I'm, yiwr UIITJ. 4I.UL? 1 JlttWi ..W t 5 a 7' vyu .aM,. j - "viPWIlijiv,,iv"tiiJ'w1a.KS)'-5ij filWW W".T.T V YZVtVrKi WBPJl"' ,H' ivh y 'i ",. A EVENING PUBLIC LEDGER-PHItiADELPJaiA, SATURDAY, JULY" 15, 1022 rrwrm - jm t Kir Uiil. mm" sm' - if ' p . 1 I IP : !KC i -v' ri L' l J5-! l w vra1 s pn By Edith tiarnard Delane ( One e ie Evening Public Ledger's New Short Stories in the Series of Unpublished Fiction by the Best American Writers of the Day "VN THE way back from the pest- office Anltn Prcscett stepped at the turn of the read where the old apple tree was shedding its rosy petals, and looked down at Miriam's house. Just se had she first seen it 6n that day four years before, when she and Michael were en their honey moon, wandering: vet it was net that moment of companioned ecstasy that had brought Tier unck, but the remembered peace of it. Peace that was what she hnd wanted; when she determined te escape from all that was net peace, an mat wub uiemu- Wc can aien. a sudden vision had come te fnir her of the little white house under the elm, the red reef and the smeka wavering up from its chimney, and the strong, smiling woman who had Kivcn them milk te drink. Peace a refuge during the long year that , j she must wait for freedom; peace that she must have, and that, she told herself, she should find here. Determination, vision, flight, then a visit te a lawyer who "took" cases like hers as if there could be any ether like hers! and, finally, speech with Miriam at the deer of the white house. "Yeu don't want te beard here," Miriam had told her. "I have a room, yes. And I'd just love te have you. But this isn't the place for "Come In," Miriam hnd wild, and s fnr that remained tlie fullness of ex plnnntlen between thorn. Anita wns thinking of It today be cause of the letter she had brought from the village, the letter postmarked Cleve land nnd forwarded by the man who tools cases like hers. "Yeu will remember that you were warned," her mother hnd written. "Your hiding yourself nwny new Is nothing mere than a nose. It doesn't help things. Yeu can get your divorce here as well as wherever jeu arc, and you will come home nt once, where you belong. The sooner It is nil ever, and forget the unfortunate af- f-1 y .' -A Anita's lips twisted Inte n bitter little Mnlle; her eyes hardened. She crossed the rend te the grassy bank under the apple tree, nnd leaned her elbows en the fence, looking off across the mellowing Holds. Itcyend n tremu- eus breath of green along the river ; early-plowed furrows glcnmlng where the setting sun touched them : purpled shndews under the hill, apple-blew In her hair, bluets nnd violets under her feet, n world pulsing te new life this (pilctude, this pence, pence but for her thoughts her being here a pose ! Oh, yes, they had warned her! Heavens, hew hadn't they warned her! She had been wen by the glamour of n uniform; they didn't knew anything about his people; he wasn't their 'sort' 1 He wns peer ; worse, he was visionary, with these tnlked-ef inventions of his; did she suppose she could b happy as a peer man's wife, even though she did have a wee bit of money of her own? And leek nt the wny his lips set, and that hard leek that came into his eyes when he faced their perfectly natural opposition te the marriage! She hnd always been hendstreng, nlwnys wanted her own wny ; did she think she could get en with a man like that 7 Oh, it ' wns unthinkable ; se the family hnd wnrned her. And their warnings hnd but ndded te her feeling of rclcnse, her joyous scne of conquest, when the had gene te her man. Tour years nge and new it wns nil ever! Her mother hnd no better word for it thnn te call It an unfortunate 1. JLJm2&-Ql'l$ Ia .' "Nita! It's Nita!" "Michael! I've come back" Edith Bnrnnrd Delane hraan tcritini when she irut little mere thnn n 'jiil, nnd sold im mediately her fnut ten stories. Seme yinr.i atje he terete a hook called linpi," trhich Mary J'irkferil mw hefere it teas publhhtd. and .Uri. Delane ten? asknl te make it into a pirn. Vem theia she u'ent right