Love at the Loom — page 63: what you’re looking at

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* se 4 @ sre Ss he —, aa - . oe ig os ie na sae ig cy Set er * eee any ot re ogg CHAPTER VIIT. THE PLOT AGAINST GOLDIE,. _ . Wt was jeepesciiole for either Mildred er her father to: comprehend the condition: of Domald’s: mimd. He hardly comprehended: it himself. All he was fully aware of was; that Goldie drew him: to her’ as: "ae | a spell of enchantment, everr while he was’ struggling with. all his might to be true to the traditions: of his _ race. | It was a fight of pride of blood against a mad, (zy > ¥ ae a _ overpowering love. Fronvhis birth he had beer taught - eco to look down on all who belonged to: Goldie’s walk in . os dife; and now he was like one bewitched: _ Tt seemed’ to: him like a madness; and fie almost staggered and’ reeled like a drunken man when he left _ Goldie. : He asked! himself what he should do. He had pur- posely asked Mildred to be his wife in order that he might have that safeguard against his passion for Goldie ; and yet.he had told Goldie of his love and had _ asked’ her to go to his Southern home with him. He could not wed’ bottr of them; he could not de- eeive both. - One he might wed) and one he might. | Eomichbooks:com