The Seattle star. [volume], October 11, 1913, Image 8

About The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947

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ANOTHER OF THOSE F ASCINAT
ING ROBERT W. CHAMBERS
STORIES
(Copyright 1907, by Robert W
Chamber*)
The doctor. finding hi* patient*
quarters untenanted for the first
tttx in many months, hastened
downstairs to the veranda. »hero
hp discovered « loan. n'Klli rv look
ton jrottni follow clad In fishing
cost fussing wlth vo,l unit tool
"Oho, niv enterprising friend"'
fce h»I«I What mischief are you
hatching now ?"
"I'm going to try for big trout
in the li' Mcn I'-'Ol, *ai<l hts l■*
tlent cat in 1 1
This unlooked for etiergT appear
#d to embarrass the doctor. Hl*
grtm mouth tightened
"Don't ko now." ho said; "Its
too late In the morning"
"I know It. but I'm join*'
"Against iu> orders'" demanded
the exasperated doctor
"With pleasure. replied the
young man. »*y 1 > " And It s your
own dotn*. too IV you remember
what vou said last night
"I said I saw a bin fish rising
In that pool." growled the doctor.
"Rxartiy; and that has done
more to brace me up than all vour
purple pill* for peculiar people "
"N'o» what the devil posse es
you to make for the Golden Tool
at this particular minute "' demand
ed the vexed doctor "You've been
an Invalid for a year and more, and
tip to this moment you've done
w hat 1 told you."
His patient continued to laugh
that aame light-hearted. Infection*
laugh, which the doctor had not
heard In many a month, and he
looked at him keenly,
"AH the aame. you're not well
yet. and you know It." ho s:\ld
"M* aversion to women?"
"Partly "
"You mean my memory atlll falls
me* Well. then, what do you
think happened this morning*''
"What?" Inquired the doctor,
sulkily
"TkU' t o.nn« n,lf »|"I the StnbleS
"This I went out to tne stands
and recognlred I'helan and Riley!
Mow's that for a start* Then"
he glanced across the lawn where
an old gardener pottered about
among the petunia*- -"there's Paw ;
aon. lan't It" And this Is my own
place -Glenirts! Isn't It? Pesides,"
he added, "niv aversion to women
la disappearing; I saw a girl on the
lawn from my window this morn
Ing Who Is she*"
"Was she dressed In white"" ask
ed the doctor.
"Don't remember"
"You never before saw her*"
"No—l don't know I dtdn't see
her face "
"So it seems yon can't recollect
the back of a relative or a neigh
bor Now what do you think of
yourself*"
"Relative* Nonsense." hn laugh
dd: "I haven't any As for the
neighbors give me time, for heav-.
en'* sake' I'm doing beautifully
There are millions of things that
set me thinking and worrying now
—fanny flashes of memory —hints
of the past, vag te glimpses that
excite me to effort; bat nothing—
absolutely nothing - yet of that
blank year. Was it a year?"
"More: never mind fhtt'"
"How long was It?" asked his
patient, wistfully
"Siiteen months "
"You said I waa shot. I think "
"No. I didn't. You think you
were, but It was done with a Ma
lay kris Now. what can you re
member about It?"
The yoting man stood silent,
fumbling with his rod.
The doctor, who had begun to
pace the veranda, halted and
glanced sharply at his patient.
"I'll tell you why I didn't want
you to go to the Golden Pool." he
said
"Well, why?"
"Poachers," replied the doctor,
watchlntr him "They fish In the
pools, and they use your canoe, and
they even have the Impudence to
(to fishing In the Golden Pool
I didn't want you to
worry."
"I think the poscher I catch will
do the worrying." said the young
man laughing. "Is that all?"
"That Is all. Go ahead If you
want to. If yon run actons that
girl invite her to dinner She's a
friend of mine.'' And the doctor
walked off.
His pattent started across the
meadow.
