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Show "A Butterfly on the Vheel" V J. W. M'CONAUGMV. r,,.ria'-t fM? 1t V Verb BnHi Jo'icnwl r'ut,ilsri rvt r4 Mtoryfor tJtt married and those who ex fact to he. XVritten from the ftJay of the eame title. (Cootlaurd from rclerdar.) "Po -roil tbloli Ikat Lard Ellrrdiao aad Lady Attwitl bellevad that your trip to Paria vaa tb rreult of ag acei-.leutf" acei-.leutf" ,. "tiow eaa 1 tellf " aiuraured Fttifr-ha Fttifr-ha iraa breathiu iiuicalv aod tbe color tbat Ike early nt itrmrat bad brouikl to brr rkoaka aa goat), kaviag tkeai dead wklta. "II a a you u- doubiaf" datnaaded Hu- korxrt kamklv. "Wk do yoa think that lord tllordine rMuraed to (aria by tka Bifki traia ioatrad ot Iritml you join biia at t halon, uulara kc bclievrd tkarr aoiMlkiag anrv wrooet Hava you oy doubt I hat Lord Lllrrdine bcllrTd ko wai kldiuj Ten Jrora a drlit-crale art of" ke broke off aad added with hit td" iroar. "wrll follyf " Wrll, I bave told Vou ka tkouobt hr naa fhirldiug tn,'' tarltrd Vrgty lulaotialy. "Hul rua kave aot told on from "hat be tboiight be aa rbicldins ymi. Wbat aa be to akield yoa from! '' in-mi-Ht hit Hobertf Tbero waa another paae while tb roiirtroora wailed la fxpeclent aileara (or tbo auawer. "Notbine." (be murmnrt-, again. oJ aitaia there waa a lansh that hr hk a whip. " .Nothing.! " re-waled re-waled Sir Robert with aagrr antra. "Ifera why did von intent or roaoivf at th iBTentioa of tbia ttoref " IVgrv dalld at ar etoa with kaod krrehirf aod held hrraell together with a uronj effort. 'Wbv did If I don't know." the trplied, bclpleaaly. "I thought It waa foolish nw they bad made up lyini ttorv to aiy huibaad thiakint to aerve me and I dida t want to gie theut away." Hir Bobert made aa inartieolal rouad aipreaeiva of bottomleaa aeora. " Vou Ltd to your huabaad beeauee n didn't want to ffiv your good Da-lured Da-lured frieada away!'1 he tummed op. nith a curl of hia atraight lip. " 1 tbat really your reaaoa, Mn, Adam-atoa?" Adam-atoa?" "Yea, tad I loathed mreelf for it." cried Vtezj, with auddea giving way to emotioa. "It waa potaihly the irat time yoo hod denetyrd your hnebaadf" oug-gc-t'd her tormentor earraetically. After a abort pauaa tha anawer ran a faint "Ye.'' Hir Hubert waa an adept at playing with human emeUona, and ba naw tbat ia few nuautee tba girl would break duwa. Ho waa aot ready for the climax j ft; ao ho turned to a different lino ot uueetioaing aad hia ymce dropped bark to its Blatter of fwt lorel. Peggy in-atautly in-atautly noticed the chaage and rapidly reent ered bar mental ba.la.nce. "Now, yon arrived at the hotel ua-drr ua-drr the impreealoa that your -nail to I'aria waa the reanlt of on accident. " be oueatioard. "Yea." "Yoa apnd la your room with Mr. lollingwoodt" . "Ye" Her anrwera came almoat eagerly is her relief tbat tbo (traia VI. " At what time did rou annt" " About 111 or 10:15 o'clock." "Aud what did you da after tapper I auipae Tun nnitbed about 11 0 'floek. " "I aiinpoee o." "Veil, what did you do," ho re-peateL re-peateL "Tbe table wat aot clewed until I?:. 10 o'clock, when vou went to bod. That is to. a't it!" "How did you trend tho time bo-twee bo-twee 1J aad 12.301" "We were Ulkiug and part of tha time I waa tinging." anawered Peggy. " No donbt you told tbo waiter nut to ilear away, ao tbat you night nut bo diaturbedf'' he augtealod. "I really forget," Peggr replied. "At aay rale, you were aot die-turld" die-turld" ".No." "Aud opeat very charming otb-Ingr" otb-Ingr" "Yeo," tmiled Peggy. " Vaapoiied," ho went OO, tternly, "by aay Idea that your preeeoco there waa due to a deliberate aad aucceatful ierice to giro your oompaniona tbo Blip!" The girl 'a (mro stiffened perceptibly. "To have had anv aoch idea would have been aa intuit to Mr. C'olling-wood." C'olling-wood." aha replied, coldly. "Always auuving that Mr. foiling-wood foiling-wood made kia plana without your kiiowloltrv" added Hir Robert, meaningly. mean-ingly. Priigy ignored tho implied ao-eiikatiiin. ao-eiikatiiin. "I do not brllflt-e," aha ald tn tho aatn enld voice, "that Mr. (ollingwood rra.lo tho plain yon tumeat. " "And nothing will tknka your faith in Mr. ColUugwood." added Hir Bobert. Bob-ert. with heavy Irooy. geted with courtly gra' . Togjy beamed on bltn. It vi 011l.lt t be the flrat time, Hir Robert," tho rrmisded him. "Nor will It be the la-1. Mrt Ada-melon,'' be returned iaMauily with a graceful bow. Tbe ait inuterut