Show r. r 1 f Cop Copyright t. t 1912 Bobbs Bobbs- ovel by Founded Albert on Payson rayson WilDe Wil Wil- WOMAN W 4 0 M Ai Merrill Company by Special C. C Flay De ot MUles MUle's the tho Samo amo THE TUE E Mille cial elal Arr Arrangement Publishing gomont Company Compani I i l XIV J f I I F. F ou hao vo bad had my answer There hero lc ia fact J t on which to babe bate ot i inot H If you OU try to dra drag dragi t m into Y unsavory scandal 1 i much the tbS wOT one aO SV far ar Ol Vou You think veiled l of and of your ia YOU von It Elm ar i if Well WeH then daro J ko SS SJ UC ur of my r name even with o cn this thise L Idi e e I r U.-a U. A al ff go o to my DO father at once 1 d JelI teU tell him tel bm-tel him that that- f I him bim what hat rs ded Wanda a et to help you tried to mo mc Tom Toni And Md that when I re- re marry wi bla blackmail mo moto to awed sed you OU threatened t t to td bra brao brand YO mo as M tho Wom Woman u he hes he's s b been en 1 t f for r. r IA I I- buzzer interrupted A of the ve k l AW er JiW mil will put it ft i to thc the test now declared turning turl to toward ard the ther Craco Taco nJ floor reo r ee Thero are arc Jl mY o husband nd and outside Afraid Afra fraid d am IT If Sick ith fth fear 3 You iou t se see You shall foil ell dl them hero and now that Im I'm the Woman they're rc to find Toll Ton hem bem and nd see sec what will mil happen If Il Ifton ton ia haven't the courage to tell ten them thew n your charges myself Il l' l Dont Don't Don Dont Don't t implored red Wanda Vs the buzzer sounded once more marc Dont try it it Mrs Robertson You Yon t Ft carry earry it thron through b I tell you Thc They ave Hayo too much nuch proof They Th y wont won't won t apply appl their proof to mac e. e It is you OU who 1111 need proofs F 6 good god cried Wanda WanJa in sud- sud glen en ancer Ds Go ahead ned do it My ry ry IS 19 cl clear ar I 1 wanted to help rou ou u and I 1 tot Rot insulted for m my pains 0 o oa a 3 far a as you OU like liko Im I'm through h. h You You u are 8 C not through yet yot t. t denied race raco furiously 0 St Stay y where you ou ro W Well We'll IJ settle this once anI for all Ii 11 i- i iSho Sho threw open the door Matthew Matthow stood tood waiting n on on the threshold XV I Launcelot or Galahad Wauda wit it itt a a scared smile niile rr ile of recognition t on slipped past Standish and out into at nto the the ball Mv My h lather father is expecting you ou Mr Ir r. r l sh she hoard heard Grace Graco f ray in Eay-in Jn in a lightly raised tone p palpably for Va Waua's Wan Wan- Ha s as s cars lie Jle to tod told d the mo me to ask you to wait flit for him hini hero bero in case caso you rou should before he ne got back from tho the capto cap cap- to il tl tb door closed and Wanda anda anda card aid no DO more Tho moment she he was as alone with v tb Stan Stan- Bisti id Grace Robertson's bearing underwent under went an nn almost ludicrous change Tb Time The it r of defiance was lost her face tran cly drawn and ha haggard hud Her muscles relaxed as H though thou h a a. a mainspring Kad ad I. I She dropped dropped- into a chal td od Ild p pressed her hands across her burn burn- ml ung I CB Standish t-lood t near neM tb door j Hooking Jo k J down at her His heavy o dark I l ask alK of a Ii face fe did id not show any eino- eino I Wn save 10 that its it ts premature atur 0 lines Jn J I I all at nl onto cut deeper r. r his Ilis yes held no Ii light hi hia hi deep voice no expression slon as all ho he said id at la lat t s r. r i You know then I Il l returned Grace otar starting n upI up 1 VJ J I tried to warn arn you ou on raid h he did you rou find Thc The phone girl rJ Wanda K Kelly f H mused I I ht to I j J o ought git have ha She Ts is JS one ODe 01 of the thc machines machine's t co 11 Xo She bo wanted to lo help me PIC PIChe she sho hea said a d But that isn't the point She Sho IfS And nd n Ibe is person who J docs doc duc- duc Whet What did you sa sav a- a ato to ll her r whoa