| Show AWAKENED THEMAN T IN C f hyvl 4 by F B by short stry bory pub co T JUDSON CARR CARH was MRS not a kicked woman slie site had her good qualities oftentimes their predominating influence cleared her character froni any haze of she was a specimen of the genera her husband in the twenty five years of their yoked joked existence having risen from a small clerkship to the position ot of controlling partner in a large manufacturing firm in such circumstances cum stances she maintained the household par excellence in the little village of crossley cromley and became at the same time the dominant strain in the matronly chorus of the village societies because the she went about with cecil travers was no criterion from froin which to judge evilly travers was nothing but a boy in his teens yet while airs carr was passing on toward the half century age post site she was indiscreet even her husband big bluer happy T J carr admitted that he rather liked it it gave a touch of superiority to convention that gratified ills his rancor t conid society for T judson despised all the functions and formalities of fashionable people ile he been used to it for thirty years when he broke braho la in at last largely through the maneuvers of ills his wife it seemed too late to learn new tricks mrs airs T J grasped them however site she liked society especially young people slie she liked lifted the male sex especially travers Tr avera the boy came from fn an aristo aristocratic crale family ond and after tile the usual life Jie he wits was sent to dalard college at crossley ills acquaintance with airs tars carr dated from a garden party at the alie lIr virlees lees lie never neer analyzed anal its ills liking for tier such Is not a young iu v a way but lie plunged into a 11 selles sel les i social eruptions at tier heels licals and UK 1111 town tallied talked the woman was very cri attractive and liked a mans mails homage hoin ng SI ae K sen hen soiled men read load her character onsley lint but cecil was to a degree she led him on with alint aint alo moth ahe p the grundland Grund lans failed to say though the general opinion arci ailed that it was for no good to the lioy boy mih airs carr loved loed her husband lius band dust ness kept him away for weeks at a time thue the woman had to be arri amused used travers plea pleased s ed tier her travers g got t tal the post such was the ogle logic of tier her friends the rare days had come and tile gardens at high crest the corr carr place were a galaxy of roses the various shades and hues meeting in a riot of color about an artistic sun daal A woman half reclined against its marble base the soft turf affording a cool couch tor for the graceful forni form it was evening and she awaited some one tier her face was pensive yet tile the line of resolution about the chin seemed newborn new born and of a sturdy character her husband had just left her to be gone a month Sh eliad tt let him go without emotion the excitement of a great love in her heart hearl she had judson to get away quickly now that he be was gone she almost alanos j wished him baell back the line of r resolution paled A step on the gravel I 1 the 11 line 0 e came back its imprint deeper than before cecil tier her voice was caressing 1 I knew that you ou would come ills his beardless face fore shadowed with a coming manliness brightened I 1 promise yes slie site nrose as lie he held out ills liand hand so no pressure was there this youth wits but a youth and the divine spark lind bad not as yet touched ills his heart they aliey sat upon a bench close by sir mr carr lias has just left for chicago site pronounced the words hen heavily vi travers looked away gone tor for long A month or more business business liow how it takes a mans time they get so wrapped up in it they never think thin ot of wife or children carr arr lias has never had bad any children her voice wits softy soft almost reverent to care for and lie he might look after me a little bit more do you need it itt innocently avery jv ery woman does we the strength of men sometimes ile he laughed that depends upon what kind of strength you mean now as fit far r as mb ral power 0 1 poor boy he had been cramming ethics for exam find and was prepared to wax eloquent but she interrupted thais just it moral strength moral courage I 1 do things that I 1 know are wrong then obliterate theme the memory acry of df them in excuses cowardly youre no coward lie ile said it un to both she looked at him suddenly and smiled Bini led what a dear boy you are lie he blushed a little was it embarrassment rass ras ment or did lie notice a deeper tone toile a warmer note el passion in ile womans comans voice look at me ine site she went on do you think I 1 am happy travers stumbled er er yes yea well im ill not my ily husband leaves me do I 1 know liow how he passes his time wily why I 1 she stopped iler her voice was beginning to td take a queer hold on travers Tr avera ile he noticed that two iwo pearly dr drops 0 ps were forming in the corner of her eyes ner eyes I 1 for the first time he began to take noti notice le of her features teji turca j specifically ped dewly A matrange thrill went th through kgb lits his ile he had never hover noticed the long lashes before the beautiful curve 01 odthe the eyebrows the regularity of her profile with it a suddenness tt it all came to him unconsciously he slid his hand toward tiers hers and she grasped it cruelly im sorry he said and lie he felt lits voice coming deeper than ever before a 8 maws mails voice of course course you could not know how lonely it lias has been for me she passed a web eb ot of lace before tier her eyes selfish one that I 1 am I 1 uever thought 1 I 11 no no you have done so much for me what happy days we have passed together since you came into my ufa life been happier but ive had bad longings and I 1 V he bent forward eagerly intuitively words came was the passion of some long dead ancestor incarnate in him longings that I 1 could not explain he went on not pains not aches but I 1 cant describe them its ita the way I 1 felt toward my mother and yet different w felt toward your 3 our mother la Is she dead she died when I 1 was six I 1 remember men ilber tier hei though I 1 scarcely knew her mrs airs carr grasped lila ills other hand that feeling toward your mother was yes lie ile leaned so close that lila ills lips almost brushed lier hr hair love loc they the did touch it tier her lids were lowered legend but slie site knew could could you love iove lie ile wits was on ills knees at tier feet in a moment eleanor eleanor ni ennor I 1 love loe you I 1 love you iou what hat a blind fool ive ie been seeing you jou every lay day aud not knowing how suddenly it cornea comes doan t it ills words still rung with a deep lil linly intonation site she raised him to her side arid and their amps met 1 I love you iou lie repented repeated you are unhappy liere here your husband Is n brute come let us go away ill never forsake you ion college closes clones tomorrow im I 1 m reidy ready to liae leave in the morning hurry patk pack a few elodies and we can go to excitement caused tle the words vorda to pour forth slie she scarcely heard the sudden lell joy of ills his acknowledged love loe had put tier in ili a of happiness As tile lie inclining of ills last words oils came caine to tier her silo she drew diew herself up and pulled tier her hands bunds from roin ills your our huband need never neier know lie ile wits as In we v can go to auth america I 1 liae have property prop eity there at when I 1 am of age we e can be happy anywhere alij where she arose quickly sobs shaking h lir hr r bosom oil oh cecil you have haie spoiled it till nil all for days in ili secret le ive planned tills this scene to surprise my husban 11 when lie he returned I 1 wanted to adopt you to be a mother to you silo she walked away lie ile was stunned sit slie had awakened tile the man alan in him primal instincts were dictating the thoughts of ills his brain Aloth mother pr lie he scoffed slie site turned 1 I love and honor my husband neove all men As aa a boy bo I 1 loved you with that maternal instinct which craves for the companionship of youth but now you are not a boy I 1 can see I 1 did it silo sho clutched at the marble balustrade you yon are a man now you ou must go ile he turned away cecil softly she whispered he did not stop cecil louder as he reached the corner of the house cecil she shouted sli but he be turned from sight and flet over the lawn into the twilight shadows |