tou wuuld bao euru bo bad Drier ttniird J Id bit life. "Ilowetoi, we niut pa on," be tnid gravely. "You Uuirued vuur tup-per tup-per at ltM. tad about i::Ji you went to bed. Your maid joined you tod you cot undrcteed. " Ho turord tu a to. I liellor. ."Have- t ou tbe plao of tlie hotel f" He spread It out before bin Bad resumed: "Mr. 4 oiling ood. I aup-te. left by the door b-mling lutu lb kallf" "Yen." "You bad no ldi-a that he ttat or copying tbe room romqiiiuiratiug nilb tourtl" "None." "You lliiu teat teur maid to bed!" "Yet." "And it wat tborllv Hlier t lint thai '.be lelepboao rang tbe call from t ha Innaf" "Very thnrllv after." nodded Pei;jr. " m4 you wrut to antwer III' "Yet." "Will you tell tnv lord and the Jorv what happened" he aaked. I'aagr turned to face the pn-eidout and tha jury bot. "While T wat speaking." rh lie eat "I had my bnek tn the door I auddealv beard Mr. t'olbag-tood e toiee l-ebind aie. " "Y'ou were surprised tlartled I " tugtretd Hir Robert. "I was very!" oielainied Pgi;v earetly. "Had b Vaoekedf" "No. If he bad. 1 sbnuld aot have let kirn cnnie in." ah re-, lied prosiptlv. "You were hardlv drrwed to reeei' gentlemenf" pursued tbe luwvrr. "Hardh." admitted I'eggv, with a slight bluak. "You were angrvf ' . "I was aagrv, ' she declared. "Now."' said Hir Itobert, strsighten-lag strsighten-lag bark, -'how did vou show your anger? " r'Vv telling him to go bark to hie room. " waa the prompt reply. "Did ho gof" ramo tbe nt question ques-tion inttaDtly. Pegir hetitated. "No," she said unromforlably. Laughter swept the beachos once more. "Tbat, ao doubt, made vou more angrvl" went o Hir Robert Irouieallv. "Iiiiln't it mak you mora angrvl" be demanded, aa Peggy did not reply. The imp of miacbirf In ber eame lo her aid and tbe raited ber head with a bo-wilrkiug bo-wilrkiug entile. "1 rmtr rtuitiu aagry very long," tha said. "But you were angrvf he lotlated. "I waoted him to go," aho replied, "But you allowed hi at to etav," he added aternlv. Peggy twitted her gloves iu her lingers and looked duwa at them. "We wero very old friends." she said geetlv. "I saw no particular harm ia lu" "If you saw ao particular harm la it. why did ton aot rare to apeak to your buslnd wbea ha raag upf he demanded iaatautly. "Wall," aaid Peggy, defensively, "odo aay do pertetlv harmless things aad aot dare to tell averyoue about theta." " And thia waa on of thosa perfectly perfect-ly harmlae thiara that yon did aot care to tell everyone, or eveo vour huabaad. about! "" asked hir Bobert with withering sarcasm. "There waa ao harm Is It." maintained main-tained Peggy, with aomethlag approaching ap-proaching dojrgednet. "60 Utile that yon permitted Mr. Collingwood t remain with you for quit a long timef " He shot the wordt at her like a volley of musketry. "Not very long.' "I'ntll tbo messago eame llirougb from your huibaad l'r Tho aervoua movements of the Angers An-gers that gripped the rni began again. "Yes. I suppose so," the girl replied. "Now. up to that time had ho slow a any signs of leaving!" persisted her lormeutor-relsntleulv. "No. I doa't think ao." Peggy replied re-plied la lowered toaea. There waa a grieving, strained aot ia her voice. "What wero von doing t" "' "'fa aittiog on tbo aofa," she said, her eyes doit a aad ber voio low. Hir Robert leaaed toward her, looh-iag looh-iag like tbo emiiodinient of tho wrath of justice ia his blach gown and white ig. "Hhould I b right ia earing that during moat ot that time ho waa making mak-ing violent love to voul" ha cried dramatically. dra-matically. Tbera was aaothor general sittiag up all over tbe court. Poggv'a heads clutched the rail until tha bloodless blood-less finger showed white against tho dark wood. "Ho ha waa Tory fond of t." the stammered. i ..-i- 1. 1 ... . ... for a moment anil wont on In even more scornful tune-: Du you really nak the jurv to believe tbnt, Mrs. Adtmtion!" Peggy was alii) sileut snd Ibe preii deot tpokri "You mutt antwer, .Mrs. Adainttoa. ' ' 'l I don't think rnv husband hnew bow foad he was of me," murmured the girl. "It he had Vnowa. don't yon think ho would have been very ana-ry to know how vou were situated la PariaJ" Peggy bit her lip in a dwperate effort ef-fort to control herself ia all but overpowering over-powering detira to scream. "I I think perhaps he might uot bave liked it," she answered with a rush. "Perbnpt?" echoed ir Itobert. with a curl of the lip. "Would anv man bare