The Sauk Centre herald., 1906-08-09

your hands away. we can't neIp our.
selves. 1t had to be, and it is. What's
the good of kicking against the traces
Why struggle against tate? Now that
I've told you, bang out, I'm glad.
| feel as though some one hal united a
great rope which has been cutting into
my muscles. Kiss me now, will you?''
mo, no." cried Enid Burke.
Reggie bent down and kissed the un-
resisting face. His eyes were alight,
and his sulky, determined expression
had given way to one of almost boy
ish delight.
Let's arrange to go away as soon as
ever we can, darling. Tons of people
have done it before. Why shouldn't
we? Why should we be the only peo-
pie in the world to pose as angels
Why should we be the only ones to re-
first plunge is the only thing that mat
ters! Lies so beastly short, let's make
the most of it together. OF course, deep
down in my boots I'd rather you had
been any other mans wife than Tony's.
He and have been pals since we were
kids. But he's not the kind of chap to
mind-at least, not for long"
Ends face was just as eager and
excited as Reggie's, but there was
something in her eyes which his
didn't contain something which
showed that she could see into the
future-a kind Of fear, perhaps.
"Oh, Reggie, how can say I'm glad?
Think of poor old Tony. 1 love you
l think I've always loved you; but
what will poor old Tony do? 1 believe
I'm all the world to Tony. Think OF
ihat"
|; Think! What's the use Of asking me-
to think?" cried Reggie.' Tony didn't
ask me what 1 had TO say to his mar
rying you; why should | think about
What he'll say to my marrying your"
But you'll never marry me, Reggie.
Tony will never divorce me-"
Reggie kicked the fenGer impatient-
ly. 'Oh, we'll, what does it matter?
Why argue? 1t can't be helped. We
didn't fall in love with each other on
purpose. lt's-it's-I dunno what to
call it. Fate, if you like How soon
can you come? Tomorrow? the day
after? Enid, you will Gomez"
Tears were streaming down Ends
face. but she clung tight to Reggie.
Tomorrow" said Enid Burke.
With kind of shout he caught her
tight, and was on the point of kissing
he- again and again, when something
crash. Enid flung him away, and
turned towards the sofa with both
HANDS to her lips.
Reggie turned too, with gasp, and
saw Burke sitting up, looking from one
to the other in a dazed kind of way.
Burke sat rubbing his eyes, only half
awake. Enid, as though turned to
stone where she stood, hardly breatheG,
her fingers still on her lips, her eyes
filled with a mixture of horror and
pity.
AS for Reginald Glynde, with head
held high and kind OF Sheer on his
face, there he stood between his oldest
friend and the wife OF his oldest
friend, tipgling to the tlger-tips with
rage and Gevil-may-care.
We'll, we may as well settle this
business straight away now, and have
done with it. There's not much to
choose between us, anyway. think the
decent thing to have done would have
been to tell us you were here, instead
of spying on us from dark corners.
However, you haven't heard anything
mind your knowing, that's one
thing"
''Heard?" said Tony, still only half
awake.
"Oh, that'll do. It's not the faintest
good pretending you weren't listening.
You heard what i said to your wife,
thinking you were in bed. To show
you that I'm not afraid of saying it
before your face, tell you love her
more than anyone else on EARTH
Tony sprang to his feet. with all the
blood in his veins in his face.
"Yes," cried Reggie. Put that in
your pipe and smoke it I've always
loved her, and I've been waiting an
opportunity to tell her So"
Tony, as pale as his shirt-front,
slowly crossed the room and stood in
front of his best friend. Have you
told her SOP" he said.
"Yes, have" said Reggie, looking
tim square in the face. Here. to-
night, as you, who spied on us from
the corner. know very we'll. And more