Suddenly, beyond the sprayed tin
dergrowth. he caught a glow of
eolor, a glimpse of that rich sunny
foilage which gave the Golden Tool
Us name; and now the familiar
water lay glimmering through the
trees, and he began the descent.
Stepping quietly an a deer
He parted the thicket. There
•was no canoe there, nothing except
• book lying on a luncheon basket;
and —what, was this-and this'*
He stared stupidly for a moment,
then rose and stepped through th<-
thicket to the edge of the water.
A canoe glittered out here, pulled
tip on a flat, sunny rock In mid
stream, and upon the rock lay a girl
In a dripping bathing dress, drying
her hair In the sun.
Instantly an odd sense of It all,
having happened before seized him
—the sun on the water, the canoe,
the slim figure lying there
Then, as she sat. up, twisting her
■tin-bronzed hair, a turn of her
head brought, him Into direct lin*
of vision. They stared at one an
Other across the sunny water
For one second the thought
flashed on htm that, he knev her;
then In the same moment all that
had seemed familiar In the situa
tion faded into strangeness and he
was aware that he had never be
fore looked upon her face
Vet, curiously enough, his long
and melancholy aversion to women
had not returned at. sight of her
She had risen In surprise, wld.-
dark eyes on him; and h<- spoke
Immediately, saying he had not
meant to disturb her, and that, she
was quite welcome to use the
canoe?'
Her first stammered words an
noyed him. "Did the doctor < ori <■
with you? Are you—are you alone?"
' I suppose the entire countryside
Vnows I have been 111.' he said; "hut
I'm perfectly able to be about with
out a doctor" He Jjegan to laugh.
"But those-are not the questions.
The questions are what are people
doing in these woods with lunch
eon baskets and summer novels,
uti4 how am I to fish this pool
if people swim In It; and how am
I to fifth at. all If an attractive
strani?r.r takes possession of my
ncnoe ?"
"J I had no idea you were com
Ing here," she faltered. I bathe
here every morning, and then i
lunch here arid read "
lie laughed outright at her Inno
cent acknowledgment of the trea
pant
"I have a clear case against you."
he said, Haven't you read all my
notices nailed up on trc-t 'Warn
lofll All trespasser* will be dealt
with to the full s*tsnt of the law'--
etui much more to similar effect
And do you know what a very
dreadful thing It I* to he dealt with
to the full extent of the law*"
"Hut I am not not trespass
ing," she said, "fan you not re
member?'"
I m afraid 1 can't," he replied,
smiling. I'm afraid I have a clear
case against you The doctor
warned me that trespassers were
about."
"So he sent you to catch a tres
passer?" she said.
'J wit coming to ft«h Well, yes;
he paid I might find one "
"A trespasser? A stranger*" She
hesitated; there was hurt astonish
men* In her voice Suddenly her
face took a deeper flush, as though
she had come to an unexpected .le
clslon; her entire manner changed
to serene self possession. What
are >ou going to do with me? she
asked curiously
H»r smiling defiance softened a
trifle. "Did you really wish to
catch this ftsh iery much?" she
asked. "I—l never supposed you
would come here today."
She smiled uncertainly and lifted
a n d from the canoe
"Hy Jove, that looks like one of i
my lods'" he exclaimed "Wherej
did you get It r
Her eye* were bright with excite
ment; she sh<>ok her head, laugh
ing
\ «»*» roil Ir» tt'th IHf
Are yott In league witti my hoc
tor? Who are you*" he Insisted
"Only a poacher," she admitted.
They were both laughing now.
she standing beside the canoe, rod
In hand, he balanced on a rock op
posite.
"Are you a neighbor of mine*'
he asked. "If you are, you will
kni-w why I ask. If you are not,
nevt r mind," he added wearily.
She shook her head. His face
clearf d.
"I thought you were not a neigh
bor; I was certain that 1 had never
seen you—as certain as a man can
be awakening from —from Illness. (
wltV his mind—his memory shaky
—almost blank," He bent his head,
gaitriM Into the water. Then he
looketi up. "You know the doctor?