liked itf t ome, madarae. do you think you were treating your hutband fairly in encouraging tbe attention! of this very charming gentleman!'' "I I did not eneourago them," declared de-clared the girl. "O -O!" There waa tho acme of sarcasm 1a the drawn out esclamation. "We thall see. lHdn't it make yon feel ambarrasiM-d to Mud yourself sitting sit-ting Bp Id a strange hotel to the small hours of tha morning with this man making love tn ton!'' It waa more of a dentinciatioa than a f-licetinn and Pergv drew a hard breath, but did not apeak. "Or had thi," went on Sir Robert. j brutally, 'gone to,- 1r bv tliit time to make vou feci embarrawed f " Mr. Mr Arthur sprang up with binning binn-ing eves. N "My lord, I nrotent again these Insulting In-sulting sugtrestinnt! " he cried, indignantly, indig-nantly, aa Pf'fB-v, wincing aa from the blow of a club, cowered againat the rear rail of the witneaa bun, with her handkerchief to her eves. "Mr Tlobert is within his right." said tbe president gravely. "Ha would not ask these questions withnnt good reatnn. " "Too good reason, mv lord, said Sir Robert, anberlv. almost sadlv. "Mv duty I nob a pleasant ona. Now. Mrs. Adamtton. ws thit the first time sou had received Mr. rolllnewood when the reat of the bnutehold was ssleenf " Percy cleaned her hsn.lt and turned with streaming ores to the court. (To be continued. V Pcrgy looked snuarely Into bis avaa. "Mv faith ia him." she aaid la a voire that trembled slightly, "ia not likely to bo shahea bv tha hired evidence evi-dence of deteetlveo, railway porter, or hotel servantal" There waa a general sitting un all over the court and th president f rosined his disapproval. "Yon must not talk like tbat. Mrs. ,.f amaton," he admonished gently. Kir Robert returned tq tho attack nn- fuffled. "When did it trst seem to yoa that tour visit ta Paris was aot du. to aa accident? " ho inoulred. Pre-cy heaitate.l a moment and then replied. "Mv maid hinted ta ma while he wst doing mv hair before sh. west to bed." "Yon have told na vou were annoyed, an-noyed, but not aerionslv." he continued, "at aliasing tho train at Boulogne, and f aupoo. I mav say the ram. at nod-Ins nod-Ins yourself In PnritT" "That ta ao." 'Did Mr. rollingwoo, seem vers seriously distressed at tbo turn of eventst" Peggr rautht th. nut In hia voice snd on of her daullug smile lit up ber ce. - "WH. be didn't seem Inconsolable." -he Knbhled. and the courtroom taueheA with her. Kven lir Robert smiled and tid not nnite ironed bit lint ont Into the ntual severe line when he askedi . "And I smmose vn-: oi'M aa soon rd vnoraelf t'randed o "Paris with Nfr. Collinrwood as with anyonet" "floouee amiled Peernr aiischl.v-niislv. aiischl.v-niislv. "lie ia a cbarwing rompaa-iuo." rompaa-iuo." Aretn iicre was a lnntrb. and this lime frlr Hubert permitted himself the in,,v of a full, fr'eadlf smile. "Perhaps I mav be allowed t aav ire tnnieof lit rompsnioo ? ' he tug- 7 i iu, Wlta tou j Sir Robert eoouted. J ".- lk,Bk , k ft f tua," Poggy admitted. Pbe tonld aot lia and aho dared aot tell th. truth. "Hava yon any doubt that ha waa paeetonately la lova with youf demanded de-manded Bir Bobert. "H. told m. ao." replied Peggv. Bha waa beginaioff to writhe phvsaeallv aa well aa mentally under tha tortura. "I put it to you." Hir Kobrt charred. "Yea." replied Peggv fatntlv. "Yoo swear to that! Now," pleas, be careful." ha warned her solemolv. sternly, "that ytu know and had known it fur months!" VA know 'o'd me." "And when did ho first tell tout" he returned Instantly. "That night in Pariat Is that what vou say?" Peggy", "ves" was scarcely more than a whisper. Sir Robert' affected start of surprise was a ni Hater It hit. of acting. He bent, aa awful frowa on the white faced girl, tbe first time." "I suggest to yoa that he had been making love to you for months!" Hit Robert laehod out at hey savagely. "I knew I know for some months that that ha waa verv fond of me," Peggy admitted, la the asm. faint voice. "IHd vour huabaad Vnowf" Sir Robert Rob-ert instantly demanded. "Ye I t suppose so." Agaia Adamatoa raised hia head for a moment and hia glanr. met th. haunted eve f his wife. Sir Bobert seemed to swell physically with nnnt-t nnnt-t era Me score. "Do vou taggeat. Mrs. AJamttoa," he demaaded. "that vonr husband allowed al-lowed yoa tn go istr, vee tn th. company of friends, with a man who. had been abusing hia friendship bv making low. to hit wife'" na paut3 |