en mnkimj moving pic tures. ISut Mis. Delane ii an artiit, and the call te return te the "legitimate" rrtinn of fiction 1vn tee great. Fhc aban doned the motion-picture field, except vicariously, for her place as a novelist. father, that old man who gave her no I The day the letter came she went out pleasant word, nor helped In her tasks; after supper nnd sat en the doorstep, the old man with a snnrl. a bitter name I A young moon hnd left the night te the nffalr, that mnrrlage nnd the divorce for her sometimes; the old man sitting , radiance of gleaming stars; the tender she was waiting for. Ne better word j in the sun, or in the window with n sweetness of the nlr wns pierced by tin ier these four brimming jears of life. I I'lble en his knee. Miriam serene in song of the little frogs caroling their Only that, for the first glad confidence ' the kitchen, humming, tramping from , return te life and the sailncss of pnst stove te tnele. Amta mie, ininKing. j summers nnu me joy 01 me summer 10 The cow lowing for her calf ; Miriam come ; the fragrnnce of the drying fields carrying a brimming pall of milk across was like an incense. A world drewslu-j, the grass te the heuse next deer, the yet btlrring te resurrection. girl there who went In when she saw i Michael at work, of course her reming with the gift; Anltn, re-! later, the opening of a deer membering Michael, his obliviousness, innd the night's nir coming in; his step thlnkine. thinking. lilueUirds nesting; en uie biairs ami uie way me way of having found her mate ; for the happy making of the little home; for her pride in her Michael. That, for the daily growing loneliness, the feeling of being cut off from her own world ; for the slowly creeping reserves be tween them that had been swept away, at lessening Intervals, by the rebles don't knew anything you. Yeu about me." "As much as you knew about me." The ether shook her head. guess it's different," said she. "Felks around here don't have any thing te de with me. You'd be lonely." "I want a place where I can be alone." homing of their leve: that for qnnrrcls, Miriam running te n cbiul wlie mm and kisses, for bitter words anil re- stumbled in the read, wiping the tears pentaut cheek te cheek, for the hours J from its face; Anita, thinking of the that he was away from her and his in- ' children Michael Lad wanted, nnd she creasing absorption in his work nnd hnd net. The clod of n youth next deer her unreasonnble jealousy of it ; for the ' and the stone he threw nt Miriam, and crowning moments of their repledged ' the wny she smiled when she put : Het love eh, for all of it, everything! I water en the cut; Anita, thinking. Net great things; net even great thinking of the wounds of the spirit things, but little things that totaled se that she had kept te herself and rc rc disastreusly high; and nt last, for her seated, thinking, thinking. I ' conviction that their mnrrlnge hnd been "Yeu nren t mucn iu,e euw ...... a mistake, that they were net meant ter , .Miriam sum iu ..w ..v ..-, - ... t .1. ,.. 1nn1nr nnftthOf 11T1- n.n,-h ether, that the only thing te de ' hurt come dc i i"'i. -"' .- was te end it, te end it. Then, her flight : her communicating with him through the man who took cases like hers; and, at Inst, Miriam's. Ah! Ne no! M TnC woman gave her a steady leek ; then she said, calmly, as though offering an explanation that did net xulteh'ing Miriam, thinking. .Sap rising. OW for a month she had been here, where she hnd thought pence must lwell: been here watching spring come N thnnked gift nt the heuse next deer. "Yeu never ask any questions." Well yu aren't much like ether women, yourself." Anita answered. 15ut Miriam laughed, tossed back a stray lock of hair, said "Oh, yes, I am! That's jit exactly what I am!" The old man muttered nn ugly name. nlt!i wnlclieil .Miriiim. watched the touch hchulf ut all. "My name's Mir inm. Around here they -i-em te think it ought te be linear." Anita Hushed u little under the bald ness of it; but shu Mild: "Well there's a wilderness ter most of us. I am iu fllfht, tee." en the wing; Miriam, working; swelling appebmls W; 'ed birds en the w nB; - 1 1, w.. King; s e . ,, . . .