Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1897-05-20

linen you do not fau.
said. with an oath .yveIieve
lieyc me-" And far lou Do
his tohe offended and enr, seas
exposure OF their two anHd
lures, with all their n aaulsas
tirniities. brought them ss'oas
mo; since you win have 4 sak
cried and she wrencheT
from his yice-like CRASH nen&
lence that her slender mi.l s~
Now You know it; / do m.lsts III
ion are hiding sometime oedssa
1t has something to do NAV aUn
man. 1 feel its and wbo miG I'd
me. nndeniabla. That lei
dared to speak to yon. ha.
in my imagination; / fol 0fs
me; smell her scent, and az
ly conscious that there il y Y
tween you and her thar aN
say to YOU: You lie; Won
sake. and are cheating ma s Y
With a sort OF low hau.
burst from him inyoluntarlr
ut her. clenching his fists asa
chanically shrank from him
seized her hands again, inclas. q
in his great. strong fingers
felt his power through her tssl
very bones. Aesa,
"Oh"-and 1t was Ike mraA.
der; you have no heart-e
you can say such things IL Ivy
are base, mean, even to tb,as
You feel, and you feelr W.
your own petty narrowness AL
feel. You have nothing in Won ~
and contemplate increh,lit,,
whole nature is mean. Eyeryas1
at an end between MS; | hava :. ~
more to 10 with you. / was N.Y.
in you
He flung her off. on A sof.
she remained, staring up at tba /.
with wide-open eyes. At tbe N.Y.
She was startled, rather than ~
and did not fully understand ,hs i
of things. Her over-wrought bra, }
bewildered: she knew not wh,, !
happened.
For Il moment he stood looki,.
her. His lips wore Il sheer Of on,v,
and his eyes, half closed in ~
glanced over her PROSTATE form !
saw how pretty she Vas: her vnyl
figure. stretched on the Turkish }
lows. revealed the soft lines Of N :
pie. girlish mold. through the clr1
folds of a thin, pale-green materM,l
hair, which had come loose, hunr m
floor, like the red-gold fleece 81 y
rare wild creature; her bosom ls,
with spismodie rapidity. She !
there like Il ravished maid. fun Il
in II fit OF passion. He saw an
charms that he had forfeited; 4,
wrath spring up in him; a wild lat
for the happiness he had lost; But
injured honor ousted regrets and ID
ing. He turned away and LEFT
there.
She remained on the same sppt,
the same attitude. She was full II
scure wonderment darkness had ri
on her soul las though, after being
trapped by falsehood. blinded by do
she had been led into Il labyrinth
then suddenly released-her eyes
bound-ih a dark chamber. Her !
indeed. seemed TO have bled to De
she coul not yet know how deep!
was wounded, and in spite OF hes d
cradle grief she still thought onl!
the darkness about her,
How strange" she WHISPERED
why. In Heavens name, whyT
After this there was a mont
peace. A sudden calm had falel
them both, full. for both alike, .
lent. bitter grief. And, with 1t al
or ordinary life, and the recurring
notonoas tasks Of every day.
Even BERTHE found himself breai
this strange, stagnant air. he
dered greatly what could have 9
red. How simply. how easily, y
have worked themselves out. N
had done nothing; he could have
nothing. Events had merely fou'
each other. What had come about
the Inevitable. And the possiUii
a life free from care again lay .
him; an eternity Of comfort ana v
with Westhove, for whom he ~
old affection revive with the go,
most, Of Il passion. now that 7
severed from Eva, though blaming
self, indeed, needed consolation
sympathy. And Bertic's low, unI
tones were fun of sympathy. VI
dark melancholy of the frst re"
the terrible grief OF wondering,
now. his Indignation cold, Franz
himself. as Eva had asked lu
Why? Why had this happened.
had brought 1t about? vat .
done? And he could not see' cou
understand; 1t was like a pooA '
which leaves had been torn %
spoil the sense. He could compl
neither himself and his fury' 10
and her doubts. AL life seem
him a riddle. For hours toseua
would sit gazing out OF the v.
staring at the opaque duiihes 81
London fog, his eye fixed on III
die. He scarcely went OUT. y
dreaming In White-Rose cottage,
was lonely and quiet enough III !.
mote suburb. An enervating -
ence possessed his stalwart irah
the first time in his life he saw J
in a true light. and detected the
ton and weakness deep down
being. like a Emphatic stream !.
ing his sanguine physicM VIZ
saw himself. as a mere chiia - :
ance to the storm Of rage, tne :
fury which had swept away hD |.
ness. And his suffering was ~ .
that he could not entirely cnap
IL; it seemed too all-embr'icias
human mind.
To 20 Continued.