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Show THE SAUNA SUN, SAUNA, UTAH i 7 ) t i CHAPTER VIII Continued 11 "Lillian's going to that dinner at the Plaza Mrs. Wallace. Tour father begged off, but she says she has to go," Ellen reminded him. "Oh, so she is And she stays overnight, doesn't she? Well, If dad doesnt need the car, I may keep Torrens In, j then, and drive out after the dinner. I could just as tv ell stay at the studio: I have to be In town tomorrow but well see. Dont worry If Im not here. Come on, Tom, were all ready Ellen followed them downstairs, her heart dark with suspicions well in keeping with the foreboding sky and the cold, dull air. When the plans for the day were discussed at the breakfast table, she listened, her tragic gaze moving from her husbands face to Lillian's serene face. "I wish I could go Into town when you do, Gibbs. Lillian said indifferently, giving Tommy the cherry from her grapefruit, "but Im not going until late, and Im furious at having to go at all. I hate the Wallaces, I'm worried about your father's cold, and altogether my dolly is stuffed with sawdust "I suppose we couldnt be rude to them again? the old man said, doubtfully. I suppose we couldnt! she answered, smiling. "No, and I wouldnt have you go In with that cold, either! Ill go In about five and stay at the Plaza, and have a really nice time, so dont give It another thought! You have to go this morning, Gibbs? Now! he answered, rising. "I'm painting a lovely society lady, weight three hundred, and a mustache! Tommy laughed gaily, danced with his father to the door, and watched until the roadster disappeared down the drive. The day wore on. At eleven oclock Lillian, whose woman was shampooing her hair, wandered, with all Its glory sprend loose over her shoulders, to Ellen's door. "Snow, Ellen! Ellen had been writing, bnt had stopped, and was staring blindly ahend of her through eyes. She was glad she did not have to face Lillian as she looked out of the window. So It Is! she managed to say huskily. Lillian wandered on, stood In the bathroom door, where Lizzie was working mittens and warm woolen wraps upon the excited Tommy. When she turned back into Ellens room the younger woman had entirely recovered 1 1 1 tear-flime- her Copyright by Kiihlttti Norri "Im a little worried about Lillian! he said, as their eyes met. Im afraid And the finely they had a bad trip! groomed old hand was stretched for the telephone. She heard him call the Plaza hotel, and ask for Mrs. Bain-brldg- e Wallace. Ellen watched him with a sort of fascination. She not with the Wallaces, he said, in a puzzled tone; thats odd. They say she telephoned at about six oclock that she could not reach the city, and was staying with a friend. Ellen's face was deathly white. "Theyre together! she whispered. And with a gesture as primitive as It was unconscious she wound her hands together, and pressed them to her face. They're at the studio together! she muttered, blindly beginOh, Gibbs ning to pace the room. Gibbs The old man stared at her for a moment in titter bewilderment. Then the slow blood of age crept slowly Into his colorful cheek, a hundred episodes rallied to support the new suspicion. Ills gallantry, courtesy, untiring animation and geniality were a deliberately adopted philosophy. He bad not been Lillians husband for eight years without perceiving the real woman beneath the soft and lovely surface. lie felt for her at times the angry contempt of a genuine nature forced to treaty with what Is false. But her arts had seemed to him so patent, so pitifully childish and apparent, that he had never dreamed No, he had never dreamed of Gibbs! And as the thing burst upon him, suddenly confirmed by much that he 1 half-forgott- d l. While they lunched, snowflakes fluttered softly down from a leaden sky. A wind began to whistle about the corners of the house. Outside there was great emptiness, an appalling silence. Ellen forced herself to settle In the down with her father-in-lastudy after lunch; the old man as she seemed supremely happy He was esopened Jean Christophe. tablished in his great chair by the fire, with a plaid over his knees, and Interrupted the rending now and then to congratulate himself upon having escaped the necessity of going out that night. But Lillian seemed as restless and nervous as Ellen did. At four oclock she came in to say