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He fidgeted with his stick, and
looked af his watch every few sec
onds; and when the train was two
nlinutes late he swore. He seized
both her hands to help her out of the
carriage, and his voice was a little un
steady when he greeted her. She
looked calm and composed, exotpt her
< yes. After all, a woman’s words are
nothing!
“co you have com? hack," she said,
lightly. "It is a point in your favor.
She disengaged her hands, and lie
took her arm instead.
“Are you glad to see me?" he asked.
She glanced up at him. Her eyes
were a trifle moist.
"Very glad to so? you. Shall 1 be
as glad when 1 he ir you? You prom
ised to toll me everything.”
lie played with his watch-guard.
"You promiseJ, too,” he reminded
her.
She smiled at her shoes. "I have
nothing to tell.”
"You hn.e?" he whispered. "I want
to hear that you !ovp m - Sill. Will
you tell me that presently 'own by the
river?"
She took his arm from hors and
slipped 1.e.s in his instead.
"I will to!] j a that," she said, "a ly
time a ad a.tywk* . !"
"Then you will marry me now.” he
asked, eagerly, “and come homo with
me?"
"I will answer," she promised,
“when you nave t H nm, down by the
river. Let us be sensible now."
He tc k a cab, an that they should
not. he sen tible for tco long, and dm/:
right Ut iva to th • vc"v end of thi
st retd ; and farther, where you come
to the little river and can choose V
tween a shaky plank and a ford of urt
certain stum s. Ke paid the driver <■
f: re that made him smile excessively
sand chose the stouvs because sV
would a cd his help.
lie put his aim round h r v list am!
bent over her. "Haven't you a wel
come for me, Lucy,” in whispered,
"after two years?”
3he hesitated, met his eyes, an-'
slowiy 111 red lier face. He kissed be
many times and she kissed him one
-—slowly and gravely.
,; 1 did not mean to let you.” she
' protest J, "till you had told me
tmly—"
"Only ?"
"I had to. Oh! Not till you have
told me. There, th n. Now, you are
to tel) me all your—a^alrs, It was a
condition, you know, Jeff.”
"Isn't it enough that I have cum !
hml;? if you 1m * me—”
* Olio gave a sudden little cry.
"Ch! 1 do! I shall never alter. You I
are different, ,)e!f. You can’t help it.!
but you are. How many have thev'
bt “H si", v you went away?"
"No... r," h? asst rtad. slowly. He had;
ti. j mMl; of 'via ; i.n i." ietitly.
"You had letter te l me no.v," sb-.
doclaful. "1 should liad «,ut s-.-one. ,
or 1; or,"
"Of course,” he confessed, "l’vt '
• v v;
■>
X
“Haven't You a Y/aicorr.e for Me
Lucy/”
talked nonsense ti. w >u’ i. A ma
has to. Tha*’s ■v’iat wt -n^a and m«: !
are mad- for! Y- i aren't the sort o
girl to h •!•>■:• ab v. the . It doe.-n
matt ei
“How many 1m ■ t h-*: • been tlm;
have matt> rc ! V d uaiuled.
"Only two."
“Or.o a ■ i.-' Tlo-t •'.< modern tv far
you.' She Kn.d'.o 1 si - In!,. Well?"
He dug the gruun 1 with his stick.
"‘There was a worn n a the ship, go* i
ing home. A .Mrs. Van-, a widow. |
She was an old ban 1 at the game, and !
v e both understood th■•re was nothing
hi it There wasn't, ! at •/. really.”
“You met lea af: .ward.'"
"No-o." She k !-.'d :•.» him. “Well,
ye s. I can t«-ll • 11 any . f them, but
1 can’t to you. s in-r v. I'm an awful
fool to own i'. bv a.:> > it hurts you.”
“A woman vho Lave - yo t has to get
hurt, JefT. You're straight with me,
anyhow. That's h point in your favor."
llo nodded.
"I met her several times at peo
ple's. L inet her twice by appointment.
>n my honor, 1 never compared her
with you f< ,■ a moment. She went
.way for a time. 1 was to go to see
her, but I didn't. That was the enc
of it. F( rgivo me, dear.”
“I fot ive you for her, Jeff. I'm noi
sure tint I shall forgive you for th«
” i1 t.-thi r affair didn’t go nearly s<
far. ' lie asserted. "Really, Lucy.”
•‘Who was she?”
“Only—somebody i mot in the coun
‘rv"
She sighed. “You don’t like to men
tion her name. That's against you
toff.”
"Minnie Waring,” ho said, with a
jerk.
"Was she young? And pretty?"
