The Denison review. [volume] (Denison, Iowa) 1867-current, 1904-07-06

EDO you tax him with it?"
1t would be degrading,
"Be careful" said. "There are
breakers ahead"
"And it's so easy to break wom-
AM"
you shan't be broken" I promised
CALAMITY. we'll see this through to-
gether."
Eustace was my next visitor. He
dumped himself down in one of my
armchairs. Soon he grew restless and
began to pace the room.
1--WE seen her again." he said.
1.-THE devil you have!"
II can't get her out of my head. 1t
amounts to what those literary chaps
call an obsession."
He was toying with a delicate piece
of my cherished satsuma.
put that down." I said, "and settle
yourself to a talk. Have a weed and
look forward 20 years."
That sobered him.
II suppose one must admit he re-
marked, that there is good deal of
the beast left in most of u.s."
'sYet you've rare wife in Margaret"
"I'm not brute enough to deny it.
But that's just the point. She's thou
sand times too good for me. see the
fact quite clearly"
Speak on"
"a turn of the head did it,
"Your head must be easily turned"
Don't l admit that? Hang it all,
weakness is human!"
$50 l learned from DR.. Kennedy's
Principal"
you don't help me out a bit"
81 was thinking of Margaret"
He colored up.
"Well,' he said slowly, turning as
suddenly ashen, you'll have time to
think some more about her. I'm hard
hit. It's the old infatuation stronger
than ever. There can only be one end
to it. And l want you to break it to
Margaret"
tried to reason. with the man. But
he tossed morality to the winds.
He begged me to stand between Mar
garet and rough world. / warned
him that myself was not stone. and
he only smiled.
'The runaway game is played" l
reminded him, with ball that re-
bounds"
But, though he took my meaning, he
left me utterly perplexed.
eve are off tomorrow night. We
catch the Dover boat, but we go south
ward. You can make up your mind to
that, unless you hear to the contrary"
The odd fish! But one can't reason
with creatures out of their element.
l was glad there was time to sleep
over it. In the morning, that might
be prepared for emergencies, l bought
two tickets for Paris. Then sat down
and awaited events. The day wore on
but there was no sign that Eustace had
changed his mind.
returned from my afternoon saun.
ter to find Margaret herself at my fire.
side. She rose to greet me-
''How goes our romance?" l asked.
Don't, Cousin Arthur! I've done
with romance"
THE scamp leaves town tonight"
She shuddered.
"And not alone"
ooh, Cousin Arthur; stop him, stor
him!"
ION the contrary, the best thing
will be to let him CO."
'You amaze mel"
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example. Some injured wives WOULD
not hesitate"
She looked up bravely.
"If bid you leave London with me
you must not hesitate"
How we'll she took it!
'It won't come to that, you know
l added. But act as though it might
Pack bag or so, and dine with me al
seven o'clock"
"If thought
Thought is dangerous in crisis
l rejoined, "and may be fatal to a
game"
So far, SO we'll. 1t was heavy
risk. At any moment during dinner
| could have thrown discretion to the
winds, but Margaret trusted me.
And here we were, without hitch
at Charing Cross. Margaret was al
ready ensconced in snug compart-
ment, and friendly guard had locked
her in.
1t was now time to look for the
runaways.
"You are quite safe If leave you,''
said l:
But she dared not trust herself to
answer.
Her bag had taken care to leave
with porter, so that for the moment
I was quite unencumbered when, as /
watched under the gloomy portico Of
the station, saw, to my relief, the
familiar face Of the man l sought.
The woman was striking, bold; a
radiant devil. What a contrast to
Margaret! could have cursed Eustace
to his face.
But suavity was the right note, and
/ easily assumed it.
Eustace. of course, frowned as ]
thrust my attentions upon him.
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