Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1907-08-25

this girl usually so proud and FESTIVE, in such an
attitude ,1el of of abandoned I'D 2 supplieaton
Hushi" she interrupted him. Listen to me.
You must listen to me-" She stopped and rose
No. she said, Il cannot tell you like that" And
she walked away almost to the other end of the
room, and. sitting down on chair, put her elbows
the table and her chin in the palms of her hands
Stay there Maurice, she said in low voice, with
burning eyes, while talk you,'
Maurice thought she was suffering from some
form of nervous hysteria. He waited undecided
what to do
Il know who lied Mr. Courlander!' she said
You know" he repeated in amazement, anger
in the acutest distress. And the whole expression
of his face changed. He did not attempt to dis
credit her statement He accepted it instantly; the
authority of her tone forbade him to do otherwise
Yes" she proceeded Did any of us sleep that
night? You had upset me. l could not rest. | got
out of bed and lay on a sofa that is under the
window of my and the window open.
don't know what time it was. | heard people walk
ing along the asphalt path that leads to the kitchen
garden round by the house. They were talking
quietly almost in Whispers but it was so still that
And what they saying? Maurices throat
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 talking almost in
a whisper, he was very excited; could be sure OF
that. And the other said, With what And the
answer was With this And then they passed on.
| couldn't hear any more. And it horrible
that dared not move Then afterward | began to
fancy | must have dreamed it. and when it was
light dressed and went to the statue, and saw
Maurice advanced step. Did you touch-ny
father?'
Yes. 1 could not believe he dead. So /"
What time that
Perhaps about five O'Clock"
And Maurice remembered Emile's conviction that
between his first and second visits to the the
corpse had been disturbed.
Then YOU went back hone:" He did not rec
ognIze his voice.
YES"
And now tell me who the men were!" he de-
handed with all his features distorted.
One of them was father.
And the other:
Il don t know.
Which one had he hesItated which one
it who confessed,
Father!'
All"
There was a deep silence in the great chamber of
the statue. Norah had not moved Her little
chin still in her long, thin hands.
Maurice advanced toward her. She screamed
with terror not getting up but pushing back her
chair. And he stopped
And you have waited till to-day to tell me-
he muttered savageIy. His tone pierced her as a
dart might have pierced her.
"Maurice" she cried Il loved you too much
l know now | was wrong. But l said nothing be-
cause l loved you. l thought if you knew before
you would never marry me; that the world would
never let you marry me; and so i
YOU mad, said Maurice.
Yes, yesi But =
What things a woman is capable OIL" he burst
1t was because he guessed that | knew, that
away from him.. Norah wept. 81 Maurice you
told you because thought you were great man.
with great heart; because l thought you"
He made sound of the bitterest disdain. " Hold
Your horrible tongue" he yelled He was no longer
Maurice He was an embodied instinct of reveng-
ing Justice.
And she, 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 life's happiness
from