| Show y D AV I 1 D RA 1 TAM 0 1 AV lh baass saass WES c CHAPTER continued IOU ou scoundrel she he hissed tier whole body ali aking and rare care ully tilly cultivated appi appearance arance of the hia loua alous veiling of donth bullowa sallow Bu llowd cl ill up in n a black cyclone of late hate you gut ter plant god will punish you fr fir clio shame ion oil have brought I 1 oon nl the ihn door and boand with ut LL woid without even the ho desire to insult for insult had nut not anita eirv agim mid ivd i finally se ie ejected thern arid and thoben chosen tile me As tile the lull into the Ir private lato hall I 1 lung fur St indis to omo oine unit and abent out aben I 1 luned buck back into the he di awing anita was waa seated was a book I 1 until I 1 naw maw bho was riot not going to api aben I 1 said BUM what time little will you have dinner I 1 hut but my face must havo have nen ix en some boine of 0 the joy and gullan gull giali tudo tn flat dial hied filled me ahe ham los iosel i u I 1 was a tia having ing to over and oval lilt imam I 1 ou usually have it ahe bellit d without lookIn sc ui till at at k a ilick lien bell I 1 oil hid bad ietter tell I 1 tang lang for milt liliu and went into my illy istle Pino kini moni loum abbe had ter I 1 er thial to lo her hei to re turn to abnit ili ni bhe had bad cast in her lot with im iii I 1 the he rest an all be left to line sald all I 1 to ii myself arid and belew ink ing till 11 that had h hippen Ip poncil td I 1 lot let a wild A ild hope f ilij it I 1 Knut luus roots deep into mo to how flow urica ignorance its IB ft a blear lug liow how orun knowledge kij would make he be step falt falta li and tile the liast quail ATTENDS FAMILY PRAYERS dinner I 1 bore the whole hurdt n or in t bation though bur ilen den I 1 lid did riot not fill ind it like most moat close nun into I 1 am extremely talk alve alive rots people to won dong and pring he fildes hla his so 0 o crets bast who hides them at the hot bot torn ot of a liver of voids it my spir lla its are hijii I 1 often talk aloud to my iny self alien there Is in no ono one conven convenient tent and how could my illy spirits be ba anything but high with ith I 1 or nr sitting there op me mine niina for better or for or through good and evil re pit jolt im 1111 wife she was mas onh foi fon niall responsive reluctant ond balf in ili answers vol tio nothing thing iho Ber servants waiting on oil us na no doubt laid tier her man nor ner to I 1 understood it or thought I 1 did but bat I 1 was not troubled it Is ili as natural for mo me to ho hopi na as to breathe and with ith rny my knowledge of character how could I 1 take seriously imly the moods anti and Ini impulses of one whom I 1 i regarded as a childlike child like girl ti altion yo TO false pride and calme ideals sho she lian han to stay with ith me ino sold euld I 1 to myself actions court not words worda or manner A few days or weeks and she will km be herself and mine and I 1 went gaily on with my efforts to interest her to make her smile arid and forget the lots oae she had tomm commanded herself to play nor was I 1 wholly unsuccessful again and again I 1 thought I 1 saw baw a ghorm of in ten at in her ees or the clio beginnings of a anille about that sweet mouth of heia beis I 1 wits was careful not to overdo my part As AH soon boon lis vie finished I 1 said I 1 ou oil louthe loathe smoke e SO no 1 it tilde hide insult tn lit my acri handgis will bilig oil the cigarettes I 1 had 1113 nelt for a supply of li her kind early in ili the day sit shi made a polite rot foi like of tha seri ants but I 1 wits waa nini film and left lui litt free to think things alone lit in the hawing room tout oui I 1 called it I 1 had not a dinall igat drai when there eanie a timid knock at my lily booi I 1 thita thice awn awa the he cigar arid opined I 1 thought it was mai oil said bald I 1 till 1 m familiar nith ith the lite knocks of all tile lie of others apro and this thin liia us ww like a suna inot win tapping lapping with alth it a lower flower for admission at it 11 clo closed aed window and I 1 laughed with mith a little raf raillery flery and she bridled colored tried to seem cold arid and hostile agata shall hall I 1 go with ith ou oil to bour ur sit tins room 7 I 1 auit tut on P ahapa the cigar smoke here no na no she interrupted I 1 don arton t really nahid cagara cig arsand and tho the window windol Ns a are wide ade open lieB upsides ldes I 1 tame cattle for only at moment just to say 1 an AB she mile cast about for words to carry tier her on B I 1 drew up ill a chair for her blie looked at it uncertainly uncertain seated herself when mamma was waa hero here this she bhe went ent on oil sho ehe 11 as a urging tire toto to to jo do what she bh wished anti and after site bhe had bov eral arguments she bhe said I 1 1 I ive ve been thinking it t over and it seemed I 1 ought in tallness to tell 11 ou I 1 waited bhe said in a few days daya more b he thil th t mean onh on ow laiq h will be ruined illo H In imagines agines tile tho moist la is over for hin whan in falt fait the Y ve lily II 11 bo be t rw 4 y theli The yi I 1 who tare ak I 1 1 I 1 vi b as ere taw Viled ith an 1101 fort not to V told k I 1 1 on tu bet ebat woi ram as an ral na its I 1 can nell pl sat I 1 I 1 arid and why dian didn t vou