The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1907-09-21
CHAPTER XII


Maxine Opens the Cute For Man
you are fraSd that du Laurier may
ind out he said. But he knows al
ready
Knows WHAT
That expected to have the priv
ilege of going to your house with YOU"
All that / had gained seemed worth
less. Those quiet, sneering words OF
his almost crushed me. On the load
j had struggled to bear without fall.
ing, they laid one feather too much
My voice broke. "Yoli-deyil." I
cried at him. You dared to tell Raoul
that?.
Opposite on her narrow little seat.
Marianne stirred uneasily, Till now.
our tones had been quiet. and she could
not understand one word we said. She
is the soul of discretion and triumph
OF good training in her walk of life;
but she loves me more than she loves
any other creature on earth. and nov
she could see and hear that the man
had driven me TO the brink of Mysteries.
She would have liked to tear mis- face
with her nails or choke him, 1 think.
II had given her the word. / be-
lieve she would have tried with all
her strength-which is not sma1l--and
very good Will, TO XIII him. I was
dimly conscious of what her restless
ness its-EIlif 'obiloitIb
too, by the thought of her supreme
loyalty. But I forgot Marianne when
Godensky answered my question.
Yes J told him. 1t was the truth.
And I've always understood that you
made great point of never doing any
thing which you considered in the least
risaue. so why should 1 suppose you
would rather du Laurier didn't know?
You might already have mentioned IT
to- him.
"He wouldn't believe you.' j ex-
claimed, desperately. And my only
hope was that might be right.
"As matter OF fact, he didn't seem
to at first, so at once understood that
you hadn't spoken OF our appointment.
But 1t was too late TO atone for my
carelessness. and did the next bess
thing; Justified my veraclty. ] sns-
gested that, II he didn't take my Word
for 1t. he might stand where ne couid
see us speaking together at the stage
door, and-
"Ah. / am glad OF that" cut In.
"Then he saw that we didn't drive
/ away together"
"You Jump at conclusions. just like
| less clever women. l hardly thought
| YOU'D receive me into your carriage az
| the theatre, SO | took the precaution o.
warning du Laurier that he needn't
expect to see that. You would Suggest
| place for me to meet you.
II said. when / knew It, ! would m
form him If he chose to wait about
somewhere for a few minutes"
"Raoul du I.aurier would scorn 70
spy upon mel broke out.
/ "How hard you are on spies. ANA
how little knowledge of human nature
you have after all. II you don't under
stand that man suddenly out u his
| head with jealousy will do things OF
which he'd .be incapable when he was
| sane"
The argument silenced me. / knew
I had known for a long timc-thas
1 jealousy could rouse a demon in Raoul
\ And only tonight he had reminded me
4 that he was Jealous brute" re-
membered what answer he had made
when I asked him what he would &C
IL | deceived him. He said that he
] would kill me, and kill himself after
! AS he spoke, the blood had streameo
up to his forehead, and streamed back
again, leaving him deadly pale. .
4 flash like steel had shot out Of his
/ eyes-the dear eyes, that are not cola
/ II was true, as this cruel wretch re.
4 minded me, Raoul would do things un.
/ der the torture OF jealousy thai
he would cut off his hand sooner thai
i do when his own sweet, poet-naturt
4 was in ascendancy.
"As a proof of what say" Goden.
4 sky went on. "du Laurier did wait, di,
4 hear from me the place where yoI
4 were TO stop and pick me up. Ans
i If 1t wouldn't be the worst OF form e
4 bet, I'd bet that he found some way
Iof getting there In time to zee that
4 had told the truth"
"You coward!"I stammered
i ION the contrary. a brave man. l'vt
4 heard that du I.aurier Is a fine shot
! and that very few men In Paris cal
:. touch him with the folls. SO vol
q See ~
You want 70 brighten me-" 1 ex
I fclaimed.
you misjudge mo in every way
j. My only answer was to tell Mariana
fo nrhS g the Shnttop which fro sirno