AMENDE HONORABLE



can't pull up. Miss Lady, I couldn't go back now
and begin life over again alone. I couldn't do that
now. I wouldn't want to make you unhappy, ever.
Do you think, oh, don't you think that you could de-
pend on me Don 't you think you could love me!"
  Miss Lady's eyes were cast down, and her hands
were busy at the reins which she shifted between her
fingers. Cherry walked slowly and still more slowly,
until at length Eddring laid his hand upon the
bridle, and Cherry turned about an inquiring eye.
He reached out his hand and took in it the small,
gray-gloved one which had half-loosed its grasp upon
the rein.
  "Miss Lady," he whispered. And then slowly the
girl lifted her eyes and looked full at him-her eyes
now grown soft and gentle.
  "Yes," said she, "I can depend." Her voice was
very low. Yet the woman-whisper reached to the edge
of all the universe-a universe robbed of its last se-
cret by the woman-soul. "I can see you clearly," said
Miss Lady, softly. "I see your heart. Yes. I am
sure. I understand-I know now who I am. And
I know-I know it all. All !"
  "But do you love me" he demanded; and now
Cherry's nose was drawn quite over the neck of
Jerry. Miss Lady would not answer that, but turned



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