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TT WAS the evening of May
A Heskcth's picnic supper, small but
memorable; and new the clock, had
there been any en the island, would
have pointed close te midnight. What
was se rare as this night in June?
Sailing wisps of cloud shredded the
face of the high moon; the black
boss of the weeds, the glades and
dells, the vine-cevered rocks and the
empty quarry, were stipjled and
patched with silver; the lake was a
sheet of silver stretching far away
te leso itself in a lovely dusk.
Through the verdure a soft breeze
whispered; from the water floated
voices of the merrymakers, re
ceding; and the woman stealing en
light feet up the path, a slim and
net incongruous figure in her white
bathing dress, with unbound dark
,hair streaming te her waist, re
jected that, for an hour at least,
he would be alone here.
But it was net se. Frem the im
penetrable shadows, as she neared
the ruined cabin, the figure of a
man abruptly emerged upon the
path; he steed, confronting her. She
started a little, and then she saw,
with a wild sheet of satisfaction,
that this man was her husband.
"Yeu!" she said with the faintly
mocking air she had long age
learned for him: "But fancy meeting
you here!"
"Ycu you looked like a " he
began a little confusedly, and then,
breaking efF, he cleared his threat
and started again, mere authenta
tively: "I don't say I approve of that
.nit K,,fVne lr flnec seem te fit in
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with the surroundings somehow.
Yeu might almost have been mis
takenat a distance, that is for
a hamadryad. But "
"And what may they be? Some
thing very nice te be mistaken for,
may I hope? But I supposed you'd
gene in the launch?"
"Ne no. I'm tired of drunks,"
unid he. continuing te stare at her. !
f'And besides, swimming at night
It is likt shaking hands icith
an old friend te tee the name of
Henry Sydner Harmen. Heme
years aie his first book,
"Queed," gave him imtant
place as one of our foremost
American novelists. .Ye one has
te be told irhat a fuiere that
book made, nor that it is one of
thete that remain. Then at in in
tervalseor Mr. flam-en is an
author who works long and with
infinite laiecamc "!'. V's
JJlirs." and ' 1 miela's Iimi
iei.," lieth startling jui'itm.
His latist navel, "Saint
'I eresa," centinui i in istahlnh
htm tu a frijnt-rnnk Anuncan
uuth .
lie started icriting when he
firit Uft ctillrgr, and mainly at
night Kir-ausr, he nJ, he had te
make a In tag. He jetnid the
Staff of the llirhmend Time'
Dispatch. At the end of tivn
years, having snvid mine money,
he resigned te make Ins u ay at
writing alone.
"1'ursuit" may be a hit
cynical, but it jitri m irh feed
for thought and reflection. Mr.
Jlnnisen is the only bachelor en
the Hit of (Ont)ibutert te thii
series by Amenvan antheri.
ah affects my sinus as you once
used te knew. But you why did
you come back?
Yeu you forget
something?"
She was smiling faintly; her dark
eyes derided him.
"I almost forget myself, if you
count that! But no, in veur sense, ' ?'mun"K. "r ese ,,, re writing let
, ! , hi . ui .iliiil, tPrH n(1 J0 feav(, n ,,,dache. Snturdajh
lm net forgetful, only punitive. My and Sundays nnd usually weekdays, tee,
Blnus is sound, but my temper un-i?ou huv,',' th ,"I',", kUin ,in '
. . e r i-i . .house, all mff the place. Neise and
Certain. O0 1 Ulan t SO. A SWcet ,!nnclin mil nnrllw. niwl rnshlni- nhmit
night, isn't it? Well!"
"But what is it?
happened?"
Why, what
"Oh, that. Yes, te be sure. I
was unexpectedly kissed, veu see.
In the dark behind the boatheuso.
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just as we were ready te start
eh, most ferociously, I assure you.
Really, that made me angry, though,
of course, net se antrry as I seemed.
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OVer nlOnC
Her Husband's dim, heavy face
secmud te darken. "Him? Who was
it?"
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"My dear Herace, you'll agree
that kissinc and tellinff isn't nuite
the net of a ladv' Ne nei But
ine act. 01 a lauy . e, no. tut
1 m interrupting your rcverie
"Ne! Tell me! I 1 want te
knew."
