" He shook his tall and beautiful head, impatient
of the silky black lock which fell across his forehead.
"Perhaps then 'tis your magnificent carriage they would admire," laughed
the girl, teasingly.
Dick swept her close to his heart. "My golden-throated dove, I cannot
join in your sweet laughter, for I have a boding heart, this day. I have
enemies. They will use my past record. The courts are new, and judgments
swift and cold. If they should send me again to the penitentiary I - "
"Dearest I should know you to be innocent, and I should wait for you."
He kissed her tenderly on cheeks, and eyes, and mouth. He took her hands
from his shoulders, slipping off the little silken mitts and putting
them in an inner pocket, and kissed the soft, pink palms.
"Ah, Lady-Bird, if I should not return you'll remember me?"
"Always."
"My own pure love! No breath of shame shall ever sully your fair name
through me."
"Right well I know that, Richard. God bless you. I will pray for you
every hour."
At evening George Taylor brought her a note from Dick.
Pages:
49
50
51
52
53
54
55
56
57
58
59
60
61
62
63
64
65
66
67
68
69
70
71
72
73