Show fackles Fa ciles the word by MARTHA WILLIAMS c S 1821 by T I 1 c zi the blithering idiot lil lot I 1 frances ejaculated tearing lit in half the note site blie had just read swear Se nr denby cemented despas Blona 1111 tely loth of rel relief lefIn in it g good mouth lining oath hotter better try it 1 I cant being it gentlewoman frances countered suppose you tie do it for me ine IIII II ral ml if the job jet Is permanent I 1 might possibly consider it tier her newest vic victim tito returned cant possibly damage liim ugo jay piety for anything casual 1 I see I 1 after nil all there tire limits s to your devotion luckily I 1 nin am finding out in time from frances As I 1 am finding out that you tire after till ill tanny emphasis upon the after nil all you searn to bo be qualifying for the idiot class frances Fra iKei said bald demurely abbt with twinkling eyes As how low denby demanded drawing d raw down the corners of his mouth thus and so ao front from frances that note intimates that I 1 nin am now sowing where they will return a golden hur harult ha vest now aint that nilse ni lse ise you must have studied poor jim baxter very closely to lilt hit off tits his favorite speech so cleverly denby commented say do you imitate till all of us this flits way it if so BO id love loe to have a specimen luell of Illy myself self 1 I know butter better you would not frances said emphatically but I 1 would cross my lay heart tind and hope tu to die frolia denby next minute lie he turned tingry angry red in ili spite of himself as lie he heard in ili what seemed tits hla own voice 1 I wish wish you would forget how flow to say no 1 I do wish visit it harder than ever for im going to ask if you will marry me ine out of hand and run along home me to mother tits lila pique swept away tit hi it new rush of tenderness stop playing with me dearest ite ilo meniver flits Is dead enri lest I 1 thee have been others front from frances wickedly ile he nodded Se others now it makes tile me shudder to think of them it if I 1 had un and ailet you too into 11 taffy 1 front from frances breaking bren hing into it a gale of laughter dechy sprang to ills feet crying lit in a half cli oled voice after this I 1 can call boileve holler boller aleve 0 you iou would laugh at seeing it a r nearl dearl dear I 1 front from frances in tier her highest qt nin manner tiner let me ine explain nir mr temple denby 1 laugh at your melo ili lilma because it Is too perfect it Is ig n well known immortal fact that no kisses perfectly the first arst tinie it ought to ito be as well mull understood that when it man lias has it very ery badly lie ho commonly a of telling you iou BO 80 1 I nm no trifler front from denly denby stiffly hut liow how if you tire arr trying to bo be nu all avenger neg cr frances hung filing tit at him that eliat explain I 1 things especially its as you iou ar art or 01 coq were carter gordons best pal fate face wits ai a through red bcd white hutc antl set of griffi aray after it a long minute lie ho sold huskily so you ou tire punishing defor 1110 for till nil intention ono one abandoned hehre I 1 saw sav you ou from the minute I 1 heill headd d your alco voice lit in the twilight thero the lie ruca frances felt herself trembling slip she va ns 4 so glad binl so sorry ferry lie lind bad not lied to tier her something subtle its as it a ilium also na its searing sealing lind hail leaped between etoen li thein atit in there lit in fit lie scented tented fc dusk slie she ajai been fighting it ever CUT since ight fight ing hard lit in desperate fear she had sensed a illier of loyalty in ahll that would inake ike hurt to it a filand fil doi dorillo illo hurt to himself so she had flouted mal him daintily nil the while alluring balul and thrilling lit in the joy of ills his response kut she bad not dared to ile he trustful barely one and twenty hough she klit was vai she knew the game gaine of hearts in ili nil its facets holding Il herself hard ole lie said clearly 1 I do it not defend myself iise beyond tills I 1 doubt it if tile alie gunie we e played really hur carter 1 except of course lit in tits his vaulty antti lie he Is 0 oo 00 o facile ile he had bad no eyes nor ears cars rm for but lora lane at first frankly Frnnk ly I 1 felt myself a rescue mis lit in aking him uny away from tier her you would have been it if you had find held beld litin denby sald said bitterly vow now 1 I think lie he will marry her out ont of spite to you iou anti and that will by bu hla his destruction now how frances breathed rather than asked denby went on huskily ne he Is a real wan man but with it no ita A inherited handicap dipsomania ile he hall hag fought it gallantly successfully sf ully your love would have been to him a crown to victory lorn lora la Is just tile opposite low fare you love me in face of that tragedy gedy frances cried tier her voice olce breaking tit at tile last 1 I tie do not dare I 1 love you because I 1 cannot help lt it something stronger wore more elemental than myself constrains tile me was tile almost solemn reply it broke down francos frances last reserve of pride of strength suddenly she felt herself assassin of n soul deadly white alte tier her hands clinching title she asked of the ali man indr bethre bere tier her could I 1 do anything now ilow lie ile turned from her to stride up anti and down the long room ills his eyes burning itts ills face as white as hers bers lie ile felt himself at the parting of 0 tile the wilys ways cartar gordon had been jonathan to tits his david since they were lit t I 1 t ada 1118 racing their heir pontes ponies along tile red led ronda roads of the honic home county now miraculously it wits riven given him to save his something more inore than life or forti fortune lne lint but nt at lie price of ills own happiness lie ile shuddered violl violently Itly bt bilt kept up lit tits ills striding until frances sald plaintively answer UK tue pleased I 1 inist know tit nt once oace 1 I wo will wil I 1 let lalni decide dochy df aby next second sweeping her to ills breast in it strong stron ff tender clasp no iio shall know tile tho truth if it ca ends Is in breaking my iny heart our hearts lie arts frances interrupted ilist lt it lio be lone done outwardly norvial through file days or of denays absence sin she was spiritual ly cataleptic every fiber tense with a of impending doom ills brief firlet did not stir tier lier from it neither tile fact that it fortnight had the last week of it without a word from him she smiled idly nt at the tie thought that she wua wits like one dead ant and hurled not even of what it would lc be to bonine alive but title blie und and anti rode in quite the usual fashion thereby milking making poor blaxter madder than ever yet title she refused to practice tier her fascinations fascination 4 upon n new one of fair looks tin and fortune so pointedly bar lie mildly kindly chaperon sald she knew soi serious herlous was tile the matter frnnces frances laughed nt at her hut but in her own privacy something was the mutter happiness or for a lifetime lung in tile balance of if leadell fontell days dint dim und sho rhe sat in the long room where site alie had parted from denny denlay trying hard to rest but holding lot herself stiffly erect anti and suddenly without warning she was again gathered in a close tender embrace witt kisses ruining raining upon tier her wet cheeks clie eks and denby trying in vain to speak presently tie lie let tier go BO only to put both hands on oil tier lier sli milders and face tier her saying Fa fackles ciles tile word honry honey I 1 went it thou thousand Nand inloes to discover the fact carter threw lorn into the discard ns soon ns its I 1 left litell lie he Is ili deep in love witt a new person who deserves it und and rejoices to sell send you bellel felicitations citations feli lations on our happiness the wretch I 1 hate him film frances cried joyously but denby 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