"Your air of interest is awfully
civil, Herace. But I can't really hn hn
lieve thut you've begun at this late
4ay te tuke an interest in my private
If el"
Her merriment exasperated him,
4riy.
-vfWeward Witawedge, I suppose
dam his Impudence 1 What you can
see In that "
"Oh, name me no names, pleaset
And the incident's really net worth
mentioning I'm "merely disciplining I
a beau that's all. Se we two have
the pretty wilds all te ourselves,
only thinkl Charmingly conjugal!
But be sure I won't Intrude, no; I'm
efF te dress geed-by."
"Ne, no! Don't go. I "
Having controlled himself with an
obvious effort, the man resumed
with awkward carelessness.
"Ah it seems tee bad for you te
miss your moonlight dip, when you y
enjoy it se merely en account of
the behavier of an alcoholic cad.
Hem. I was about te say I'll pad
dle you ever te the Pulpit mvsclf." i
i
QUI eyed him quizzically and all at
once was aware of the beating of
her heart.
The two steed close together In 'he
darkness and beauty of the weeds. The
man's ponderous dignity was mnnl
fetly a little strained. Why? Fer a
Ions time past. Indeed, It had been evi
dent that she had undermined his case
In their relationship. Fer weeks she
had been conscious, in her withdrawals
and through the silences that the had
made se common between them, that
he regarded her with a new attentive
ness. Hut he hail stepped there; his
pride or some cowardice perhaps?
hail ietrained h!m from word or act.
Was it the romantic solitude new, and
the sudden sight of her in her weed
nymph's guise? was it the thought of
thep kisses she had just taken from
another? what? Inte her husband's
! p.ve had come a leek she had net
seen these three yean; and she won
dered suddenly if, here nnd new, be
yond all calculation, her great moment
had come at last.
But de you think that she would
yield anything te him? Net she.
Ironically grave, she answered : "Yeu
uie nlwajs kind, Herace. Hut, of
course, I'd net dream of imposing en
jeu that way."
"Ne imposition at all. I'd enjoy
w fi" elves deserted-each by
'our own chelee what mere logical than
te jiiin forces, eh?"
' "Logical!"
"And and pleasant," said he with
i his labored lightness. "Why net? Or
if you don't cure te join the party
, new after what happened why we
might just paddle about for a while.
The night the night's fine," bald
j Herace.
"Canoeing la the moonlight with
one's husband ! My dear man, de you
want te make me the laughing-stock
I of the county '."
i Hir laughter, thrilling unexpectedly,
I took him quite aback; stung hlra, tee,
I bh she saw with pleasure.
"A very little of that sort of thing,"
i said she, "and gossip would seen be
j gin connecting our names."
"I don't think you run many risks
of that," he retorted, wi h marked
stiffness. "And I wish you'd cease
thli this extravagant way of talking
it's provoking. New come along. I
we'll enjoy it."
"On the contrary, I should die of
shame."
"You're being absurd. Come."
" thousand thnnk, but no,"
There was a silence. The breeze
fluttered her long hair.
"I sie you actually prefer the so
ciety of drunken male flirts te that of
' And this Is typleal tee "
lie finished, all but Impulsively for
him. "I'm sure you can't realize,
Laurel, hew little we actually see of
rneh ether these days."
AH, BUT did she net realize?
She leaned back against the slender
I pole of white birch, and started up
in mm liquid -eyeu.
"Hew little! Why. Herace geed
gracious! That's literally all I can
fay geed gracious Seven days a week
under the same reef, hut separated a
i-ingle day In '
"I knew, I knew!" he said In nn nn
ether tone. emharrased. "It seems
odd. I own I'd hard! think it was
pes-dble. And "till I was of course
sure you weren't contcleus of it, but
He hesitated, peering at her with his
short-sighted eyes; and then the nat-
1 ural man let go a little mere of the
unnnrnrul constraint.
ny, l,nurei : you go out some
where every evening, with or without
me, or If you don't go out you have
people In. At odd moments, when there
are nn, In the little between times,
as I might term them, veii're alwnvs
I reading, or studying, or practicing
never a quiet moment of
-of jiibt the
I domestic s.irt
"Yeu certainly make it sound differ
ent from the home life of our deur
queen ! I'd no idea It w'as be had as
that "
I "I understand It. if anything. But
! well, we won't, go into It new-. My
point is, here, by chance, we Jinve n
qulPt helr for once charming nature
land no noise no drunks. Well, don't
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sound but accentuated the pervasive
'stillness. On the solitary trail, the
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,i,.,r nd she was thrilled with the
knowledge of her Immeasurable victory,
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iimnkwnnl : she thought of Anders fur-
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hud been the turning point 01 ner llle.
