| Show LIFTED WEIGHT FROM BOTH arbuthnott Arbuth nota confession of sin graciously pardoned by his HI better half margaret said Arbutt arb inot warburton 1 I have a confession to make but before I 1 speak I 1 want you to promise to forgive me A wild look of alarm came into the big soft eyes of his lovely wife and a deathly pallor overspread her beautiful face overcome by a sudden feeling ot of faintness she sank bank into the soft cushions upon the daven davenport port and stared at her husband she sha was unable to speak tell me he pleaded sitting beside her and taking her little cold hands in his bis own that you will be generous that you will not despise me when I 1 have told you all oh she cried in tones that were full of anguish why did you tell me why did you not let me continue to be happy it if you had only kept on deceiving me arbuthnot it Is all a cruel jest tell me that it Is no darling it Is not a jest but chave I 1 have not deceived you how can you say that it if you have a confession to make tell me that I 1 shall be forgiven and you shall know all oh Ar buthy Ar buthy how could you it was a hard thing to do but I 1 accomplished complis hed it you accomplished it I 1 dont understand der stand no little girl women are not supposed to understand these things shall I 1 tell you how it was 1 I dont know im afraid perhaps when I 1 know it I 1 shall despise you perhaps it would be better it if I 1 never no no sweetheart dont say that tell me you will forgive me you must you are breaking my heart I 1 have had a premonition all day that some terrible calamity was hanging over me how could you ke ka so cruel so heartless 1 I done you any wrong fit at all dearest I 1 merely wanted to tell 5 ou that I 1 had made today by taking an unfair advantage of another man and that I 1 intended to hand the money over to vou oh arbuthnot Arbut arbuthnot Enot she exclaimed throwing her soft white arms around his nock neck why have you jested with me I 1 thought you were going to tell me that you had taken your stenographer out to lunch or done some other terrible thing |
