Show fro I 1 A L S T 0 R Y mimi 0 2 if a sum orv RA h M idad vr no no ss 0 t 1 ja jaggi L 0 n no a an B a J by marie van vorst 0 all a s author of do Ant antantis amanita Ama nifa andis of the mill as miss misi Dest desmonda Desmond nond 9 5 etc etc I 1 BJ 1 1 s s B n a a a B a u a a a copyright by J Coni pUny 32 SYNOPSIS basil tempest worlds greatest gica test poet and novelist refusing further to be lionized shuts himself up in craven ills his country home his gloomy medi meditations talons are arc broken by the admission of an american ica lucy carew who has come to england to gif pt a study of dt the author but MO more 0 especially a synopsis of his new s suite I 1 t a of poems tempest angry at being disturbed dis t urbel declares declare s lie he will write no more an and d kudej rudely y asks lier her to ga repenting of his rudeness lie apologizes and offers to dictate to lucy who sita alts spellbound as she writes tempest induces lucy to remain and read her manuscript to him their interest in one another grows tempest burns the photographs and letters or of lady eady ormond with whom ills his name liar has been asso cl abed he takes great pleasure in lucys bucys presence as their pro dresses gr esses tempest tells ills his housekeeper that lie he Is going blind and that the ih ass association with lucy luc must cease that she must tell her to go for her own good the housekeeper tells luef lucy CHAPTER VI continued if there were only som someone eone who cared for him who could save him she whispered the words she instinctively felt the pi pride ide in the woman beside her whose clasp on her arm arii did not lessen she did not venture a further plea on the part of one who should nake mare the pleas for himself I 1 miss carew said very slowly with effort and in a voice so low that mrs henly could hardly hear if there were someone who would go through the world blind in his stead suffer in his stead bear all the burdens near him if she might be so blessed ami if not then far away would bear it all the same could such thing be even if lie ho were never to know it mrs airs H henly only watched lier her f fascinated a great hope dawning in her heart oh she said 1 I think lie he cares 1 tor for the one too much to take li her er with him on his way and so much that lie he would try to thrust her from him and go on alone to spare her and and hini him loving her dearly all the while the girl with an impulsive gesture throw threw her arms around the old wom ans neek neck hiding her f face ace on the motherly bosom perhaps she cried softly there tears whose was not fill all pain for her cheeks grew warm and red the strained white look had gone from her face when at leno length th she lifted it how good you are she whispered what a mother you have made imy my poor boy 11 sighed mrs henly hedly she kissed the girl pressed her hand and found that her late how flow of eloquence had deserted lier her she h had a d nothing more to say she felt all of a sudden that further words would be inappropriate once more moie she dried her eyes drew down her veil and rose to go miss carew led her to the door clinging to her arm you have not told me yet your she half smiled 1 I think mr air tempest bade you to send me away mrs airs henly smiled faintly and instead of answering said impressively hes all alone and he know what I 1 know miss and miss carew caught her arm blushed furiously and commanded not ono one word to him mrs airs henly oh of course not miss how hoi v could you think or I 1 will be gone forever from craven tonight to night tomorrow to morrow 11 dont go miss cried ched the housekeeper in great distress 1 I give my sacred promise 1 81 I trust you dear said miss carew tenderly bait but end and she questioned bues with her eyes as ae well as with her words are you quite sure mrs henly the others face saddened at d once nce sadly sure dearle dearie ah not that I 1 mean about his caring cading so that ho he would spare her at any cast mrs henly took the slender cold ha hands n d s between both hers quite sure she said when 9 she he wis was left alone she found herself shut in with a pew new world world so full of bewilderment and confusion of sorrow and dawning joy of doubt and love and despair that she pressed her hands to her heart and prayed heaven for strength to carry her through and for wisdom as to what course to take she found herself stifled with the thoughts and doubts that rose it was not enough for her that a woman should come to seek her and with her own fondenes fond eyes read tempest and with the skill of selfish love draw from her a confession she never thought to make even to the man she adored she required more t tangible evidence front him and as asa if to jo corrode and harm tail alie e love that welled up for him the fhe day at Pent hiten came forcibly to her mind with just as much delight as she remembered her hours with tempest with just so much distaste did she recall ladnor lady ormond she cried to herself 1 I must bo be sure indeed very sure lie must want me very much indeed after a sleepless night she let the following morning go by with no word or sign to craven when the last of the interminable hours had bad dragged themselves to their end polly brought her a note from mrs henly you cant have gone kisst miss you go I 1 am sure remember lie he is all alone with her heart on the rack her steps turned time and again craven ward and a spirit if unworthy certainly very feminine pulling her back to reason and to patient waiting for some sign to come to her from all 0 ej the horse was suddenly drawn back until he almost reared I 1 the master naster of craven she let pass iss three dreadful dreada ul days they marked her life with suffering at the third on its early morning she woke to hear a horse coming coining up it was gray dawn no more hardly light and her window was clear of shade or blind lying as she was a she he could see in the little mirror the bit of sky shy the meadow in the mists and the road she saw too the rider who came at 9 n mad pace and drew rein tempest himself his soft hat pulled well over his face he spoke a second with mrs and left a package in her hands and turning rode oft off as madly as ever knight could from a helle belle dame sans morel merci the mists clouded the glass and lucy carew was weeping when mrs came with the parcel for her for a long time she held it unopened not daring to break the envelope she knew that whatever the contents might be the rest of life would b bo e for her henceforth as they should read some dozen sheets of