The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1907-10-01
CHAPTER xlII.-continued.

Mi Still--why had he looked SO niser-
able. II he didn't care what Ifthougst,
and was really ready to throw a mo
over at a cali from her? The whole
thing began to appear more compli-
Gated, more mysterious than l had reltI
1T to be ct frst. v hen was smartinS
with my disappointment in 1yor, ara
tingllng all over with the humiliation
he seemed TO have put upon me.
oh, to know, to- know, what he's
doing at this minute - i whispt red.
half aloud, because II was comforting
in my loneliness TO hear the sound OF
! my own voice. ITO know whether I'm
doing him the most awful injustice
or not T. EE5 gS{ ~
Just then, at the door between my
room and 8Lisa's.. next to mine. ca me
q tapping and & instantly after the :
handle was /. tried But I had turned
the key, thinking that perhaps This
very thing might happen-that + Lisa
might wish to come, and not wait till
Id given her permission. She uoes
that sort of thing 8sometimes, for she
her "Imp,) J, and II she thinks people
don't want her, that is the very time
when she most wants them. rs 535sAs d
"Oh, Di. do let me In" she ex:S;
claimed. s5 s u; Es II
For a second or two didn't an
swer. Never in my. lie had II liked
poor Lisa less than I'd liked her for
THE last four and twenty hours, though
| I'd told myself over and over again
l3that she meant well. that she was act
Ling for my good. and that some day
4 i would be grateful Instead OF longing
Ito slap her,#as IEcouldn't help doing
now zs Butt always before, when she
has irritated me until I've nearly for-
gotten my8 promise8to her father tiny
stepfather) always to- be \ gentle with
|3herg ina thought and deed, r have cit
! such, pangs Ct romorse that I've tried
Ito atone, even when there wasn't really
anything to atone u Tor, except in ms,
min !. Iswas q fyaid ,that,Sif Il refused
to let her home in. She would so to
bed gry.Swith me. And when u sa
Is ngry she generally has heart
i attack and is Ill next day. I &
~ are you YOU there IA she called again.
4, Without answering. I went to the
door and unlocked It. She came lin
with a rush. Sa II feel 3. perfectly wild,
ns If: u must do something desperate
she said. :sf III sE S5 ss5a
.55s So q did II but I didn't. mean to le,
her know that. .ts
elm going out" she went on. 81
4 T don't, ! shall have a At n!
out " repeated * y ca It's IS
s53S"can't? There's no sucn word for
me as can't, when I want to d = any
I thing, and you ought to know. that.
I said she. ''It's only being III 81 that
/ ever stops me, ana I'm not III Ito
!. night. feel {8ns If electricity We're
4 flowing h all through Il me. making rns
5|tnerycs jump, and s1 believe you Zee
Il exactly the same way. our eyes arr
as big as hal, crowns 5B and as r back
J as INK. Il s. 5
. 3288s'l am a little nerXous,f''sSiI confessed
B And L couldn't help thinking It odt
II that Lisa and I should both he taelins
8Isthat ELECTRICAL sen sation$g at the sn m,
) time ''p erhaps it's; in the air x Mayb,
y there's IA ding to he q thunder storm
2 There are clouds over the stars, an
4 wind coming o. J. n H 81
May be- it's partly that maybe not.
: said she. but there's one thing Tn
II sure OF, Z Sonnet ing's going TO HAPPEN.
A % YOU feel that, too ~ i broke on
Il before I'd stopped to think, Then
II wished sfI hadn't. Built was too lot
d to wish. II 50 eau 8 lit me up quickly
i Al, II knew 4, you y al !" she cried
4 looking as Ieerie and almost as hag
A gard as q witch, "a IS omething Is goln
n be In It, whatever It 3is,''' n
H 7 sail ,SS.5 And n gu N usn't &
q either" But she % was & yveird.# sh
seemed to lure me, ikes n strange2llttl
4 siren: wtth ali i SIRENS witcher
& though without her beauty, NJ y, voic
4 sounded undecided q, & and II knew it,s
u s;Iss"pf n course III IN not asking you I
81 liwander iwi h me An the Mis- t.5 hand 4
s8 hand through the streets$o Of Paris, = X
Is the Two ORR hans, Il said Lisa. 81 \,
sII going Il . y have n D closed cartilage
N motor breuKham,s one belonging 10 tn
81 hotel, no it's tie ga te.SS It's ordere
M already, Il and shall M first drive an
n drive ,unt II my nerves stop Jerking an
y. my head tn obbin 81 IS IT you won t 5driy
with me u shall sSs drive lone. s4 b,
IS therein ne no harm in "a I, elthe wa.
T did n Il know 70 u were so conYentinHl
az e think there 60 uld be- WARS A 4