Gloucester County Democrat. (Woodbury, N.J.) 1878-1932, 1907-03-21

/ the remembrance OF tndt ueSStht.
| Fear, such as he could never expert
| ence in his own concerns. possessed
| him. One desire overrode all others,
| the desire that Ewes reputation, which
| he himself had SO nearly imperiled,
should remain unimperiled. In the
| shadow Of that urgent duty, the de
spair Of the past hours, the appalling
fact so lately realized the future, with
it's possible trials, became dark to his
imagination. In his new victory over
self the question Of her protection pre-
dominated.
Moving under his compulsion, he
guided her hastily and silently down
the deserted stairs, drawing breath
Of deep relief as one after another the
| landings We're successfully passed, and,
still actuated by the suppressed need
Of haste, he passed through the door
way that they had entered under such
different conditions only few min
utes before.
| TO leave the quiet court to gain the
Strand, to hail belated hanson, was
the work of a moment By an odd con-
triyance of circumstance the luck that
had attended every phase Of his dual
life was again exerted in his behalf.
No one had noticed their entry into
Clifford's inn; no one was moved to
curiosity by their exit. With an invol-
untary thrill of feeling he gave express
sion to bis relief.
ssThank God it's overr' he said as a
cab drew up. You don't know what
the strain has been"
Moving as if in dream, Eve stepped
into the cab. AS yet the terrible de-
nouement to their enterprise had made
no clear impression upon her mind.
For the moment all that she was con-
scious of, all that she instinctiyely ac-
knowledged, was the fact that Loder
was still beside her.
In quiet obedience she took her place,
drawing aside her skirts to make room
for him, and in the same subdued man
ner he stepped into the vehicle. Then,
with the strange sensation of RELYING
their earlier drive. they were aware Of
the tightened rein and of the horses
first forward movement.
For several seconds neither spoke.
Eve, shutting out all other thoughts,
sat close to Loder, clinging tenaciously
to the momentary comforting sense of
protection Loder, striving to marshal
his ideas, hesitated before the ordeal
Of speech. At last, realizing his re-
sponsibility, he turned to her slowly.
EVE" he said in a low voice and
with some hesitation, II want you to
know that in all this-from the moment
saw him from the moment under
stood have had you in my thoughts
you and no one else"
She raised her eyes to his face.
"Do you realize''- he began afresh.
sDo you know what this-this thing
means? r.
Still she remained silent
eIt means that after tonight there
will be no such person in London as
John Loder. Tomorrow the man who
was known by that name will be found
in his rooms; his body will be removed,
and at the post norton examination it
will be stated that he died Of an over
dose Of morphia. His charwoman will
identify him as solitary man who llv-
ed respectfully for years and then sud
denly went down hill with remarkable
speed. 1t will be quite common case.
Nothing of interest will be found in his
rooms. No relation will claim his body.
After the usual time he will be given
the usual burial of his class. These de-
tails are horrible, but there are times
when we must look at the horrible side
of life, because life is incomplete with
out it
ssThese things / speak of are the
things that will meet the casual eye,
but in our sight they will have very
different meaning.
eve" he said, more yehemently, "a
whole chapter in my life has been clos
ed tonight, and my first instinct is to
shut the book and throw it away. But
I'm thinking of you. Remember, I'm
thinking of you. Whatever the trial,
whatever the difficulty, no harm shall
come to you. You have my word for
that.
sI'H return with you now to eros
venor square. I'll remain there till
reasonable excuse can be given for
Chilcote's going abroad. I will avoid
Fraide. / win cut politics whatever
the cost. Then at the first reasonable
moment / will do what I would do
now, tonight, il it were possible. I'll
go away, start afresh; do in another
country what have done In this"
There was a long silence; then Eve
turned to him. The apathy Of mo-
ment before had left her face. In an
other country 2" she repeated. I'm an
other country"
aYes, fresh career in a fresh coun-
try, something clean to offer you. I'm
not too old to do what other men have
DONE"
He paused, and for moment Eve
looked ahead at the cleaning chain Of