--; 7nml ,..,,,,,,. Scat nrtlemt Snr Anit S of comfort. Se had the weeks must ,,,-some, 1 '' r' .LM,!.! Mlrlnm nn.l l,nr nn.SPll. MH 111,111. IRIAM'S skirt was brushing Anltn'q nhniil.lun "U'lint n nlr-lit'-' she Paid. There wns a bnsket In her hand. "Don't you want te walk down tlie rend? I have an errand. A man who does work for n.e sometime! is In trouble." They went side by side through the song and the Incense and the star light, Miriam intent upon her crrnnd, Anita remembering, thinking. They went through the vlllnge, nnd these they met passed them by as though they were shadows. They came te a house en a hllllde bejend, a low, peer house, where a lamp shone from within. A man came te the deer. Ills eyes In his unshaven fnce looked as though some lire of pain had burntd in them I nnd died, leaving them scerclitd. He I looked at Mlrinm. 'I can t come te work in the morn- "She ain't et anything yet," the , my mind that what I cculd have would man said. "She's awful blck grlev !n" Before they hnd gene fnr en their homeward way the man overtook them. "I wanted te ask you, Would It be showing respect If I did it for them myself? The sexton charges $."), nnd Hut I wouldn't want te de any thing that didn't show respect." Mlrinm touched his arm. "It would be the most beautiful thing you could de," she said. "You'd always have It te remember that you had done tome teme tlTlng for them." As they nenrcd Miriam's house she said beftly: "It Is such a very beauti ful world." "Beautiful 1" All of Anita's bitter ness, nil the dregs of her accumulated thinking, lay In the word. "Yes, it is. Struggle is net beautiful or shirking, but just living it." "There wns denth back there, wasn't there? 1'uln first and death nnd sor row. Is that beautiful? And your days the wny you hnve te work, the way people that stone Hew can you call It beautiful?" "I knew," said Miriam. "I used te feel that wny, tee. I hadn't weighed things. I used te think mere nbeut what I had te pay than about what I had. Of course, you have te pay for whatever you have. Everybody has te pay, one way or another. But that's only fair. Life's worth it " "Never! Nothing could be worth what you hnve te pay sometimes." "Ah!" The word wns n murmur of pretest. Then Mlrinm said: "hook up at that sky. it was a night liln- this she told him. "I'll he tomorrow. Here's some- ' thnt I went nwny with him. Oh, I lit for her te ent. Ycu tee. You'll need your j watching, thinking. Miriam nnd her , passed. knew what I wns doing. I knew what they'd think of inc. Iughtly. tee. I knew I'd have te pny. but I'd made up be worth it. It's the grcntcst thing there Is. I guess everybody pays for It one way or another. We had al ways loved each ether. I threw him ever, and after metlier died nnd I can.e unci here te team tJie sctioel and leek after father he wns married te some one else. They lived next deer. Yes, these nrc his children. He nlwnys worked hnid, but he never get en. His wife she wasn't easy te live with. At last they had te take her te the nuylum hopeless. Her mother came te leek after the children. Then he get tuber culesis. There en the perch, night and dny; net a chance for him here, but in the West. Se we went. He lived eight years. And I lived thorn. New I'm paying; that's nil. It wns worth It." Oh, these thoughts thnt sobbed nnd sng, these thoughts thnt etung nnd throbbed nnd flamed! "Werth It! Then whnt you hnd wns different; somehow greater " "It was just whnt ether women have. Geed and bad. The better and the worse. Marriage Is like that. Neither of us was an angel. Yeu don't live with any man eight years en honey. His wife died seen, nnd we were mar ried before the law ; but sdtnctlmes I remembered what I'd done, nnd some thing in me shrank away from myself ; sometimes he wns lonely, fretful, im patient. "Wc said things; we wanted things. But we had each ether. We belonged Yes, It wns worth