Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1906-12-16
THE 81 AVE OF SILENCE
BY FRED NJ. WHITE.
Copyright. 1905 Company All 'sh" rerved9
BY FRED NJ. WHITE.

future husband will see my father through ,
after l become his wife. Even now mere
are private detectives watching my IatheL'
1t is a dreadful business altogether, MARX;
And vet if you had come a week ago l
should have risked it all for your sake.
Ventmore pressed the trembling Inquire 70
his heart passionateiy. onaer Der, nus nus shon,n
never be- Was this withdrawn woman
in his arms, the happy, Laughing bea,ric S
that he used to know? They NAG .h paI bed
cheerfully enough a year since; tney hdo
agreed not to write to one another; they
had infinite trust in the future Mark was
going to make his fortune as painter, any :,
beatrice was to wait for him. Ana now II
| was the girls wedding eve ana the Iates
had been too strong for her altogether.
| Leave your father to himself and come.
| Mark urged II am making enough now 10
keep us both in comfort; not quite the m
| come that hoped to ask you TO snare WIN
!; me, but at least we shall pc nappy. l
| will take you to dear old friend OF mine,
and tomorrow 1 will buy license Ai'ef
that no harm can modest YOU
Beatrice closed her eyes before the oeati-
tude of the prospect. Just for the moment
she felt inclined to yield. mark was $50 SO
loved him So And yet she had given her
word for the sake of her father.
~ cannot" she said. Her voice was very
low but quite firm. nave PrG haa nro my
ised you first. But 1t is for the sake OF
NV fathers honor. If do what you wish
he will go to jail-nothing can prevent H.
. | l only knew tonight. ;.
And you are sure that Sir Charles Il
not-not-you know what l mean?
Living to me?" Beatrice said bitterly
Not this time. 1 always know when ne Is
making an effort to deceive me. Mark
) don't press me-.
, Mark crushed down his feeling with al
, effort. Blindly and passionately In love a.
. he was, he could see that duty and reason
) were on the side of the girl Sne wou,e
!. have to be sacrificed to this scoundreil!
father and to please the other rascal, WIN
| coveted her all the more because beatric
a kept him so rigidly at distance
I ''It seems very. very hard; marx sal
\ thoughtfully. Terribly hard on both o
. . Eyes. but it is always the woman VIII
:, | suffers most" Beatrice replied. There !
= no help for it, Mark. 1 must see this thin
u ont to the end. If you had only come be
q forer' "
&c my darling, 1 came as quickly as
" could. am staying here tonight, and m
- | room is In the same corridor as that OF y
tomorrow and tell him few of the thing
= | I have discovered. Perhaps when l ope
T | his eyes to the truth as to his future sol
a in-law he will change his mind"
I HE will never do So" Beatrice sal
m | mournfully my father can always Justii
himself and his conscience where his oW
a Interests are concerned But how did yc
know
ir saThat you were in trouble? 1t came
n me quite by accident. was IN Paris
l. day or two ago to see wealthy Amerlcs
who wants some Of my work. Ana as
ed was alone in the evening l went 10 one
A. the theaters There were two Enghi
nd ladies BY me in the stalls, and present
~ they began to talk about you. could