The daily telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1901-1926, 1906-11-08
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i surely sou are not going to breal
Our engagement just because saaEed
on my mustachez' pleaded Camrden
..That isn't last fair. you know. can
grow one again IL a few weeks Don't
spoil lifetime
..It.s not so much the loss Of the
4 Inustache,'' said Mabel DeEant You
should know what / mean, though OF
course you wiz pretend to be ignorant
/ hate duplicity.''
oh, what a tangled web we
weave he quoted. you don't mind
telling me what particular sin you have
! found ont In me, do yOu2 admit that
| / did buy some candy for Miss Travers,
| II that's what you are making all this
| talk about. might add In self de
Tense that it's the littlest Miss TIA
yers: she's Eve, believe"
.'If you are going TO indulge In such
brutnl joking shall say nothing FUR
ther,'' said Miss Devant haughtily. =
have been sinSularly, patient II you
only had confessed 1 should have had
no more to say. As is, can see
nothing In your conduct for which
can find the slightest excuse.
But see here, Nab" he explained,
IT haven't been doing anything. /
haven't murdered a man for at least
a week, and my last bank robbery is
! two months back. feel that I have a
clean slate so far as this last unhappy
week is concerned, and yet you come
back from town and want me to con-
feSs to a calendar of crimes on the
argument that good husband should
tell his wife everything. I don't admit
that argument, but all the same If
you'll give me a cIew to the sort of
crime You want me to confess to III
try to think mp something"
Mabel turned on her heel and walked
Off. 1t was not n very straight nor
steady tread, but she held her head
high and tried to keep back the tears
Until she reached her room. She sue
ceeded until the elevator left her at
her floor; then she ran down the eorri-
dor. the picture OF VOC.
When she finally recovered her COM
posure and went down to dinncr there
was no Harry Campden waiting for
her In the hall. Instead she ran into
Nettie Bradeu. who appeared to have
been waiting for her and who led her
out on the almost deserted piazza.
81 think its shame9' began Miss
Rraden. THAT awful man packed up
his things and went to town on the
afternoon train"
Harry" asked Miss Devant com
prehendingly
Miss Braden nodded.
without even a goodby," she admit
ted. 81 think it's just too terrible
Come in and have dinner and forget
that such horrid man ever lived"
81 don't feel hungry" declared Ma
bel, blinking back the tears and seek
ing her room for the second time.
The next few days were as miser-
able for her as they were for Campden
up In town. IIe and Mabel were to
have been married in October and
while he puzzled his brain for some ex-
PLANTATION of tile mystery she took ref
uge in a woman's comfort and went
about the beach with an ever ready
handkerchief.
The Harrises were giving house
party through September, and Mabel
accepted their invitation because she
knew that they were not acquainted
with Harry and that there she would
be safe For the first time since the
break she felt happy as she came
down the stairs the morning after her
arrival.
The boat had been becalmed, and
she had arrived late, but the fresh
morning air vas temptation, and
she ran down the stairs just as the
servants were opening the house.
Out on the piazza she paused a mo-
meut to observe n blue coated back;
then she advanced with an air of care
Iessness aud made for the opposite end
OF tile porch.
At the sound OF the steps the man
sprang up, and she gave scream as
she recognized Campden.
81 did not know that you were to
COME he began, as he approached her.
81 just met the TIarrises, and was not
aware that they knew you
They are very old friends she said
coIdIy. Il used to go to college with
Mrs. Harris"
THAT'S nice he observed conven-
tionnlly. "But see here, Nab, II we are
going to be fellow guests for few
days. won't you please tell me what all
the row was about:"
''You should know" she said Sc
verely.
''I should, The confessed, "but DONE.
All know is TINT you ran up to town
for n week. When you came back to-
the beach you asked me to confess my
sins, ana when said I had nothing to
confess except the self evident fact
that had shaved or my mustache you
made that the excuse for brenlSing the
For moment Mabel paused, then
desire for the truth overcame her re-
serve at wanted to see II you would
tell me the TRUTH" she explained
when went away you promised to
tell me IL you had misbehaved. You
got into some lovemaISing scrape and
never told me a word about IT.