T MI 0 OUL UL 01 or 1 LuciL U CIL Lf CUAftAM COPYRlGJIT T 1909 BVTHB BY BROWN THL NORTI1 AMERICAr j Ca
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Repentance and F For Forgiveness Form FormBring or orgiveness ¬
giveness ens ensHappiness Bring BringHappiness BringHappiness
Happiness HappinessSYNOPSIS HappinessSYNOPSIS HappinessYNOPSIS
SYNOPSIS YNOPSIS The Rev Gilbert Ruther Rutherfund Ru Rutlzer Rutlzerrtrid zsr zsrfUijd
SYNOPSIS fund rtrid a stalwart young minister deter determines deterr deteriitiites ¬
r mines to rescue Lucy LJtc Chancellor a rich richand richalld
and attractive orphan ar halt from fro her worldly wcn ldl ways waysThe WIfs WIfsThe waysThe
The girl is genuinely good hearted but inher inherits fJerits inherits ¬
its a strain o of waywardness from her mothr mothrwho 11UJtherwho uwtherwho
who was a pleasureloving Frenchwoman FrenchwomanThe FrellchUJ01HtlJlTILe FrenchwomanThe
The ministers 11t fistd s duty calls lead to a tl1 mutual mutualattraction mutualattractwru utlial utlialattraction
attraction attractwru which iVlz h culminates cu111 1lates in their marriage marriageThen 1n4rri marriageThen e eThen
Then Rutherfurd Ruthe urrd is called to a church in Edin Edinburgh Edi1lburgh Edinburgh ¬
burgh I In n society they the y meet an opera singer singerwho si1llerwho singerwho
who had caused discord between Lucys Luc s father fatfierand fatherand fatherand
and mother In a spirit of o recklessness and andrevenge and1ervenge andrevenge
revenge Lucy Luc humbles the pride ride o of the prima primadonna priJtadonlttl primadonna
donna and arouses Gilberts anger Later LaterLucy LaferLucy Laxser LaxserLucy
Lucy has a desperate quarrel with her hits husbcnd h11S h11Sbel1d hitsbond
bond who obstinately obst obsthratel 1ftltely refuses to forgive her herThe herThe herThe
The young OIlHf wife then takes to the operatic operaticstage opertl operaticstage c cstage
stage where she makes a great real success Her Herhusband Herhllsbtl1ld Herhusband
husband seeks a meeting weetix eeting and finds her with withan it1 withan th than
an admirer of o whom lie does not approve approveAfter approiJeAfter robe robeAfter
After that size disappears disappears having haviu been beeninjured beeJzinjured beeninjured
injured in a fire re which almost sZ UIst > kills her and andher aJzdher andher
her infant in f 611 t child childCONCLUDED childCO childiX
iX CONCLUDED CO N LUDZD CI UD FROM LAST SJNBA31 SU St7N St7NCHAPTER J JCHAPTER
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f CHAPTER XXVIII XXVIIIIt
It is Your Own Child
1LBBRT HUTHERFURD HUTHERFURDdid
did not spend much ueta time bnidle In Inidle IlLidle
idle mourning The TaIetoIIow TaIetoIIowin follow following foiowing ¬
ing in evening Iac b was wuthe pacing pacingthe paebgthe
the deck of th tM gigantic giganticMauretania gtgandcMsuretinia ttc ttcXauretanta
Mauretania me ah she steamed steamedslowly JIteItmedslowly steamedslowly
slowly down 00 th t eIn Mersey MerseyIn MerseyIn
In a f fever v r of Impatience tteace he hewandered 1MWI1dered hewandered
wandered up and down downwith downWith downwtth
with eyes Axed OH the thedeck UNdeck thedeck
deck The T h 6 pi paeess passengers passengerslooked vters vterslooked evx evxlooked
looked at the uof haggard face fiaeeof faceof
of the man maD and aDdthey wondered wonderedas
as they looked lookedBariy IooMcJEarIr lookedEarly
Early on the first Antlag mom moming morning
ing out he wa wu coming up upthe 1Ipthe vpthe
the compantoaway when h hcame 1M 1MCDM became
came face to face faceCount with withCount withCount
Count de LunevIB LunevIBThank AIMflJIeTbanJ LanevWeThank
Thank heaven yon are arehere arehere u uberet
here beret said the count te tequivering IIIteaea n nsatvertng
quivering tone teaea teaead gripping grippinghim e3tipplrgblur
him by the arm But the theether tINot theether
ether shook him off rough roughly rGOpr reagkly ¬
ly with 1tJa a had IaaftIJrw word wordfoe wordPoor
foe your own sake sakebegan aakabeen
began the count t
ea eagesfevbut 1IrT1Mt Gilbert Buihorfttrd Rat Srfnrd turn tIKMd d OR ORscendad bin beet
scendad to his cabin cabinBut cabIaBut cabinBut
But the count followed saying yiBc For OC heavens s sakelisten sake sakelisten ktlisten
listen to me mel I hare one Oft thins thing to say y to you and then thenyou tIMayou
4 thank mar marThere JD8rThere merThere
you will grasp me by the hand and
pathetic patIetcthe lathe In Inthe
There was something ao o commandtngly CQIP
the tone that the other turned wearily and said What w1Iathave Wbathave Whathave
have you to say yo man Do you know knowYes kDowYes knowr knowrYes
Yes I know returned the count 1 I heard it ItterdaT yes yosterday yesterday
terday in Berlin That la why I am here today todayI
I think you art u a least to speak k like Ilk that tINtt531d to me mesaid 3110said
said Gilbert Rutherfurd hotly hotlyListen hotlTuListea hotlyListen
uListea Listen said ala companion ntoa imperturbabiy iIDpeIt Ton Tonthink YGl1think Yonthink
think I am a beastchat I have wronged your YCMlly04kwtl YCMlly04kwtlI yoayyoac yaw wife wifeI
I am an honorable m JbD my n sir I confess coat I lore her I 1tess eon eonfess sonfesa
fess that she is dearer to me than my very Mai oal I Ifeas comfeaa eon eonf
f feas ess that for love of her I would gladly spend an eternity eternityIn
i In hell I am consumed with an agony because of what whathas wMtbaa whathas
has happened Oh Lucille Lucftle yon are the pmjsst puqstangel pmjsstangel t tangel
angel that ever walked this wicked world worldAs worI4As worldAs
As pure as an angel said the other otbItrmoved asealpngly asealpnglymoved iwhifcU iwhifcUmoved
moved in spite of himself hy the toteaae inte as emotion of die dieman tIMman theman
man manBut
But Quickly qalddS1 his anger biased out again As pure as asan asan ssan