von go by alit bli uH ned lif Is lipi alpa hi dimly together I 1 inala with a look into my even she rhe I 1 hhall not dis dia citak unit that I 1 oil m probably iro habl mi sunder but that Is in your own affair nou bell bellil lil what she said about me f t on oil i HO be said aalde I 1 I 1 believed nor she klie answered indifferently antly via as she boso to lo go K it hiis dos not interest we roe collie bel liuia e fald I 1 i I 1 alad until title reluctantly joined lite ine at the window I 1 pointed to the steeple of tile th hunch across ucross the way you aull bould as AR dually throw down that steeple by pushing against it with our barp bare hands I 1 said bald to her I 1 as whoever they ate aie could put me davs down n thi tiny y might take way away my money hut but if aby thy did they would out be giving me a leanon that would each tile me how ni mire re easily to got get it back I 1 am not a bundle of stock block or a IK bag of money I 1 am help lei I 1 anti anil I 1 tapped my forehead she bhe fored forced a faint scornful smile blip bile did not wish nie me to see her le be flet alof of what hat I 1 mald you mm inai think that la Is vanity I 1 went ent on but mill learn sooner booner or owl A 1 IVY 10 4 4 I 1 I 1 WAITED later the difference between boasting arid and statement or of fact act ou u 1 1 mill l etain it HI 11 that I 1 do not boast abat atit I 1 said IS in no nicie a boast than for at a man inan with mith align to may I 1 can malk alk Ilc 11 mino cause ion liae hae known only log leg less men you the llull culli of walking it tb a as aa easy for me ale to ninke money nione its s it Is fur for somo liet eo pie to upend it it la Is baldly necessary for me to say I 1 was riot not insinuating anything akal list lit im i lit ople but she aha was just then supersensitive on the subject though I 1 did not su Almet it hale flushed hot lintl I 1 you m will ill riot not have ally chuao cantio to sneer at my illy people on oil that hereafter ahe aih maid I 1 at att t tied that to dai I 1 ft A as aa not sneering at them I 1 pro tested I 1 gasn wasn t oven even thinking of 0 them and ou on must know that it a favor to nid lite for an body to ask aek me to do anything fan thing that III ilease lease ou anicat she roade made a gesture of impatient e I 1 wa sea id better tell aou ou nh ahi I 1 did riot not RO go with them toda I 1 dalsted nal sted that they alye alvo bick back all they haie hae taken front aou ou arid and hn thy they re anaed I 1 refused to 0 o go 11 1 I ilont dont care why boti ou refu refund sd or imagined you ie fused said bald I 1 I 1 bin am content alth ith the fact that sou ou are lire anre li re hut but ou oil stand jt the au an it 8 ered coldly I 1 don t t understand it I 1 ion don t role u it t was aas nij ma cepl I 1 ae ac 0 atit it bho turned til away awa front from the window out ot thy the bocim ayou ho love lovegr or tt al to leaah not have loved can ini im i t agine it liow I 1 v jt made tnt me f feel eel to see bec iler her moving abo about ut tn ln hume loon liF of ml ne N bit al the 1 le burlace pl of tan mr mind N vaa as 1 1 N 11 ua ava tl kv 1 t 41 1 I 1 M met URL A W V taken up with her I 1 must have been thinking underneath of the warning she had bad brought for or perhaps halt half or of aa hour after she ehe left I 1 was suddenly whirled out of nit reverie at the window by a thought like a pistol thrust into my face abat bat if they should include roebuck and just as a roan nian be gins to defend hiru sIf from a sudden danker danger before he clearly seen seca what the darigis in 18 so HO I 1 began to act be role I 1 even questioned whether my busel ion was wan plausible or absurd I 1 unit ili inlo the he hall ball tang lang the bell it a light weight eight coat over my mv evening dress and put on a hat appealed I 1 said I 1 im m going out for a few minutes per haps in an hour if any one should auk A moment later I 1 was in a hansona arid and on the ay to roebuck km H tho the door of roebucks Iloe buck s house was opt op ned for foi me ly by a maid a man tier ber vent vant would have hare bc bian en a sinful lux ury a binau set vant might be the hire ling of plot lei teia I 1 against his life I 1 may add that she looked th the 0 r heap cheap maid of all woi k arid and her manners were of tile the flee fice arid and fish sort that ind andl cates a feeling that as high or higher wages and tests lesa to do could be got elsewhere e I 1 don t think ou can bee mr air roe koe buck mile klie said take my card to him I 1 ordered and III wait in tile the parlor parlors parlor a in use slie she retorted with a sarcastic biln which I 1 was soon to understand so ho I 1 stood by the old fashioned coat and bat rack while site she went in at the hall door of the back par pailor or soon roebuck himself came out ills his glasses on his none nohe a family bible under tinder ilia his arm glad to see you oil matthew said bald he with saintly klud kindliness liness giving tile nie a friendly fil endly hand we are just to offer up ill our evening prayer come right in I 1 followed hini him into the back parlor pallor both it and tile the front parlor lighted in a sort of circle extending into both rooms were all the roe koe bucks bucka and ami the tour four mer servants this Is my friend matthew Ulac blacklock klock