| Show ibe IL L 0 C chance ha n c by ROBERT W CHAMBERS cop right 1308 by the cartis Cem company pany cop right M 08 b bi n bert W chimber Chim br abbe roughed vu bottling ling bb relf moie by the fire I 1 suppose it were mem our fire firer 7 she mulled there would lie i a dog 10 lying across aliat rus rug and a comfortable angora tabby dozing by the fe folder lder androu cross logged legged it at my lily tut milli that fisc luat ing held head of yours tipped bick back against nil inn knees the in her bar voice died out and be had bid risen selving unsteadily dont don t I 1 I 1 ciu c iu tu t stand that sort bort of thin thing g you linow h low she had made a 1 mistake I 1 too she alo had bad suddenly ud denly become aware of her own limits in the same 11 torque me deir ear I 1 nn ant no mocker 1 I know after awhile a min man finds I 1 kishter tOr difficult 1 I vis nas not laughing at anything 3 thing I 1 was only pi et ending to be bc happa loin happiness Is before you he be bild bald sullenly pl my future you mean you know I 1 ilia am i t c hanging ing one tor for the other and some bome day NOU ou will awake avale to the in famy of it lou will mill comprehend the of the monstrous trade I 1 made and then and all then n she pissed oue one slim hand over her bar fice f ice then vou TOU will mill shake yourself free from this dreim dream of me then al awake lake my punishment at your hands bands will mill begin dear no DO man in his right senses can call continue to love a girl such as n I 1 1 am after a tong ion silence lence sl do jou think before the scar I 1 is out that you might be granted enough courage 1 he 1811 asked id no I 1 shall not even pray for it I 1 want what Is offered me lie ile might hale hae stopped me ile he did not and alid now what Is there on earth to hilt me mea love cannot common decency and 1 d courage cannot fear of your un h happiness a and mine canna to no even the certitude ot of your contempt some day Is poN powerless verless to halt me now I 1 could not love I 1 nm im utterly Lorly incapable ot of loving you enough to balance the saca ilice and that Is final 0 G grace race came into the room and found aduel a duel of silence in pro progress under the dull fire glow tinting the ceiling calling another quarrel she commented turning on oa the current of the drop light above the desk from which sl SI ward nard had risen at her entrance you calou enough li to marry why dont you I 1 1 I M wish ill we could slid said SN alia IN la sim pi grico grace laughed I 1 what a little fool ou oil ale aie she said tenderly setting seating herself lit in SIN ard s chair ind and dropping one hind oci his hi where it on oil the inn arm stophen stephen ellit cint sou anke liei hel i a bl big strong fellow fellom like nou u oil oh well on oil conr heads be it 1 I con coil science Is now noni clear for the first time and ill elicier meddle ag agian ti till she be za cac e sywai sigwaid ll 11 s hind a 1 berf ulic toll pit ind and delcid him with ith a discreetly st sti acl lawn I 1 in m the wind hie blew like fury along the coast coart liae hale aou ou had bad i a good time it at Sho shotover Shoto tover vcr the time of bour our life gilbrt raided her ces anti tere I 1 s 1 I certa certaine inh hive have she slid said the dinner was neli cn the late moil of li listening the cup which ind bid won vion pint Ledea with iiii and a brech of acceptance faultlessly common place aming minch quarrier wore more ill lili euille which was nas the only hutoron hu moron thin tiling he fie contributed tiie the cup mas full siward eved it perplexed deaden afield let ct seeing no avenue of escape ficia whit nhat must ap reir a public exhibition of contempt lor for aler if he refused to taste its contents that meant a had bad night for him yit lie he shrank more from the of a 1 refusal to 0 dilill horn flow the huge loving cup cull kith alth its deain aca wreath of scented at 01 elds childs nom already on its war domard liliu him than he be feared the waking glo gle so sure to follow follo mailon received the cup lifted it in both hinds binds and bald distinctly distInct IN I 1 good bun hunting i a she aie drank to Qu arifer lei hal brothel gordon took it and drank entirely too much then sylla lifted it t her white hands bands half buried among the he orchids 10 to lo you she murmured for or SiNi ards ear alone 1 n drank bayli 10 lo io tl tl best shot at Shot and siard shard took the cut cup 1 I salu salute it victory if tory lie be slid smil ing alms and re to him nho takes ti th izing sa s1 ns biane a and n d wins out to the best lit in till in I 1 and he drank as a gentleman drinks mith a guv bow to and math death in his bis bellit I 1 ater the irony of it struck him so BO grimly hat he laughed 1 and beside him up dismayed to see ace the giai agta change in his flee face later at cards the aromatic odor of s decanter roused him to fleich ilc lre lint hot he be fought it down don until only the dea deadened denea tearing nelie ache remained tried to thale shake and loosen eiery be none A 0 and uben ferrall bis 11 usual ual batch of business busl nesi letters nr ar riled to cut in it f needed dropped his bis cards with a shudder and to rose so bo unnerved that captain voucher noticing his bis drawn face ask usk ed cd him it if lie mere ere not ill lie ile nas mas leaving on an ereller train th lit in the others ha baling ing decided to pass through Io oston iton and depthford deptford Dept tord ford at m lich hattei place lie meant to leane leaie saga note for the winter in cire care of the mar mariager iager of his bis mothes mot lieis farm so he took a i quiet leave of those to N alom I 1 am the a illy maht not cioe nit an interruption in the big hall ball be passed hixion mil ion ind and stopped stop iia to take his leane leae no lie iw mould do no do hunting nils season on either nt at Carys Cary rord stord or with mith the two tt tr nl al packs lit possibly it later but not Busl business ness threatened to detain him in to it more or ie s and that