5/49 "Go your way!" "I'd be madder yet to let you get away again. My way is yours." She halted, cheeks blazing, and looked at me for the first time. What an officer or a soldier says to a girl in this fort makes her a trull in the eyes of any man who sees. Do you so desire to brand me, Mr.Loskiel ?" "No," I said between my teeth, and turned to leave her. And, I think, it was something in my face that made her whisper low and hurriedly: "Waiontha Spring! If you needs must see me for a moment more, come there!" I scarcely heard, so tight emotion had me by the throat, and walked on blindly, all a-quiver. |