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en- on Now wonder II she haa charm
OF manner enough to make him lose sight
OF that, or IL ! dare venture ON AN heroic
course?'
My darling, don't you think we've
played this idiotic game long enough?'
said Jack in a strained voice. let us
go into the terrace"
SO he could not even trust himself IN
the same room with her, couldn't he? IL
was too bad; really. 1t was humilating.
You go, dearest" replied Mrs. Max
well. sweety. Il know you hate 10 be
here, and 1 am much too infatuated 10
leave or set myself. Go and smoke your
cigar I'm peace and the fresh air ana
come back for me- when you've finished
II. ! shall be perfectly safe, and 1 mean
to break the bank!
Jack departed obedieItly, and out OF
the tail or her eye his wife watched the
other woman take note OF 1t.
Now. Will she follow him or not?" she
asked herself. Not just yet, 1 suppose
II would be too marked Pstienzar
1t was ten minutes later when Mrs.
Jernyngham sauntered carelcssly from
her place at the table out through the
glass door, and Mrs. Maxwell clasped
her hands in her lap with sudden ner-
vousness. After all Il was an heroic
course. Had she been rash and fo3l-
hardy? There was moonlight outside
and the tapping of waves. Fatal adj
juncts 10 such matter In the moon
light. too. the creatures appearance
would be softened and refined. She had
made mistake. perhaps she mad
placed him in a temptation she would
have avoided. Should she join him--res-
cue him, while there was still time? No.
She would not she would stand her
chance. Moonlight or no moonlight, she
would risk 1t. Two francs more
and the devil take the hndmost.
They came face To face-she had
planned it so-and her slight gesture or
surprise was perfect.
Mr.. Maxwell-you? Is IL possble?"
How do you do. Mrs. Jernyngham. -
He going to say he was pleased 10
meet her. but decided not to.
II did not know you were In Dleppe.
Have you been here long?'
81 have been here. with my wife, about
a month";" he answered.
with your wife? Really She gave
a faint smie-a smile ne rem, mbered
very well so you are married-am 1 to
congratulate your
Thank you." he said; you are very
kind Your husband is
Hes dead; so don't inquire about his
health. You were always making blum
ders of that sort" She laughed. II used
TO correct you in that fashion long agJ.
didn't /? You see. haven't changed.
Well, well. well. and so you're mar
ried? | told you you'd marry-you
didn't believe me them
"Ah, but you were right"
'"Of course / was right. Shan't we sit
down?--or won't your wife let you?. L
say. are you henpecked?. You used TO
be the sort of boy who'd be henpecked
Perhaps you've improved since those
days
Perhaps have. There are two
chairs
Thanks. DO you know this Is very
funny 10 me. 10 meet you In the capacl-
~ of q married man? DO you remem-
ber how you used to vow that snever.
never. never She broke off and burst
into laughter again. And shall | own
something? After you were gone--soric-
times when I was inclined To be senti-
mental--I used to half believe YOU"
She leaned forward, and fixed her eyes
on him in Just the manner he used 10
find so Irresistible. Somehow IL seemed
less distracting now. The eyes had rot
altered perhaps, but her face was Older.
and that expression looked out OF place
on It, There was even a sadness TO linn
In behoding the change that time aad
wrought in her. The woman whose
memory had thrilled him so was gore
He had thought about her so much. oud
now she did not exist II was pathetic,
and-what was more painful still--his
law han \ q
Join with him in mourning for her. lie
wept alone.
You are not glad to see met she sati.
He was not: he was sorry. His vccy
soul was full of regret, of sympathy.
But he could not tell her SO, and he
listened for ten minutes courtcously to
her distressing provocations, her cts
heartening pleasantries. Then he roe.
She would not make a conquest OF him
again. she knew IL perfectly; he had es'
caped from her chariot wheels for ail
time.
Then I suppose this is the last time
Won will be likely 70 see me?" she said,
shaking hands in goodby.
Il suppose So" he answered. But To
himself he said that the last tirne hc
had ever seen her had been nine yeas
ago
Mrs. Maxwell looked up inauirn2ly as
he returned TO her.
Amused yourself, dearest?' she SAID,
innocently.
II shall be amused tomorrow, repi ed
Maxwell when l can laugh at myself!
Tonight somehow, l cannot.
And Mrs Maxwell. understanding, was
content.
From Black and White.
SULLIVAN GETS DECISION.