It." They walked en through a shadowy plnce nnd enme out into the starlight ngain. "Yeu nre te strong," whispered Anltn. "Because I came back here te leek after them nil? I'd hnve had te pny, anyway. It's life that's strong. Yeu don't get away from life. Life makes you pay, even when you think you're dodging payment. Ilenest life is. It gives, but It makes you pay for- value received. One way or another. Tliey were passing the house next deer, where the surly girl and the cruel lnd lived. "One thing you escaped," Anita said. "Yeu must be thankful that you hnd no children." Mirinn. steed still and looked at her. "I would give nil the rest of my life," she said, "if I might have put a child of mine Inte the arms of the man I loved. I would go into nny bondage IT I might only serve a living child of my own, nnd it would be freedom, blessed freedom." Anita shuddered. "Ah you're net llke any ether wemnn! Ne one else would sny that, honestly! Children are care and anxiety and mostly sor ser sor iew de you think anybody deliberately cheeses that, today?" "I knew they de! It's a smnll price te pay for the joy of It, child." "Never! It's net worth it! I don't believe nny one honestly thinks It Is!" Mlrinm walked en. "Come with me tomorrow," bhe said. "I think per haps you'll understand better then." QO, IN the morning, they walked the rend together ngain; this time Miriam had a great sheaf of blossoms In her arms. They enme te n quiet place en a Ii ill nnd there they met the man of the night before. There wns n smnll box at his feet, carefully wrapped, nnd in his hnnd a spade. He began te dig, and as the yellow earth became n mound Anita drew back, shuddering "One was n boy and one was a girl," the man snld. "Twins. The ethers Is all girls." "Yes," said Mlrinm, softly. "Twe te love. Twe te remember." "We'll de that," said the man. "Beth of us will de that." Anita's hand went te her thrent. They waited until the mourn was higher, until the man btoed wiilst-deep in the earth. "I guess it's enough." he snld. look ing up at Miriam. "They're se little." She gne him the boughs of bloom. "Make them n soft bed." bhe told him. He took them tilossems that would never be fruit nnd lined the grave with them. Anita watched his mired fleiml touching their pink nnd whiteness VI rcsslng Uicm. lnrlne tliim . a.'. I etnntu nrnfn friar! riiM !. . ""I - - i""" "- ";" no cutanea enM and knelt beside the Lex en the ,. 1 "Would you want te see lt?' ill "On, .vmI" Miriam ranrmnrd.' steeping; Anltn had all she could? net te draw bnck. But she eenld m tnke her eyes from these seU-jrlm!! hands with their nails broken by J ns they unfastened the pnper. V lintwla tAWA tin )! .(. -1.1. . imi.ue ncic euumug, Emitting) tht B did net leek up. " "It's velvet. Bee white velvet H Miriam knelt and touched the is fabric. "Oh, lovely, lovely," he Ju "Twins," the man said, hi, nu. husky. "They're layln In there m their arms around each ether n leek like little dells." ' "It Isn't everybody has twins." Vu. -uu. ....... avu it; linu uicm, "That's what my wife said. ra glad we had them anyway, Ben Ai snld." He laid the little box 'J upon the soft bed of flowers. Anita, feeling as though the win-.! her spirit were beating against te tinnrf dftttnftln.1 ..... f. .. " Last year's Jeaves underfoot; a deed thrush In the path; ferns unfeldlnt and and the earth falling from tki spade, back thcre . Life. .w . life, everywhere honest life, thit gave nnd gave, and made you pt. Bread of understanding Water of comfort Michael QUIB found their little house locked J and unlightcd ; she guessed tfc.f t. had net used It since? tier flight. Shi found him en the. old couch in his of. flee, an arm thrown ever hl9 ejn a the gesture jf sleep that she ,,. bcrcd. Her picture was still en kit desk ; but the littered untidiness of hii papers, his crumpled clothes, the west relaxation of him, all impressed her is never before with the pitiable helpless.' ncss of the male, his unconscious ds pcntlcnce en wemnn-mnde comfort. "Michael Michael" Oh, en'htr knees