The Red Cloud chief., 1900-11-23
An End to All Things

COURSE"
my darling. don't you think we've
played this idlotic game long enoueh?'
sald Jack In a strained voice. Let us 20
into the terrace"
So he could not even trust himself in
the same room with her, couldn't he7 II
was too bad; really. 1t was humiliatIns
You go, dearest" replied Mrs. Max
we'll, sweetly. III know you hate To no
here, and ] am much too infatuated 10
leave OF yet myself. Go and smoke your
cigar IN peace and the fresh air. and
come back for me when you've finished
1t. I shan he perfectly safe. and I mean
to break the banki'"
Jack departed obedlentiy. and out OF the
tail OF her eye his wife watched the other
wo'nan take note OF IT,.
Now, will she follow him or not?' she
asked herself. Not just yet. | suppose
II would be too marked. Pstienzat'
II WAS ten minutes later when Mrs.
birmingham saunteIed carelessiy from
her place at the table out through the
glass door. and Mrs. Maxwell cL,sped her
hands In her lap with sudden nervous.
ness. After all II was an heroic course.
Had she been rash and foolhardy? There
was moonlight outside. and the tapping
W v 'oAhi u " Futn ~ mdla
teri In tho moonlight. too. the creatures
appearance would he softencd and re.
fined. She had made "A mistake. perhaps
che had placed him In a temptation she
would have avoided. Should she Join him
Rescue him, while there was still time?
No! She would not. she would stand her
chance. Moonlight or no moonlight. she
would risk II. Two francs more
and the devil take the hind.mostl
They came face to fsce-she had plan.
ned II so and her slight gesture OF sur.
prise was perfect.
NJ Max ~well-you? Is Il possible?"
How do YOU do. Mrs. birmingham.
HE was going TO say he was pleased
to meet her. but decided not to.
II did not know YOU were In Dieope.
Have you been here iong7"
II have been here, with my wife. about
a month" he answered.
with your wife? Really She gave a
faint smile-a smile he remembered very
we'll. 80 you are married am I to con.
graduate your
THANK you he SAID: you are very
kind. YOu husband ia
He's dead so don't inquire about his
health. You were always making
blunders OF that sort" She laughed.
II used to correct you In that fashion
long ago. didn't I? You see. I haven't
changed. Wen. well. well. and so you re
married? | told you you'd ~marry-you
didn't believe me them
"Ah, but you were right
"Of course | was right. Shan't we ait
down?-or won't your wife let you? I
ray. are you henpecked? You used to be
the sort of boy who'd be henpecked. Per.
haps you've improved since those days
Perhaps I have. There are two
chairs"-
Thanks. Do you know this Is very
funny to me, to meet you In the capacity
OF IA married man? Do you remember
how you used TO vow that never, never.
never She broke of and burst into
laughter again. "And hall | own some
thing? After you were gone-sometlmes
when | was inclined to be sentimental
I used to half believe you"
She leaned orward. and fixed her eyes
on him In just the hammer he used to
ind 40 Irresistible. Somehow II seemed
less distracting now. The eyes had not
altered perhaps, but her face was older.
and that expression locke out Of place
on II. There was even a sadness tn him
In beholding the change that time had
" 80 'Ns ~ VAfte tt' 'Ah
DRY had thrilled him so was gone. He
had thought about her so much. and now
she did not exist. II wa: pathetic. and
what WAS more painful stili-this wreck
Of Nora Jernyngham could not join will
him In mourning for her. He wept
alone.
you are not glad to see mel" she
said.
lie was not; he was sorry. His very
soul was full Of regret. OF sympathy. But
he could not tell her SO. and he listened
for ten minutes courteously to her dis
tressing p~rovocations. her disheartening
plcasantries. Then he rose.
She would not make a conquest Of him
again. Sire knew II perfectly: he had
escaped from her chariot wheels for all
time.
Then I suppose this ts the last time
you will be likely to see me?" she said
shaking hands In goodby.
~ suppose So" he answered. But to
himself he said that the last time he had
ever seen her had been nine years ago.
Mrs. Maxwell looked up inquiringly as
he returned to her.
Amused yourself, d~earest?' she said
innocently.
Maxwell. when | can laugh at myself
Tonight, somehow. | cannot"
And Mrs. Maxwell. understanding. was
content.-Black and White.
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