The Yale expositor. (Yale, St. Clair County, Mich.) 1894-current, 1907-09-20

ing to choose comforting words. lt
was difficult to find the tactful thing
to say, with those great, eager eyes
fastened upon him.
She was so vivid, so intense, that
the man, celebrated specialist though
he was, felt nervous about what she
would do.
Suddenly the, girl leaned forward,
interrupting his carefully chosen plau-
tudes. How long have l got to
liver" she asked.
The doctor coughed with embar-
rassment. Her abruptness seemed al.
most indicate. He was used TO
smoothing the rough edges from brutal
truth by fair-sounding words.
"Um-two years-probably not so
long. II can't say exactly
Good" she cried, rising briskiy.
Doctor, you have made me the hap
piest woman on earth
The famous one was left gasping.
What a very extraordinary wom-
AM" he said disapprovingly. Some
how, the girls flippancy degraded the
dignity of his position. His opinions
customarily made keen impressions
upon their victims.
The next day Mrs. Thelma Byron
eloped with Lloyd Bromley
The social world went into hyster
les, and DR.. Allison, the nerve spe-
cialist. shook his head bewilderedly
1t was inconceivable to the good, con-
sentative man, how any woman hover
ing on the brink of the grave, could
be so frivolous.
There is one thing" the doctor
thought sorrowfully, she will not live
long enough to be cast aside, as all
of Lloyd's other loves have been"
The guilty couple fed to an en-
chanting place on the shores of the
Mediterranean, where roses bloomed
most of the year and the air was
heavy with passion.
At the end of the first three months
Lloyd asked Thelma if she was
happy.
Are your" she demanded.
They were lying on the grass upon
a sloping hillside.
The man settled his handsome head
more comfortably in her lap.
do you recollect all the mad things
said to you ages ago in New York,
when we only knew one another by
face, and l was wild to taste the soul
behind your beauty"
She laughed cynically.
oVo, rayad IN anita tho oDnrOnri "A q
fashion" she returned.
Il did not mean one word of it all,
he confessed.
Il knew it," she retorted.
He looked at her in establishment
Then why did you come with me?'
Tell me first whether / have made
you happy"
"He raised his arms and drew he
down until their lips met in cares!
that was deeper than a kiss. Then h
pushed her from him almost roughly
There is my answer" he said. ="
have never wanted to kiss any woman
after living with her for three months
l want to kiss you more, to hold yo'
closer now, than on the first day W,
left home together. People hav
called me tickle so often that ! hal
begun to believe they were right, bu
now know better, was merely seek
ing my true mate"
ut was rather hard on the othe
women" she remarked dryly, lettin
her fingers touch his hair. his throat
his face, with tremulous little move
ments.
Lloyd shivered with physical ec
stacy.
you are the most delicate thing |
the world" he murmured. You ar
the embodiment of nightingale
carol; you are the spirit of the moor
light, and the mystery Of the sea"
She looked very deep into his cage
eyes. Tell me some more she con
manded. with a catch in her voice.
you are the joy out of PATTERN
summer shower. you are the passio
in the glow of the midday sun; yo
are the expression of my ego; you al
life of my life, my Eve"
He sat up with outstretched arm
as he ended his exhortation, but fC
once she did not yield her tender bod
to his embrace.
Listen" she said seriously, "theI
is something l must tell you. 1t ma
helm to stretch out our frail happine'
little. / was horribly afraid of yc
when / left my comfortable, conve
tional. stupid home, and my insuffe
ably indulgent husband, and deli
erately accepted social damnation f
your sake. | am afraid of you no'
Oh. don't protest any more. ] kno
! have amused you rather better tha
the others did. They were a sill
lot. have seen nearly all of yo'
victims at one time and another.
succession of well-groomed creature
with profiles instead of brains.
am not like them at any rate. VI
will always remember me as dinere
-piauant, IL you like to put 1t tn
way. You said the other night tn
was the most audacious think
Won had ever known. Perhaps 1t
the very physical weakness OF
which loosens my imagination. A vol
an hesitating in the doorway OF he
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