1 think 1 saw you on the lawn this
morr Ing "
"Are you sure yoti never before
seei me?" she asked, with a ghost
of n smile.
•t thought at first- f«r an Instant |
—the canoe on the rock and the
sunshine, and you He fell silent,
groping through the darkened cor
rldoif of memory.
In the sunlit hush a ripping noise
mounded far out across the pool;
then up out of the glassy water shot
a elnuous shape, dark against the
! sun—a fish in silhouette, curving
over with a flapping splash.
Tha long-dormant passion awoke
| In him; he looked across the pool
where the pretty Intruder stood, an
eager question in her eyes
"I'd like to try," he satd. "Ho
you mind?"
"Tell me what to do."
"Paddle very quietly over here
carefully and without a splash. Can
i you dc It?"
She loosened the canoe noise
lessly. a lithe figure In her wet
I brown skirt and stockings. The
i canoe slipped Into the pool; she
knelt In the stern: then, with one
silent push, sent It like an arrow
acrr*«t the water. He caught and
steadied the frail craft; she stepped
fror> It and sprang, without a sound,
beside him.
lie was muttering to himself
' ' I've forgotten some things -but
i not how to throw a fly, I think I«et
•is »ee!"
She stood motionless as he em
harktd, watching him raise his rod
and send the tiny colored "flies"
out over the water. The delicate
accuracy seemed to fascinate her;
her dark eyes followed the long up
ward loop of the back cast, the
whistling flight of the silken line,
th-> Instant's suspense as the leader
i curved, straightened out, and fell,
(dropping three files softly on the
: still surface of the pool.
As the canoe drifted nearer the
spot where the trout had leaped,
| the sharp click of the reel, the
| wind like whistle of the line, grew
; fainter. Suddenly, far ahead of the
floating files, a dark lump broke in
the ttater; there came a spatter of
(spray, a flash of pink and sliver,
.in! that was all all. though for
two hours the silken line darted
! out across the water, and many
| feathered flies of many hues fell
I vainly across the glassy mirror of
i the Golden Pool.
* * *
She was still standing In the
«snw place when he returned. He
drew a long breath of disappoint
mert as he stepped ashore. and she
echoed his sigh. The tension had
ended.
Showed color. but wouldn't
fight." he Bald In a low voire "Hlg
Ki-it trout I ever saw I mum rent
hlrr. You can't force n fish like
that by ix-rslstent worry. I dare
no' bother him for an hour or two "
lie looked Into her sensitive
face; then, suddenly conscious of
Itn 5 outhful beauty, he fell silent,
reel'ng In his wet linn Inch by Inch!
Tin rod slipped from his hand;
his musing eyes rested on her Hhe
was seated on a mossy losr, head
bent, slender stockinged feet trail
ing In the pool.
' All this has happened before,"
he said quietly. Hut t lie re was no
cor vlctlon In his voice,
H«r e.e« fell, were lifted to his,
then fell again.
"Can t you h>-lp mnf ho said
wist fully,
' ■■n you not remember?" shfl
breathed.
I hen we -w« have known on*
another. Have we?"
I once knew a friend of yours—
i i loae friend- named Kscourt."
Kscourt,' he repeated blankly
Ar.d after a long silence he turnei]
aw 'V Mfltli a gesture that seemed tc
frighten her. Hut Into her far*
came a flash of determination, red
dMllbK h-r cheek a again
You say my friend's name wai
; Kscourt? Is my friend dead?"
t'lease do not let It matter,"
It does matter. I—lt Is a faney
perhaps, but the name of Kscoun
was once familiar and pleasant. I
Is tii t your name. Is It ?"
"Yes," she said.
