New-York tribune., 1907-08-25

Ny dearest" he protested
Hush" She Interrupted him Listen T. me.
Y1t, must listen 10 me-" She stopped and rose
No She said. L cannot tell YOU Ike that ~ And
She walked away almost To the other end OF the
room and sitting down a chair, put her elbows
the table and her chm IN the palms oi her hands
STAY there Maurice" She said a low voice, with
burning eyes. while talk 70 YOU
Maurice thought She was suffering from some
form of nervous hystera. He waited. undecided
i Know who killed Mr. Courlander,'' she said
You know" he repeated a1naZeruent. anger.
in the acutest distress. And the whole expression
of his face changed. He did not attempt To dis
credit her statement He accepted II instantly the
authority of her tone forbade him do otherwise
Yes She proceeded. Did any OF Us sleep that
night. You had upset me. | could not rcSt got
out Of bed and lay on a sofa that Is under the
window OF my room and the window was open.
don't know what time It was | heard people walk
ing along the asphalt path that leads To the Kitchen
garden round bv the house They were talking
There were two OF them. They were talking very
quielV almost whispers, but II was 50 Stll. tIat
| could hear everything they sad
And what were they SAYING: Maurice $ throat
was as though full of hot sand
one OF them was telling the other that he was
afraid he had done for Mr CourlAnder At the foot
OF the statue. Although he was talking almost III
q whisper he was very excited, | could be sure ot
that And the other said With what And the
answer was. With this And then they passed on
| couldn't hear any more. And II was 50 horrible
that dared not move. Then attcTVdTi began u
fancy | must have dreamed il; and when II was
light dressed and went the statue and | san
Maurice advanced step. Did you touck-Illy
Yes. could not believe he was dead. s. /"
What time was that
Perhaps about five O'Clock.
And Maurice remembered EuIilcS CONVICTION that
between his first and second the statue the
corpse had been disturbed
Then YOU went back home" lie d:d not rec
ognize his voice.
And tell me who the men vcrr," he de-
manded, with all his features distorted
" One OF them father.
And the other
g don't know
Which one had" he hesitated. -" which one
was 1t who confessed.
Father"
"Ah,"
There was q deep silence in the great chamber Of
the statue. Norah had not moved Her little
chm was still IN her long, thin hands
Maurice advanced toward her. She screamed
with terror. getting up. but pushing back her
char And he stopped
And YOU have waited till to-day to tell me-
he muttered savagely- His tone pierced her :,
Maurice she cried. Il loved YOU too much.
| know now was wrong. But | SAID nothing be-
cause loved YOU thought If YOU knew before
YOU would never marry me: that the world would
never let YOU marry me; and 50 u
You were mad SAID Maurice.
Yes. yesi But /"
What things a woman is capable of" he burst
= 1t was because he guessed that knew, that
ran away from him.. Norah wept. Maurice YOU
must have pity mel What was | to do | have
told YOU because | thought YOU were a great man.
with great heart; because | thought you-"
He made a sound of the bitterest disdain Hold
your horrible tonguei he yelled. He was no longer
Maurice He was an embodied instinct OF reveng-
ing Justice.
And She, a girl. child after ALL unused to the
elemental, staggered by the terror OF the forces
which she had unclaimed, tried IN despair to save
with single sublime appeal, her lfe's happiness
from destruction