Show BLACK fLACK IS WHITE By George Barr Barf McCutcheon McCutcheon M SYNOPSIS S j James Brood member of an m old New Nev NewYork NewYork York family whose first wife M M che c. c 1 to he believes believeR to have b been unfaIthful not does docs Frederic he ho him and whose whoso son Ion on believe bellevo to be lie his marries a 3 cond time lime to the ancestral ancestral an nfl- Yvonne Y and takes his w wife fe homo home In New York She is 18 II a times sho showing ing a tL beautiful at woman and at others a I hard hurd lovable disposition and peculiar r one Sh She wins I Aeries devotion and Brood becomes J Jealous aJ hating the bo boy more mora than ever e Yvonne accuses Brood of or still loving whon who ho turl turned d out of ot his house when non he became convinced con that sIte loved loveth h her r musie master muter Fo Frederic IH en engaged enraged en- en raged to be bo married to L Lydia dla Desmond daughter daughter of an old friend of Broods Brood's whose who wife 1 had hJ been his housekeeper up to the tho time when ho brought homo home his lila new wife The latter Immediately In- In that Mrs Desmond aho should leave The trouble between Brood and trim cornea to an nn open quarrel l and the former tanner determines to tell tho the boy what Is the tho true story of hla birth However ho he does neither It Is thought at first t that Frederia ill m die but Yvonne says ho he will not She Sho then tens jells tells Brood Bood that she sho la is Therese young oung sister slater of his first wife VUe that she aho he has married him to rc revenue nE e tho the treatment nt be he gave her sister whom she sho loved lorod and that It was her Intention t to Induce him to think the worst worst o oher of her and Frederic that abc might hurt him In tho the moat roost tender 8 spot Ot bho tho tells him things to convince him that her sister was waa always true and that Fred Frederic eric me la Is his own son Frederic rederic Improves rapidly and he his father rather and I Lydia and her mother are aro going a away Tho The bo boy pleads that Yvonne may RO go with Ith them but Brood la Is obdurate Ho says she sho made mido her hor plans with h r eyes open and she bhe he will have Ve to take the con con- sequences Ho cannot take her along as aa his wife after all that has happened Thank you sou OU dear I am satisfied Everything has turned out as It should d. d Tho The wicked enchantress has been foiled and virtue triumphs Dont Don't ho he p unhappy on m ray my account L Lydia It will not be bo easy o 10 say any g goodbye odb e to you OU and Frederic but but ia la JI la What arc are we wo to do Now please 4 dont don't t speak of or It Hearts Ht aro are easily mended Look at m my husband c al i- i c He has ha had his heart made mode madeo o oV over r r from top to bottom bottom in In a rough cr crucible rt Its It's true but Its It's as b good a anc anew ag nc new you'll admit In a wa way I am mad over ovel too I am happier than Ive I've ever been in my life Im I'm In I with th m my husband Im I'm In love lo with you ou and Frederic and I am more than f ever er In love lovo with m myself So there Dont Don't feel tul sorry florry for tor me inc I shall shan end my virtuous days das In peace but I 1 shall tho m dear Tomorrow Tomorrow To- To never by my morrow v you will win go away anay all aU of or you I r shall have tho the supreme Joy of know- know 1 t not one of ot you will over ever forget torset for tor- set get mo or my deeds good and bad Who o knows I am still sUll young ung you know Time has the chance to be bevery bevery bevery very kind to me rae me before I die Th That t last Jast observation lingered In Lydiaa mind Hours afterward she tb thought that sho she had solved Its Us meanIng mean- mean 1 jag Ing and her heart was sore Bore But despite her careless treatment o of the situation Yvonne yYonne awaited with secret dread tho the coming of ot that hour houren when en James Brood would say goodbye to t b her and Instead of turning her away t from m his house bouse would go out himself without a n single command to tob b her He Ho would not tell teU her that It tt Ita waa a no longer her home nor would hot he Ji bo he tell her that it was wali 1 I 1 CHAPTER j I ci Cannot Come Com to Him riha next clay day came bright and iett and as fair as a a. bine birte sky coald to lc ke It for tor one who looked aloft But Bute ButI I e azo not always turned tow toward r rhe the he unclouded sky There are shadows belio that claim the vision and the AlJy ls 1 bleak ship was to sail at ot noon 5 U t t 10 o'clock the farewells were b said said Id There wore were tears team and and and there TORS s I fierce re reI re- re I lion Uon I In tho hearts of ot two of the Yvonne vonno had h declined to go 1 pier to see them ot off and Brood was going away way without a word to toh her hek about tho the future That was manifest fest to the tho anxious tried soul-tried 1 ers In Iii silence they made their Y out to the tho waiting automobile Brood was as about to pass through the broad front door a resolute figure te c confronted him For a moment master master s ma-s- mae mas ter tei and man stared hard Int Into each tethers tether's eyes and then as if It obeying an command tho former turned to glance ianco backward t Into to the hallway Yvonne was h standing I In tho library door said the Hindu and there w was strange authority in his voice Tell her sahib It Ls is not 8 so cruel ruel to tell telI her het as It would be to go away outa without a word She is waiting to bo be t told ld that you do not want her to re remain renal re- re main nal in your bom home borne l Brood Brooch closed his eyes for tor a R. second and then strode quickly toward his wife Yvonne they all aU want Tant me to mo-to to take you OU along with us he said his voice sh shaking with the pent up emotion of weeks She met his gaze gazo calmly ulm almost st serenely se serenely se- se But of ot course ourse It is quite impossible sho she said I 1 understand James alt It Is not possible h he said st steadyIng steady steady- dy- dy Ing his voice with an effort efforts That Is why I thought It would be better to say goodbye here and not at th the We must have