When she had married this man,
glowering nt her new In the primal
weeds, be loved her madly, and she,
ns she had seen understood, wa& actual
ly all hut Indifferent te him. Within
six months her Interest In him had he
come acute and constant; while he. in
credibly, wns detected In recurring
lapses "of nrder. After two years she
inleied him without restraint, and for
diiv.s and vvceiu toetticr he was frankly
bored with her. Why? Was it the
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everlasting law of things that a relation
can support enlj e much love, as a that a man'-, necessity is net te be
hucket holds se much water? Certainly loved, but te love; and that, te love, his
her efforts te charm this crave senior, fixed need is te pursue and conquer,
by doubling her wifely tlieughtfulness I
and sweet subjectiens, had but In- ' Q. Slin, because she had n will, and
ereased his ennui. There had come the fr seemed that her whole llfe was at
inevitable day when she, with floods i taki. had actually achieved this impos impes impos
ef tears, had packed her trunks nnd I"5'0- She had warped her nature; she
gene off en the usual indefinite visit te (had bpiken her heart te pieces; she had
her mother. recovered the reserves of maidenhood,
Se far their story had followed a made herself again mysterious te this
familiar course. Would that have been ' encc familiar; she had fanned the last
the end of it. right there, but for An- flickering ember te a ilame. New here
ders Curthew? Nothing seemed te her ! he steed, suing her in the romantic
mere certain. Beyond doubt Anders,
who was twice her age, and had taken
an interest in her, paternal or ether-
wise, from her sixteenth e.f, had pen-
etrated her with a new and startling
concept, her Ander wuuldn t accept.
he would hardly li.-ten te, her own
ready formula, long since .smoothed by
the women of all as1". "Uh. no," he
had said in nt ceiclless kind
way.
"It in't that jeu 'love him tee well'
That's letting jmir-elf clown tee easily
It h Mmply that jeu love bun with tee
little pride and no geed fiie at all."
And a little later when sue had con
quered h'.r lir-it fun...!, Indignation and
sat down again, be -juke words which
she took ut lint f-ir truth, and which
filled her in tin end with an everrans- i
thk sTem se r.n
ceimskl pas Ber.vitnr. tat.
enarr-grained but iucaniv tUvtr
liadr of a gang e creeks km tVreme
0nrwi at rctit of a knnve of cluhi,
iytrrf 'JtirK n' Jurigmrnt ' nfttr several
e hi rrir.U, a . of uhlch tir rtubty
'irna te nirich him tcltheut risking tlif
leu'i pmnltirK. trie te disarm u u
p.cletis M!thtrttt0 around him Vy com cem com
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STAITORD KtSO, of the Londen Crim
inal Int'Uigrnct Ferrr.
PI.1TO ftLVA, a ili-rfr mnit nSeiit tnirn.
ferrfn Si, attrnfienA en an actress, u'he
rhuPs him. Hh is
UAIVK WHITE, (laughter of Sellu While,
en' of the gang who irishej te retire,
ehe is intertited in Stafferd.
LOUIE itAK.ill. a dell-faced but clever
girl u he art as ' lamp" of the blaik
mailing gang i
".iH'1.1.;," CREWE, one a gentleman,
neu. a creek.
AM) Iir.UK IT CONTINUES
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I den t see hew you can bay they've I
no evidence against you. Suppoe
Cretin .squeals?" I'inte asked.
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He ain t stepped bqueallng jet,'
said the colonel philosophically, "but,
I don't sci! what difftience it makes.
I'lntu, you haven't get the hang, of my
method, and I doubt if you ever will.
You're a clever, useful fellow, but If
jeu were allowed te run the gang jen'd
have it in jail in a month. Take the
manufacturer, Cretin," uu tuid. "I
dam n he's feeling sere, and mavbe
this, cursed .lack e' Judgment is stand -
ing behind him telling him " He
stepped. "Ne. he wouldn't either,"
he snld after a moment's theught: "Jack
e' Judgment knows as much about it
as I de."
