. The Sweet Briar Magazine. love you, Millicent! andthe Boys arms had encircled her, drawn her close. O Donald, Donald! she cried, dont, you cant knowwhat you are saying—let me go! and she raised sweet,pleading brown eyes to the grey ones so near. Listen, dear! said the Boy. I love you, tell me youcare, tell me. Then once more he looked into her eyes, but TEE SWEET BRIAR MAGAZINE 249 this time only for a moment, for her lashes veiled theirsecret, and she murmured, dazedly, astonished: I didnt know, I didnt know! But now you know, said the Boy, more as an assertionthan a question—and the muscle
. The Sweet Briar Magazine. love you, Millicent! andthe Boys arms had encircled her, drawn her close. O Donald, Donald! she cried, dont, you cant knowwhat you are saying—let me go! and she raised sweet,pleading brown eyes to the grey ones so near. Listen, dear! said the Boy. I love you, tell me youcare, tell me. Then once more he looked into her eyes, but TEE SWEET BRIAR MAGAZINE 249 this time only for a moment, for her lashes veiled theirsecret, and she murmured, dazedly, astonished: I didnt know, I didnt know! But now you know, said the Boy, more as an assertionthan a question—and the muscles of his boyish mouth fleckedinto the firmness of a mans. Say, I love you, dear—dearest! he commanded. I love you—dear, she murmured. He kissed her. Then he raised his head, and she, with his arm around her,looked at him, happy in the present; but his eyes, grey, clear,as a boys eyes should be, looked off fearlessly into the future. Somewhere, from far off, a whip-poor-will called softly toits mate. Eleanor 250 THE SWEET BRIAR MAGAZINE Cfte pj)ilo$opf)et0 Sterne
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