Richmond planet. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1883-1938, 1907-04-06

lieye such a likeness pcssible7 DO you
think such a thing could existY' He
spoke with difficulty. His brain and
tongue both felt numb
Eve let the diamond chain slip from
her fingers. Yes" she said nervously.
Yes. 10 believe It. Such things have
been
Loder caught at The words You're
quite right" he said quickly. You're
quite right The thing is possible. I've
proved it. ] know a man so ike me
that You. even You. could not tell US
apar5"
Eve was silent. stn ayerting hei
face.
Ia dire difficulty he labored on.
Eve" he began once more. "such a
likeness is n serious thing-a terrible
danger. a terrible temptation. Those
who have no experience of &c cannot
possibly gauge it's pitfalls Again he
paused. but again the silent figure by
the fireplace gave him no help.
"s-ve," ne exclaimed suddenly. eli
you only knew. II you only guessed
WHIST I'm trying 60 say The perplex.
fly. the whole harassed suffering OF his
mind showed IN the words Loder, the
strong. the resourccful. the self con
tanned. was palpably painfully at a
loss. There was almost q note Of APP
peal In the vibration of his voice.
And Eve. standing by the fireplace.
heard and understood. I'm that moment
OF comprehension an that had held her
silent. an 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 transdgurcd 10y a light that
seemed 60 shine from within-some-
thing singularly soft and tender.
There's 30 need 20 say anything"
she said simply, because ! know"
II came quietly. as most great reve-
latious come. Her voice was low and
free from any excitement. her face
beautiful I'm it's complete unconscious
ness OF self Tn that supreme moment
all her Thought. an her sympathy, was
for the mau-and his suffering.
To Loicr there was a space OF In
credulity. theu his brain slowly swung
20 realization. 'Nou knowT' he re-
peatcd hlaukly you know
Without ausw ering. she walked 70 a
cabinet that stood in the window. I'M
locked drawer and drew out several
sheets OF nimsy white paper. crumpled
in places and closely covered with
writing. Without "a word she carried
them h9ck and hold them out.
He took them i'm silence. scanned
them. then looked up.
In long. worthless pause their ewes
met. It was as ir each looked speech
lessly into the others heart. seeing the
passions. the contradictions. the short
comings. that went % the making OF
both. I'm that silence they drew closer
together than they could have done
through q torrent OF words. There
was no asking or 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 az last. "and saw LII
Ian Astrupp reading that telegram
nothing could have seemed farther
from me than the thourst that I should
follow her example. IL was not until
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room-unul / saw that you. as be-
lleved. had fallen back again from
what ] respected 20 what I-dcsplsed-
that / knew how human l really was.
AS / watched them laugh and talk /
felt suddenly that I was alone again
terribly alone. II Think believe
was Jealous in that moment She
hesitated
Ever he exclaimed.
But she broke In quickly on the
word. Il felt different IN that moment.
I didn't care about honor or things like
honor. After they had gone Ii seemed
70 me that ! had missed something
something that they possessed. Oh,
you don't know what n woman feels
when she is jealousr' Again she
paused. 1T was then that the tele-
gram and the thought or Lllllan's
amused smile as she had read Il came
to my mind. Feeling as / dld-acting
on what / felt-I crossed to the bureau
and picked u up. In one second had
seen enough 10 make II impossible 10
draw back. oh. it may have been dis
honorable IL may IN Va bocn r,oo,, t,,4