some Borne respect for toli appearances you OU know She was abs absolutely lut ly unmoved H He searched hor her eyes intently look look- In Ins for some sign of weakening on on her p part rt Ho He did not know whether to teet or angry at what he saw sav I x 1 dont don't b believe Jovo you would have Jf I Wad Wad- had You ne neEd i not say BaY it James s. s You did not ask me and I have not asked I anything of ot you ou Before I go o he ho said nervously I J want to ea say eay this to y you u I have no t feeling Ung of f resentment toward you I Iam Itam tam am m able to look ba back k upon what you would have havo done dono without a single Bingle thought of ot anger YO You have ha stood b by irie mein ln time of ot trouble troubie I 1 owe a great de deal l to you Yvonne You will not Acc accept pt my gratitude It It would be a a. Jo offer it to y you U un under er Ui tie the cir cir cir- lr- lr But I want ou c know now that I am grateful You You You- Go on pl please pleito M This is l. l moment for tor you OU to sa say that piat hat your our uI home homo cannot bo mine I. I Iatt ex ani-ex ex- ex it j I s r rHo 0 Ho straightened up anti and jilt his is eyes eyes hardened I shall never say cay that to 0 a. a Yvonne You are aro my wife I 1 IL od L shall halI expect you 1 0 to remain reman-in m my wife to tc the tho very ery end Now for th the tho first time her ee eyes flew open with surprise A bewildered e expression came into them al ost at once lIe He had said the thing she shim least exp expected She put out her hei hand to steady herself a against the door Do DO do you m mean an that James she said wonderingly You are my property You are aro bound to me I 1 d do not Intend that you shall ever forget torget that Yvonne I 1 dont don't really love lovo me but that Is la not th the point Other wom women n have ha not lov loved d their husbands and yot yet yet-yet yet thoy have b been en true and loyal loal to them nn mo she cried You YOU ou you am amaze watching his eyes with acute wonder In her own Suppose that I should refuse to abide by your your what what shall shallI I call It Decision Is the word he ho supplied grimly Well what Well what then You will abide by it that's all aU Iam I Iam Iam am leaving lea you behind w without the slightest fear tear for the tho future This is your our home You will not abandon It It ITa Have e I said that I would 1 No She drew herself herselt up Well I shall now tell you what 1 I intend intent to doand do o- o and have Intended to do Tb ever since I discovered that I could think for tor myself myself my my- self anti and not for tor Matilde I Intend to stay here until you OU turn me out BB nil unworthy I love lo you James You Ina may leave me here feeling feeling- very sure of ot that I shall go on caring for you all the rest of ot my life I 1 am not telling you this In that you will sa say say that you ha have e a a. a spark of ot otlo lo love lovo In your our BOU soul for tor me I 1 dont don't want you to tosa sa say It now James But Butas Butas as os sure as there is a God above us you will sa say It to me one one- day and andI I will bo be Justified in my own heart heart- I r I have havo loved you ou There was never neverIn neverIn neverin in this world anything like the love loveI I had for tor I you ou I I know it now It was not Matilde I loved when I 1 held you In In m my arms I know It now for the first time I am a man I loved you O l OlI I I loved your our body your soul souI soul soul- Enough she cried out sharply L 1 L was playing at love then Now I love e in earnest Yo Youve You've ye never known such uch love 10 as I can really give I know Know you ou well too You love nobly and and without end Of or late I have como come to believe that Matilde Matildo could have ha won out against your your youx-your youl your fall folly If it she ahe had d bce been stronger less conscious conscious con con- scions of ot tho the pain she felt If she had stood her ground here ground here against you OU you ou would have been conquered But she sho did not have the strength to stand and fight as I 1 would would- have fought Toda Today I 1 love my sister r none tho less but I no longer fight to avenge her wrongs I am here hero to fight for myself You may go awa away thinking that I am am a traitor to her but you oU will take with you ou the conviction conviction con con- that I am honest and that is the foundation for tor my claim against you I know you ou are not a traitor to her cause You aro are its Us lifelong sup sup- porter You have havo done don more for tor Matilde Matilde Matilde Ma Ma- tilde than than than- Than Matilda could have done for tor herself Isn't that true trite I have forced you to confess s that you loved her for tor twenty five years rears Ith all your soul I have done my duty for tor hc her r. r Now No I am beginning to take myself myself my my- self into account Some Somo day la we shall meet ag again ln and well and well it will not be disloyalty to Matilde l that moves you to say eay th that t you OU lovo me I shall hafl not stay out of your our life forever It n Is your our destiny and mine l James We Ve Weare Weare are mortals flesh tIesh and blood mortals and we have been a great deal to each other Ho He was waR silent for a along long time When Lit at last ho he spoke his voice w was B full of ot gentleness I 1 do cIa not love bye you Yvonne 1 I cannot allow you yoU to tOok look l ok forward to the the the-the the happy ending that hat you ou picture so BO vividly In your your imagination You sa say that you love m me I 1 shall give you OU the opportunity to provo prove it to yourself it if not to me When ben I came back to you a moment ago it was to tell you ou that I expect you to be here here In in this when house house when I 1 return in a year perhaps year perhaps two years I came back to put it to you OU as a command You are aro more than my wife You are aro my prisoner You ar arto are areto are areto to pay a penalty as any convicted wrongdoer would pay if condemned by law Jaw I order you ou Therese to re remain remain remain re- re main in this h house use until I com come to set Bet et you OU free tree To be continued tomorrow |