'What are vm talking about?" asked
the ether impntlentlv.
"Cretin," said "the" colonel; "he
ha-n't anv evidence against me. Yeu
see, I de net de nnv business bv letter-.
Yeu fellows have "often wanted me te
write te thin nersen nnH thnt. het writ-
Ing is evidence, I
e veu get me? And
Cretin? Absolutely
,er written a line te
('rem. iirnnvlit liltn
' what evidence has
none. I lllivn nev
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1 t k. n'.t. We' Mv, him n
dinner and put the proposal te him In
plain language. Theie'H nothing he
could take before a judge and Jurj-
absolutely nothing."
He took his dgar from his mouth
and blew a cloud of smoke.
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The colonel fiewned and then laughed,
"Thv're nothing but i cords of our
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Whj, even the police have given up the
search for them. My the way. I haven't
done with ( reiln, be said after n
while.
"He's done with you, 1
think," said I'inte grimly.
The colonel nodded.
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JACK (JUDGMENT :; y e waiiace
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By fienry Sydner Harrison
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In the still midnight, beneath the serene moon, sped the
slim, white-clad wife, dark hair flowing after; and hard
behind chased the heavily built man, her husband
tcrlng purpose. And Anders had said
night hir Herace, bored no longer,
and still and still Was it net
Ironical that, here In the Instant of
',cr tremendous triumph, her mood
"heuld be .se skeptical and cell?
, Mnw large was Horaces nose, she ua
sentimentally considered, hew halting
his tongue, 'hew really small his van-I
! jty nmj caution! Had something then
' permanently passed away? In the long
process of repression, of moral separa-
tien. se painful at first, had hc wrought
in herself nn Irreparable change?
Mie wondered, smiling slmdewily. In taxed jeu wun naving ceased te love
that second of thick silence. New the nie, nnd you, peer dear, could only re
man, having drawn back a step, spoke ply. 'There, there!' most soothingly,
abruptly : j I own, yet It mortified me at the time,
"Loek here, what's come ever you?" I remember. You've forgotten explaln explaln
"Ceme ever me?" ' ing te me thnt life wnsn't meant te be
"Yeu'e changed se much jutt In an unending song of remnnce, that It
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I eucss se. but he hasn't done with
the gang. Y'eu can take him en next."
f'I?" said 1'inte In affright. "New
leek here, colonel, don't you think it's
time we lay low?"
"Lay low!" said the colonel scorn
fully, "We're either going te get into
trouble or we're net. If we're net
going te get into trouble we might as
well go en Besides, we wnnt the
money. The busines has slackened off,
and we haven't had a deal since the
Spillsbury affnir. and that won't last
very long. We've get te split our loot
six ways, I'inte, nnd that leaves very
little for anybody."
"Where are you geln new?" asked
the ether, as the colonel changed the
direction.
"It ju.t struck me thnt we might as
well go ever te the bank nnd see hew
our balnnre stands. Alse, with the
exchange going against us, I wnnt te
tell Fergusen te buy dollars."
The hnniNime premises of the Ic-
ferin & citv j.,, , victeria street,
were enlv n stone's threw from the
park ; and, whatever might be the
views of Fergusen, the manager, as te
the colonel's moral character, he had a
considerable respect for him ns u flnnn-
icr, ami L)an Ueundnrv wns shown lm-
nifdiately into the manager's office,
He wns gene some time, while I'inte
waited impatiently outside. The colonel
i never Invited ether members, even of
' the inmost council, te shnre Ills knewl-
edge of finances. They all knew roughly
' the condition of the exchequer, but
really the balance nt the Victeria A
City was the Colonel's own. It wn the
I practice of the Boundary gang te share
I after each coup, every mnn taking that
I te which he was entitled, the money
was split among five, the sixth share
going te what wjis known ns the Gang
Ai count." n common fund upon which
, nil could draw in moments of nece-sity.
, The gang fund was net se described
i In the books of the bank. It wns
known ns "Account B." The expenses
of operations were usually paid out of
the colonel's nrlvate account, and
Nie ' colonel's nrlvate account.
I credited te him when the next division
I took place. He was absolute master of
, his own balance, but it required tnrre
signatures te extract a cliflck from
account B. One of the objects of the
, colonel's visit was te leduce tills nun i cr
two,
the death of Solemon Inte
aving removed one of the signatories.