At last hu b< ga.ii Irotfully; "Tha
"THE. GOLDEN POOL"
U the strangest thing In the world
I h' vo never bffotv seen you. and
yet i am perfectly conscious that
yout name hmi haunted tiie (or
year* Ks court Esoourt' — for
yeais. I t«»II ytm." he *nnl on In a
»'nr of Impatient astonishment.
•>v.»r since I run an>-
(hits* I <•#n rnnemlMr that iuhip "
"And my first name?" Flushed.
TOlte scarcely steady, she avoided
his troubled gaie.
And as he did not answer. sh<>
said You once knew my husband
C«p you not remember?"
11« "hook his head, studying her
Intently.
"No." he said In a dull voles, "1
have forgotten; I have been vary
111 The nam* troubles me, It Is
strange how the name troubles me
It U something Intimate- almost
part of my life that I seem
to have forgotten—" Ills hand
sougl.r the »me spot over his right
eye. "What wers we doing when
[you Interrupted everything?" His
wan'ering glance fell on the canon
and the rod lying In the bottom,
and hi* face cleared
"I ought to be worrying that trout
again," he said "Von won't go
• sir will you?"
"No; hut I wish you would go."
she said, laughing. "I'd dress If
!you would glvp me half an hour."
' You won't go—you will wait?"
; he repeated, almost childishly
OUR CONGRESSMEN
QUARREL ON STREET
The abort and u*ly word annoyedl
the eonirreiiiimen. but It did not ej
cite them. That waa apparently n
mere trifle.
Hut when Conirreaaman Hum
phrey put »h« Jml*«humphr!«>» label
upon ConKreMman Bryan. the *k|e*
clouded, flat* doubled up. and the
threatened orgy wa* narrowly
averted by the Interference of mere
newspapermen
It happened Friday afternoon on
Fifth av. ronrretntman Hryan. who
failed to return to Washington, and
Confcreitaman Humphrey, who Jtmt
arrived from Washington, met fare
to fare.
Oh! Naughty, Naughty!
"You telegraphed 1 waa a liar.'
aald Rryan to Humphrey. "That'*
a pretty Birong word "
"You tin Id I apologized for mak
Ing a reply aprei h to your attnrk on
Jlletben." Humphrey aald to Itryan,
All vir calm arid serene a* yet.
Isn't It an Odd World?
President of Yale university a new director of New York, New Ha
ven * Mart ford.
• • • • •
Secretary of Bt»te Bryan cleaned up close to $ r >oo as his end of the
Kate at Charlottesville, Va (ancestral flamo of .l<-ff»»i»r»ritnn simplicity).
"I feel at homi' In Virginia," obaervea 'he Ingenuous al 100 la lull states
man an he pouches hla "hit."
• • • • •
Womin'i head floatlnfl In ship c anal attracted 14,000,000 people to
22fith at bridge, New York, certain th.it they were gazing on a rollc of
Anna Aumuller. Ruthless policeman fished It out anil deatroyed It.
Wax figure.
• • • • •
"I'll o lv * $10,000 to my flrat grandchild," rnnounced a rich and
aporty lx>» Angeles man, shortly after the marriage of til* two son*.
One of the daughters in law has Juat claimed the money for the dearest
little* darling that evor waa. (irandpa libh already made good.
• • • • •
Erneat Oullllaux, French aviator, flew 145 mllea In 60 counted mln
ntes, beatlug all records since Icarus.
• • • • •
Jane Addame of Hull House doean't believe modern faahlona are
moralizing to wom#>n. ."Th«» f«w*»r rlf»th**a the betfur," nhc? Bays.
• • • • •
Staatsburg farmer traced hla milk, which netted him 2'/g centa a
quart, to a New York hotel, where It in, 1 "old for 20 cents a glass.
• • • • •
Ground* for aeparatlon.—Wife of a New York lawyer complains
that he wouldn't let her teach their hahy to pray.
• • • • •
Chicago professor who turned peanut peddler »aya he can aave
$200 a month now, which la more than he could do teaching college slu
denta French.
