Wauwatosa news. [volume] (Wauwatosa, Wis.) 1900-1948, 1906-05-05

well, she had suffered. UO0. In little
while the motor would be ready, and he
would 60 and she would never see him
again as long as she lived. But she was
glad that she had seen him that once.
glad that she had made him feel some
thing-glad, even, that ne was jealous OF
| Raymond.
There was a knock at the door, and a
servant entered with note. She took it,
and recognized Raymond's clear, unhur-
ried handwriting.
He, too, saw the letter-and Raymond's
writing.
Don't let me interrupt YOU" he said
bitterly.
Excuse me-" she said
The letter was not very long, and Ray
mond's letters were usually of inordinate
length. He regretted most deeply the
pain he had to give her. He had always
as she knew-had religious scruples as
to the remarriage of divorced persons,
but his love for her had, for the time
being, overpowered his reason and his
conscience He felt that she might with
Justice rcproach him for not having
known his own mind before, but, consid-
ering the greatness of the principle in
volyed he was sure that she would over
look the merely personal point of view,
he was sure that she would see that his
work in the church, TO say nothing of his
own moral character, must suffer If he
contracted marriage which he could not
help considering against the teaching Of
the church. He wished it to be clearly
understood that he did not give her up
he left it to her good sense to release
him from an engagement into which he
had been hurried by the force of his
feeling for her-and he remained, with
deep regret, hers very sincerely, Henry
Raymond.
For the FIRST time since she had en-
tered the room she looked up and met
Morteynes eyes and did not turn away.
"Will you please call some one?" she
said very distinctly. It's extremely silly
of me, but think am going to faint"
When she came to herself Morteyne
was still holding her. 1t seemed to her
that he had been holding her for a very
long time, but she did not resent it-she
did not feel that she cared to resent any
thing 1t sOothed and comforted her to
feel the touch of some one stronger than
herself. and the fact that that some one
was Morteyne did not seem to matter.
She looked at him as She spoke. Sud
denly she did not know why-she ceased
TO care what Raymond bad done. She
was almost amused. Her second chance
of happiness had followed the first
Hes thrown ne over She said. and
held ont the letter
She sat quietly While AIorteyne read it.
She std felt amused-only her head
Iached so.
The mars a fool and prig," he said.
"No-he's quite right. He doesn't be-
Iieve in the remarriaee Of divorced PEG.
pie. You see"
''You-cared fer Raymond" he said.
No"
Kitty 80
NO; l never cared for him. I thought
improving ideas. You were never inn
proving, were YOU, jack
IT, re said
"'No-perhaps | suppose one
doesn't love people because they have
beautiful Characters end improving ideas
II don't know why. It's badly ar
ranged sort ef world, somehow" r.
"0ne doesn't love people because ~
he stopped suddenly. You loved me
then-ycu didn't want merely to get rid
Of me, to be free, because I'd been such
Z brute?'
NO. II hadn't loved you / shouldn't
have cared what you did don't care
what HciTy Raymond does"
Kitty was blackguard-
I've told you so. Perhaps I'm a black
guard still-perhaps can't help being
oneI don't know. But if you'd give me
Il chance --"
Steps came along the corridor, and he
moved back little.
Il forgot he sail: you don't believe
in sec md chances second marriages
Good bye, Kitty"
The man who entered at that moment
wondered why his mistress looked ut him
so oddly. He was not of literary turn
of mind, and had never devoured the
thrilling details of the famous Morteyne
Divorce Case.
The motor is waiting, my lady.
Lady AIorteyne made a little sudden
step betW cen the owner of the motor and
the door
His lordship win not want the motor
tonight" she said.-Nellie X. Blissett in
Sketch.