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of I an Boundary Indlipi'iisabli; before
that account Is touched."
I They walked lack through the park,
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person a stranger."
Te be sure, her heart swelled a little
at that.
"But you hardly efTer that as a
complaint. Herace? Hastily recalling
our pest, I feel sure you must find any
change In me an Improvement."
"That's just the tone I don't like
from you. Laurel ! This constantly
i evasive manner. Flippant, I am bound
te call It, nnd nnd provoking. I think
the time's come te remind you that a
husband has sonic rights and I'm net
getting mine!"
"But why, all this is news te me,
my denr! Your rights! I'd thought
jeu were frightfully fatigued with them,
whatever they are, years age, and
gladiv "
"Never! no! Ridiculous. I "
,h. that peer memory of yours,
failing again, I sec!" said she, slink-
I inK her linger In a manner Insufferably
tatirlcal; and resumed demurely: "But,
or course, i m giacl mat you've ter-
gotten that day, when I, sehblng like
I a deserted village lass, most crudely
"Well," said the rolenel, "I
shouldn't have been se keen te go
after Malsle White If it hadn't
been tlut you were se fend of her"
nnd Hie colonel expounded his philos
ophy of wrong living,
"The man who runs an honest busi
ness and mixes it with n little crooked
work is bound te be caught," he said,
"because his mind Is concentrated en
the unpajlng side of the game. You've
get te run a creek business in an
lamest way If you want te escape the
law and pay big dividends. They call
our system blackmail, but it ain't. A
blinkiimller asks for something for noth
ing, and he's bound te get caught sooner
or later. We offer spot cash for all
the things we steal, and that baffles
the law. And we're net the only people
In Londen, or In England, or in the
world, who nre pulling bargains by scar
ing the fellow we buy from. It is done
every day In Londen ; it is done every
day by the trusts that control tht
little shops In the suburbs; it is done
even by the big proprietary companies
that tell a miserable little tradesman
that, if he doesn't step selling one
article, they won't supply him with
theirs. Living, I'inte, is preying. The
only mistake a creek ever makes is
when he gees outside of his legitimate
Jjjj1
ness nnd lets some etlicr censldera-
tien than the piling up of money In
fluence him."
"Hew de you menn?" asked I'inte
wearll.v. He hnted the colene when lie
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Well," said the colon
shouldn't have been se keen
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Mais e White If It had
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veu were fend of her nnd wanted her
i "But jeu sold you were afraid of
her blabbing, Yeu don't put the blame
onto me," said the indignant Pinte,
1 KtLr
wasj normal and necessary that the dis
turbing heyday of love should debcend
te afternoon, te twilight "
"Se thnt's It!" lift' interrupted sud
denly. "You've never gotten ever thnt
une little scene n mere Incident!"
Oh, I remember. I've been thinking
back a geed deal here lately," he went
en rather thickly. "Yeu went off en a
visit te your mother's then, nnd when
you cnine bark, the change had come
that was the time. You'd assumed this
lingular and unwifely attitude. This
unfair "
"What adjectives, my dear Herace!
Was it unwifely or unfair te learn the
lessen my own husband set me?"
"Thai's mere flippancy you know knew
it Is! Loek here I wish te knew. Did
you then or have jeu at any time
since come te take an interest In In
somebody olse?"
She looked up through the black
leaves toward the moon, nn odd tumult
in her breast, nnd laughed n little.
"Your questions astound me, "of
eeuri-e. And I'd supposed thnt even
a wife was entitled te some privacy.
Itcmember, Herace, I've never ques
tioned you, though all the world hns
known when you've looked ever the
fence. But the breeze is freshening,
nnd I've detained you long enough. New
I'll dress, wnltlng In the cabin "
"Net se fast, net se fnht!" said her
"I was. nnd I wasn't," said the
colenl, "I think I almost persuaded
myself that the girl was a danger. Of
course, she isn't. Even Solemon White
wasn't a danger."
lie stepped dead, and, speaking
siewiy nnu pointing ins words with a
huge forefinger en the ether's chest,
he said;
"Bear this fact in mind, Pinte, that
I nave no malice against Miss white,
nnd I don't think thnt she can harm
me. As far ns I'm concerned. I will
never hurt n hair of her head or de
her the slightest harm. I believe thnt
she has nothing against me, and I give
orders te anybody who's connected with
me in fact, te any of my business
associates that that girl Is net te be
Interfered with."