• • • • •
Secretary of Agriculture Landell of Ohio aaya the problem of keep
ing the boya on the farm will he afilvml when a way In found to Weep
the glrla there, ,
••• • •
Poet whom Cleveland permitted to itarve to death took posthumous
revenge on tinapt>rcclatlre general lon by lenvliiK beside hla body a vol
time of hla own unread works.
• • • * *
Baw nnd Hammer Record — Morriatown, 0, J.,°carpenter haa built a
btublo ilb fcvl long, 14 feet wide and oni stury high la 114 Uoura. o 0
THE SEATTLE STAR
I
"Yr». I 111 will"
Sh«* nhook h«r hwttehln*
ntn* rmhark. Manning th«*r»« loofc
Ini out aero** <h* *at*<r nhrrr
(hi* marked hi*
eottUA lot*# »ft<p*r tht* «muM- had
vanished arottod the cur%*d nhor*
of the tioUUn I*<lol
8 n 4 il«*f»|jr her eye# filled. t»Ht nh**
>n»* ber lli » nNtotuteljr, ifrrtjdn* with
*h'tr hands for her knotted hair.
• • •
It (u hltli H'wm when hi* far
hal" brought her to the water* ullf
"Vo *oi dbitne?" sb« aikml, an
he clttutM'il the- bank, and she tuade
* ge«tur» toward a whit# napkin
sprrad upon the miwn
\ Jug of milk. lettuce. bread and
a great bun'-b of hothouse gr*|*>*
— and a ho*le*a In a summer gown.
• nililnt an Invitation; »hat wonder
tha* the haggard lines In hla »!»*«••
aoft -ned till something of the after
glo*r of youth lay Ilk* a ray of mn
am rn bis face
' This Is p«rf«ily charming." he
*ald, dropping to bla kn»"« beside
her "I I ant *ery happy that you
wa'trd for me."
'•'N* aat silent for a moment. with
lonfrnl eye*. th»n raised them
shy'y "I*l ua eat bread and salt
together, will you* that nothing
bre-ik our friendship"
"Itjr th» bread and aalt I have
sh.irtd with you.'' he said. half »"rl
otinly. half smiling. "I promise to
rhrriih this forest friendship I.' '
"You 'ltd you had b«-en forced to
m»V i that *i>eerh,'' Pryan rontln
u*hl, wa*-rnlng tip to the auhject.
9*ya Heal Mean Thing
l't.in|ihrey wa* getting mad. too,
and for a moment b « temperature
ro«e a Irlfb* above a pickled nirum
b®r. That ahowed Humphrey »«i
Indeed retting e*r!ted II" thought
of the ineaneat thing he rou'd ***
"llryan. you're rraiy," he finally
aputtered.
Tbat waa the apark that aet the
flaming fire to Bryan'* Ire He imi»-
Itlvely couldn't consent to a Judge
humphriea claaaiflration. lie drop
ped the overcoat In hla hand, ami
ahotiting "You're another," gave
clrcumatantial evldenco of prepar
Ing for fistic battle
Hut people Interfered, and the
dove* of peace were aummoned
When the congreaamen finally part
ed, the n<-ar battle wan forgotten
and forgiven.
thi# day l»egln It."
"I.et It." she *ald
"Ix! ; ••i*»rit continue It"
Ye* the cotnlDK year*. Ko
be It."
l,et notblnK end It nothing—
not even — "
Nothing and. amen" she aald
faintly.
'.- iln. unbidden, the >-' o«t of the
pn»' stirred. whispering together
wlt'iln htm.
'i am »tr|v|n«. he aald "to tra< «■
my 'bought# There was dull apol*
ogr In bU vole® All thla la not
accident you and I here together
I am haunted by something long for
gotten, something that I am almost
roe»i ioua of. When your voire
•out <in t ••M-m to be quivering on
the \erge of memory. Ho you
kn w what It la t have forgotten?"