when t f T TI I II denied thiu of oC everything er lJ CO c. c What else as as ro to do 1 r There Th r wa waY nothing to do You YO were wise whilo viso-whilo while the affair is in its ut state f It was wiio io in iii nn any I H Yes b he be agreed Jt lt Jt was VL wise was wise wise for or you ou nut But I T o ou pu ha haven't cn t stopped to m my my- p position in the thc matter mat mat- ter tori 1 Your position she repeated un- un certainly U What do you OU mean I What t is your our position except to tind bv by y me nic and save nave mo mci I 1 Of or course he hesitated Ill ll help you ou 1 as far far as S I can o Believe t that 1 She SIe nodded reassured rca With reassurance ance alIe came camer action reaction Do you OU r she ibe l asked Mid Mid- il dealT a a urmon on oo cO conventionality I that tha you preached to me livo years ago ago T I th thought h it was waH aH rather rathor prosy at at- the thc lime But somehow T. L I could never nC quito forget it now it prophecies de cies l tta o avo come como true truc Do jou you m ler bert Ho Hn shook hook his bis head bead r iVr had told toM you ou she be went on 10 ID at conventionality was wa-s a tilly bogy bog h u us into inlo t taking kiu ton long In und and tortiOus tor tor- r roads ds instead of 1 limo Iho ho easy short hort ort CUts You will ill cac each ti twist tit t in tm tho tio long troa road was vu made mado by by- somo man ahead who d aside to avoid the pitfall into f the man zuan in in front of him t. t turn thin lM r I lau sold said t I was as going oin choo the tho tho sho short I t o cut to happi t l 1 l You on u told nio mo tho the short cut ut was white wIth th the bones of 01 people who ho had done done- I the be same sanie tb thing u And you ou you maid aid no iso on on omie I could defy d conventionality without hurling hurtin f the lv lh lives s o of ot other Tl O OI I rl Ilo himself elf Well ell if it Its It's a an anS no f- f I S to you ou to know it you vou ou Wore oie t. t It It iSi w tool not H a- a to lo me he I 01 t would o gi Y o HI my mimy life to toI I pave tave you ou from toni the penalty It- It ItoC of oC it all Ire Jle spoke slowly in m mn a heavy lifeless li C that c contrasted oddi with hi his Id 1 She looked 11 ip startled 5 1 IL ft wont won't h bp t to Q J e your S be replied A il 3 y u 1 to too o is Jt J he be c ary to cio ivo I 1 than n m iny my H Wc life fc hr r t I Something Vu T I tan can an not give I J bo- bo cause a n lp 1 have Im nu no r ht to t at do ilo HI moan an 7 I You OIl I f fo t that r 1 owe a I duty to fo the tn tn then n who have bay Wad nad m mp me r J pcr cr in I who have staked ev c everything pa tile ale J J b ld Ad to DI tact cri 4 l JU M cried rJ r. r brilly To ToV who staked nore t Ilian hn h cv- cv Do you owe to me t-doot t V tu to think what T I ow owe Jo O YOlI he be e d- d his U so little JI r L li h J you U hot to rc mc- d mo of 01 it U. h 1 Yow ty u the debt lelit then then then- You ish ieh to forget that yell OW co That That I von Oll a Broken life lift dead deall 1 wr wrecked l cd fait aith h in Women n n. n of the J imo DO thing that makes this thi black J ivi in M ho holl hor ho 0 J. 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V ou I 1 r time the debt PIc don't dont lot us speak of it a again again- You left Ift mo mile with nothing in life bulan but bul butan butan an empty career In Iu order not to gc JO mad with brooding over all that had been stricken from me mac I flung myself heart and soul into In ny my work It Itis is dm duo duoto to you ou that I nm n-mn where I am today todar ant an and that the thc machine is at my mercy And now that my work at last is I completion you you ask mo rue to renounce that too If I I 1 alone alono were concerned I 1 would obey you OU and go Jo out into tho the world alone and broken But Bat I have bave no nc right to obey you OU at the tho eXp expense nse ol or thousands of innocent people who rely on mo me as their leader and their de dc- dc You