The labor world. [volume] (Duluth, Minn.) 1896-current, 1907-04-06

out other sounds deadening thought itself. AS in
curious heads thrust out he passed successive land
ngs That the consequence of his reckless pressure
on all those new brass bells Half way up the third
flight he just in time to the trail of the green
MORE vanish through the doorway of the front apart
ment. Somehow he managed to the remaining
closed to keep it from atching: At the time he
knocked with wrathful vigor. He heard her startled
exclamation the door flung open by who
had never seen Before "Wei. my friend what do yos
want? the man asked sharply Il want my wife,
mh 81 ID hoa s and ,nd flung c himself h into the
Nora thank Heaven, Nora! He voiced the thought
took minute or two for the truth to sink in He had
York streets he had tracked them to their lair he had
matte words "You are not Moral" He felt their lud
he uttered hf h:
sam"
Mellish suddenly felt strangely shaken strangely
weak Everything seemed to have grown . eurlous
two steps at time. That was it, he told himself the
stairs and the heat and the excitement He heard the
mans voice saying brusquely as if from some remote
distance "We now that you know it isn't Nora, DOM
you think you had better be going" And the woman
hastily snn yS %. iSS 1td the to g 10
the door, tried to frame words of apology excuse
protest, all in Instead, he collapsed weakly into
chair 1t was new morris chair, with gaudy plush
cushions. His last conscious sensation the stuff
I: the hs:: ess5;d from hi: the an T w..
the who had felt sure that he was Sam, the
woman whose hair was so like Noras and whose eye;
and mouth different. AS she leaned over him
iarty Of her teeth one Of them badly biackened r.
the immensely Of his relief he felt his heart epane
towards this elandesne couple who had been 50 afraid
that he Sam, and who now 50 plainly wished him
to be gone He owed these big debt of gratitude
for having cured him. once for ALL Of his chronic jeal
kiel s aad to- 4: +: bs i ns
honest amusement at the visible relief Of this
nearly touched him.
1t was past their dinner hour when Me11sh at last
reached home Nora radiant in her new lizard greer
opened the door in person, greeting him eftusiyelY
too absorbed in herself to notice the disorder of his
appearance. Wndon here, she told him. and would
joyous confidence Of his cure Melish felt that he
could afford to be cordial even to Windon Hinckey.
Besides, he thought, as he made hasty toilet it was
herself as soon as coffee was served if she going
to the theatre with him tonight
The dainty dinner scored the success: that Nora; N din
Favershams luncheon go of? why, there had not been
enough to try to meet her. Mrs Faversham had tele-
phoned that postponed her cousin had not come
from Buffalo P after a Then turning suddenly to
cousin Of yours, Cousin Nelly, isn't it, Your sister
says that were desperately in love with her once
w IA lbs i: as 5 !: s ds aa. as is o4s d
ing under Hnclleys Aattery, suddenly Melhshs Ella
ton fell They had shut him out those two young
old familiar spasm gripped his heart He realized that
he not cured after all the wonder wa: he had not
realized it sooner. His bizarre blunder In following
the wrong couple all through summer afternoon was
no proof of Noras innocence Tonight, like every
other night, he powerless to read the truth Of