goodby, exquisite in her furs, and Ellen suddenly decided to try to walk herself Into a better frame of mind. She saw Torrens walking about the big car, as she went down the drive, and presently it passed her and she waved to Lillian In farewell. It wns bitterly cold, and a strong wind was blowing. The snow fell fitfully; the storm was coming, but It was not yet fairly under way. Ellen, usually normal and sensible enough, felt a sense of Impending horror close upon her. She did not want to go back to that dreadful house, where selfishness, and deceit, and cruelty flourished. But she did go back, and sent her wet shoes downstairs by Kenn. and slowly got herself Into something warm. She went to the study, where "just before dinner Josselyn, Senior. Joined her. Ellen was almost frantic now with undefined nervousness, her hands were icy cold, her face burned, and when one of the maids dropped a spoon at dinner she gave a sharp little were cry. She and her father-in-laalone at the stately meal. "Here comes the storm!" he said pleasantly, as a wild assault of wind drove violently against the windows Oh, I wish Gibbs were here!" Ellen exclaimed, with suddenly watering "Here or that I were anyeyes. where In the world, with him! her heart added. And tonight where was he, while she went silently and heavy-hearte- d about this house of shadows and menaces? The thought tormented her like a gnawing pain. Where was he? Who was enjoying the smile she loved so well, tlit accents of that wonderful 'oice? She was not beautiful, as Lillian wns. she was thin and nervous, and alien to his atmosphere, but she was his wife, after all she was the same Ellen who had talked with him there at the yacht club, in her pink dress, nnd given him the freshness and the glory of her youth. 'Oh, I could be pretty again! she mused. bes!de the study fire. "I could be gay again ! But not here not CHAPTER IX Tiy KATHLEEN NORRIS saw something admirable in the honest, earnest little face, and the wet blue eyes. You are a good woman, Ellen," he said. "Gibbs mother was Just such You shall have him back, another! my dear, and this will all be forgotten. Its the fault of the times, Ellen but no harm has been done, yet. Ill think about It I have been talking of going to England, and Lillian seems to want to go. She's like a child; she forgets. Only tell me again that youll forgive him, Ellen, and be happy aguin Ellen went up to bed comforted, and undressed while she dreamed of a new life for herself and Gibbs. They would take the little apartment that ad joined the studio, they would be alone again, the old happy atmosphere would be recreated. He loved her, under all this new madness Ellen saw herself in her mirror; her cheeks burning, her eyes starry, her loosened cloud of hair framine her thoughtful face. Hope came back, confidence came back, a dimple deepened in her cheek. It was all her foolish suspicion, after all. Gibbs bad been at the dinner, and would come home on the midnight train, and turn the electric lights full In her eyes while he gave her a yawning account of the speeches, and tore off his white tie. And Lillian had been she did not care where Lillian had been! But when she had Jumped Into bed, and midnight struck, and one oclock, nnd two oclock, and he did not come, the anger and doubt returned In double force. The storm was still racketing about the house. Ellen felt cold under her thick blankets. She tossed and turned, locked her arms under her head nnd stared Into the dark, turned and tossed again. Her father-in-labad disposed of the matter simply and sanely. But suppose she was right, suppose Lillian and Gibbs had really thrown all honor to the winds, were really together tonight, then what? How could she how could any wife, forgive that? To have his father take away the danger, as she might take matches away from Tommy, proved nothing for him, and solved nothing for her. And If he and Lillian did not choose to be separated. If that passion had carried them far beyond any plans that she and his father might make 7 The clock struck three; struck fouf. Ellen felt as If she would never sleep again. 