Just te touch him The eyes that met hers were like tilt ether man's who had lest and suffered blackened from a flre thnt had burned tee het nnd tee long. "Nita!" It whispered. Then, sitting up, "Nlttl It's Nita 1" Net a sob speech first, nnd htr hands upon him. "Michael! I've come back. I'm sorry. Michael. I didn't understand!" "Understand" "It's you I want, Michael nnd life te be together. I'm willing te pay" His grnsp en her nrm3 hurt her, but the hurt made her glad. "Nita! Whtt nre you talking nbeut? Pny?" "Pay yes! I've found out, Mlchstl I've thought, eh, thought! I was wrong I wanted happiness, and I wnsn't willing te pny for It. I thought you could have, without paying. I knew better new. Yeu have te pay for everything llfe makes you de that, whether you want te or net. But It's worth It, Michael, it's worth It." His face close te hers, his ejH smoldered, with a gleam of lire te them deep. "Werth it!" "Ah yes! Yeu and me, together! That's the great thing. Nothing else counts. Life I want all of It, feed days and bad; all our joy and even even sorrow. And children I want children; nnd work, nnd and wantlni nnd hoping eh, I want you! Yeu, Michael ! I'm willing te pay whatever rinust New it wns his arms thnt hurt, and Ills heart en hers that made the singing. Oh. my darling! l-ife can't ne iepi i new i enough, te pay for all Unit! you se " Oh. spring ana blossoming summer, and the fall of leaves. Oh. life and its song and Its battles! Oh, the desr weight of his head en her breast, her hand en his hair! Oh, premise fal lillment! , . "Yes, denr yes I I'm here wlft you " Covurieht, 199, lu Vnittd Vtatun 5i7inst All rlfllits reserved, JrproducMen preilMNa. Hew e, Great Lender, Almest Ruined by a Meney Marriage Happiness Through en Unusual Wemnn s Leve Is Fnscinatingly Told in This Story of Intrigue, Politics, Mystery and Komonce uy inc iseiea Muitwir or ine ireat Impersonation, Iho r-rehteers, Prince Shun" and a Scere of "Best Sellers" and a faithless wile, Kecains success and "The Great WHO'S who in Tin: .teuy AS'DHEW T.J.l.i:VTi:lirilnnt ta I has lived with me n long time, and upon m.; this afternoon. 1 ,..,i,i m n !iinv? It would be kind- town. I urn en my way Clt Yerk I am leaving' "Yeu have brought me here te an-1 "But his disappearanco disappearance bnck te New swer these- questions?" ' nbeut thnt." as a matter of fuet. nnd I shnll ranlen me, he reminded her, i "We were within n few feet of the ByX.PliHiicBs Otrj)TOein.Keiirii tell me "Tell me." she asked, with nlmest In- I much less Prlme Minister of England, selent irony, "de you believe that there ' Miller can use these papers te my un- ruuiu ui.t uavu uecn a rigut person ler ueini shhu. n.hat.,1 u,r ranwmn.1, k h' Iu. res( t0 ,s fcct, ticMtnted ter e iu me. eu .im no .1 "'"'""';", ,.,',, " " """.i " " f-ugc ei uu! ciiu. i sihick mm iinrunr. your s,i,u shrugged her shoulders ns bhe cnnu (iurimj I n iii-w jwinicrti pire ,.E ( ,,, then crossed the see I liu-ceiiic te visit j ou instead. lul',. . . .'perhaps, than I hnd intended, and he "My Ged, yes " k answered, with ' turned toward the deer TerWcVZ;? ZluXS'iM ' "llu tiZ Z Z iui a n;" Bl.- at tl. "It is yry Kind," he answered. ' ' ut why should you expect flint I went ever. I steed then- and looked n sudden '.. -1 suffer the tort res e 'f "Yeu , re i 1, the feel," she said, ',cr i'rnr':0 '""- sa little frast. He closed the deer' She shrugged her shoulders nnd , she. , giu- ou in erma ion " she il... , down, but I could see nothing. I heard ' the damned sometimes becauv- I missed ! "who tried t lull it c niv of rJrr j'X Zintu Rlrl.siK'!!, 'lull? 'laln- hfi'l-wenled1 ,M felngt fc&.et Pevrt n'drew'wK eS ' Kfa ied'-te con , .WMr! ww life i'.l Ml rS'w'hy1 ' J feTiu ' ed ? T. ttWAft nlyTilt? X&X'A"dlZ' SSS AST1IOSY r.iJ.Llsrnu.iie hai telrn vat-, '' ; l 3 i ie loekcil hii ami down, we were married." ion earth should 1 intervene te pre- discovered nethine " I ns reirnnk lnllls..i-v. T , ntVl. ,,.,,: L,,i, i y? i'ii uat)l political ,.a,ri rem .imlm". nud i a tcvid wind, ue loehuu h i' "" ' . , ri.., ni-lirliborheod is a conservative i vent if'" cevirui neiiiing. ns refcnriis I nniset well, I am sorry, every thought jeu iiave been capable of who. e,ur a uarrti. has mv,nrwu,lj d(.