THE NEWS AND THE HERALD, KLAMATH FALLS, OREGON
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BY ADELAIDE HUMPHRIES
CHAPTER XXV
'wpo give away your millions!"
Bret looked at her now, re
peating what she had told him.
There was Incredulity in his dark
eyes, amazement.
"Yes." Connie met his dark look
sausrely, unflinchingly. "I have a
plan worked out; nearly com
pleted. It is what I want to do.
The only thing that will make mo
happy. I had hoped that you
would help me, Bret."
He did not answer. She sup
posed he still did not believe her.
He thought that this, too, was
some wild impulse.
"I have thought it out as care
fully as I could," Connie con
tinued. "As wisely, I hope. The
money will be divided into vari
ous trusts and foundations. Some
for colleges; one here, in this
country for these mountain peo
ple; some for hospitals. I thought
I would like to build churches,
like this one" her eyes went to
the tall thin steeple of the little
white church that glistened in the
last rays of the setting sun "in
rural districts. Then there could
be health clinics for all those
oppressed and In need. And a
laboratory to study and fight the
diseases that are the root and
cause. Oh, there's so much we
can do with this money; a whole
lifetime of working and planning
and building together. . . ."
"Together? Did you -say 'to
gether'?", Bret spoke for the first
time.
"That was what I hoped, Bret
What I still want Though, if you
can't, if you won't, I shall go on
with the plan, alone."
"It is a wonderful plan," he said
lowly. "A beautiful plan. But
re you sure you mean it, sure you
won't regret it?"
"I told you that Constance
Corby If deed!" sht cried, im
patiently. What more could she
gay, what more could the offer?
She had given him all that aha
had, not only In worldly posses-
dons, but her heart, the self that
was truly she. It he could not be
lieve In that, accept It . . .
"I am as sure," she said, "as
I am that wt are standing here,
together, Bret on the top of our
hm. As sure," her voice faltered,
but she must go on, though k
might not wish to hear it, she
must be as brave as she had told1
Rodney she would try to be "as
sura as that ... I know I love
fou."
"But you told me that you loved
Rodney Brandon? Only so short 8
time ago."
JJOW could he be so stem, so
cruel? Her love, then, meant
nothing to him. Yet she was not
shamed of it, not sorry she had
laid her heart at his feet She
was glad and proud that she loved
this man before her.
"It was a lie. Said to hurt you.
A pretense, like all the rest of
my life. The part before I ran
away and met you and really
came to life in these hills. The
part when I returned and pre
tended to be the richest girl in the
world, again. Yes, and the most
spoiled, most selfish, most un
thinking. That girl was never
really I. Can't you see, Bret, I
would not have run away from
her, seeking something, if I really
had been that girl in my heart?
I could not have lost that same
heart to you, found the only hap
piness I ever knew, living the
good life, the simple l'f vHJh yjv;
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beside me. I would not be otter
ing you all that I have, all that
I am if what I say were not
true. But as I've told you, I've
grown up. I'm through pretend
ing. I shan't change again, Bret,
though you won't forgive or be
lieve In me."
He did not say anything for a
moment; then he turned toward
her, and now his eyes looked into
hers, deeply, searchingly, as only
Bret's eyes could, causing her
knees to go weak beneath her, her
heart to hammer painfully.
"I told you," he said "that I
had something to tell you that
night, when you said you were go
ing away I wanted to tell you
that I was going away; to ask you
to go with me. I had secured a
new contract to build a road,
further west than this, but in
country not unlike this, either. I
wanted to ask you to build a new
life with me, to make our home,
have our children . . ."
"Oh, Bret!" She held out her
hands to him in a pleading mo
tion. "Why didn't you ask sta
then? Why didn't you make me
go? Why didn't you tell me?"
"You told me that you loved
Rodney Brandon. That was the
only thing that made me agree to
set you free. Love can't be
chained, you know. Nor purchased
at any price. Besides, I loved you
too much to hold you, if you did
not care for me."
"YOU loved me too much . . ."
But now was that love
dead, hopeless? It must be or he
would have told her. She put her
hands before her eyes, turning
away her head. She must not let
him see how much he hurt ner.
She had only herself to blame, if
she had killed his love. She
should be the one to suffer.
"Yes," Bret said. "I loved you
too much. More than myself, more
than life. I still love you In that
same way as I always shall.
Connie . . . look at me! It isn't
much that I have to offer, only
my love, but if it's enough I'll
give it all to you. In exchange,
darling, for your wonderful plan.
Which we will carry out, to
gether."
She took her hands from her
face, looked at him as though she
could not believe what he had
just told her. Such a flood of joy
swept through her, such unbeliev
able ecstacy that she wondered if
she dared believe him.
"It won't be easy," Bret went
on. "To carry out this plan or
to make our marriage over. We
will have to work at it We will
have to make it endure forever
and ever. Not a small task, any
of this that lies before us. But
we can do it I'm sure of that
Not alone, sweetheart but as
husband and wife. We can begin
again together."
"That is enough," Connie said.
"Much more than enough. Why,
don't you know," her laughter
rang out on the fragrant night
that now enveloped them, her eyes
looking into his were unafraid,
her sweet face radiant, "now I am
the richest girl in all the world,
Bret darling!"
He took her in his arms, then
his lips met hers in a kiss that
was solemn, yet infinitely tender.
He said, "And I am the richest
man, dear heart."
(The End)
The annual St. Louis air races,
usually held in May, will be held
during Oct. 14, 15, 16. This plan
will enable army and navy flyers,
who are usually engaged in serv
ice maneuvers during May, to
participate.
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