an angel And you say that tMtT You soon scoondreirYes soonYes eI eIy
Yes y said the count rising slowly 1 I say as pace paceas JllKeas poreas
as the angels in heavenace heaven Jtea a pure aa the baby she died tftedrescue e erescue t tThe
rescue rescueT1M
rescueThe
The chitdr child exclaimed 1 Rotaorfor CIIaeR CIIaeRVhy Came you youWhy yetWhy
Why do yon OU mention the claIM claIMThe to mer merThe met metThe
The count gripped him by the ara an and taokafi lute lutehis IItehis lalahis
his eyes searchinglyDont searchingly searchinglyDont HalChInc1YDont
Dont you know koowr he said but the other thou only stared statedblankly staredblankly uwlblankly
blankly at him himGradually himGradually himGradually
Gradually however Gilbert Rutherford face prow pewtense prowtense w wI
I tense In hU excitement Ha rose from his chatr chatrmering stam stammering Maaruering ¬
mering You dont i iMan mean toIReIU1to toIReIU1toMan tomoantoMan
Man alive a1iv said the count abruptly what sort aorta ofa of ofa
a husband are you It is your own child dJ4Like childLike
Like one awakening out of a dream Gilbert Ruth Rutherfurd btherfurd Rutherfurd ¬
erfurd stared into the eyes eYe of the Count de LuaevlU We
My M ly child he said gazing vacantly before him tUmy
My y child childI
I said your child said the count in a hard vlce vlceand role roleand Ice Iceand
and a weary smile overspread his face Look bre re
Mr Kutherfurd let us understand 1ID one another Let us us1e
be friends at least for her dear take Task man manwhat manWhat manv
v what hat does it matter now DowT he said Id hastily as he saw w
the jealous look leap into his companions eyes eL
D La Luneville turned away his head Then in a mo moment me mement pnement ¬
ment he said Shake hands ban brother trot her and in that t hour
these two men nH n by b nature as far apatt aa the t poles pelsunderstood pol polesunderstood
t understood one another and each
felt the bond oc II acommon u ucommon
f common sorrow sorrowNow sorrowNow sorrowNow
Now you will listen to my story said the count countsitting anmt anmtsating countsitting
sitting down wearily HI I met your youryour ourour your wife some na
four months ago at Castlllon in the Pyrenees I was
introduced to her as Mrs Ainslle the widow ot o a awealthy awealthy awealthy
wealthy Englishman From the very first I loved < her herwith herwith herwith
with every fibre of my souL But she never knew till
tiH tiMbut but never mind I adored her I will love her to toall toa11 toall
all eternity Do not look like that that man he said 14 see ¬
ing a return of the old look creep into the eyes eye of his hiscompanion Iii Iiicompanloo hiscompanion
companion It is I all over now nowtor for me perhaps for foryou torou foryou
you ou But I swear that from the hour la which I
learned that you were re her husband hu b8Rd I have not wrong Wr Wred ¬
ed you in a single thought thoughtBut tbougbtBut thoughtBut
But why did you YOU1 r tell me this before said
Rutherfurd looking up drearily drearilyI
I tried but you refused to see me Jae and De Lone Luaevine lAtaevl1e
r vine brushed away a tear that was quivering to the
falling fallingAnd fallIngAnd fallingAnd
And why are you here Rutherford said 141 softly
pitying the counts poor attempts to hide th tI the acrinca xarldca110n
tion of his heart heartCould heartCould hearti
t Could I remain friend friend said De Lunevflle with
i a aet a
vesture of surprise I do not think YOu bow even evenet
et what love is I could nave worshiped herhave her have
kissed ki sed the very ground beneath her feet even if she shechoke
had beenhMd beenbut I cannot sa say the wont words They
choke hoke me Mon Dieu I was never worthy to breathe breatheand bI ha
tae tJ same air to look at the same stars Oh you do
It L t even yet et know what love la and toe t sobs ao he had
tii tlpd d so bravely to check shook his frame fr In n an aeonr agony Oar
The T e other was wasthe silentawedcondenuudd Ueetawedcoademnecl d at t last t
the t f count spoke again again AI At me the last last interview she sheiioke slaeErrke shef
f iioke r ke to me of you Oh Oh so beautifully She loved IOYedl
i > > i man loved you with every evnt breath she drew She Sheft Sheteas
v teas ft a < dying ying all for love of you youAnd youAnd youAnd
And I deliberately deliberatelyYes del1b ratel ratelYes
Yes trampled such uch wonderful love under your otsr
font fOl t
fontBut But tBut the word gave no offense Gilbert Rutherfurds Rutherfardsl
hart was w broken And now it is too late inter he hegroaned hegToaned hegroaned
l
groaned groanedFor gToanedFor groanedFor
For a long time and for many 1II Y times during the theweary thewear theweary
weary voyage did these two moo en hold earnest converse con converse conerse ¬
verse erse and each time they parted they felt in the closer closergrips closergrips closergrips
grips of friendship triendbl that would never Ter die dieAnd diend dieAnd
And nd the more Gilbert Rutherfurd eond eon condemned decaned amed him hlmEr himrlf
F Er rlf < if for the doubts that never ought to have a found a
Jrdgment in his h heart the more he admired mired the
heroism and the wonderful onfful love of the man for whom
the world and love held out no hope hopeCount opeCount hopeCount
Count de Lunevllle had abundantly rehabilitated
himself In the eyes yes of Gilbert Rntherfurd and long
before New few York was reached reached they had sworn eternal
friendship friendshipa
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3ie ha e laid a trembling band on his hotd hotdCHAPTER hBadCHAPTER bad badCIIAPTER
CHAPTER XXIX XXIXA
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A Word of Hope Hoper HopeW HopeW
r yHXX Emf > the two men arrived at Sea saastair Serin s thhe thheafxair Ua Uai
W i affair of the pension was IS still in every v err errJAOuth ry eachmonth each ouoVV