sald said lie and tile the roebucks Roel mcka in the clr cir do cle gravel bowed ile he drew up a foi me lite arid and we seated ourselves amid a solemn hush bugh lie ie lead a chap ter front the big hable out up tip on hta him lean lap at mi glance Nan sundered dered from arom face to face of the ilia roebucks as aa plain dressed as an their per I 1 was able to look freely mine being the only pes not bent upon the th floor so was aa I 1 in tte re study of tile the influence of ills his terrible ter lible master character chai actor upon those thome closest to it t that I 1 stained when ne ae said let iet ua tin pra lira I 1 I 1 followed tho the exam ale of the and knett knelt the andl audible lite prayer was up by hla his daughter daug alis mi wheler a adow roebuck punctuated pach each lit in her har serla of petitions with a loud ly whispered anim aman when N hen iche lie pray ed for the ati anger whom ahou has led seemingly by chance into our little circle he the amen mole fervor aly and repta repeated ted I 1 it L 1 ah I be prayer ended and its on our feet the servants with withdrew lien aben awkwardly all the famile ement riat is IH they 6 closed I 1 lie ile leoia a between bet een the efto t ua 0 rooms find left him anti and rue nw alone in the front parlor I 1 shall riot not detain you lung long mr roebuck said 1 I A reached nac me this evening that sent bent ne me to noll at aute oute on BP I 1 it if possible matthew said he and ho he ou wild not hide his uneasiness unea alnesa put ot off bulnes bul bg until to worrow orrow iii my at Y mind ours too I 1 trust la Is not in the frame e for that kind or of now I 1 lathe 1 t lie coal organization to he be rn the first arst of july juiet 1 d 5 banded it 1 has baa always been ana at al ways waa shall t to my method to 0 light fight in the open this not filin principle but from expediency some men fight best in tho the brush I 1 don t so sol 1 always lefiu battle by billing the woods woo da no lie be said amazing me e by hla his instant frankness the announcement has been postponed hy did he be riot not lie to mel me why did ho be not put me off on the scent as aa ha be might easily have lone done with some soine shrewd evasion I 1 suspected I 1 owed it to my illy luck lack in catching him at family prayers nhen hen will the reorganization be announce announced 19 7 I 1 asked I 1 can call not may eay he be answered some chiefly labor difficulties have arisen until they are settled nothing can be done come to me to tomorrow morrow and vie well 11 talk about it that Is all I 1 wished to know bald 1 I with fill a filen db easy smile bood night it was ma his turn to be astonished and he be showed it where I 1 had given not a sign abat hat was nas the report you bearda he be asked to detain me that you and Alow mowbray bray langdon had conspired to ruin me said 1 I laughing lie ile echoed my laugh rather hollowly it was waa hardly necessary for ou to come to me about such a a state ment li hardly ardly t answered rard hard ly indeed dor I 1 was wag seeing now all that I 1 bad been hiding from myself since I 1 became infatuated with anita and made marrying hir my only real business in life we faced each other each meas tiring the other and as his glance quailed before mine I 1 turned away to conceal my exultation la in a corn coin parlon of resources this man who had I 1 plotted to ciuch me was to me as glint to midget dut I 1 had bad the joy of realizing that man to wan bian I 1 was the stronger at ronger MY Y WIFE mufti As I 1 drove away awa I 1 BBS as proud of my self I 1 had liste listened ried to my death sen men tence with a face so smiling tilling si that he must have believed me ine un conscious clous and also aho it had not even entered my bad as I 1 listened to beg for mercy deicy not that there would have been the least use in begging as wll try to pray a statue into life ai try to soften that set will and pur pose pobe still many a man would have weakened arid and I 1 had riot not weakened hut but when I 1 was once more in my apartment apart mentIn in our apar apartment trient per haps hapa I 1 did show that there was a weak streak through me I 1 fought against tho the impulse to see her once more that night k t I 1 fought lit in vain I 1 knocked at the door of her sitting groont room a timid knock for me no answer I 1 knocked again mole moio loudly then a third time still more moie loudly the doot opened and she stood ethere then like one ot of the angels gets that guarded the gates of aden after the fall only instead of a naming flaming sword hers here was as of ice fee she was waa in a dressing gown or tea gown white and clinging and full of intoxicating hlila and glimpses of all the beauties of her flauie fiaui e ter her face softened as a she continued to at tile me and I 1 entered no please don t turn on any more lights I 1 said sad as she moved toward the electric buttons I 1 just cams came in ili toto to to see bee it if I 1 could do anything for you in fact I 1 had come longing for her to do something for me to show in look or tone or act some bomb sympathy for me in my loneliness lonell neba and trouble no thank you she avid her voice seemed that of 0 a stranger Bt ranger who wished to remain a stranger arid and she was as evidently waiting malting for me to go you m |
