Love at the Loom — page 281: what you’re looking at

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PC CHAPTER XXKV. DONALD IRWIN'S QUEST. ~ When Donald Irwin burst from the sight of Mildred a. is after the ceremony of marriage, it could hardly be said that he was fully conscious of what he was doing. He knew that he must, for his own sake and for is, fly from her presence, for to remain with her was likely to induce a sort of madness, in which he ie do what he would forever regret. His loathing for her was as much instinctive as rea- ‘soned out, though he had grounds enough for repug- mance in her determination to make him wed her after the had plainly told her he did not and could not love her. : | At any rate, his one thought during the whole cere- mony, was to keep his promise, and then to turn from her forever. And as he sped down the street, his one wish was to get far away from the place where he had so suffered, and where his suffering love still must re- main. add fuel to the fire of Mildred’s hatred, he would never | have left Goldie unprotected. _ Bee It was impossible for him, ¢ or for anvone, to Ah! if he had only guessed how his conduct would (Ele) mag Re ecomick 900 iS