The daily telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1901-1926, 1906-11-26

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Iips and Hefberts ring on Der nllaseni
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SITUATION the last OF her desiring
A Is--@-it.r-. s.lIin.ed Herbert Hartley
In Ssree.stieId's faces she waved him
abroad IKE a banner. II the town
hunimed with runfors OF her. she help
ed the rurnor wax but helped It TO no
explanation.
But with her family there was one
topic thar, ike the weapon used in
committing crime, seemed always i'm.
DossilDie to dispose of. The nile green
tuIle-yvhy didn't she wear it2 And
that yvas the one thing she couldn't do
II U-as their house dressnakeT that
in a measure vanquished her at last
zone. two. three measured the WON
an. That's only once and a quarter.
and I'll need as much again. Those
RULES on your nile green underpettl-
coat-they're match. Miss Alexandra,
and we're in hurry
Alexandra went into her room. shut
ting the door behiud. The tulle hung
mon the hooks with kind of defiant
grace. rs II 1t still held something Of
it, owners quality She took the gown
upon the bed. How happy she had
been when she had worn 1.-THE last
time she had been happy!
She had meant they should have
memorable evening. she and George
and the gown And how had 1t so
fallen out? Coquetry? What did II
mean except that If it were good to be
with George II was a Joy still subtler
to dance away with some one else
knowing his eyes held her. followed
her. and that for each the crowded
room held only the other! PrOvoca-
ton, aIluring. half mystery to her
self. 1t was like fold of the silk that
shImmered over its silk lining
She slipped down upon the floor by
the bedside and began to rip the
dor1nces. What WIS it he said that had
made her so angry: Her vanity was
as endless rs her caprice. He shouldn't
have said It. and yet 1T was true
enough. Well she had warned him.
He was well rid of her. He had come
out of the matter with better grace
than she had. except about the ring.
No doubt it had been found long ago.
1t angered her afresh TO think how
stubborn he had been not to have told
her. The way to make her feel how
small she was was not to tell her so
that never served--but to take the big
way and put her in the wrong by be-
ing generous If he had given her a
chance. half n chance
The scissors shipped, shipped. 1t
was thus she had laid a sharp tool on
her happiness She was cutting the
stun. but what did it matter? She was
always cutting and tearing something
dear to her.
And tine rufIles must come or. they
said. She bent nearer. She might as
well tear and be done. >S-5=4Ss9ss,1 ="
What was this bard thing on which
tie scissors struck and caught? Not
surely not In her hand lay the ring
"AIexar' He had come at her urgent
summons. but holly rebellious. And
yet Alexa, there before him-a curious
figure hung about with green silk ruff
fles - Alexa. grieved, remorseful, pour
Ing her heart out How was 1t possible
to Withstand her2
land I suppose" he said, the ring
half back in Its place again-"I suppose
I'll have to marry you to save you
from
But she would not let him speak tn"
obnoxious name.
you'll have to marry me to save me
from Alexandra Lee"
Refused the Queens Invitation.