hit was nil all unless he distill bed sylvia seated at cards with mith quarrier and major and leila mortimer and very intent on the dummy ier still tind a trifle pilled with will the ILL pallor of concentration so tb thit it NN 11 us as nil all then that ascending the stairs a gemant hand bond od ed him a letter hearing bearing tit crest of the lie lenox club lie he pocketed it unopened and continued hh 1119 amsy i lu in the nei of his bis dmn room be sat down the dell 9 own clutch on his bis nerves nerve it deathly de is ing at his i cry dillih it ea eien el I 1 I 1 pill a tiny biall of fire run riot he lila hud I 1 1 pen fen too long without it too long to OK caal naila ing abou arou aroused ld by that gaa ga draft f finna out own 9 loi loing lu cup I 1 llie lie fura fur ot of his desire OP ap palled lilii him lind tor for ameille an bile that mccu becu pled him an bling him to endure but feir ind and dimac soon mussed in the purely Ih Icil distress ile he viall ell ill flook floii biggard big gaid the sweat starting on oil hl bis fice he ian la nith 1111 ched hinds h ads stiffened out across the bed deafened bi b the riotous clamor of ills his pulses pule conscious that he be was wai holding out jut unon unconscious sIous how holy long he could hold out ile he guined on the light later to look for his bis pipe and he be caught a glimpse of himself in the mirror it was a mm in ill tibo ho stared back baal at him out of hollow hollom eyes and the physical leguil slon elon shocked him into something re bei libling self belt command D n ou all he be said icely setting ting ills teeth and staring back at his reflected face ill kill you yet before fore ive finished with ou then lie he filled his bis pipe and opening bis big bedroom window rat down rest ing ills his arm on the sill A splendid moon silvered the sea aea through the tha intense stillness ho he heard the surf magnificently dIsson dissonant atit among the reefs and he listened fascinated loathing the tides as he be feared 1111 andi loathed the inexorable tides that surg ed ad and ebbed with ills bis acal accursed raed desire once be said to himself weakly we itly for he be was deadly tired what wha am I 1 making the fight tor for an way and naho tt ho are you making the fight tor for echoed hn his heany beay pulses he had bad ached that question an and 1 re celled that anamer before after all it had been tor for his mothers sale bale alone and ana now and acin i 11 ills 1113 helit heart he lit beat out another answer and lefore before his 03 os as two other ees seemed to open fearless sweetly sweet lj diri tender but the were no longer his mothers 1 I an a gri Q ases as after the sec if ona pipe he re lis his letter it gave him something to do 10 0 o lie he opened it and alid tried to read it but for i a loud long v N bile in ills his 2 7 confuted ehle al and mental little by little lie I 1 I 1 cyan condition he to lo its s could m mike ke no purport acne e OE if it I 1 tittle ittle b ija little he began to comple compie hand its purport that ills his resignation mas aa regretfully requested request cd by the go erners of the lenox club for or reison rel lons unassigned 1 I shoal of the thing came to him lik aate labile like a distant dull depolt long iong after the flash of the explosion bell ell the raffali bad enough at filet MIS mas turning NN worse orse that m as all ilow how much of that sort of discredit could a man stand ind and leap keep his bis lalance and NN nhat hat his bothel mothel bay I 1 confused from ills his ou onu physical phi steal suf but fering the blow blon had bad fallen mith a deadened force on numbed but ills his half stupefied alqui J cence h bid ad become a painful bicoll when lie he remembered where the blunt of the disgrace would fall where here the centea of suffering must just al naas as lie be and the keenest grief concen tr cited Ro roused appalled alL almost not total li 13 Ned he stood staring at the cettei beginning to realize what it mould mean to ills his mother A passion of demoise and resentment ept him she must be that ibbie must be some na man some borne punishment for ills his offense offen sc that could not strike her through him it was wag wicked it mils mas insane to strike tier her what veir m ale the go governors erners of the lenox about a lot ot of sniveling hypocrites pandering to the horrified snobbery at the tha Patro who lere they uny any war to him scarce one in afif tv among the members of the t talo 0 clubs nas mas qualified hed to sit in judgment on a siward simard dut but that tempest of passion and mor catlon pass td too leaving him bt anding thare dumb desperate star lug ing lit the rushed crushed lit in his shaking hand lie ile must bee somebody homebody some member of the lenox und and do something something ferrall was that ferran farran ralls s step on the landing ile he sprang to the door and opened it IL quarrier passing the cor corridoni corri doi turned nn an visage toward him and passed on with a nod almost imperceptible he called swept by a impulse quarrier halted and turned could 3 on oil give me a moment hero here in my room I 1 man t detain you the faint trace of surprise faded from Quan lers face ue lie quietly retraced his seeds and ente entering sin sill it aid a room stood confronting its pallid tenant will you sit do ion ii a moment Qu arifer boated himself in the aim chall by the lie window and emaid found a chair opposite quarrier said the younger you nger man turning a tensely face on lila ills I 1 vast m ant to ask you something ill not mince matters mattera lou I 1 on know that the liae hale dropped mi me and i on oil enon what for t 4 i 1 I know I 1 was called before the board of f 91 vernor to explain tho the mat matter if I 1 aou ou were sitting on oil that board Y yes Os 1 I denied tue the charge but refused to explain you remember ler nodded coldly kud ud I 1 was m as dropped drop pd by the club A slight inclination of rs sim symmetrical metrical bend bead corroborated him ITO DE ble I 1 |