Slowly, emphatically, every word
emphasized, the colonel spoke; but
I'inte did net smile. He had seen the
colonel In this gentle mood before, nnd
he knew that Malsie White was deemed,
Pinte Gees North
Had Pinte been a- psychologist,
which he was net, he might have been
struck by the unusual reference en the
part of the colonel te the funds of the
gang. It was a subject te which the
colonel very seldom referred, and It was
certainly one which he did net empha
size. The truth was that the colonel's
investigations Inte his own private
nffnlrs had net been as satisfactory as
he had hoped would be the case.
He wbh In the habit of ndvnncing
money, nnd the gnng owed him a con
siderable sum, money which had been
advanced for the pursuit of various
enterprises. Te draw from the money
would lenve the gang funds sadly de
pleted. Yet he could net afford te draw
upon It nt n moment when they were
nil en edge. Net only were the two
principal subordinates in the condition
of mind which led Ihein te jump nt
every knock and start at every shadow,
but he had been receiving urgent mes
sages from nil parts of the country from
the ether men. and he had determined
upon a step which he had net taken for
three years a meeting of the full
"beard" of his lawless organization. I
That night summonses went forth
calling his "business associates" te an
"extraordinary general meeting of the
North European Smelter Syndicate."
This was one of the companies which
he operated, and the existence of which
was justified by n smnll smcltiiiir works
In the north of Kiigluud, and owed its
lnternaueiiai cnaracier te llie lact tlint
i' mood of his. nan a nranrn werus in Sweden, its
ncl slevvlv ! ! 'urnever was small, its list of stock
.en te 'i'iIi.. holders wns select. A summons te a
n't been thai nt'ra wU"K ( "i" North European
l ,,n Yl Smelter Syndicate meant that nffnlrs of
I I, ml n lrn,,M, ...n.,u l U, ..,!., 1...
.......... .....ur. m ijnuini, im
the gang were critical, and in this spirit
the call was obeyed.
Te be continued Monday
Copyright, JcClur Newspaper Bytdieats
husband, blocking her way. "We've
started a conversation we'll finish It
new! "
"Oh, pardon me, I thought syeu had
finished."
"Ne, I've net finished 1 Laurel; I
wish te knew plainly: Are you trying
te say, by all this that jeu no longer
lore me?"
"Oh 1 Really 1 I'm afraid I've never
thought te ask myself such a Question."
"Ask yourself new. I Insist It Is
ray right."
Her merriment died.
"I am. And, Herace," she said, re
garding him duskily "honestly I
don't knew he answer."
Tet In that moment exactly she
seemed te herself te have the answer.
Yes, something had gene out of her,
aew and forever. Funny, but you
couldn't crack nnd make ever your na
ture for nothing.
"Oh, you don't knewl" he said
darkly. "Well, the time's come for
you te find out! "
"Why? What'e your Interest In the
ancient point? Haven't I the best
authority for saying that love wasn't
meant "
"That's enough of that! I won't
have this attitude any longer. Plenty
of time and kisses, tee, it seems for
every whlppersnapplng nincompoop
nothing nt all for the man you mar
ried "
"But, my dear Herace, I can't turn
myself en and off like a het-water
faucet 1 And the nincompoops never
taught me) that the heyday of ro
mance "
"Step provoking me this wayl "
"Willingly. Geed-by! But indeed'
you mustn't think of me ns a stranger,
Herace. I assure you I'll always think
of you as among my very best friends."
His dim fa co became flooded with
color.
"You're my wife, de you understand
that my wife!"
"Wife Is a relative term,"- she said
a little faintly, again seeking te pass
him. "But I'll leave you new,"
"I'm damned if you will," said the
man, in a terrific voice.
And, his dignity broken altogether,
he seized her furiously in bis arms.
fTIHE violence of that embrace aston asten
" islied her. Still mere surprising,
perhaps, was the wave of resistance, of
lnstlnctlve repulsion even, that swept
through her.
She succeeded in extricating herself
nnd backing away rapidly, shaken and
angry, vigorously rubbed with the palm
of her hand thecheck her husband's lips
had ust grazedT Still, her fixed smile
mocked him.