V mouth and they had no dimculty t in I Img gathop gathoptag gatborfag
tag every scrap of information and adnrmbe every everysurmise everysurmise
surmise even from the lips of communicative communicativestrangers eelluaUAstf1restrancenr oommualeat4vestrangers
strangers strangersThe strancenrTh strangersThe
The faintest hope still smouldered Notwithstand Notwithstanding Notwltb NotwltbiDe iotwithataadtng ¬
ing the fact that Name de la Valllere had never DeverMen been beenseen beenseen
seen after that fatal night Ipt there was a feeling that thatshe tJaatshe thatshe
she had escaped the cruel names ftun For one thing not aotthe notthe t tthe
the slightest trace of her er was found when i the work workmn kDM weekmen
mn explored the mined building 1 buildingnot not ot a buckle a zinc zinca rbIa
a gem gemand and it was felt that she e could not have been MeatJaorouSbl ao aothoroughly coothoroughly
thoroughly incinerated IncbMlt as to leave not ot the faintest faintesttrace faiDtettraee faintesttrace
trace behind behindBut behtaclBut behindBut
But if she escaped wa w where ra was she e1 Wa W WhJ4Jaa7 Was aha ahahiding abahiding
hiding Madam X Lemolne the nurse ntrae could throw throw11Sht no nolight nolight
light on the t subject Rb t She had d seen absolutely NIOI M Mof nothing nothingof
of her mistress after < she had dashed Into th tM burning burningbetiding 1tana1ac1MslWJng horningbetiding
betiding betidingThe 1MslWJngn betidingThe
n The two men tMl themselves explored ed the rum nil rota They Tneyeven lheJeya Theyeven
even stood within the blackened walls of what wbatMen had hadbeen hadbeen
been her room roomShe roo rooShe roomShe
She She could not have MV perished ped hers herel leaving no trace tracebehind tracIeHh1Dd tracebebind
behind said Id the count coeat with forced ehearfiilneW cheers clMerJdaI1 Weaball We Weshall
shall yet And her and than tMR his votes brake m In a asob aso aasob
sob so
sobAnd
And thus ta a weak we k pad but the weary days daysbrought daysbrought
brought no word of the fate of her for whom two twomen tWaougbt twomen
men sought eagerly 17
One evening evla toward dusk k Co cat nt de Laaeme LusovIferushed L LaaemeMJII > oaevm oaevmruaaed
rushed into the sltttnej room and gawped his com comIon eo eoloR eonIon
Ion by the hand A cine a cln clue at laatf laatfJL Jut IN heA crie4I crie4IA
A JL cl clue cheY clueYes QA QAYes
Y Yes I have just been to Lesters Farm Farm where whereMadam WMreXa4am whereldadam
Madam Lemoine is I he said d hurriedly aurrle41 They have havejust ba bajut havejust
just heard h ard that on the morning after the tb are a woman womanand w waDd womanand
and her baby w were re admitted Into the hospital at Way Wayside Wayside ¬
side Hurry man hurry She may be there yet yetIt yett yetIt
It It t is I she It is she cried Rutherfurd in a deli delirium de11rl delirium ¬
rium rl of excitement Let us u go at once onceWithin onceWithin onceWithin
Within the hour they were driving to Wayside a alittle aUtt1 alittle
little Utt1 village villa about boat four miles from Sea Springs On Onthe OaUae Onthe
the way y they the called at Lesters Farm arm for Madam Le Lemoine Leaota Lemotne ¬
moine A new hope buoyed up the spirits of all three threeas threethey threess
as they thought of the glad 141 meeting Through Throu the village vil village 1 1lace ¬
lage they drove and at t the far end of the straggling stragglingstreet stragglingstreet
street t t they came to the hospital h pltala a small onestoried onestoriedwooden IIe onestoriedwooden toneci toneciwOCMkn
wooden building of about seven or eight rooms roomsIn ro roomsIn m mIn
In answer to the knock the matron appeared She Shewas a awas Shewas
was a tall hardfeatured hardt atured woman of about 10 0 As Asshe Mabe Asshe
she peered out into the darkness clarka she saw w the carriage carriageA carrtA
A patient she exclaimed Georglna Geor get No 4 4ready 4ready 4ready
ready at once onceIt ODC ODCIt onceIt
It It is I no patient madam said the count to hisusual his hisusual 1ual
usual drawl but but we are re vary much tJtteI interested in 1apatient a apatient a apatient
patient already within these e wallsThe walls wallsThe waUnI
The nI matron stood in the center of the UI doorway doorwayWhat doorwaywhat doorwayWhat
What patient pttr she said laconically It It is too JaR latato JaRto lateto
to see my patients patientsWe patientLWe patientsWe
We only want to talk to you about saw on amid saidRutherfurd amidRtttherfurd aI4Rtherturd
Rtttherfurd and without a word the matron entered enteredthe enteredthe terM terMthe
the house followed by the strangers strangersAs strangersAs ttaace ttaace1I
As soon as they were seated ted In n the matrons ireaar ireaarRuthertanl ream reamRutherford r rRutherfurd
Rutherford said Id eagerly You received a patient tMat tMatthe an eathe anthe
the night of the nre Are at Sea Springs SpringsI SprtftSSr SprtftSSrr
r I received tTed four she said Id curtly curtlyBut eurt1yBut curtlyBut
But But this tbl was a lady with a little child and aa4caIIM she shecame i icame
came in the early hours of the morning said tilt tiltcount da dacount thecount
count polishing his monocle leisurely leisurelyBut lelMtrel lelMtrelBut leisurelyBut
But the matron only looked straight raigh t before her herIt berIt herIt
It was evident that she was reserving rrYht her information informa information latormatIon ¬
tion till she was more assured of the th rights of the thestrangers thestranpn thestrangers
strangers to make inquiries inquiriesA
A lady with an D Infant Infanta a little boy repeated re the thecount tMcount thecount
count looking her h r hard in the face faceIt f fIt faceIt
It was a girl she said Id after a pause bat out who whowho w whowho o owho
who who
whoI
