav-
ing babies. Love, whatever that might
be, could not possibly be a panacea
against all ills and troubles.
Yet you wanted to believe II to be-
| Jeb did not even pretend that he
though it was. Jeb was utterly hon.
est and practical, for all his impetuOus
and violent feelings. He offered you
in marriage all the excitement and
sensation that a man and a girl could
give each other. With him, you'd til
up the cup and empty it to the last
drop. You'd have lot of love with
him. He'd hold you against all the
world, his strong arms about you. You
liked his strength; you liked more
But it would not endure. He did
not even try to tell you it surely
would endure. For he didn't believe
in love everlasting-"tepid, tasteles.
stuff you can bear to sip and nevea
need to gulp."
Agnes began to be sleepy. -.
"Turn, thou, and look to me:
Seven long years I've followed thee
Over the fiery mountain"
Who followed whom? And why
What was that? 1t was the Princes!
who followed over the fiery mountain
and for love Of him, she followed
though he had been bewitched and
never once looked back at her.
Agnes didn't believe that O'Mars
was playing her just for mark" t;
make for himself money. She did mo-
want to believe it.
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