- thought out the way ' 'Is club end i h i. Ifc horheou Is a nervav IT shruececl his shoulders l W,!VB. h,B.h ti,,n ,hnt nht BL10 P"'-'. ,he ,low-'e may hnve been since the day 1 met veu hnie been gUei. a"')"lm' . ' shivered, thought out In misery the wn T' ., ! i ' 'ii.,! i 1,, 1 tl I ile shrugged tils shoulders. crlc(li ..Yet, knew v(1 wc thflt hc evnb 0 te you, but he was a coward te that ene thing. You'll find It a little rfLl-irt -!, .?.vC1Hre(r';roeL.0fT &nX. !V ml tI ., Jjn.1 ,. I. me-and be p.W. lam d.flicult te Mf SSln! "iWt MX 'yAeThra,i:?"-lr,SS..r.;rj? I'fte e w" '.amirm up. intended1 me te dwell in tmlnccj." lllnie "betweS'"" he'eVt Tallen "l eplIeTn l n 'ly "' " S me corned a little dared uue'; wllitiny'0 Yelf .mTtnl'un ...i.i. .......... the milSlC Ol IU11IIS in'iiui, u.. .it. . - .... .v. ..,.... J'lll a lieereSS. eUWl U IIIIUk Iiecr -llie veins Rnnmel tr, t.tnn,l nt ft l.n nrrlKteil "tl,n, ll,,,rn I.. Hnlln .t..l.nn T .!..... , i..i ... , w.i,mn. -, , . .... L, , ,1,,.,,, i nn K Hlie llv tlfirnp 1 II v. inew wnm :.. i , .... ... , I t, STl!fllt: IJAHTKKYthr errat I.aber-IAb eral cl.ivt, u slat amfin, but tcitheut ability ns n thirty (autr Jer untcik ttf nrKs IQt- ri,,. ,l,,p!tiec(I. i.ven ll he felt the bands of sclf-iontrel weaken A visum of the cud, gray did uu want of me. n!enc? There Is n scheme en feet," plcdg 1 made te you wlieu we were ma hn ' I rtut am r nnnur tfi i (tin liiiuii Iciiir. I ",-" ",-; -i terrified him. H was began.' "te br ng ubeut my pelltica , "-" '", : , '""" " 'i'--i iiercciy nnsieus jhui- iuuuu in i-uniameiu your ambl- NOlt.l JM7.la5r..nln0veu..a(mFilrl ' 'ALn''i l! .J'. 1 , hii l,nn ruin," I T.'.' '.'""' ' P.0'.1" "f..Yip.lv- J.. SUP.-. te Strike. tieil?" and radical. . love .i. Uartre-j. 'e 'hnlbee wrecked in that fashion. "Veu don't mean te tell me." she ?!'? " hi:?I?: ... ::.V'l lLtC ..; I.s"r.1.1Be '"formation " she cried. "Mere,'' he .leelnrr.) vigorously MILLUtt-a coerse-yramca raaicei. iM.H, sei.hy. as the , ears creep en is exclaimed with a sudden light in her " "".'" ' ?" or ', ' " n , 'el ' I ll(l """" C c,,nrBBU w,,n "13 mUrH evnr Imii l.n.l in nr V i"!B i1 ''" f!r hf , Lmr conselnllon. He saw him- I eves . "thnt . v..n. mv weM.hehaved All- " '". ' " t0 .et. 1.1U0r""l,U0n . fl "" . .0"' "i-r ! I ej er ha e had ill life which I wouldn't ni:AnNOUA,"hebegged,"bek.nd self witlMhejewe. of life iu his ..and. (,Vew. have i.VTSlWZT. .Be.,,. " I B'". nd V!:lJ,'i.:'1'n"CC-,, I -' 10 me. it is ier your sane, i Knew iirepureu uj rai u ""., . uu ,u...... , arl n going 10 ne 1 rii-respeiiuuiu or i ,, tii,.n t,. u.n.nii i,.t,.nt i i i ;.i .i 1 ' . i i7 . . ... what love should mean for you. what i? nd and ran the stone steps, n w f ,, t -t?" ' T, - 0 t ' "ft ZuWA?. I nJJtXt task te leek into lie future for jeu. , Stephen rnnsfermed. rejuvmated, the, '1. " i""'1","' b"t. . 3 '"';rr- '-n troubling me." by the production of the body. And for Stella smiled a little bitterly. "Can't you undei-stand," she whis- f, ,.' bl llnB out of Ms ,j,s, the le ' n n , "me "I have no objection te telling you," third thing, I should deny the whole , "Well." she said. "I suppose I nm a ' percd fever.slily, "that I would rather , , ,, f r whlch hllP ,,,, ,,rnyed. , ""''','' "c? i . 'hS-S or k 't l.ferS hhe Mli''- "tlmt B"ue thnt n,ht 1 'ave story." brute, but I nm glad te h, ,w that you , have six years of your life, and Its ,, ,.ume t,nv.lnl her. speechless wive ' iiUj jti J "Vi val f?em I on.Ien hi "''" s(,,n ,,or ll,'unl "f l'- er fury abated, though the hate In enn suffer. 