The Richmond palladium. (Richmond, Ind.) 1906-1907, 1906-11-07

that you. even you, could not tell US
/ apart"
Eve was silent. still avertfng her
| face.
In dire difficulty he labored on.
Eve" he began once more. ''sucll a
| likeness is serious thing-a terrible
danger, a terrible temptation. Those
who have no experience Of it cannot
possibly gauge its pitfalls Again he
paused, but again the silent figure by
the fireplace gave him no help.
eve" DE exclaimed suddenly, "if
you only knew, if you only guessed
| what I'm trying to say The perplex-
ity, the whole harassed suffering of his
mind showed in the words. Loder. the
strong, the resourceful, the self con-
tanned. was palpably. painfully at a
loss. There was almost note of ap-
peal in the vibrat ton of his voice.
And Eve. standing by the fireplace.
heard and understood. In that moment
of comprehension all that had held her
silent, all the conflicting motives that
had forbidden speech, melted away be-
fore the unconscious demand for help.
Quietly and yet quickly she turned, her
whole face TRANSPORTED by light that
seemed to shine from within-some-
thing sngularly soft and tender.
There's no need to say anything"
she said simply, because know"
1t came quietly, as most great reve-
lations come. Her voice was low and
free from any excitement, her face
beautiful In its complete unconscious
ness Of self. In that supreme moment
all her thought, all her sympathy, was
for the man-and his suffering.
To Loder there was a space Of In
credulity: then his brain slowly swung
to realization. "You knowY he re-
peated blankly. You known
Without answering, she walked to
cabinet that stood in the window. I'M
locked a drawer and drew out several
sheets of himsy white paper, crumpled
in places and closely covered with
writing. Without word she carried
them back and held them out.
He took them in silence, scanned
them. then looked up.
In long, worthless pause their eyes
met. 1t was as II each looked speech
lessly into the others heart, seeing the
passions, the contradictions, the short
comings. that went to the making of
both. In that silence they drew closer
together than they could have done
through a torrent Of words. There
was no asking Of forgiveness. no elab
crate confession. on either side. In the
deep, eloquent pause they mutually
saw and mutually understood.
when I came into the morning room
today" Eve said at last, land saw Lii
liam Astrupp reading that telegram
nothing could have seemed farther
from me than the thought that should
follow her example. 1t was not until
afterward-not until-he came into the
room-until I saw that you, as I be-
lieved, had fallen back again from
what respected to what I-despised--
that I knew how human 1 really was.
As I watched them laugh and talk
felt suddenly that was alone again
terribly alone. II think-I believe I
was jealous in that moment She
hesitated.
Ever he exclaimed.
But she broke in quickly on the
word. 81 felt different in that moment.
1 didn't care about honor or things like
honor. After they had gone it seemed
to me that I had missed something
something that they possessed. oh.
you don't know what a woman feels
when she is jealousw Again she
paused. at, was then that the tele
gram and the thought Of Lillian's
amused smile as she had read 1t came
to my mind. Feeling as I did-acting
on what felt-I crossed to the bureau
and picked 1t up. In one second had
seen enough to make it impossible to
draw back. oh, it may have been dis
honorable. 1t may have been mean, but