"Y» s. She was an awfully good Mi
le thing. Lucy. I’m sorry—sorrier
linn 1 can say—about it. There was
10 flirtation; only I could see sh< liked
no a bit. So 1 went away. I should
give been an infernal scoundrel if i
I hadn't. She was only just beginning
o like me; and I—I found that 1
loved you best. Don't ask any more
pie:-: ions, there's a good girl."
' I won’t ask any more questions,"
die promised, "if you have told me all
that matters. 1 don't think you have,
Jt ff."
"I’ll toll you,” he said, "because you
are—yen. You have b“en my 'pal’ as
wall as iny sweetheart; and 1 want to
keep you for both. It' 1 met the love
liest woman in the world, and you had
grown old and plain—you couldn't! —
i should want you. If I fell in love a
hundred times I should come bark to
you. Ill tell you, Lucy; but it will
hurt."
"You have eased the hurt. You are
very good, a, a ‘pal.’ That is another
point in your favor.”
"It was one evening in the summer
house—I was staying with her peo
ple. it was .just getting dusk, and we
had been talking sentiment; sentiment
in the abstract,, of course, but—my
ham! touched hers accidentally, it
was an accident, I think. At any rate,
it wasn't deliberate. She drew her
breath sharply, and—fluttered, it made
me fed rtrun;: >. 1 was very near
kissing he1-; but I didn’t. She was a
girl who mattered, and—there was
you.”
"You didn’t think of me, then, Jeff.”
"Sim was very young and innocent
and good. She was quiet all the even
ing. I walked up and down my bed
room half the night thinking about it
I thought l wras in love with her. Don't
look like that, dear. You know what
you said. Lucy, when I was going
away, 'if ever you meet some one
you Mice better don't do me the wrong
of being faithful; and don’t apologize,
['ve got to be first or nothing. I won't
marry you till I’m sure that f am. But
1 love you, Jeff.' Then you kissed me
of your own accord. You never kissed
me like that before, Lucy. You aren’t
demonstrative, dear.”
”1 feel things.” she said, gently.
“Well, I thought of her; and I
thought of you, and what you said. If
1 had loved her best I shouldn't have
come back. It was no use coming to
you with less than all. You would
have been sure to find out.”
“Quite sure."
♦ Vl •» f f
did love her best. She was so fresh iu
my mind, you see; and she showed
when she felt thins*. I couldn’t forget
how she looked in the summer house.
She was a pretty girl, Lucy, lie* l
felt awful when 1 thought of hurling
you; and 1 knew that I dove:] y ei, only
I didn't s-em to feel !t so much just
tlion. You were :t long way off, and
that makes a difference.”
“If makes a dig ,cn e," she agreed,
to you.”
•‘Suddenly 1 found myself thinking:
I vvi.jh i .'.ild a«;; old L’.n y about it.’
That shower! m * how ! felt to you—
how I trusted yon. You’d I»o hen .,t.
:f It meant your own life.”
”1 iu p • s>>. I'm not sure of myself
if !t meant yours.”
"I thopght how I should always
’.van? you. I! my Ufa; aul how I
■ o dd r::»n yet.* i *t?rs every ’week ,
:. 1 i that y. rha; c 1 oui\
oi 1 I loved ho best h can. ■ >.,u
m: ; r :* .v.*v. 1 fi i d : a | id u;
you waiting, talking, helping p *1
II the thin.; that are nvs. Mice you.
! 11 itldu’t think of you in any tun ;
ner o.-ccep? when you Ids.; - ■ :.:e >' u
td *ht—and I told myself *hat v:t ui't
you. f ■.t -1 , dr. a It' tily. I.ir r
but I want-* i bar, t o."
Sh * sigh ‘ 1. ••She must have been
very nice.”
"I va 1 • 1 about for hou*-u trying t*
lot my thought-; of you settle it by v
sort of tug af-vr ,r b >'w:: o you. 3ht
couldn’t pull > u over, t'. -ug'.i sh * was
so near an 1 y.-u -o fu •. i iri o', t
allow for that. Then 1 had an idea
I'd go right away for a month; and 1
wouldn't h< ar ft ;m her, a a i ! r.mldn’i
Have your letters forwarded—thn" ’.va
when 1 told you 1 was traveling ab oa-i
—and I wouldn't take either of o.t;
l:o;(/graphs, even. 1 mud- vp ni>
mind that when 1 cam - b-ok. > Lou
don I’d just walk up to my mantel
piece, and look a: then boh, then I
should know.
"I cam." back under throe weeks,
really. I wanted your latte-, s. though
I 1 wouldn't own to myself p. -„aj that.
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When I went up to the maatt d.bi
!ier ] ortrait \v :s naaprs't. 1 then•
it was tho eweet'-st. prettied :'nw t i
ould be—she is sweet, and sh< i
petty, and is goal. Hut i h " •>
danced at her, really, for your \
raph wasn't in its place. I n ■
• poke the 1) 11 ringing to ask ahn ,t U
it had only been nio.cd tj the si : v
board. Lucy, I simply rushed at i
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rward if i began to •dmr.'j -my
'.'•entan I always v.- tnt an 1 ‘ die !