1 The next morning she surprised Liztheir early breakfast; she wns going !tvio the city. The world was mantled with snow, but the sun had Just risen, and Louis, the lad who assisted Torrens, had the little service car at the door, and wns confident that he could get Mrs. Josseljn as far as the station. Just as Ellen was leaving, her father-in-malso cloaked and gloved, came downstairs. Their heavy eyes zie and Tommy at Ellen Had Been Writing, but Had Stopped, and Was Staring Blindly Ahead of Her Through Eyes. Tear-Filme- d met. "I what dont know why I'm going, or Im going to do, Ellen said. Ive got to go to the studio and see If had seen and heard without underIf hes there. I didnt sleep all they standing, in the last few weeks, he night." knew what a fool he had been not to "Ill go with you, he said quickly. foresee exactly this. "I saw Louis come to the door, and I "You think thev he began, clearthought you must be going to town. ing his throat. Ellen recalled to her- Ill too. LUliuns car may really self in the midst of her frenzy, looked havego Into trouble gotten with quick concern upon his suddenly Or he may have been foolish fuce. aged to try to come out In the road"Oh, I dont knowl she said, more enough ster," Ellen added. They went down I don't know But quietly. anything! I Ive been thinking about it all day! the scraped steps together; not another word was exchanged on the They may be dining together, and then drive to the train. It was an early they will come home late. It seemed train : commuters were stamping on to me that they were planning it the Ellen platform. She stopped her restless walk, and came to the side of his chair and placed hersel' at a window and stared knelt down beside It with the endear- hlindly out, making no attempt to entertain her companion, who rattled ing penitence of a passionate child. "I Ills newspaper with a great show of she stammered may be wrong! snow-tracke- d Ellen hnd passed through several phases of violent emotion in the past ten days, like everyone else In the house she had been undergoing tremendous mental adjustments. But more sensible or more adaptable than the others, she had disciplined herself to accept the new order of things. Ellen hnd the advantage of some preparation, whereas the events of the memorable Wednesday had fallen upon the others like a thunderbolt. She had suspected, doubted, and dreaded, for many heartsick days and weeks before the crisis came, and now, while they all suffered In their separate ways from the shock, Ellen even experienced a desperate satisfaction. It was over: Gibbs loved her no longer, and he knew that she knew it. For a few days the repetition of this fact gave her an empty, vague feeling, and a sensation of fatigue. She was always tired, and her head felt always confused. Gibbs loved her no longer. She had Well, what next then? faced terrible things before. The old leather harness, for Instance, and the feverish days of pain in the old diningstove. And later room, by the air-tigwinter days, In Paris now, when she had roused In the night to listen to the babys uneven breathing and had wakened to remember that the crib was gone, that Rose was gone Rose was gone And now she must keep sane, and face these new, strange things. Gibbs, her own husband, loved another woman more than his wife, and Joe, the little brother whose s'mple, sturdy integrity had seemed to shine In so brilliant a contrast to this life of hypocrisies and affectations, Joe hud caused misery and harm, and must take a tarnished record Into his new life as a husband. Brooding on these things day and night, yet Ellen forced herself to a certain despernte courage. She dressed in her usual scrupulous, quaint way. she made herself walk and read, and enter Into Tommys life. She met Gibbs stern and moody unresponsiveness with tranquil gravity, with his father alone she was more like her old sunshiny self. Lillian and Ellen barely spoke to enrh other, except for the unavoidable civilities whose omission would have caused talk among the servants. Senior, had somewhat Josselyn, withdrawn Into himself since the trip to the studio, and had asked his wife to cancel all engagements for a week or two. Lillian amiably obeyed and after that the silence nnd chill of hidden anger and suppressed fear fell Villlno dell Orto." Once upon the George Lathrop came to dinner, and for a few hours the shadow lifted, and now and thpn Joe came In, perceiving that something was wrong, hut assuming, as they were all assuming, that everything was normal and pleasant Otherwise between the .Tosselyns. they v ere alone. Lillian was bewildered and made a little