X I am the ladys lady husband said Rutherford prompt promptly promptly promptly ¬
ly and I am in a fever of anticipation to learn how howshe bowsh howshe
she sh Is I progressing Do not keep c me In hir suspense suspenseI
r I think you have bay made a mistake said the tit matron ma matron mtTOD ¬
tron clasping her hands tightly HJt it was not Madam Madamde adsm adsmde
de Is Valllere If she he Is the lad ladY to whom you ref refer referNot refertot r rNot
Not tot Madam edam cite d la Valllere said Rutherfnrd R8tiIIertmI1ft as asone asone
one In a dream dreamNo dreamNo reaaL reaaLNo
No No she gave her name 8M as Mrs rL Knight Knighta a widow widowTake wIdowrke widowTake
Take me to her pleaded the distraught husband husbandBut hubaadcerl husbandeagerly
eagerly eagerlyRut
cerlBut But she he has gone gon She left yesterday morning awratngG morningGone1 JaOfDlagGo
Gone1 Gone1Yes Go Gooy G ere
oy Yes Yes and she did not tell me whither whitherThere whitherThere whitherThere
There was a long pause during which the count countlooked couatlooked countlooked
looked hard at the Impassive face of the matron matronDescribe JDatlOODe matronDeeribe
Describe De the lady to me he said kl at last lastShe 1astOOSbe lastShe
OOSbe She was a woman of medium height elnt I did not notsee DotMe notsee
see her face Ace properly for her head had to be wrapped wrappedin
in dressings I could form no idea what she e was wasAnd W1Ik waslike
1Ik like
1IkAad And she gave the name DAm of MssMrMrs Mrs Yrs4Irs Yrs4IrsHJlrs Mrs MrsMrs
HJlrs Mrs Knight Knl ht Her luggage came from New York Yorkonly Yorkonly Yorkonly
only the day cJa before yesterday and she left imme immediately imIDed immedtately ¬
diately d 7
diatelyWhat 7what What did she call the little lIt e infant asked Ruth Ruterturd Rutherfurd Rutherford ¬
erford as a last hope hopeThe hfJpeThe hopeThe
The little girls rrs name was Elspeth or Elsie EW said saidthe saidthe Id Idthe
the matron rising rlstn as s if she wished w lbed the interview interviewto
to end endThere end endThere endThere
There was thr th therefore reore for nothing for it but to return returnto returnto returnto
to Sea Springs with blighted hopes All the way backthe back backthe Nckthe
the stricken husband never ever so much as opened ned his hismouth hi himouth hismouth
mouth once in the way of conversation From time timeto tinMto uto
to time he glanced laDCe at the count at his side aid aide and andwondered andwondered ad adwondered
wondered how he could have it in his heart to talk talkand talkaDd talkand
and laugh in the way he did didBah 414Bh didBah
Bah he beh has no heart ho e thought Seat him be beside beside beside ¬
side a pretty woman and the froth of inane IJUWL speech speechwill peeChwill b bwin
will come to the surface He has no heart he rt Think Thinking ThJnklag ThinkIsg ¬
lag thus he refused to take any part in the thecoa thecoaveuatlcm conversation con conversation ¬
versation versationAs veuatlcmAa versationAs
As they at last stood on the veranda the count countleisurely eotleJaurely countleisurely
leisurely lit A acigarette cigarette and his companion said aldlittle a alittle alittle
little testily teetH I wonder how you can be so gayafter gay gnyafter gayafter
after what we we have heard heardAm heardAm heardAm
Am I gay gayT queried the other puffing a cloud cloudof ctodof cloudof
of smoke into the still night air If so it is be because beca1I because ¬
cause ca1I I have heard good news newsGood newsGood newsGood
Good news said Rutherfurd aghast Have you youno YOUno youno
no bowels of compassion compassionZ
Z De > e Lunevilla was serious in a moment I rejoice rejoicebecause reJoleebecause rejoicebecause
because I am more convinced than ever that Madam Madamde amde Madamdo
de la Valllere is alive That woman knows some something ometh1 something ¬
thing th1 She was as trying to throw us off the tit search searchBut HarcBut searchBut
But why in the name of ofBecause ofBecuse ofBecause
Because she has been drawn into the service serviceof servloeof serviceof
of Lucille She is hiding hldln com us usfrom from you youAh 3OaAb youAh
Ah said the other sadly but I am afraid that thatyou thatYOU thatyou
you are wrong wrongBut wrongBut wrongBut
But I feel sure that I am not I detected a cun ennning cunning CU1lntRg ¬
ning look in the matrons eyes as we were plying ply
her with questions questionsBut queaUoa5But questionsBut
But why should Lucy seek ek to hide from me1 me1Because Me MeBecause meBecause
Because although she e loves you still stm she thinks thinksthat thinksthat bIks
that your love has turned to hatred and she e has hassome baasome hassome
some cause to think so soAhr souAb soAb
uAb uAbI Ahr AhrI Ab r rI
I shall smoke tilLs cigarette and then turn in insaid insaid
said the count perhaps the morrow may have some somenews so soneW8 somenews
news for you youand and for me me and as ha walked away
Gilbert Rutherfurd with a shiver sJ1Iv er entered the house
CHAPTER XXX XXXThe XXXThe XXXThe
The Veil VeilF VH VHOM il ilF
OR a Jr tIlDe tile Count I T LtmcovI W J Jlie a atd atdheee
F heee lie ws saeklag edipairspr at lac lacaretta r ranu
anu his brows knit In anxious thotp da daOM t add addOno
OM by one th the lighted windows 1ri8IIewsI t faded dad into fartoaurlusam intodsrfinesg
aurlusam I add ha knew the whole crescent erta lops Kt Kta 3hta
a stud was heard save ft tn tM thundering tIa breakers 1rr 1rrtta on onth enthe
th the beachAt beach beachAt
ttat
At lst h M stole softly SaM th the house a awl in Jaa Jaaraw a af afow
f raw minutes ea oerged argad s envataue eavatped m Ja a lung TWtrw WiIM1c TWtrwekwlc m msleek
sleek 1c Without pause h ho strode silently tate die dienicht dieJliatat henight
night and th the quick alert step t told o oIn c a dsibtlth dsibtlthparpoN 11 11JMIkUL
JMIkUL JMIkULJa parpoNIce