She trembled to her llpa. "Have
you forgotten?"
"Ye* a great deal la It you I
ha' forgotten?"
Try to remember," ahe aald un
der ber breaih,
"Itemember Ood knows I am
trylrr He*ln with roe. will you*"
Y<». li t ua begin together. You
we"" hurt."
Ye*. I waa hurt "
'in a battle"
"I was hurt In a skirmish."
Where?" ahe whlapered.
Why, on the Hublg." he an
• wered aurprlaed. 1 was In the
Philippine arouta."
HONOR SIS GEO,
The Stimlay rlub of the V M C
A will relebrate the »Ind annlver
nary of the birth of Sir OeofKe W 11-
llama, founder of the movement, at
H* aeaalon tomorrow afternoon,
when Kthnn 8 Smith, religion* di
rector. will tell the meeting mf ' n
•omethlng of the life and work of
the founder of the movement that
today h«* more than 1.000.000 mem
ber* In every ro'intry In the world
and nwn* valued at
000,000.
At the "tnlier" In Ihe lobby, the
Y M. C. A. orrheatrn will give a
recital and the nd lre»* of the aft.
ernoon will be delivered by Pyong
K Yoon. noted Korean <«lurator,
nnd Kraduatn of Harvard, who will
tell of the religion* and |>o 1111 on 1
tttruggle* in hiii native land.
GROCERS GATHER
At the Invitation of the grocery
Jobber* and manufacturer* in thl*
city, the retail grocer* will meet
Tueaday at K p m. In the Klka'
banquet hall, Alaaka building, for
the purpose of dl*cu**lng matter*
of lntere*t and Importance to the
trade
Among the nubjert* that will be
brought forward I* the effect of Ihe
recent declalon on Ihe garnishment
law. the Interchange of credit rat
ing*, term* of credit, keeping track
of delinquent customers, boo**lng
Seattle made goods, and other mat
tern. „
BROKE HIS HEAD
RAI.RM, Or., Oct. II -fleorge
Temple, the 10-year-old Indian l»d
who Wednesday sliot and probably
fatally Injured Geo. Stanlff. it liui
gnrlan. Is In the hospital at ('hem
way Indian school today, and phy
sicians declare bis skull I* frac
tured.
According lo witnesses, after he
had been Rhot, Stanlff took the
rifle from the boy nnd beat him on
the head with It.
LEAGUE MEETS TONIGHT
The I'lty Hetterment league, the
newly formed organization of civil
service employes of the city, will
meet tonight In the council chain
ber* to perfect their organization.
GETS 10 YEARS
DAVENPOHT, la., Oct. 11.—
Brunswick de Oorompa, who says
ho 'Is an Austrian count, was sen
tenced to 10. years' Imprisonment
for while slaving
I, A <1 B N S (' II WAI.IIACM. Oor
many Oct. II Artolpb uh Hunch,
mulil-inlllloniilro St I,oulh br«wur,
tiled yonlurduy, aged 70,
Ha MHt bolt upright, electrified.
hit>l rlrurk lit* nhnrply with
the flat >>f III* liiitwl
'hi you know." In imltidly,
that until tlil* very lii»'mhi 1 hav«
(fit thought of the l"hlll|>|>lri< *cout*
lr.ii'l ihnt extraordinary?"
Mln* atrove to *|ieak, her hr«>a«t
r"*'t and Ml. and ahe cloned her
II (>«i cotivuUlvely
• • •
Ami afterward. lon* afterward,
wh n the aun*hln« painted rirani'O
I>n t"ttck I'll lh' wintward ti«-« trunk*
itiirt m ha/.n vm!lfl ilia taller Rplri'i,
*li»» reminded htm of Ihfl tcrenl
trout, but he would not it" without
hi'r; mi together thejr d<-«>:etid«l to
tln« Itreain* edgr
Floating In III" iinon there,
thn-ugh *hr mellow light, li»* mmem
l>e*ed that he hud left hi* rod
mluuf Inn would not K» iinrk, and
«ho laughed outright, throi'Kh the
thread of tti«- *ong "ha hod Ix-en
h u tn m luit
Knte I* a dragon,
I'ulth th" nil tn ghape thai brave* It
Hope hold* the ntlrrupcup
I train U who crave* It!"
