Gloucester County Democrat. (Woodbury, N.J.) 1878-1932, 1907-03-14

cEueI as HIS. fsllu1ulfy anu eiVNly LIS
lips parted.
Every thing in the world Is wrong
he said in Il slow, hard voice
Eve said nothing, but her color sud
denly deepened.
Again Loder was unobseryant, but
with the logged resolution that mark
ed him he forced himself to his task.
You aespise les he said at last.
.sTell me what you would think Of a
man whose whole life was one elab-
Grated lie The words were slightly
exaggerated, but their utterance. their
painfully brllsque sincerity, precluded
all suggestion Of effect Resolutely
holding hei, gaze, he repeated his dues-
ton.
TELL me- Answer me! want to
know.
Ewes attitude was difficult to read.
She stood twisting the string Of dia-
nlonds between her fingers.
Tell mei'' he said again.
She continued to look at him for a
moment then, as if some fresh inn
pulse moved her, she turned away
from him toward the fire.
4 cannot ? she said We ~
could not set myself to judge any
one.
Ioder held himself rigidly in hand
eve, he said quietly, Il was at
the Areaslian tonight The play was
sOther Mems Shoes. suppose you've
read the book Other Mems shoes?'"
She was leaning on the mantelpiece,
and her face was invisible to him.
Eyes, have read it" she said without
looking round.
ut is the story Of an extraordinary
likeness between two men. Do you be-
lieve such likeness possible? Do you
think such thing could exists" He
spoke with difficulty. His brain and
tongue both felt numb.
Eve let the diamond chain slip from
her fingers. Yes she said nervoussy.
eyes, / do 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 man so like me
that you, even you, could not tell us
apart
Eve VAS silent, still averting her
face
In dire difficulty he Iabored on.
"Eye, be began once more such a
likeness is serious thing a terrible
danger, terrible temptation. Those
who have no experience Of it cannot
possibly gauge its pitfalls Again he
paused, but again the silent figure by
the fireplace gave him no help.
ssIvc,;F ne exclaimed suddenly, III
you only knew, if you only guessed
what I'm trying to say The perplex-
ity, the whole harassed suffering of his
mind showed III the words. Loder, the
strong, the resoureeful. the self con-
tanned, was palpably, painfully at a
loss. There was almost note of APP
peal in the vibration Of his voice.
And Eve, standing by the fireplace,
heard and understood. In that moment
of comprehension all that had held her
silent, all 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 TRANSPORTED by light that
seemed to shine from Within-so
thing singularly soft and tender.
ssThere's no need to say anything, :
she said simply, because know"
1t came quietly, as most great reve-
lations come. Her voice was low and
free from any excitement, her face
beautiful in its complete unconscious
ness of self. In that supreme moment
all her thought. all her sympathy. was
for the man-and his suffering.
TO Leder there was a space of in
credulity; then his brain slowly swung
to realization. you known he re-
peated blankly. 'sYou know?''
Without answering, she walked to a
cabinet that stood in the window, un-
locked drawer and drew out several
sheets of dimsy white paper, crunpled
in places and closely covered with
writing. Without a word she carried
them back and held them out.
He took them in silence, scanned
them, then looked up.
III long, worthless pause their eyes
met. It was as if each looked speech
lessly into the others heart, seeing the
passions, the contradictions, the short
comings, that went to the making Of
both. In that silence they drew closer
together than they could have done
through torrent Of words. There
was no asking Of forgiveness, no elab-
crate confession. on either side. In the
deep. eloquent pause they mutually
saw and mutually understood.
aWhen I came into the morning room
today Eve said at last, aand saw Lii
Ian Astrupp reading that telegram
nothing could have seemed farther
from me than the thought that should
follow her example. It was not until
afterward-not until he came into the
room until / saw that you, as be
lieved, had fallen back again from
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