In a little over an hour he wis was buck s agate > gan at atsttaut atad at1l
1l ydd ad keeping due under the shadow f he heMiint tit titt
sttaut t houses h 1M siusiic along unobserved till ha haJ Ja Jath bereached
J reached cned th the tttl little hospital that stood by b Itself ttHIat acme sussewhat acmewhat
what at back front treMtbe the th main road roadfaint roada
roadUJoa
a j i iat > d UJoa e tuiefg 1LIII isitr isitrcilmMIg t tc1IIDalIit
c1IIDalIit eW 1M low waU wan 1M 1Mtha wets assn assna
a Oubtag under the windows n free 0 some oL ft fttaJat wbiab a afaint
faint glimmer was w still ahI shiningthe ihtninr th tIN > tJcbt night ligkt of ofweary etWaIT ofsoo
soo weary suOarer r longing for th the morning Very Verycautiously Petrycantinly
cautiously h 1M pproathld a utoaon > d on OM of those f sooty lit wts wtsdown wl wlBut wtII wtIItrI4MI >
down and tried to peer within But t the fastocawm fastocawmsigh tas fastdswwablind t ttaUIMI
blind dor6ecl u ahbaJt think 1M M turned aW1L away with wtcItaIL a asigh
sigh He triad all the windows w with a like lIk zasvtt raseltI zasvttMI lIeM1kI
MI I had hoped I might pt a Me something be whispered whfeperadto wltndto
to hteuatf 11 Now there is nothing but to watt and aadwatch alMiWatd1 andwadi
watch and liatan liatanHour aJIeIIr lfastenRoar
Hour ahem hour h ho stood motionless IIH while wid the tnestan teatan thetats
stan tats wheels in their courses over th the hovaos hovaosT 8ItS
Ever T and anon Bam at tIa the faintest sound of ewttlaia sttrrtog Glrris
within he slouched along 1 th the spate shad of th 1M wan waD bet betAfraid
aU be heard eant were I petulant cries oC t Sa pose tBo
or ue groans f the 1heA1nu4 sleepless sleeplessntnud
Afraid that the thehim morning light would sear zuprihe jalM
him in tn the place of his hiding h M was boat to t twm tsar
away 7 when the highpitch voice of a little Jatawt fas t
came clearly y to his straining at ears
U stood erect rect listening intently One more a he
hoard th tM querulous qurul cry an aDd th the sound and of on one mesas mortajno
lightly ia tlM th room Then he beard that whis wit t
caused his btrt b art to Mat lice a hammer lit his brnet
ad no h he knelt on th the sward under the silent stars atasty
an and in hia heart there was a pat thanlrluluosfl tlaa
FL For he IJmr heart a w WOJDaD womans voice vole 101 singing 1 a low soft
lullaby that ho know well weJIoIa wellOh
t tOh
oIa Oh husk th toes my baby y thy sfc sure is a a knight knightIt k1 t tIt
It was wasf eaoak WIth glad hate Jte sped along the
f tear foes weary miles n > and reached sea Brings just aa
th t birds were beginning to twitter m la th the eaves and
the th sun to ris rise la a glow of o glory 11 out t of the eastern easternTh stera
mean meanlye
oceaa1M Th 1M next morning MOnda < th tile count was down betimes bettm
looping as fresh as if h he ha had spent at th the night t in i + a
dreasaiaos sleep leep instead of in a loo lose vigil under the t
circling stars starsGilbert starsGilbert tan tanGUbert
Gilbert RuthorfUP R 1d at aw his breakfast in sUsnoou sUsnoout
and toward the e close ot the th 1 his copuiea aid
Uatatl7 By Bythe the w way when 40 you P uIr returning lIrg
te t England ED EnglandThe r rThe rTbe
Tbe The sooner the bettor now said his companion
loo looking tn UP up sadly iyi our mission loa is accomplish accompU
The other smn smiled a curious smile u saying yl in n Ms
usual drawl HJ i should 01114 like now that I am on thin
side to see som some friends fri In Boston Will you wait for
me me and we can go a O back together r aad he carolBly
tapped til the end of a cigarette on his thumbnail
As you please sal said the other listlessly and
once more he could not help wondering woncler at the heart
leanness Jeaa of the man who had chide cJatd him 1 for the
weakness weaknsn of his love loveAnd JoveA4 loveAnd
And thus tb without any show of feeling Mlba ty parted part
Gilbert Rutherfurd agreeing acreeID to wait three or four
days more ore and the count CoIIDt promising to be ba back ok k
within that time
No sooner was th t the count out t of sight of th the hotel
than he ordered th the driver to take tak him to WaysM Way
and when within a stones cast of th the village t1 e h got
out and bad bade kim wait his return
One 0 Once more h he knocked boldly at the door r of the
hospital b 1ta1 once more or8 he was confronted by the scowl ¬
lug face of the tall woman in charge chrJewaat
I want to come In n said the count politely
This Is not the hour for visitors Yl ltors seJ aid the matron matr
making as though she would abut the door in Ala face
But But It is 1 you whom I wish to see see he said forci ¬
bly pushing a8h C open the t e door and walking walkJa into to her er
room roomThe The matron looked at th the determined teralaecl face of the
man who seemed as though he ha had stopped out 1St t of r a
bandbox ft4box and there was a look of disdain mingled tagled
with fear on her stern ern face faceWhat
What right have you Y01l she began
SIt Sit down he said peremptorily H He toyed Sty
with his monocle as he continued continued with a smite SIId14t So
Mrs Kr Knight Js still with youShe your yourShe you youShe
She She is not here Hre sal said the matron after a pause
Pardon mo madam he said suavely but t you
are a aawbat aa a what is the English word I intend to so He
this tbi Mrs Xr Knight who Is Is as you doubtless know the
missing Lucille L lIe de la VaHlere I 1 have ha YO come all tfc Um
way from Berlin to see her She is I at this moment t
in the room farthest east t along 1 1TJR v with th her little NY
TJR Ok wnat what snau shall I JL oor dor do wauea waUed wai ed me the woman seeing
that the secret was known She She entreated me t tshield te teahlel4 toshield
shield her herAnd berAnel herAnd
And you have done your best be t Very gently he