Hhc a lulled, Ringing carelemly
ißlim Metro p°iit an l
All Next Week, Starting I
VaUlv Sun. Mat., Oct. 121
Matinee Every Day |
| The Most Gigantic Photodramal
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■'TW'f.Ci'E'O RQ'E;;KLEI fci E^JBSI
WORLbiGKfAuVi '
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K 8 months in New York City. 3 months in Philadelphia. P
■HI 7 months in Chicago. 2 months in Boston.
] A Photo-Play With a Dramatic Punch I
I Cast of Over Thirty-Five Hundred People 1
I Scenic Spectacle of Marvelous Magnitude I
ij The Burning of Rome fj
the very pinnacle of STAGE CRAFT H
I__ The Chariot Races 1
I |= io R R E E PR T°„ D " ROME - I
1® 11 The Banquet in Nero's Palace |
| THE MOST SUMPTUOUS SPECTACLE EVER SHOWN B
1 I™ Tte Christians in the Arena I
<2 B— WITH THE LIONS AND THE HUMAN TORCHES W
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St] MATINEES. 2:30 P. M. EVENINGS, 8:30 P. M. mi Hf I A
H Length of Performance, 2 hours, 20 minutes. .
"Who are thou, young and brave"
' 'I here Ii mora," he said, watch
Inr her Intently
"How do you knowV
"I know that *oiik I remember
It, mid there I* more to It
"I# It this, then?" and she sang
nicn i ii :
"Life la but slumber,
l.ova the nad dream that haunts
It.
Dent) la Ihy waking Klft;
T..ke It who want a It;
"Who art thou, young and hra»e?"
Ilf Hiit for a long while, very still.
Ileal hurled In hi* hands. A rnlst
veiled water und tree*; through It
the retting sun Kent fiery elu»ft*
ihr<'i«gh the mountain cleft. And
when the i«*t crimson shaft wu;
r.jed utid tree and miter fad.-d Into
darker harmony, the ranoe had
drifted far downstream, and now
lay still In the shoreward sand*,
am' they stood together on the
wat. >•'* eige
111 i fine ra had become Inter
loci i d with his, sh« half withdrew
tho'ii eyes lowered.
"I Is strange that our names
[should he Iho same," he wild.
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"I* your nam® Knco'irt, too?" ai.e
fttlf »*r «-<l.
"Yen; 1 know It now. ... I
have Id ih II .<ry 111 flod aliy-in
knows what my hurt has done m«.
Tl.'-ro In it doctor at the house; b«'»
ld-« ii with mo for a long time —n
long time I I wonder why? I
r otifliT IT It wan because I had Tor
gotten «v-n my own name. . . ,
Who are you -a ho hear rny nam*?"
Hhi' swayed almost Imperceptibly
wb'i' »h<- s'o-.il, In- lifted tmth her
tmid'r nidi Ini't them axalnst hla
lip*. looking deep Into her eyes
"Who aie v..ii. bearing rny name?"
h»- wlilllicrH. "I'li':!<-f« your eyes "
It. the twilight hi r 'lurk eyes
opened; she wa* In hi* arm* now,
h'-r h<«d fali«-n a Ilttl<- barkward,
yielding to hi* crushing
her
Try 'ry to remember- before
you kltiH me," she breathed. "I
wlih you to love 1111 I desire It—
hut not like thla. fib, try to remem
ber before It la too late!"
Ido remember' Helen' H»len!"
Her ll|ir on hi* *tlfl<«! tho try; a
low: ftSKli a nob, aiid she lay qulr
c-rlfi; In her hut-band's arm»'
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