Show isif visy J ctet an arrested development by charles gleis gleig laj ir it I 1 tit A 1 lit ht by J U D lippincott co the great ocean liner bad had entered southampton docks hard upon sunset too lato lao to enable him to reach her that eight ills disappointment aa as keen although he lie chafed at his hi own lack ot 0 patience timea times during the lone long JO journey amey from the south american tato tn in which he had client event hid hia exile mansfield had haft read her letter lie ile not only know the wording tack backward ward but ho he had fully succeeded in shaping etui ping the rather prim phrases to the white heat beat of hie his own ideals tier iler simple piety would account he argued for the re ahe she had exercised she sho recorded the death of her husband and hoy could he expect ao so noble a woman as corallo to regard that event aa as he the did ddt the late air brooke ought to havo have died en on years earlier indeed he ought never to have lived no doubt he had treated her kindly although ho could never have understood her there waa wats comfort always had been in the knowledge that boralle Jo ralle ahad married him against her inclima alon in the height of hit misery mansfield blansfield bad had never doubted that her heart remained faithful to her broken vows worldly parent parents had persuaded her to clarry tho the felloe fellow mansfield had haft iding accepted the inevitable though at the time life had been robbed of all for him and the future without her had seemed entirely void heffs je had bait never reproached her lie had 4 implied in eini slin plo manly words to her hysterical letter announcing tho the parental decision de clelon true bo be bad had urged bw bad td defy conventions and to faco kolble poverty with him coralle re plied thAt such wai was her overmastering d doni rt bill but that her enee sense of duty disty held her hei bound aa in chains thua thus they had drifted apart slid she marrying ying brooke he seeking Jis distraction traction fit youth south amer tea ica starting life anew shaking the duet dust of civilization from front his feet A very ordinary affair you yo U will perceive hut but the death of brooke had changed for the gray hue of alro II 11 fo in these ten years of strenuous work he had grown moderately rich her ifer bright image lay enshrined in hia his heart no other woman had haft ever attracted him film for an hour except one or two who recalled reca llod some memory of coralle read of the aleath dofher husbard in an old nes newspaper paper 12 month months elapsed before corallo wrote to him herself she wrote trute guardedly but he heivad i ead be b tase I 1 ince of haq he conventionality pr r fancied that ho be dd leaving hie his affair in the bands hands of a friend mans field at ogee once started for england F next morning the early train from brought him to the near eat est to toafa nn by eight 0 clock and thence ha drove to Egg bottle 11 in a fly he ile had bad shaved off his beard board on the previous night alto also he had sent her a tele gram about 8 36 a in the fly on n ter odthe village mansfield a heart beat wat fat falt he ile pictured their meeting would look long into each others elex eye ste fie holding her tier hand corallo 01 0 1 he would passion at abely tily I 1 al at lu 40 my herbert at laatt ehe she w voul oui I 1 whimper aa as she sank upon hia his br orai ta o 0 IMF was wa delirious glorious and whale vague ile did not get further furt lier than her whispered althal Al an I 1 the sinking bu aitho alie villaire Vil laige was wai wholly strange to him hial but he lie kitow that elo she lived in a hoto called 1 I he laurels and thith or rl nei ito cati cabinian nian had been directed to doivo it tt 1 I may way have tn when ib bicili bu cili W stopped at the door of the h hoube ach which waa was by way f prim cu flanked at 1114 exact intervale intervals by tile boula itself was largo dinar and Alto It ogeth getho unworthy nf no doubt hail A chohli ch it t A colodin buffor looking unaffectedly hailo open 1116 door p IN in mra bro uka at home honie gasped at Ul do doe doen en not brea klist 9 JO 30 WM the vie chilling reply 1 it I im litt fth ah old friend I 1 aid said thid alt id 1 lit wait watt J it 1 I w will cake your card up tip if it the busl buil o 0 1 U i ar nt said the butler affected affect ud to search tor for his rord he lie oad ad ion long ceased to we ime such arl th butler butier he felt would dut tot have confined con dined each inch a breach of fahlor I 1 avd fa card with ro mf he ex 5 I 1 ened say It herbert erbert mansfield ansfIeld Df it t tin io 4 t want ant to say it said mald the but ter cr it f botein thata ny int name explained I 1 f the mistress latresa rn neter never rec elree elvea in the el I 1 the butler the rhe jal at isome day days are the second and fourth Tua aday bet weeti 4 and 6 ia 0 lit Mins ainsfield field to took ak a lulf crown piece ctorn bla lid locket aud the butler butter cide I 1 i well air if wait watt in n the cab for few I 1 it send your name a vald 1 after 4 long tong delay the butler re tarncy tae the mt will fe you sir in artif tn hour you would prefer tote to i turn to luncheon the message a chilled him but to we Ine meeting eting till luncheon alivio waa unthinkable ln IIA follo followed wei the kudar to a 3 arge drawing room and