wont won't help pi mo met C You p Put those miserable constituent s tS Cand and politicians of yours yours ahead of oE me moP If If p put t it that way vay yes Oh most t noble Doble statesman statesman- she mocked rd rn Embodiment of all that is perfect and uDd- uDd contemptible and contemptible J I I didn't didot thin t marry you OU because Deause J I Ino no longer loved you ou and because I wouldn't add adda a a. blasphemous l loveless marriage to m my other sin If I t had become your your wic oven o oven if it ruined both our lives you lives you would have ha felt it it- your jour o r duty lut t to sta stand standby d db b by me mc and defend nd me against tho the entire world But because I had tho the courage to stop before I made mado us both mi miserable for foJ life OU ou can not in honor protect mo JOe I i wonder if you ou half balf realize how vile a thin thing you jou OU are arol ami He did not answer Nor or did his som- som her l er eyes o with their ashes of burned b out fires falter in meeting her blazing look I wouldn't marry you ou she went wont wenton because I on still swept by wrath nath rath didn't love loyo ou And now DOW I see bow how wise I was vas I knew know nothing of real love 10 ovO It tt wasn't until I met Mark Maric that T f really reanO understood Up Ui U to then Id I'd felt no shame shamo for what Id I'd done But when hen I found I loved him Mm I saw it all I went tb through ough h a hell of shame that has n never never- r wholly loft ale me i I wanted to be cleansed to bo purified to be bo worthy I wanted to toll toU Mark I didn't dare I knew hint him well VeIl enough h to be ho certain hed he'd turn from fromme fromme me mo me as if I wore wore were a a. leper Ho lIe d do it even now No one ono but a woman can understand what it means to keep a ecret from rom tho man she adores And Andin Andin Andin in in those thoE days das I learned to hato hate you Yes tp t hate bate you You ou were part of th the hc one barJ banker er that made mado to o be Mark Maric Robertson's s 's wife ifo Site She paused l in her furious rambling talk alk for Standish Standish's h s 's dark face bad haa grown ron ghastly Vaguely she wondered why And And- Andas as if reading her thou thoughts he ie spoke There Thero was no no thrill no stir stirn in in n the slow lifeless depths depths' of his voice I I love you J J I have never loved any nn other ether woman in all m my miserable life I J shall hall keep on 10 loving n you OU as Jon long ong a as lie L 1 do not want to But Butt it t is ma past my In power pow r. r I would fOl er have bave lave bitten out out my tongue than betray be- be tra tray this secret of yours All this All this can an anliot lot miot interest you iou I l tell you ou so 50 that you on may I know now the punishment is not Dot all yours ri risk rink k losing Josin what wha YOU nm OH have o sain gained d and cherished during the ho past few jc years j I l' net with the tho c r gl that t by rd doing iD iny duty duly JL J mUl must t bring ruin and heart beart break brcak on the Woman worn wool an aim in whom L 3 love 10 more than 1 love 10 myown myown my own w n stoul toul Is Js nl my task easier than yours ours DOl Doesn't nt if it mean a lifetime of ot aon agony gony to me met A A. lifetime in in which i h to remember that you ou are arc unhappy and amid dis disgraced aced and that I I. I wh who vho would blithely blithe- blithe ly h y dio die for you ou will bavo o mado made you OU so The utter ardor of his words word com corn bint lined with the dull lifelessness of of bis his bisone tone one was as almost laughable Grace was gazing izing at t him in blank astonishment II You You loyo abe he muttered I I have ha told you JOU so came the slow measured answer You talk much of ot your love 10 for fOl Mark It is love Jo when holl love 10 make blissfully bliss bliss- easy any to on one full fully happy bapp But is your OUr love lovo worthy to o be compared orni with mine min mine With Wit the Uie hove lo