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Show lMlslie love .him? Harriet hoM. when she reviewed l nil In the rent- jleee, tossing hours of the ntghtthat shi' had thought, In that moment, that she 4Md. HVaa', wonderful to feel that strong, eager arm about her, there was a sweet and heady implication n his passion, even If It did hot 'awaken an answering passion In return. Under all hec.reefpBvB and, counter-reasoning In the hlglit there crept the knowl- reehataheiuu) known that this was coming,' hail known that only a few" 0aypr .of,,flcourag!flg ,frle;dy ness, only 'a few appealing glances from uplifted a smooth brown hand must hrlng" this kiuwpeniker.-'.And bsckof, this hour, and of a man's joy In winning the woman ho loved, she had seen the hazy fatare .ofjjarapeflty.iand. beauty, innU ease, the gowns and cars and homes, the position, of young Mrs. Ward Car- ft Vi '. .She.had let him turn.herface. up, Jn. vthe atreagthenlng moonlight, and kls; tier .taatfrtfy upon Ilia lips,, and. she had seat him In to his dinner half-wild with the Ipy-pf knowing himself be- .loved Harriet thad mm to, too, shaken llM WfUhjaned'ahd with -his as( whispered prophecy ringing In her ears: "Walt ayear rot I I'll go to the Bellamys',- (because I. promised to,, but the 5day I come back, and, thui's two weeks from today, wo'll tell everyone, (anal this time, next yearyou will have been my wife for six montlis I" CHAPTIR VI. A, most., opportune lull followed, when Harriet Field had time to collect her thoughts, and get a true perspective, perspec-tive, upon, be, events of tliy.puat week. Nina was leaving for u visit Jo Amy Ifawkes, at the extremely dull und entirely; en-tirely; safe Hawkes niatiKlon, -where .four unmarried dnughturs constituted a chupcronage beyond till criticism. Isabella Carter was glvlug und attending attend-ing the, usual luucheous und dinners. Jierhusban(J,absorbed, lit an especially Important buslness"Ucal thut kept him alternate nights In the city. The house was quiet, the domestic machinery running wnoothly, tjio weather, hot, stupnnrouH ana enervaiing. She dined as ,usuul alone, that , eve-riilng,,and1wasv eve-riilng,,and1wasv surprised, at ubout eight o'clock, to recylvu the demuru notllica-tion notllica-tion from Rosa that Mrs'. Curtcr would like to see her. With, hardly an In-. Jtaut's delay, she went, UowuHtaJrs. On the terrace outside the drawing room windows they were ut a card tu-bloi.Klchnrd, tu-bloi.Klchnrd, looking, tired, and. hot In rumpled, while. Isabe)lsexqulslte, In stiver lace, und youug Antb'ouy I'oic. Vorby, Madamo Carter majestically OMXered aome-Iliustrated mugaxlnes. It! upiiearedhut they wanted' bridge ; It was. too hot to eat," too hot to dance ut the club, too hot said Isabelle imthvtlcally to llvo I Obligingly, Harriet too!: her place, cut for the deal. But her eyes hud not fallen upon, the group before she sensed thut something wus wroug, and aha bad a moment's flutter of the heart for (cur some one inspected her, that he wus under surveillance. Had ltoyul hud Wurd Sho turned u card, took the deal, found Anthony l'ope her partner, and entered Into the game with spirit. Richard's llrst words to her were reassuring; reas-suring; If there was constraint here, ijlio was pot Involved. In It. "No trunip says little Miss Field. Well, thut doesn't seem to frighten me. Two spades." "I think we might try thrco diamonds, dia-monds, Miss Field," Anothouy said, snively und pleasantly, nnd Hurrlot fen herself acquitted of any apprehension apprehen-sion In that direction as well, It only remained for Isaliello to show friendliness. "Du hast dlnnipnten and. pcrlen, jnu two. I can see that I You're .tlnwiv jHiirriVtl", , Mrs.' " parter said, thoughjtfuliyr Harriet began thoroughly thorough-ly to enjoy herself. If thpyvere all furious, at least It was not with her. She