The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1939-10-12
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me now. Lynn, you don't know
yourself You're"
do you know yoursef?" she re-
torted. Don't you think it strange
that they should be shooting at
night?"
mo. Most soldiers live in a con-
tinual state of false alarm. Lynn,
listen to me. Don't | excite your"
You did. But | saw you, and
heard you laugh at Captain Nor
woods ruin"
'You dislike me?"
'Oh, no."
"You admit can stir your emo
tions?"
"Oh, yes. / admit that. Why tell
lies about it? You're magnetic. I
almost fell in love with you."
Lynn, you are thinking about
East and West. That hoary old SUI
perstitionl 1t fingers, they tell me,
IN America more tenaciouSly than
anywhere else, though even school
books nowadays admit that we and
you are of the same race. Do you
know how many western women
have become the wives of Indian
princess"
81 don't want to know. I don't
care"
"You are right, Lynn Quite right.
Why should you care? It is love, not
what others have done, that crum-
bles superstitions. Lynn. l love you.
I wouldn't lie to you"
Have you done your best for Cap
tain Norwood? Have you really done
it? What have you done?"
Never mind. / have done It."
"You swear?"
eyes"
Then l will listen. You were
SAYING"
Rundhia had to recover the train
of his thought. He turned away
from her moment, paced the wall,
and came back:
Lynn, my love for you may sound
selfish. always have been selfish,
until met you. I have no practice
with words that a genuine lover
should use. But am genuine. For
the first time in my life, I am un-
selfish. May l tell you-will you
listen if l tell you-what my heart
tells me?"
yes, / will listen, Rundhia.''
"Will you really Gsten?"
eyes, Rundhia. ! would rather
listen to almost anything than my
own thought, at the moment
"You are feeling deserted"
fsnocnicoIfD T sfTf
Captain Norwood had answered my
letter."
You are loneIyl So am | lonely!
Lynn, diwaZa kola hail The door is
open! Enter. It is that short step
across the threshold that makes you
hesitate. LeapI"
"You mean into your arms?"
"Yes."
mo"
Come, Lynn"
mo"
Lynn, you make me hate N.Y.
self. Am ! so unappealing to your"
Suddenly he changed his voice. He
sounded angry: "Are you in love
with Norwood?"
ST hardly know him. How could
be? l only know that / never felt
dirty before in all my life. I don't
like it. Rundhia. And I can't for
give you for having crowed over
Captain Norwood's disgrace. You
and / brought it on him"
Lynn, is that all that's the mat
ter? If I give you my word of honor
that / have solved the Norwood
problem, will you listen to mel"
Have you solved it?'
eff prove to you. before mid
night, that there is no longer any
problem about Norwood, will you
come into my arms?"
Speak plainly, Rundhia."
81 will. Lynn, face it, Norwood
has no use for you. Has he answered
your letter? He has mott The mes
senger reported that he tore UP your
letter without reading it. I don't
know why you care a damn what
happens to him. He doesn't care
what happens to you. Your aunt
doesn't care. She is leaving you
fat"
Lynn interrupted: "You say Cap
tain Norwood tore up my letter?
Why didn't you tell me that before?"
ITO save your feelings. However,
you know now. That's how he feels.
That's Norwood. Lynn, you are
merely hesitating on that damned
old superstitious crumbling plat
form of East is East and West is
West that Kpling lied about. You
and are above all that nonsense.
Lynn, beloved, come into my arms
nowl You are lonely. So am / lone
". See, l am waiting for you. CONS
here, Lynn Come of your own will.
Be mine. Face things from the in.
side looking outward. You shall BIZ
my wife, and / swear by my love
for you, that Norwood"
''Oh, that's only promise" Lynn
interrupted. st won't believe you
about Captain Norwood, until yol.
prove it."
ITO BE CONTINUED