1 hope jeu will suffer It afterinuth. than an eternity with any f()r (,ne lmiP cry that ended like n seu I ''"'' ,?f ,n nrrnjl rrem j.onuen lust ..Whllt i,apI)Cned that night was slm-1 her eyes remained. makes you seem mere human unhew ' ether mini? liend down your head, ln )lls threat, took her into his arms I ",?'" ,,,., ,A mrmn,i ,ple," Tulleiit.. explained calmly; "per-! "I think," she declared, "that you Hut in return for jour confidence 'l wi'i I ,x Stephen." tenderly but fiercely, held her te him I ..V ,,., iment hi went en ,.. hnps jeu would call it primitive. Yeu are the most cold-blooded crenture l' answer the ether part of your fines- J Her hands were clasped around hHw,,,0 the unsuspected passion of his !,,,,',' vTXmviUler from the " the room. 1 beckoned IMIliser te ever knew." I tlen. The man Miller wns ni tl e ,,nor i ntck, her lips forced his. Fer u mom- lip, )rnght paradise into the room. P'l "' A 'e nj I alii Hter.;en ' tollew n.e outside. The enr was still In i The Irony of the situation gripped at that afternoon. 1'alllser confess" te I rrr rs Yeu care?" she tultered. '-lliis '' '"'."'''' .:" T.;.i...' .." the -ivenue and the servants were tnking him. He rose suddenly te his feet, filled l net p ty " t ,, , . , J'oTitent The spot where we wi,h Verwheln.ing desire te end It. He held her te him till she nlmest of It en :he n"" en the terrace, tee, was exactly! '-.Stella," he snld. "te me you nlwnys swooned. The restraint of se many ' te Iielitical opponent of mine .lames ,,,.,., J(Mlr window. I t.- K I lu. seemed, especially during our last few j ears wns broken down. , l1',"' h. ,10 urm nd I led him nleug the little Venr together, cold and utterly indlf- imi.ii.i i iiiteM ii 1 1 im run rnnrnnr x hum no iiwi'i'i iiiviu nud ( iuuj 111 - . . . ltrr Tin . - i unit , ii . s,.. :-:" Li.. . m .ilft :.ll.lin.i i piun uiwnni me rim uni v rnuir fi.rpiit he iihked nubHlunute y. 111 their lips the pflse, Mie siiuncu. I , .u ,.. f,,i.,... in- ihn u-nii iw him J:..." .s.s.i... '.."". ' .i...f t L. -..,.. whiif "If veu ul I cIvh me veur nttentlnn lJ v... .-,.., ,.., r? ," "r V " j iiiki'ii -vW- ,,,,.. uuuiit. uuei cHu.i jwu .... . v v , , - , n . ,Uf(l, t tii ir ni iifici nnvtinni? tn s i mi rnr nnn tniminnr nrifep . in npirppfi. "ir nw " "- ' ": . " " " Tnllente wns seated at breakfast a will be all I ask. I want you Vt...'11 ' Tin e ... . , l.t lr nnl.1 , ., Ortf tt nil ,1'ln.tlif.i. .Tiiihej Mil nr Olie lew UlOrillllKS lUU-l much inn n m- iiuu "; "" " - - him nn unexpected vl-lt. She respond- I culled at the Maner that afternoon and .... i.. i,u irrei.iinL with n cold nod. saw I'nlllster. whether any one called .. i .i... ....it l,i..l. I... fr..,.,l 1,, l ulin mli'lit I, nvn linnn tinlnlne lilin nr "I "PnllUpp H11K tWCIItV Vl'lirs VOUIieer lllliseii uie i-eiiii- nm. ii .ii- ......... ".."." - ,.,....":..., ...... I ...'....I i.'ii.i . "...i :... .!.. f,.- ...1 1 .,.c..'. Illlll tllO t'HS -L'lllllr WlllCll llO pUSIlCU Ml-IIJ Ulllll 1 llllll Ol III iuubi ciUlll Ullim mill lliu riKlll. jiriemi i". .. "" me.. v forward te the lire. "Whether you have heard anything strength," he mid. "It was net my I Iho right person for jeu. rsew answer "I get your letter, Andrew," sue et I'uuiser since ins disappearance. inuit tiiut ne sccmeu uuuuic te ui-u-uu i tue rest ei my iiucbuuu n one luuucu ui ihiu iiuiui;. iiuukck. pari. f . .:..(.. i '-''.encnei , worn nnnus. hiie loelccu at you euro ier, care ler in the bis way serve that 1 should wish jeu geed for ;;," , nun wiin an uie suppressed passion et a ' a woman wan means as much te you ns tune. I can't make up my mind. Hut l will nud geed-by !" Khe left him in the end nultn sinl- . Idenly. He hnd net even time te open the deer for her. Tnllente looked out of the window and watched her drive away, ills teellugs were lu n curiously numb state. Ker Stella he had no feel- ilng whatever. Her loulirumtieii of I'u'llser'h perfidy hed awakened lu him no new resentment. (Iiilv in a vague way no ucgnn le realize thnt Ills fore bodings of the last few days were founded upon n reality. Whether Pal -User lived or was dead, it was tee lute for him te undo the mischief he hud done. Tnllente took up the receiver nnd asked for Dartrey's number. In half nn hour lie was en his way te see him. ent they remained se, while the room warn around tier