"Don't you think, all things consid
ered, that's quite a liberty? "
He lunged for her, saying gutturally :
"I'll show you a liberty! Ged!
Yeu forget yourself you need te be
taught "
"Ne! Positively you den'l knew
me well enough for this. Please. Yeu
brute!"
She managed again, though with dif
ficulty, te free herself from these yielent
clutching arms. Her light airs were
gene. She had thought just new that if
Herace touched her she might actually
hate him. It had net occurred te her
that she would fenr him, yet se it was.
New as he came after ner again, mus
cularly potent and altogether willful,
panic, suddenly nnd unncceuntnbly,
took possession of her. Without hnvlng
planned anything of the sort, she wheel
ed abruptly in her tracks and lied away
from him.
If thnt was a confession of weakness,
unluckily it did net settle her diffi
culty en the spot. With dismay she
heard the large feet of Herace pounding
after her down the path.
She ran as for her life.
It was a sight for the gods, no doubt.
In the still midnight, beneath tjie se
rene moon, In this lonely place, wildly
and primitively beautiful, through the
groves and among the crags sped vff.i
slim, whltc-clad wife, dark hair flowing
after; and hard behind, grunting and
snorting, menacing, tee, chased the
heavily built man, her husband. Dif
ferent from the home life of the queen,
indeed I
On the open path his clumsiness was
equalized. She looked back fearfully
ever her shoulder; he was gaining en
her, no doubt of that. Instantly she
left the path, scrambling ever the rough
boulders which flanked It here, plunging
into the copses, If such they were,
bounding away through the virgin
weeds, sure-footed as a fawn.
With a" wild bursting of foliage and
cracking of boughs, Herace leaped nfter
her. On the different terrain her su
perior nlmbleness gave her the advan
tage. The distance between them stead
ily widened. Once she heard his hearse
voice panting: "Step! I tell you,
step!" New the strange thrill of the
chase, the throbbing excitement of the
quarry, bet her bleed afire. She thought,
''Pursue and love!" nnd, lnughlng
frantically te herself, Hew the faster.
And then, as she sped across a sweet,
open space, a glade no deuht, pow
dered with bright moonlight, slhe
glanced back again, unwisely. Alas!
her feet caught in a trailing vine and
Uncommon Sense : Geed Opinion Must Be Earned
y JOHN BLAKE
"CYriQUKTTE Is really agreeable bo be bo
hnvler. It is the means men have found of
showing their respect for the Ideas and
even the prejudices of ethers.
It is necessary in order te earn geed
opinion nnd geed opinion is necessary
In order te make one's way in the
world.
Tnctful people usunlly observe eti
quette naturally.
THKY refrnln from doing anything te
hurt ether people's feelings.
They refrain from attacks en re
ligion or race. They naturally de net
iillude te any personal peculiarities
these with whom they are talking pos
sess, It is quite possible, however, for per
fectly kind people, with perfectly geed
Intention, te commit breaches of eti
quette which make them uppear Ignorant
or ridiculous In the eyes of ethers.
These are people who ate really mak
ing progress, wlie nre advancing from
one station in life te another.
the Series
the Day
she pitched te the sward. The tnii
fortune, which wasn't rectified fin a ttt
end, cost her her lead. Releasing h
Self, rising dizzily, she found t!, ...
suer almost upon her almost, but J '
quite. She Just eluded his fln; l'
breathlessly dodging; she doubled m
turned; nnd se In a moment, suddcnli J
shfi found her fnf , - l. . .."' I
path again, and, let just ahead wai tk.
old landing and beyena open water
She had forgotten the water m.
welcomed the sight of it new. She
quite spent and these resolute feet w,
close behind. Flying ever the loot!
beards, the harried wife dove elegit
...v ..s uutvu vi uiv JHKP
That Herace would fellow her in thli ',
maneuver had net occurred te her. H
was an indifferent swimmer, una u. I
sinus, as we knew, wns sensitive. NeTW
having seen him angry before, however
she had no doubt underestimated the
force of his rages. In fact, the cenqu.
ing male did net hesitate an Instant.
His ponderous body, flying out fa!
first, broke water hardly a second bthlad
her own.
Unhappily for her, the lake was rial,
low here. A tall man could stand en
the bottom and .Herace was tall. In
fine, while she was still submerged, her
feet was roughly seized; coming up,
spluttering, she found herself effectually
prisened.
