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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One e ie Evening Public Ledger's New Short Stories in the Series of Unpublished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 "
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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
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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 -
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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.
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