nud her iicnrt throb bed like n mud thing. Then she slowly unlocked her (inns and drew uway. As though conscious ()f what she was doing, she found herself rubbing her lips softly wltli her liaiiditerciiii-i. hue threw her self back in her chair u little lessly. "Very well. Stephen," she said, "you knew your heart best. Drink your coffee nnd I'll be sensible again directly." Te his horror she was shaken with sobs. He would haw- consoled her, but she motioned him away. Illt. sltnnlieii." kin, rip.lf1i,rl. fT nm tttT-te be such a feel but this thing I said, "la which you proposed te call He had nothing. I thrtiahid Yeu hullv!" Tnllente raised Ijls eyebrows. came fL.rent. I knew new tiiut I was mis- In your wny you tared for 1'al- User. Yeu starved me. My own fault, jeu would say? I'crhnps. Hut listen. There Is n way Inte every man's heart and n way Inte every woman's, but seniellmes that way lies hidden except te the one right p-'rsnn, nnd you wt-ren t me that he had given him some im periiiui (lecuiin-iii, "(liven him!" Vtcll, sold him, then. Teny hndn't CIIAI'TKH XIV Tnllcnte hnd the surprise of his llfe when he wus shown Inte Durtrey's lit- ue 111111111: room. a late ireii ifiikt get ii shilling in he world and he would ' was still upon the tnble and Ne never take n halfpenny from me. He seated behind the coffee pet. Hi ra was She took "I can't wish you happiness, be cause you have found it." he ssW.' "Wis-e nnd wonderful people! Let twj see if your coffee is what I slieuli expect. Nera." he went en. "Te tell von tin, tniHi T linvn liinl rather 1 disturbed breukfast." . "Se have we," Dnrtrey ebserTM. "Yeu nicnn the Leeds figures, el course?" Tnllente shook Ills liend. "I haven't even opened n DSTrt pnper." "Herlock went down hlmclf TJJ tcrdny te sjicnk for Ills candidate. Ou man is In by fiTOO votes." "Amnzing!" Tnllente murmured. "It is the greatest reversal of ngurH in ..ntt.t....i i.i. ........ ti, ....... ilpMnrtu. it. ..UIli,lll Htni.lIJ, 4'l..J ..v.- ; "Listen. Tnllente. 1 was unite preiiarM M te go the session, as jolt knen, " Horieck's had oiieiibIi. He ls asWnl for n vote of confidence en Tuesasy. He II lese by nt least sixty votes. "And then?" "Wc can't put It off nny longer, ws shall have te take office. I "'""'.P, sent for as the nominal leader of ids purty und I shall pas., the summons en te you. Here Is n list of names, bems of them we ought te see uneUielaliy once." - Tnllentp looked down the "P paper. He came te u dead step " Ills linger upon Miller's name. "I knew," Dnrtrey said sympntnfJ' lenlly, "but. Tnllente, you ilist,.rf' member thnt men are net made el i the snme meld, nnd Miller is the "M between iin nnd a great many i most earnest disciples of our fall"- '" politics a man has sometimes te be cepted net se niucli for Vhat ne , as for the power which he ri-pu-senn. , "Has he agreed te berve under msi Tollente iiupilred. ,j 'We linve never direct .V dlsCUIW the subject," Dnrtrey replied. I ...1 ...! .... .1... n. "Hi It hnt iBht hf.ir'ft w In , Mil ' l"V"I,l,'"l "I"" Vls ''"barriihsnii-nt. posed ruther ns the anibass.uier - u thin niMit li lern jeu came. Miller "eu've surpr sed our seciet." she we i-utiie te ou at Mnitlnwe, but sret'se, 'ice nenev'" ,fr",h 'r H-- oxelnl...el. "bu't, anyhow. Stephen was l. ler 'of ' m-t ' if 1. Interest. JOU branches e his . iv Vmv"i"" "'" I Bell"i ,,n., H ' te.lny. We were te knew It, hc was strongly opposed te br mhis of h,s p ,, uy ew knew niarrleiUI, daj ,,,-fe, jesterday - ...V invltathm te yim lam ,assene:i.,,ien,1t,,-:l,(:!!:: ""i":?; jivj ..:.:?jAv-'". e .V jHS-iIiniybaVhi"--1 - I llllllf IIVI1. tnk jour Irii) te Ainprirn uithmit i Tniinnt.. i.ni.i ..t .. "1 i . .. ... S "h."0.'' r,;'1.l Wl r"talnly IFer a moment the tragedy iVhls own never be a Cabinet Minister again, I life was forgotten. s. Te Im continued Mendsf Cepyrla t, HIS, iu tht Belt BwMec" m f,.., r! ii ( tM J 'r V 7 fcjfc.7 ii 't"SV. . 1 v,.f -.. ". ki, a. ,,t -T7 !'. irM-Tf It-. ... ... ,- --r. t -J--J
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