.he photograph about it. It a! ••••.'.;■.
lid the sam thing: •Like hop b • ,t
you can.’ Well, 1 couldn’t. In t: .
.ouldn’t even try!” "
She press *d his arm suddenly.
"That is a •„ oint in your favor.”
told him. Her « ves wore ir.oMt id
shining; he was emboldened to 1 -k
iier in his arms.
“The point 1u my favor,” h> d
clarwd. "is that I love yon. Are . o ;
ruing to give me one little kl
“No!" she fit ■ 1. No! 1 am going
o kiss yen ii I did tha* night. I
• vo you. That Is the point in your
avur.”
SURPHIS'; WEDDING
K. F. Gibson, i former splendid
voting citizen of Magness, and Mi-'
Annie Frcirrl . of * >:1 Trough. one of
lie fairest and most excellent dar.gh
ers of old Hid pendencc county, were
luietly married at the New
loiel at Ne .port Monday morning’.
Mr. tlilKoti is a son of Mr. and
Mrs. D. (Gibson of Magm -s, ;>ml
.vent to’Okb.hnina last spring, locuti 'v
ie:i ■ Tulsa. 1! • i, ;i ..plen-lid \ nur.t
nun of sterling iiunlities. tilled with
the energy and optimism Ii <t p< Hen >
the success! ,1 and good eiiitten.
The bride is i d'lighter of Mr. ami
Mrs. J. I.., Fr. , -ii of Hutson, and is
a young lady .. many graces of mind
and person, who i> capable of iilling
the home she will adorn with li.u pi
ness, and. •, d to he truly a help*
mate and .oilman m to the husband
she has chosen to it mop with her
hand.
Mr. and Mrs. Gib-.on left at once
for Tulsa. <>’ a., where they will make
their home. They carry with them the
sincere good wishes < f a host of
friends, an. >:i »;*i The Journal is
glad to be included.
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MEETING AT CHARLOTTE
j 'Fiiis ^ruH-inv little here- is in T31aek
| River town'liij), on tlv* hank of h.c
j famous Dot a crook. < ’> >o«1 crock lu..- j
tom I a ml is one of its c! lef j< - e.-sion- j
, and there are as line crops tin •■* at j
present as an\ one could v. 1 . ‘r <i-- ;
is cause for d- ep and unfoicoed y" Mi- !
tie to Him who yiveth t!i • ••ir!y ami
| the latter rains. There is a!-■«-> a ,1
! citranship in the conmmrit.---1; e
1 progressive men and ; -hi -. . d.
j f istian women. The nr> ; in * was
I t'li'lH’ the direction < f Ji>.
Kelley, pastor of the So'plr'.r 1’ • •'<
: circuit who is in <;ood favor v it1 ! is
people and everybody t is •. Tie* ,v
| viva] was held under tin stak-li st ohl
j elms, tin* planting of God himself.
(They formed a complete roof of slir.de
• and it was an ideal spot to work for
i the Lord in sn-h temples t, t made
i with human hands. Tnere >• •• >• forty
j odd conversions and a .'-Vthodist
! church was or>;ai.iaecl at ( harlotte. ;
i This niov;an mt has for its < hi t: e ,
' conservation of the younjr c ■: a : .;
■ an<l tin' nltima'e rein >v 1 of tl e
Mount Herman church to ih;s ;.-h.i ■
: Fiiis will 11 * the ri'fht tiling i •• t* ••
I Mount Herman church has n l hi
: future, where it is now loe ii - -. jP;it
j will have at ('harlotte. CliariiUte is i
| stragetie point, tie* een r ••eial.
! commercial, moral an ■ i -u • • t. 1 i i .
I Where these four e-s r.d.il elements '
. are, i - a line point for vena and h •- ! ]
man effort. By nature ties pice ,
wonderfully favored. Id. -.had. a
as line, cold, sj>r i water ;<> ma:i s
turned to thirsty lips : _■ • : -a,; •,
, water. The foundation i- $ la d
' for church work that will he r. ui ful
l'or years to come. The con t-- were,
in atre, from hi to To. Methodist and
Baptist worked in harmot \, and < d
will foi’ the promotion of the rreat
cause of our Christ. Vour secihe was
there for live day s and six idyh s. n j.<- ,
iiio* w itli old friends and kindred o. ur.
And Mrs. J. and Paul and Yv illeet
were in social clover all over, and all
in all the event will Ik* h'stori • and K
referred to as the ifivat meeting do
ltl)S held by Bro. Kelles and others.
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