Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1907-04-05
1THE CHARITY GIRL (
By EFFHE A. ROWLANDs
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o,r4pTER XIV.

CHAPTER XIV.
o,.-,5nrUOod carriage was stand
lh5 o,s lack had ordered it to remain
); 63sII arrived. Jack had thrown him
G2'a Is IN his corner and had folded
81 Da'A across his breast; Audrey sat
aSn -i,bt her two cold little hands
&t pg'' t;obt together, her teeth set so
D 10 sobs that rose to her throat
sH not escape her lips
>, ~., sbau attempt to describe the
oD II those two hearts, both wounded
za .5s " very quick, both heavy with that
D' .,rrow that comes when one has
@y 5,ooived where one loves best?
T 1r-br did they take me to him? Why
", married to him? would sooner
'S 5a5 than have listened to what
~. ~, women said tonight, and know
:, has never, never loved me" said
-i.er to herself, passionately.
'. %ri 50 nv happiness is over" ran
-, -ronbIed thoughts. "Well, it has
JAZZ rss-a1 long. Fool-fool that I have
w., n baic7e that any woman could
.. -5o angel have pictured her to be,
=, that she should love him-him, above
II ot5pr men, I feel as though his
~ rfa,s blood will not give me salts
r5ar reached the gates of Craiglands
1 1.s-. few minutes dive through the
~,nEan+ avenue, and then the door. Jack
,+ anti and then forcing himself by an
,nos+ superhuman effort to appear nat
,r, before the servants, turned to as
1T her. Audrey put her cold hand in
4, as she stepped out of the brougham.
INV little did either of them think that
aer would not clasp, or even touch,
hands again for many weary day.
The fragrance and warmth of her bed
,,on seemed to choke Audrey. Hastily
qngng off her domino, she passed to the
window and pushed it open, and then
eood by it, the sound of her own heart
batting in her ears like a sledge hammer
Would Jack come? She waited several
moments. If he had come to her then
lha would have done that which would
have put matters straight at once, for the
,yonv in her breast was urging her to
gqak out to ask him why he had deceived
her, why he had married her? The hot
blood rushed to her cheeks again and
a.ln. as she recalled the remarks those
NO women had made, and realized how
cruelty the world judged her already.
sr, and Audrey still stood waiting for
ae sound of her husbands footsteps on
The stairs and the passage outside.
Her happiness was ended; Jack no
.user loved her-indeed. had never loved
her, She was his wife, that was true, and
must be her lot to bear with the diff
a.tes as with the joys that fell to her
Is his wife.
Still" the child thought sorrowfully
to herself, he has acted wrongly; he has
been cruel to Sheila, to himself, to me.
an glad he did not come in just now,
yes glad. for it shows that he is tired of
deceit and hypocrisy, and-and I cannot
hear to think that the nature I thought
50 honest should only prove false. What
vas it that those women said? The
worst days work Jack GIendurwood did
when he married me- People should be
careful how they speak out-the truth. J"
Her lips quivered, but her face famed
with proud color. THE worst days
work for Jack" she repeated slowly, land
am the one who has brought that to
lm II who would lay down my life
or him. Why did 1 ever meet him? Why
Id l ever leave home? Why did not
Raven let me die before all this sorrow
ame upon him through me? Jack! My
arIing Ny darlingw
Her hot, fearless eyes stared into the
lie, as if to seek some solution of this
anful problem there. In her loving gen
tosiry Audrey made all excuses for her
ls5and now. She no longer blamed; he
'aS still to her the dearest creature on
arth; and yet so great was the agony at
lought Of his deceit that, had he held out
Is arms to her and called her tenderly by
2me, she would have turned from him
nd stood aloof.