manuscript fell into her hands she bent over the difficult handwriting that of bf one who has written in his sleep sleek or who rises in the night to tralis transcribe his thoughts in hi the dark the uncertain aspect of the lines moved her with a great wave of tenderness that carried her ber to him like a sea and as she followed the wonderful words she sat as one li held eldin in a s spell pell marvel marvelling mar velling ling confused overwhelmed one after another the famous sonnets to lucid lucia fell under her eyes it was the conclusion of the old beautiful theme the series was complete the suite had readied reached at last its mature and mellow its perfect conclusion the verses she behold beheld were immortal they were luminous f 1 in spite s ito of the trembling transcription they shone and burned on the paged in the girls li hands ands they were all for fo her bor all for her she rose unsteadily with burning cheeks and eyes that glowed through the tears she started d as sho she was to warda the door with the fluttering papers in her hand as though she would rush to him then she caught sight of herself in the glass in her nightdress her disheveled hair she remained musing before the 91 glass ass the papers now held to her breast brease A hand he could love to guide him mrs airs henly had said guide him he was her tyrant her master bublie but he would be blind A at this thought though and all that the verses meant written halt half in obscurity and yet so illumined she realized by reason of her love more perfectly than the man had been able to do the ht hl of his destiny the glass reflected her serious ind and lovely face and gradually the sun for the only time during that long day came out from behind the log og as the sunrise sent one burst of brightness against the clear glair it startled lier her dazzled her full PS her eyes were ivere of visions and the glorious luni file nee hurt her with its cruel beauty b auty oh light for you light for you basil she breathed if I 1 could make myself into eyes and vision and sight to be transformed into you and so be forever lost GI gradually the brief sunlight passed and nd the melancholy aspect of 0 the cloudy day definitely filled the room and the glass ceased to be enchanted but the modern lady of mused 1 I saw him ride across it and it did not crack from side to side how can there be a curse upon us and she turned away to dress in the old plain dress she wore when she first braved the doors Craven of CHAPTER vil VII miss carew habitually came to craven across the front lawns and terraces but this day she changed her routine she made the parks by way of the main road as she had done on the stormy night several weeks before when she sought craven for the first and so boldly demanded interview with its master As she followed the avenue in the cold morning she walked through nilst mist it cleared only to let her figure cut the vapor which directly closed behind her again into one of the fogs in which winter england ir ift mysteriously veiled before her the shapes of trees tree s indistinctly designed themselves like seaweed in a muggy sea A little more than three quarters i of the way up the drive she heir heard d the trot of a horses feet a and nd before she could stop aside to permit as is she supposed some groom from i craven to pass her an equine h head ead and tody loomed so close trial that sho gave a cry and the horse was faai sud stiv denly drawn hack back until li he almost aho reared the hand on the rein was w a wom ans the rider a woman her irl cornered hat and coat and lips lips and cheeks all scarlet she exclaimed half frightened half annoy annoyed did heaven 1 might have hurt you and stared down at the ro roadside adiede eh cp c cumbrance um brance find and at al sight 6 of f disc 1118 i rl i carow carew nodded a sort oi of good mo morn rn ing an expression of quick curiosity y shot across her handsome mocking I 1 face hurt you yoh or been thrown throop eliy myr solf self youre not startled the rider hold held h her er bo horse r e quiet tc IB the fog and mercilessly scrutinized 1 the young woman ali who 0 dark and slender of a loveli loveliness fiess no les less marked 5 than her own of a grape grace no less s seductive e than tha n h her 0 r I 1 ladyships lady j dy ships s ap feared to have miraculously u unfolded into existence in the dib ea elm in i a avenue y bratic and to have taken forni form VA ou t of br fog fag and mists slid presented a 1 problems eblem lens suggested manifold possibilities and nd at least commanded attention without excuse or pre preamble hal 0 youre walking up 16 to ara valra castle the rider ask asked edher her 1 1 f yes youre nearly there however b ul f perhaps you know the wayt way ia 1 I think I 1 shall find it the pedestrians dress was excog plain in her hands she can bar ried a little packet which looked idia a notebook note book she had doubtless Z baedeker up her sleeve 1 youre ap an american t s A slight smile touched the grave features of the younger woman how did you know the other laughed frankly 44 the same language so different ic fc trans transatlantic atlantie antle mouths 1 I mean to say yau you speak american craven open to visitors like and the neighboring castles no vf v its shut and barred I 1 might say you wont get in but I 1 expect youre a hero worshipper and are going to tc try for a glimpse odthe of the great writer your country people are hero wor shippers 1 I think we are the ladys horse stretched his long shining neck the smoke from his nostrils blended v with ith the mist and stirred the vapor that flow flew away bo fore liis his breath it flow flew too around i the head and form of the american girl and the trim red figure of the lit tle tie equestrienne to whom the mono mona y s fc syllables of the stranger were baffling and bc because ause of her rival beauty arn am she gathered up tip her slackened slacken ed reins ive been following the hounds she she vouchsafed and ive cut through craven by mistake ali i a few minutes I 1 shall hear the liora she leaned on lier hei pommel porn mel her abr mind traveling back to her last interview with mr tempest at Pen thuen andi and suddenly she exclaimed with a sharp all ah of enlightenment and ai as though she did not relish tho 4 c ery why ive seen you before J miss carew who knew as well as aa HL she had seen her d dally lily for years said 1 I think never but yes a day or two ago you wore a red dress you were driving drivon with mr air tempest in a motor I 1 was driving behind you to Pen thuen TO BE CONTINUED |