speculated, as sho gathered In her tricks. - Vni It coticelvnblo that Itlchurd did not enjoy tho .discovery of tho tete-o-teto dinner? But Isubello had often been equally Indiscreet, and hu had never seemed to, resent It bo"-foro. bo"-foro. Harriet know thnt Isjibcllo was III nt ciiso; sho siwpocled that Tony wns furious. The old lady was ob-vlniisly ob-vlniisly quivering with bullied Interest Inter-est nnd curiosity. After Ihrco rubbers tho game ended .i:ihli'iily ; Rlehnrd oiild ho hud some let (it In wr!t, and was keeping Fox tviiltltig In tho library; Anthony scrlb-b'cil scrlb-b'cil a check, -said brief nnd unfriendly unfriend-ly gooil'idghts; Isnholle merely rnlsod piixNlonntn dark eyes to his. She wns tniiKUhlly gathering In her spoils wln'ii the lights of his enr (lushed yel-lnv yel-lnv mi the ilrlvo and ho wns gono. ' j Vatfly ufterwurd Rlehnrd ilvw mill good-night to Ills mother i1 ifo, uml went In to ills study. '! 'lie Carter followed him In, and .it uimtnlru, but Isubttllu tnt, Or. moodily flliufning.and, reshufflltig ttiw cards, In the bright soft light of the terrace lamps. 'v-Walt a mlntjte, JIarriet ' she 'said, briefly, and Harriet obediently folfired. But Isabelle seemed to have nothing ito say. .her eyes were on the cards, her beautiful breast, exposed In the i ill 4jD 'tHBmKtBmMlr HI SiKtMSwm Awl IMKDIBv aaStQirl'iHfaeJpL i 7 ,C "Walt a"Ml'nut, Harriet," he Saiil, Briefly, and Harriet ObHIently Lelttrtd. ,, low-cut 'Hllvcr. gown, .rose andfell stormlly, ami lljirrle,t avi'that''ahe was biting her full under 'lip, "as If "anger seethed strong within her. ' ' "Come opstulrs to my room ; I want to, speak to you I" Isabelle said, .suddenly. .sud-denly. Harriet followed ther upstairs, and they entered the beautiful boudofr .together. 4 Here Isabelle dropped Into n chair and stared Vlully ahead of her, a' queen of tragedy. Ocrraslne came forward, evidently . m,ore accustomed to this mood than Harriet wus. Like a flash the high- heeled shoes, the silver gown, and . the. brocaded stays, were whisked nway, and a cool, loose silk robe enveloped, en-veloped, Isabelle, and she took a deep, cretonned chair by the window. The lights were lowered, Isabelle nodded Harriet to the opposite chair. "I ask you," she satd, with a great brealh of anger restrained, "I "ask you If any woman In the world could .stand It I You saw the way Mr. Carter Car-ter acted. You raw him make me , ridiculous make a fool of met The boy will never come to the house ' again." "Oh, I don't think that I" Harriet ( said, In honesty. "Mr. Carter stalked In upon us, at dinner" his wife snld, broodlngly. She fell Into thought, and suddenly burst out, "Harriet, my heart aches, for thut boy I My God my God what hnve I done to hlmt" She rested her white fnll arms on the dressing Sable, nnd covered her face with her hands. Harriet saw tho frnll silk of the dressing gown stir with her sudden dry sobbing. "My Ood If I could cry I" Isabelle said, turning.. And Harriet realized, with a shock, 'that she was not acting. "Mr. Carter only sees what I see," nhe added, "that It must stop. But I am afraid It will kill him. He Isn't llko other men. He" She opened a drawer, fumbled therelu. "Read thatl" she said. , Hurt-let took the sheet of paper, pressed it open. '"My heart'," she rend. In Tony Pope's handwriting. '"I will go nway from you If I must. But It will be further than Indlu, Isabelle, further than Itlo or Alaska., While wo two live. 1 must see you sometimes. Perhaps Per-haps outside it world there Is a place big enough for mo to forget you I' " "Now I" snld Isnbelle, rising and beginning restlessly to walk tho Iloor. "Now, what shall I doT Send hlin nway to his death, or. risk- Mr. Carter's Car-ter's Insulting him again, as be did tonight I Anthony Popo means It, Harriot I know him well enough for thut" (Continued next week) |