Thus the man, like Neptune with a
mermaid, had his way. The stars leek
cd down upon the odd conjugal carea.
Upen the woman's lips, gasping and
watery, the lips of Herace, just ai
gasping, came waterlly down. Through
her he'art hammered with a wild excite,
ment, there was new he strength In htr.
After an Instant her feeble strugglei
ceased ; another instant and, marveleui.
ly, resistance seemed no longer of any A
importance, under tills masterful em
brace the wife's will, her whole being,
indeed, 6cemed all at encc, mysteriously,'
te dissolve within her.
"Yeu witch! I will adore you for.
ever," panted Herace wetly.
And then her bare dripping armi,
lifting, went round his neck.
TTNDER the impulse of his great love,
, the days and the weeks that fol
lowed became for the wedded pair like
a new and richer honeymoon. Hr
cluslveness faded ; her reticences and re
serves, all the provocative withdraw
als, learned after hew much tribula- J
tien, came te seem net only superflu
ous, but altogether unworthy. Since
Herace gave se lavishly, hew Incon
ceivably mcan-splrltcd te dele back te
him with a thrifty and calculating
hand!
Willingly, young Laurel let herself
go.
The new bans brought their unex
perienced blessing. New Ged wai
ready, in the old phrase, te smile upon
this union. There came another June
and then another, nnd Laurel's first i
child was six months old.
Otherwise perhaps It would hardly
have been bearable.
She sat in her recrm near the screened
open window, nursing her boy, whom
she had no thought of weaning as yet.
The sultry afternoon was quiet. Frem
the piazza below floated up the vole of
her husband, Idly exchanging domestic
news with his nderlng toether, arrived
the day before for her yearly visit;
but she did net need that sound te maVs
her remember his nearness. On the
sand beside her lay a note from Heward
Wltbcrcdge, who hnd lately "come Inte
her life" again; she had just been
thinking that nothing could be mere
symbolical than thnt.
Her name came vaguely wafting up
te her.
"Laurel's steutened," said her mother-in-law,
rocking comfortably, though
with a touch of asthma. "It's net un
becoming te her. I think she has set
tled somehow, Herace? She has
gained in poise?"
"Yes, she's matured very much since
the baby came," said Herace, and
yawned a little.
"She Is charming still. And a mere
exemplary and devoted wife I never
saw. That pleases me se much. De
you knew, my son," continued Mrs.
Seymour suddenly, "two years age
when I was here that spring I was
rather nfrald she was drifting nway
from you just a little?"
"Really ! What an Idea !
Ne, I remember thut summer en the
lake particularly," said Herace thought
fully. "We had a wonderful time."
"Oh, it's evident enough, that I was
mlstnkcn!" said his mother archly.
"She absolutely worships you, that!
as clear as noonday."
"Oh, yes," said Herace.
There was a little silence. Down in
the pasture-let, behind the barn, the
buxom new dairy maid was climbing
ever the stile. The Inss had a trio
leg. Huvlng adjusted his glasses a lit"
tie, Herace satisfied himself en that'
Point,
"In fact, if the dear creature hn
fault at all," he finished indolently,
"I'd say that she loves me a little tee
well."
CAivtl0h(, 1931. bu United Ferfturs SinidleaU,
All rlM reserved, Itevroductien prenlMle
THHY are centluually uneasy lest
they de something that is
"done," nnd their embarrassment usu
ally gives rise te painful mlbtnkes.
The young man who tnkes the trout"'
te Inform himself as te peliteness-w
cultivate geed manners, te behave w
that ether people will find him age
abre has a far better chance of, Kct"
along than the youth who thinks tB
anyway he cheeses te behave is the rig"
way. , .
Incidentally he will be far hnnpWi
for, say what we please about
pendence, our lives are always inuu
enced by the opljilens of theso about '
THK lnwa of society hnve net been
pnssed by any Legislature or PJ
llnment ; they nre the outgrowth et nr
turlcn of belinvier. But the pens'11"
1 visited en their vlolnters nre extremes
unpiensant, Just the same.
Te knew hew te act nntiirnlly J nu
occasions at the table, in """M
In the office or the ship is worth all "'
trouble that It costs. m
The well-inaniieied mnn Is nlwajs
esteemed, and It is In the r-tecin '
world that repudiation nre written,
they geed or bad.
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