pushed her aside asld and made mad his way ay along aon the tin paasage
In answer ftswer to hiS knock th the voice he knew so well
said sa14 CO Come con in The blinds 1 Uacl were tightly t t1y drawn and
he looked about the room for any 3 sign ef th the woman
he loved lovedWho 10 lovedWho
10Wlto
Who are you the vole vola spoke from the t e bad
and he stepped st t f forward rwarG and knelt down dowRhe
Lucm he said Sl I am come to you with a
glad pdAt moorage messagAt moorageAt
At the tk sound 8011 of the voice Lucy uttered a low lewmoan lowmoan lawmoan
moan and hastily covered her er head Md with the bad
clothes clothesOh clothesOb clothesOh
Oh go away WT go away ha hard the voice olce say say
Dont look at me me Raoul BaoalrAll RaoulAll eulAll
All right dear can you O hear mT mTWhat me meWhat T TW
W What hat Is it itI tI itI
I have come com with a a message from 0tIl70UC your your hus ¬
band ba He is here He is In agony of loagtag lC 1Ora te t takeyou take takeyou tkeYOU
you to Us heart again ap He wants oaats you baity Acme
uMy My husband the stifled vote vote said with th intense inteasaearnestness iatenseearnestne intenseearnestness
earnestness earnestnessYes earnestnessYes 8 8Yes
Yes your our husband Let me bring him to you It Itwill Itwill
will be the most glorious hour of my life
Oh 011 Baovi BMd why d ul fw JIW JIWtWfr a aC do dotbt
tbt tWfr tWfrHI r rI
HI I C did U It beeaaw I waiut wept t tSB te teHe tosew
He yen htp + W but the break Jlcak1tt break1st
SB Ms voice toM of taM anguish anguishfa
fa his heart hoartBut heartBat t tBat
Bat ft t la too Ian lUll nt nww w saM saMLucy aidIAq addLecy
Lucy aoftsy aoftsyPoo oftlFroo
LecyToo
roo Too late lateYs later laterJM IntoYo
Ys Yo h JM WIll nror lor II ftw me menew m mnow
now w sh 8M said aidUXet ensdlyNot sadly sadlyNot
UXet Not love e you Why h he Js Jsdying Jadrtalr isdying
dying for lov love of t yea at this thisvery tIdV thisvery
very V 7 moment momentSat t tBaIt
veryBut
BaIt But he does not know knewBat knowBut kaewust
ust But I know thai as far tarM as ash ashe
h M Is eoaeorno eoIIdrJIIeII nothing but butdeath 1Ietdeailt butdeath
death will wIUYtMIIIeW over > or com came Tootunaau Tootunaauyou betwoeayou
you YtMIIIeW YtMIIIeWt now nowBut nowBhet
t But you auur dont > know ellS hlyou ohlyou ellSYM
you ooaft t know sho wade natlauI
I daft t knew wnutr what he hesaid Jtew besaid
said rttyatf myaCMIa < ad at her Mrr1aJ strange strauebahavtor strangebeberrrloa
beberrrloathis bahavtor bahavtorTnis
r1aJ this she sM suuuouly suuuoulyand sedestyand
r1aJ1ttIar
and lifting nor Me H bead K ao she locked lookonhim J ftt lockedhim
him straight t In the foes taeeFeta foesF
Feta F a = s = eat 1 th tile eount was wasstrlckan WMstrleaa wasstricken
stricken speechless a as h Mi saw sawth A1Wu sawthe
th u baasf bead swctbo Jn Mauy aercqbandages Mauybanua MiIIIFJIka
banua bandages 08 ISk like the th tIa staill nll 11 of an anBgyptian atJMI anagypdt
Bgyptian musnsay mumeiAnd musnsayAn
And An you Y ° n dont t know the theworst 1itoWOIIII thewoes
worst su slaw eouttoeod With wHthgniiau a apate aan
aM
gniiau an asses gesture sk ass b bhoac M ha hagsta
pate gsta to tear tM linen ftrdta w barhead wtr
head hoacOonftr
Oonftr tr h be said saWBe hnrsolySet hoazualy hoazualyBut
Be But I wttU will I wffl wfflaware wtB wtBs wtBtIN she an answered
s swered aware Yom Raout must not notthe seethe
the worst an and thon tMatJaatlt tail m mthat me methat
that tJaatlt It te i not as to Into IntoHa JaiLJre late lateEs
Ha put forth a eetehilug eetehilugbut tr aoto > uu Has Hashan
han but to restrain i Mr nor but wick wicka wItiIasbaap
a strange energy she uuuM vac d th thwith the tIaeOM theona
OM by ens TIaa TIaawi Thoswl
with wi a choking cry sh she sat bolt baitupright boltupright IIekaprtpt
upright and star stared ala fan in inth littM Inthe
th tM foe foerrtaer face facepoem
taeerIMN
rrtaer rIMN poem RaooV tr there What Whatdo WIaatdo Whatdo
do you ea think of Lucille d la laValliere 1Ya11tHe laValliere
Valliere now nowHe DGWr DGWrHe nowRe
He looked In horror at th thsight die dieqlat thtsight
sight that met his Id8wltk gam gas Bur Burwealth Eawealth
wealth of glorious hair IaaIrwboll ha hawholly had hadwholly
wholly gone not even atip a noe noetic ea eatig ¬
tic tip remained
SS W aosa eilEai idl ttse
Who Whg th the sUIee 5 oft tka Javaare Java IM IMJIdd Iiro e esaid
said hyberialb I Mat 1M espy stan stan1Iet blaelrlY at b bnet
net usdsmtoadlng 1IiI what she at atNet araatpot
Net eery 7 was t tM e loot bate It bat tM dal elf ofAre elfAre
are Are ha had left its mark upon th the akin IIIda an III to t9 alt altapoearane dIala IDappearance
appearance she so ala was olsisrured for life lifeBut Uf UfBut lireBut
But But I save KY saved him I sand mvo hJatr bipn aa sad sh she 1 1toward lond londtoward
toward th tM infant siaontus sleeping ponoofullr peaaedu P If wN17 > ty III IIINot m his eat eatNot eocNot
Not even ee th the am U U of th titTbere the ftr pro has passel uaona pen t tThere his hisThere
There was an exultation uat In nor her vote yoe yoede aa and h he won wetedered wondorad
dorad de
doradOh
OIa Oh my poor LueDlo said th tile tileeyea scant aft knot knotYes InstZen
Yes henna poor Luellter IIIeWe sho e saM sadly saolywill 7 7Will Ali Alitrill
will nv nevt r love eyeooRaoaJ m me now nowBaouL newRaoul
ooRaoaJ BaouL aha sal saM wistfully u after a acaaaet paves T tie tiecannot a acannot
cannot love 10 m me now but ho h would not netha ha would not
take th the baby from m me would IMf he Thats why I
am hiding from tlOlRTbe him hhnTh himThe
Th The pathetic cry nearly uu1 broke hte heart Lucy
h e said savaEelS savagely U if this kills his lov loft I trill kW
him I swear swearThe swrThe swearThe
The xirl girl again wrapp wrapped th the bandages so i uaf her 11 11ea4