eni left alone with eter daye days news paper and a view of the prin prim front gerben ib ili heavy door as a upon him no bound sound elied hs its ears during the long long wait watt that tol tot lowed at laet last the door opened and they HU od nd face to face the lonely year years tell fell away and were forgotten as he looked upon her untarnished beauty there waa was no change eave save that she had grown a little thinner the color man tied her cheek and her bright eyes bank sank modestly under hta his eager gaze hj IN tried to peak speak her beloved be loveit name but emotion held him speechless speech lesi tn in tola supreme moment of ecstasy upon apon which he had counted for more than a year he ile forgot crooke he lie forgot her tier broken vows kit all his loneliness and suffering seemed aa as unsubstantial la in that wonderful moment ot of reunion Tun ton as a a dream or a meringue she came cante forward briskly offering him her hand at arm arms length just aa as it she st bad had been some rather welcome acquaintance simultaneously a chill ing torrent of word words poured from her red lipe lips I 1 how d you do mr mane mans field I 1 im m so glad to eee see you again im afraid I 1 ve kept you waiting quite a long time but you ape I 1 d no idea you would come so early and I 1 seldom have breakfast before halt half past nine I 1 why yes ho be said drearily feeling ai as it he had lost his individuality yee yes I 1 m afraid I 1 in too early mo no not at all eho she eald said have you breakfasted t he ile made an effort to remember feel feet ing how little food mattered and won dering whether this actually bo be her greeting he lie longed tor for some dem one of love and she poke spoke of breakfast the thought of food eick sick ened him I 1 ill tell harris to have something cooked at t she aid said you roust be tarnished famished after your journey they beldora seldom prepare anything but an egg or two for torme pe pray dont trouble he said sald try ing to hide hie his disappointment am I 1 in not hungry silence tell fell upon then tor for a moment but she cloaked her embarrass went ment as an before with a rush of empty he lie could not tell whether tit dt not ehe she felt any real emotion but it was wholly evident she wished to dis play none she asked the usual ques eions about his TO age spoke of the detect defects of the local trait eenice service keep ing ins hiro him rigidly tn in the corn con ent lonal ional rut her iler process dazed him but he made an in enort effort to strike the personal rote you have not changed corall Coral lel he said I 1 was prepared tf t aad you aged t she a shallow little laugh and dived back to the commonplace she had a agta it deal to say to him about a local lecil bazaar in aid of some mission and he could not tell whether any ot of the old love lay hidden beneath this flood of foolish words it was at least certain that ahe she meant to avoid a scene and he could not bat tie against her volubility f r he lie found himself lying in wait walk for some indications of her bright humor op or of the breadth of mind that he be had no so confidently looked for and at last ab did say an which might have amused him from a girl girt of 20 he lie responded et to the poor little jest with ith a ghastly grin and a inking sinking heart the butler announced breakfast mansfield ollow tollow td cd her to the break fast a room he ile would not a admit t to 0 himself that he be was disillusioned coralle he whispered fervently as he lie walked after her through the long slippery slipper Ir hall she aid bid not hear bear him because she he waa wan talking fast over her I 1 shoulder 1 yen the beloved name now se deemed mett cheap tawdry theatrical it i teda hlll artist manshell Man seated himself at the ta ble thil their places had been laid many feet spart ap artand and tried manfully to eat he prepared for him ahe be sitting at the head of the table behind a bar ricadel of jusa jugs and plated ware talked on incessantly it required some effort on his elde side to follow what she said the human interest was wai wholly lack lug ing until at he the close of the meal aho she blundered upon something which gave him the duo clue to bis his disillusion nent mra huntley he said 1 I seem to renumber that Is she a friend of yours oh no ehe she answered plaintively a mere acquaintance I 1 don t get on with women omen as cis ou may remember 11 I 1 remember lie said but I 1 au posed you outgrow that little prejudice omen are so je jealous and spiteful to their own sox ahe she replied with an air 0 of profundity he tie remembered that he be had ex tho same generality in the very same words at the ago age of 20 then in be had thought her astute he ile ix now that br bar judgment was wan narrow narro hud false mid it dawned upon him that coralles Cor ailes mind had aged as a little as her bed lou have not changed at al all he eald said wistfully as he looked at the foolish girlish face above the barri cade of jugs 1 I in ao so glad you think so I 1 she eald said and a slight blush confirmed her pleas lure urt but perhaps ou only say it as a compliment herbert she added softly too ISO jid said mansfield Slane neld its it the lit eral truth half an hour later hp b caught a train to southampton corale coralle never fully loot l why he returned to south america |