uneasy by the suddenness with which this change in atmosphere had come about, because, as she told herself a dozen times a day, nothing had happened, after all. When Tom and Ellen had so abruptly entered the studio, on that eventful Wednesday morning, she had been ready with her laughing explanation of her presence there, and she hnd seen thnt they accepted It. Lillian wns not the woman to he caught unprepared in such a situation. The smiling greeting with which she hnd risen to meet them : "Ah, now youve spoiled it oil I was daunting In She hnd had a Its bright sincerity. kiss for her husband, she had had an arm about Ellen as she elucidated : "Tom, darling, weve been scheming and scheming for a chance to get my picture painted for your birthday what had luck brought you in todny? And Gibbs bad promptly nnd concernedly followed her lead. And howd you get in. Dad? The car broke down with Lillian yesterday on the Great Neck bill Torrens got in as far as the service sintion did he telephone you? And I hnd to telephone the Wallaces. Lillian added, wide-eye"and Tom. I simply Invited myself to stay with old Mrs. Pepper nt Great Neck all night. I didnt telephone you because I had this date for an early sitting with Gibbs. "Take a look at It ! Gibbs sn'd, at the easel. "Awfully rough now, of course! It's Just laid in." The old man. studying the canvas, nodded. "Still, youve caught It! he said Car broke down, eh? "No, It was skidding," Lillian, nt her husband's side, also looking at the The roan was portrait, explained. simply lined with cars. Tom. It was snowing hard, you know, nnd I got terribly nervous. Finally Torrens gae it up. too. Hes been talking about the brake, you know, and he was as nervous hs I. She was smiling, eager, garrulous for Lflllan. (TO BE CONTINUED.) e Ian-gu'- -- d ) i After 15 Hard Months H is USKIDE Soles Still Qoodl of that! Marcellus R. Abel, a Cincinnati THINKofficer, wore this pair of USKIDE Soles fifteen months, in rain, slu sh, on hot, rasping pavements "I have had such comfort, he aay,cool In summer, warm and dry in winter and they are still good for several mouths wear. the wonder 6oIe for wear. It wears and twice wears as long as best leather often longer USKIDE cuts your 6hoe bills. Have your repair man put USKIDE Soles on your shoes today. And be sure your next new shoes have genuine USKIDE Soles. The name is on the sole for your protection. 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The children will go out of ther she hid her eyes on his shoulder. senses when they see It! Ellen beard After a few moments she freed herhpr say. own back her and went to self. chair, Then fbey were In the big station ; where she dried her eyes, and managed In a taxicab. The streets, where a watery smile, but did not speak. She gangs of men were shoveling felt shaken and exhausted; yet the : Fiftieth : snow, went by. Forty-seconof relief speaking at last had seemed Fifty-nintat were the door. They to lift a weight from her soul. You have some explanation i.f this blame I myself for this, Ellen, her father-in-laeurl.v trip for Gibbs? Josselyn, Senior, said presently, in asked suddenly In the lift. She some Rgitatlon. He got up, took his turned' 'o him tortured eyes. pipe from the mantel, filled It. and Oh. yes toothache. she answered ! aside. It "Well he laid Irresolutely said briskly, "I will think about this, breathlessly, abstractedly. A second later, outside the studio my dear, and we will decide what to do. We will take It In time. We will door, she caught his arm. They stood And now he a moment transfixed. take It In time. They could hear Gibbs A voice unmistakable his tone full, his resolute. It's pipe, lighted nearly eleven o'clock, Ellen, and time womans laugh Lillians rare laugh soundpd In answer. for you to go to bed. Tomorrow They Like Felix Instnntly Ellens companion flung They lingered for a m: ment over a c'4 rut, Felix," a and he Uld his hand open the door. their pensioner at I lie Jtsrby railway sin shoulder. on Gibbs and Lillian were alone m the lion, London, and is Jonb.usi.v too "One thing more, Ellen. Will you studio. Gibbs. In h!s painting apron, tected by the station's staff. He v was busy with the wooden screws and nibble his food, undisturbed, in Mil forgive him? Her quick tears came again. Her cogs hat adjusted his big easel. 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