Waterbury evening Democrat., 1906-03-02

, of the world, it was Avice Milbrey in his grasp, struggling frantically to be free; and instead of behaving like . gentleman he flung both arms around her and kissed her despite her strug- | gles; kissed her time after time, unt l she ceased to strive against him, and lay panting and helpless in his arms.
 CHAPTER xxx.
 !, AN UNUSUAL PLAN OF ACTION IS | MATURED.
 He was awakened by the unaccus-
 toned silence. As he lay with his eyes open, his first thought was that all | things had stopped-the world had come to its end. Then remembrance came, and he stretched in lazy enjoy ment of the stiffness and the soft feather bed upon which he had slept. Finding himself too wide awake for more sleep, he went over to the little gable window and looked out. The unfermented wine of another spring day came to his eager nostrils. The little ball had made another turn. Its cheek was coming once more into the light. Already the east was flushing with a wondrous vague pink. The lit tie animals in the city over there, he thought, would soon be tumbling cut of their beds to begin another of their funny, serious days of trial and fail- ure; to make ready for another n ght of forgetfulness, when their absurd lit tie ant-hill should turn again away from the big blazing star. He sat long time at the window, looking out to the east, where the light was show ing; meditating on many idle, little matters, but conscious all the time If great power within himself. He felt ready now for any conflict. The reeI for some great immediate action pressed upon him. He did not id nifty it. Something he must do-he must have action-and that at once. He was glad to think how Uncle Peter would begin to rejoice in him-sscretly at first, and then to praise him. He was equal to any work. He could not begin it quickly enough. That queer need to do something. at once was still pressing, still unidentified.
 By five he was downstairs. The girl, fresh as a dew-sprayed rose in the gar den outside, brought him breakfast of fruit, bacon and eggs. coffee and waf- fles. He ate with relish, delig ting meantime in the girls forid freshness, and even in the assertive triumphant whistle of the youth busy at his tasks outside.
 When he set out he meant to reach the car and go back to town at once. Yet when he came to the road VT which he had loitered the day before, he turned of upon it. win 4sloYer. .step There was a confusing &hfrf of ide IS in his brain, a chaos that required all his energy to feed it, so that the spring went from his step.
 Then all at once a newborn world cohered out of the nebula, and the sight of its measured, orderly whirli- dazed him. He had been seized with a wish-almost an intention. so stunning in its audacity that he all but resled under the shock. It seemed to him that the thing must have been germi = ated in his mind without his k"ow,- edge; 1t had lain there, gathering force while he rested. now to burst forth and dazzle him with its shine. All that undimmed freshness of longing he had felt the day befors-all the unnamed, unidentified, nameless desires-had flooded back upon him, but now no longer aimless. They were acutely definite. He wanted Avice Milbrey- wanted her with an intensity as un- reasoning as 1t was resistless. This was the new world he had watch"d swimming out of the chaos in his mind. taking its allotted orb in a planetary system of possible, rational, matter-of-course proceedings.
 And Avice Milbrey was to marry Shepler, the triumphant money king.
 He sat down by the roadside, well nigh helpless, surrendering all his forces 10 the want.
 Then there came upon him to rein- force this want burning sense of de- feat He remembered Uncle Pc CTS first warnings in the mine about "cup- board love-" the gossip of Higbee: If you were broke. she'd have about as much use for you" all the talk he had listened to so long about marriage for money: and. at the last Shspler's words to Uncle Peter: T was uneer- tain until copper went 10 5l." Those were three wise old men who had talked. men who knew something of women and much of the world. And they were so irritating in their cer- tainty. What a fine play to fool them all,
 The sense of defeat burned into h'm more deeply. He had been vanquished. cheated. scorned. shamefuIly fouted The money was gone-aIl o. Uncle Peters complaints and biting sarcasms came back 10 him with renewed bitter ness: but his revenge on Uncle Pstsr would be in showing him a big man al work. with TO nonsenss shOut hIm. But shspler. Eho vas now eerain. and HIgbes. vho had always been esr- .ain-especiaIly ShepIer. win his easy sense of superiority with a v1nan over any poor man That vas a diff fsrsut matter. There was a th,rg 10 think about. And he wanted Ayics NfIbrey. He could nos. hs dssidsd- go back without her
 The great wild uish nsrrousi itself into A definite plan He recalled 'hs