that brings brines only onh- an eternal gnaw gnaw- in lug ng an anguish anguish the 10 love lovo vo that can ran nev neer r hOJ belle lope for one atom of or requital and yet yot ot that hat can an not di dic the dio-the the thc love lovo that would l for for you and yet ret must endure J- J sacrificing you sacrificing oU 7 1 I You 10 love mc DIe moP sho she repeated and her voice had all at once onlo grown rOWl won won- wondrous drous Irous sweet welt and vibrant You Io rne mC nc Matt Sho She had drawn closer to him mm as 39 she sIlo Now she T was s looking straight ht up up into His wretched eyes es her hor own owa like liko mist haloed stars So near nearo t to o him hint was she he that the chiffon on her touched tb tho ti harsh texture of hi his liy coat Her Hei breath ath played lightly on OD onus hi his us face Th The faint fr fragrance o of her hair d thc Iho mans man's s 's nostrils nostril The m of oC bT her dazed da him Matthew V Standish Standi h stood tood his Ilia eyes wide vide his breath coming coining fast the sweat bc cads beads dlo breaking front from his forehead The heavy mask masl of his face twist twist-cd ih into inlo a half grotesque rol aspect of pain You love 10 mot slin lic mn mo murmured Yes Yc lio 1113 groaned his bi big voice oice breaking God Go help me mc Y Yes s And A S you ou wont won't won t you u rant rAn can t destroy destroy run whole future You cant can't lear dear Ah Ahl Au It was as the tLC cry crr of rC revulsion ion t that at break from froni fromn n a forc forest t. t ho i had 1131 all but trodden on n n. rattlesnake JJ Ho Tic recoiled a step w with th a shudder as of ot ph sickness 11 Wad vala th ii cd he e ra raged cJ Was Was it necessary to defile smashed Il Mol It still ill further W Wasn't it enough that you Jou lon long ago taught zoo 1111 to look on all a tas as b f t Why In must II you vou t turn rn misery into nausea 1 by pl playing in Delilah De Dp De lilah My fy lo love o was a tragedy Why Why must l vou profane nt it and nd make inako it foul He Ite il an n effort l fou fought ht his bis way i back bank to tho wonted d lity 1 that bat had b become lo to hIm a 1 l nature Mrs Mrs Robertson ho lie went on In in In iii hit th ca stands like hike this your O lr father and fl jiro forking to ruin me h In by raking rak ing n up lip u a L stor story atory of my past That story r OI you You ask Mk mo inc to lo Yon oil fink to un P depths to make maJc mn mr do O to so I 1 f shall protect ct you vou as all far as J 1 1 can an T shall do TO so to tho thie unless K I lIch puch prot tion mut must t involve the welfare of the people who J m ui At AL that point my y dut duty U is to them Not ot ot to you If Tt it were only emily m myself who would would- be he Sacrificed d she a savagely II IB 15 not a monopoly with you U Xo No Xo But it is 5 a habit And I T was forced to tt it one thousandth ns I strongly a ai t at this thi min min- ut ut A All 11 over 1 the country rr are nailing hailing me as their champion They are r relying li nJ like children on m mr m- rom If to break th the of the UIO pr raft Ct net that hams ban ho so cruelly 1 bound them Out of their scanty savings aY 5 poor mou muon have J. d nied niell them themselves oll to r contribute their mIte to ny nr s. s tho the funds l that were vcr to gave RIVO thorn h honest clean government Clergymen have bavo acclaimed nee nc- claimed mo tho the leader whom God ha has chosen to lead the people out of political cal bonda bondage e. e I could endure the tho shame of bein thrown from front tho the pedestal on or which the men inca have placed me mc I I could endure to see their admiration t turn to ridicule to ridicule to note noto tho the sorrow of ot the thc priests who have VO bel held me nie up to tc their young you 1 men men ae as an ideal of pure manhood All this I X could and would endure as part of my m- punishment But ButI I will not stand n by meekly and see Tn my life lifo lifework work for m my countr county country |