head ea4 It t is a blessing atac my ID face has not boon tasttioslbut touehod touehodbut
but look lookVry lookV lookVery
Very V gently ha e took th the scorch scorched = andahMtoona IHl
ban baR she held up and stroke it softly
Lucy ha said almost t with revelellOe revereno you ar ara an ana area
a brave M1 woman Will yon nut put his lov love to tao tostr test r
For H long time he k pleaded with her herBut h Iter Itert r rBut
But t I am afraid I am aftaidr was wee vr her hera heranswer r rt
a answer answerAt swr swrAt
At t last she said with the faintest t whisper E Zee
I will wft1 Hat B t not yot yeteh t oh not yotr yotrCHAPTER ntrCHAPTER yet yetCHAPTER
CHAPTER XXXI XXXIFlowers XXXIFlowers XXXIFlowers
Flowers of Sacrifice Sacrificet Sac Sacr + 5ce 5ceFOR ficeF
t OR four weary days ya GftBkert Rwthorfur 1K wmita wahteliat wmitaat WaItMt
FOR F at t Sea Springs ehaanvg trader th the enforced eforetdidleness enforcedidlenoss eatectididl
idleness idl But on the fifth h 1M raoatvofl a tale talegram t8hgr1UIl talegram
gram from De Laneville Still at atH1e Boot BootHave Beetlu BeetluHave
Have heard important news JMW Wait till you h hfurther hoar JaeArfttrthM hoarfurther
further from me meThis MeThis meThis
This of o course could only mean that 1M h had ha received re received re recel ¬
ceived cel ed some further information MS to Lucy an aDd now nowthe JIIOWthe nowthe
the minister ter went about with th UN air of one upon whomthe whom whomthe w1acDthe
the world had suddenly 3Ud eDl opened her lap lap and showered the thebest tJMbOllt thebest
best gifts in her treasury But as a the th days day lengthened Ifngtheofrtinto I IiDo lengthenedfate
into weeks u bringing no message from the COIIIIt count hatspirits hat htespirits IdIspirlts
spirits fell again and he was almost on the point of go gotag 0 goIg
tag to Boston to pursue the search on Ida own accountYet account accountYet KeOWItYet
Yet he was so far purified pu rifled by th tM ordeal that through throughall throughall
all the tlI weeks of v vto wa1tlnc not one 8U8JIIkIoa with rcarc rcarcto 1 d dto
to his wife wt or the count entered his mindAfter mind mtedAfter IDtIacLAfter
After an interval of inaction extending Into the fifth fifthweek ftttweek fifthweek
week he received rec a characteristic letter from T De > Lune Lunevflfe Ltmevme Lunevile
vile vme t teUtac ntne hte that he had seen Local do la VaUtere VaUtereand V VtMt Taillarealld
and that i ithe n ad r recovered from roIR tM severe banIIIIc banIIIIcthe on onthe
the night she braved death in order to save herShe her herShe e DdSh
She Sh was alive and w well ll now Come on here at once oncefriend ooeetriutd oncefriend
friend I shall eagerly eager await your arrival arrivalThe rrlyalThe arrivalThe
The letter was dated from Boston and within an hour hoItrI
I
OOhect XsMuorfucft a tMI WM OK hte way t L stoat her rt ter cwhfm er < wfaem wfaemBut
1 beset JIM m eat a JIiIC 3rsMy
My dear feIlew acid the JIiICCI8IIIIt coast with wltka a 8IDIIE as asC 1 cocaas
as they WIN aelwud is Ilk private 1001II room HI I am horsy I II
kept yea waitleg so long but I slid my M tBlat beetSat
Blat But my waor acid the th ether eatmtieu eat dogodrrPwioaea dT
rPwioaea mtieu 1111 s ass all a at tit 9000 goad iam IIM tieee cad the countlet count ooeatwteced COtmts
wteced
let mercys s so 1 tall m me whore Wbere she isI is isfomlMng i iIs
I ce Is at tithe pr esent moment Ja till 1IoteI hotel I pre preP pre prescmhe
scmhe fomlMng feehoH P ng a littl UttJe hay aa and crooning to hi hisomotafats hiI him himsomething
somotafats something I about boC his sir are bolas beI being a knight knightDont blPtaat knightDont
Dont keep m Me at tit this suononaa 11 It saM the other hi hia ina
a jtoiiuhu 11111 eadig voice Take m ate i Ie IeAt betAt bar baran
At tile door tM oncost pass and hip Ines was drawn drawnand drMrawtIIM
an and WWW wtIIM but OOhart Rutherfurd tIIftI at In Ida e mnm otwomohad otwomohadeyes had hadvffle JIIutfer
eyes far none ot those things tIatapWM thingsTime
Time WM a faint r response to Ute knock c De Lose IAnMYIIJe Losevolt
volt B Ba epeed opone the door sandy In you ao h Jte said saidwKh adwilli sellwith
with a pathetic atteamt at t pterfuhMee JIIart and piMag iMaj the thtturnhnau tMtwo thetreabing
turnhnau turnhnauis two man within he softly dosed u uit door doorIs
is tt you Gilbert GBbarthatotoi 0II1Nrt T W wee the vtoe t ws wstit Insbuoyed
buoyed an coed tit there was a now soft oft wistful rig In It Itat It ItIt kIt
It had Jest cost aU 11 mtateritel 111 1MIe7ac1 It Wa Ute thevane UteNIee
vane el a woman who Hd come through us tihh atits lit ofdied litOM
OM and had Mea around to pewter at fa the dew alowLacy dewLIIer slewTaey
Lacy ousting ho saM ruoatag rtIIIIdIt rn ieg towax invert the Gaiaa flgnre flgnrei e ensd1ltag
nJhilaa i on a eMir by th dIe nmiiini Hs out not aKJeok pangs sjue se semuck s slook
muck as to look at her Zoos > but rsveraut rwer8llilr r belt on the theShe tileat thempet
mpet at Mr Nt aM busied his I iB hoc a ql lap She Shehu SIteIIIW SheIsis
IIIW hu a txomhttag hoed han on his 111IIIe heed heedI boa boaMo
Mo I woe went was atl uaore ret by b etthor of t th twIn It 1ta was wasa wasa
a that too sacred 8KIedAt for speech speechto speechAt
At Jut Me tried tG raIH Ida with a Lae le eilaOri ecrrt and aa4c andbe
be c to his feet feetHor teetOiat feetBye
Bye Hor Gilbert hers sh sbe saM aa and h be teal law bead beadoast 4aM ad adn
n her less aM berisned L II is the IIIIWIIg el f bar m mAM 1MartAnd
AM b at sacred oar tM past vanished as It Ithad it itha Ittoe
ha had never boon and for the joy of It all was JSargot feegotnat JSargottolf g gaD <
nat nat9h
9h told Irfm slam all about herself Oh the nineas nonose R lIS In InJaIII inhis lahte
hte heart as she tvasshautAi1 b gty tout ham how bar Wall swabw ex exof upedIIIee enpulse
