The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1907-01-18

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present itself
Eve was standing by the mantel-
! piece. She wore a beautiful gown, a I
| long string of diamonds was twisted /
| about her neck, and her soft, black I
/ hair was coiled high after a foreign I
| fashion and held in place by a large |
| diamond comb. As he entered she turn |
ed hastily, almost nervously, and look /
ed at him with the rapid, searching
/ glance he had learned to expect from
| her. Then almost directly her express
/ sion changed to one of quick concern
With faint exclamation of alarm she
stepped forward.
What has happened" she said.
you look like a ghost"
Loder made no answer. Moving into
the room, he paused by the oak table
that stood between the fireplace and
the door.
They made an unconscious tableau
as they stood there-he with his hard,
set face, she with her heightened col
or her inexplicably bright eyes They
stood completely silent for a space
a space that for Loder held no sugges-
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unbearable, Eve spoke again.
HAS anything happened?" she ask
ed. us anything wrong"
Had he been less engrossed the In
tensity of her concern might have
struck him, but in a mind so harassed
as his there was only room for one
consideration = the consideration Of
himself The sense of her question
reached him, but it's significance left
him untouched
"Is anything wrong?" she reiterated
for the second time.
BY an effort he raised his eyes. No
man, he thought, since the beginning
of the world was ever set a task so
cruel as his Painfully and slowly his
lips parted.
Everything in the world is wrong"
he said in a slow, hard voice.
Eve said nothing, but her color sud-
denly deepened.
Again Loder was unobservant, but
; with the logged resolution that mark
ed him he forced himself to his task
You despise lies" he said at last.
TELL me what you would think of a
Inun WHOSE WHOLE lie WAS one eau
Grated lie." The words were slightly
exaggerated, but their utterance, their
painfully brusque sincerity, precluded
, all suggestion of effect. Resolutely
. holding her gaze, he repeated his ques-
. ton.
, Tell me. Answer me! 1 want to
know"
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> She stood twisting the string of dia-
p monds between her fingers.
I Tell mer' he said again
She continued to look at him for a
! moment; then, as If some fresh i'm
! pulse moved her, she turned away
. from him toward the fire.
81 cannot" she said. Eve IL
could not set myself to judge-any
! one"
d Loder held himself rigidly in hand.
e Eve" he said quietly, II was at
Y the Arcadian tonight. The play was
+ Other Mems Shoes | suppose you've
!. read the book Other Mems Shoes?'"
e She was leaning on the mantelpiece,
e and her face was invisible to him
Eyes, I have read it," she said without
e looking round.
''It Is the story of an extraordinary
r likeness between two men. Do you be-
e lieve such a likeness possible? Do you
think such a thing could existT He
It spoke with difficulty. His brain and
J. tongue both felt numb.
(, Eve let the diamond chain slip from
V her fingers yes" she said nervously
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n 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. l know a man SO like ms
. that you, even you, could not tell III
=, 7. apart"
y Eve was silent. still averting he
face.
= In dire difficulty he labored on
- Eve" he began once more, "such
: likeness is a serious thing-a terrible
= danger, terrible temptation Thos
= who have no experience Of 1t canno
:. possibly gauge its pitfalls Again b
- paused, but again the silent figure b,
= the fireplace gave him no help
It Eve" he exclaimed suddenly, g
I'd you only knew. If you only guesse
1t what I'm trying to say The perple,
If fly, the whole harassed suffering Of b
mind showed in the words. Loder, til
to strong. the resourceful, the self col
K tanned. was palpably. painfully at
FL loss. There was almost note Of al
We peal In the vibration Of his voice
lis And Eve, standing by the fireplac
r. heard and understood. IN that momeI
K, Of comprehension all that had held BIZ
to silent, all the conflicting motives til;
had forbidden speech, melted away b
k fore the unconscious demand for he'll
Ol- Quietly and yet quickly she turned, b,
lie whole face TRANSPORTED by light til;
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