pedIIIee pulse had been abrdaatiy a blessed to lwr atilt bow 1IewI bowUtealy
Utealy thr eugh fkR her I hod Mea periled et aU aUuae allbe
uae be dross of worhilhiaai She soamed to him a very ftC7pi an anget anget
get of heaven YeIt as sh she sol rM with slow emphasis tr 1a In these theseqwet ttMH1det theseelukt
qwet 1det hours after It was all over I faun feast that for which whichOh v vaouI whiehmy
my aouI 1M been crying oat all these errs Oh 011 tt t + is tea teThere isTMn iswemderfd
wemderfd wemderfd7lhtre a
There was a aand faint a aous m tM tIftdloa of tIN cot cotad cot cotand
and Lacy rose hastily Owning darting dartingsaid coming g gaDd she sheaW
said and in a mom accent ant the infant was being stentaei tothe to tothe ao1M
the heart of a father and Lacy the tIaeIDe m TaotborligM hsrlight hsrlightbas rtow rtowon
bas In her eyed baked on with a heart too 1iINoar leaf flaf for orOur forBnecrti
Bnecrti BnecrtiOur
oar Our cup of hnpphisas a Is complete he said kissing kissingthe ktssbtgthe
the nttle warm thing agate apbay apbar and aajafca aajafcaTf aglekaYetsleos
Yetsleos Tf y almost Lacy anuoi neisd slowly slowlyup slowlyAimee
Aimee r he Id Iekig up m w wrooer mlex
Almost she shesuM h err n Br s JaW w + iIe w I I Iof a aof =
of posy De I + aeafiMr aeafiMrpfd
ofw
suM her husband husuoaoVfiuthfnlnes pear a Lusovifemay IAIeM1IIe IAIeM1IIesod
may sod make tap for him isr Ids Jew a and Js JstIda hisfoggKelas
fiuthfnlnes in this big hoar of e luasllaiai ITr It wa visas hewho he hewho het
who found t me at th tM hospital at Way W WaysMia sift It ws a awho 1M 1Mt hewho
who tooagat t me hero that I might hav have the loot twtat twoatmoat twtatt twtt
moat t t It was at his persistent t entreaty that I It agreed agreedto
to t m so you again For he told m 11M that you yewdaat love loved m maa me meand
and aa that te more than haa you have dna dnall dou youtsotf sIae sIaec she sheloofeo
loofeo ll d an at him with an arch arc smile surfioBo eBe smileRe
Bo ha bad his J re4esae rasa MIl BBSI T n to that challauga p After It Itwas Iter Itwas
was over er ho said Why Q did cU401i you keep BM in suspense ouopnoanao aA suspensesoling e er ew
ao soling Macr MacrWhy r
Why shy she answered aswweroa w ha hat you known kao you would wouldhave weldhave 4 4at
have ce eomo at onoa an and ha had you soon lava > oor m sue a mouth mathapp mouthagoprhasj tit titap
agoprhasj ap app 4o M M4o
apMw Lucy how due duce you O he said interrupting her herIf MrIf herif
If If you yo any that word I will have revenge re aa aIIIi h hplace be betlae heplaced
placed place his han head on th the thick clustering c1 wIar curls curlsBut cwbt curlsBut
But t I was really afraid she sh ami nW Jt It meant such sucha 811C 811Ca
a lot But I asa right now or nearly So se au t tMIA abe abeheld sh shac
MIA her fML tens ac heros s only this an IIi i oxlead oxleadnodaa tat tata nuestet
et a WacIre blackened nodaa and disauied ri tight rtstatJId ht band bandAnd nan nanAn
An And you y got that at saving ftBI him h be said a1d1a In a
husky vole voleAn voice voiceAnt teL teLAM
An AM te ho not worth It Of course M he fts CoeseeBerth Cooooe CooooeBertie eOe
Bertie How does It foal to be in dnouTs s arm armMsramy armshammy 7 7torpt
Msramy forgets foruotsAfter torptAfter forgetsAka
After a m slight pan pa pause sh she saM softly tl7 jut But poor poorKaoair pooraao poorRash
Kaoair Kaoairas aao Rash r rr
RashYin r Yin as let us 60 ro to hau w wb aaswor aagweced her ajuohaaa ajuohaaatlortou hlhoioamsdThis
This b Ice Iadeed a zJ tlortou hour said th tM mat matas t
tiIIIac as l they entered They foan to found him sitting stctIIt at atthe atthe
the r his favorite cigarette aa M toying toyingwith te bagwttJa toyingwith
with his monocle seeeeMWe monocleRutherfurd wl wlw
We w do net know how to thank yea aaeugh gk aid
Rutherford RutherfurdBut JbItIke RutherfordBut
JbItIkeBat But I know said th the count smiling and I tbiitkas tkiak tkiakaa
aa does madam m4 and he unlied smile c eSay curiously = v v9ay
97 Say the word and It is done answered a Bert GBbertRataerfurd GG BertRutherfurd wt
Rataerfurd without pause pauseWeli pa paWu pauseWell
Wu Well monsien and the count throw away W17 hiscigarette his hiscigarette alaetprette
cigarette He appeared re4I to be supremely cairn but butLucy MatLac7 butLugs
Lucy looking l beneath 1 the surface saw smetbI omuaUilaig t g of ofthe ofUe ofthe
the acouy that was in n his heart heartWeil JarteiL heartWspot
Weil eiL sa sato monsieur GI DaY recDMt Is this It 1s IdreMec1 IdreMec1to
to Lucille Lucilleband I uk 1 you ID the preoeace of t your our bas bashaa4 hueband
band for the first time and for the last OssTe the to j jme give giveme giveme
me of your own free will a long lead long kiss and tI t tI tltea
I will pass out of your lives U for torAad evers everAnd ever everAnd
s
And far the rest there is 8 silence sQenceI oe oeI
I could tell of a manse away in far SootI Scotland where wherechil wheretroIa wherefrom
from the windows you Q may a c almost any p chil ¬
dren 4reao drenone one two three tb threewho wno wlllo run wild as u th ththe hares oa oatbe onthe
the moors moons and who are never weary of U Uthe uszeng to tothe tothe
the bleating whaups on a the wins or the chirpchirp chirpchirpof irp
of the robin redbreast re4bl t in the hedge e rows rowsAad rowsAad rowsAnd
Aad very ery often in their quest for the neat of the
four tens IMP brown we egg eggs or too a he ve mule red ones they thyar theyare
ar are accompanied t41ed by a tat taU man tvusoad 1IIeed In the very
pink of fashion who constantly smokes kS the fragrant
Turkish cigarette and on whose w o breast there hangs hacgsa ban
a pl4rb goldrimmed monocle monocleTHJB monocleTHE
JDOftOCILnIB
nIB END mDI
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