New-York tribune., 1908-03-29

IL !, -. pni9 Lgnt- were II the paTipr
there ~, n i4ngeT that she Hpuli br T'u~et
bv Etrr her eVcl,d~
Her window wcTt- lung wi- AMI the night
ar VA, streaming ~ soon ds his eyes eN-
banded so that h. .pu.i by the starlight
H., n, ale. out her form IN tb. bed her face on
tn, pillow the tht,A brad, ~ her dark harr
r,uut her small heal 1i-thp~c icllcIte chlld-
iSh features Why she puiy e child cod
help me, What have lone marrying her
must have been ,rizv. 1 must De- worse
.htu Thought
For hum i- t,r Pun, sport WIS a rt,r
HE v.s the pursuit lt the loft'cr 1t the only
two .IrccrS opening from hIS school II the
streets and the gangs the clrrrr ~ pTpie~-
sipnU crpok tui the ,arcrr II professional
port But lowe and marriage had set hum
- doubling 20 thinking that perhaps tor
the kittens -,Sc he would ir *el {" drop
ms profession tlT .nc -he would he les likely
to have a prejudice against Now Two
weeks married not cent IN the world PRISON.
stripes surely h,, unlc,s the right answer came
u the telegram bc had sent ht, one flush ami
friendly acquaintance. old 81 az prison
stripe and TIM .hiiI wife ,t htS weakening
from her dream 1t love u realize all IN one
blasting horror that she wI> the wltr ~
gambler and ;aIlbtrI' rtilhri wife lack
grnanci aloud Then he rc1ncd hIInAelt an -
sharply that In, heart almost stopped beating
The form ~ gracefully brIl'wIng tho covers
strrci Jack Is It YOU rrnc m a low
voice. tcIEncli} tall II sleep
" | didn't mean - wake yuu Olga. hc 5,id
regrcttuIlv And he made t'r has door
be Good night. dear
But I'm wi,,. awake, now she pleaded
Please come and talk To- me minute
In the morning he sand contu~cdiy m
dead tired. and vpu ucel Sleep little girl
Please lack She Wa sitting up IN bed
Her movements, had shaken INTO thr air the
perfume of her dowcrhkc youth II came
drifting b him tie ylcnched h,> teeth -
strprcs, a sob lust one kiss AZ least
II. t,y-f h..
She looked like 4 SAINT t. him. She wa
SAINT t. him He worshipcd the humbleSt II
her garments Strcwn CdrcleSSiy about the
room for IN her mothcrleS, bringing up She
had not been taught order He advanced
with show. reluctant feet toward the bed "
the touch If her iingers on hts check he shui-
dered When her lips. per,isting. found hi,
he grew dizzy and faint Suddenly he caught
her to his breast You do love me now.
don't YOU he -rei. Don. vru. my little
Olga
= 10. do. ~n, ,nur,uurei And n
matter what YOU iti ~ what became Of Il.
Ia still love YOU
He drew away III alarm Then he realized
It could have been no more than some chance
tnreboding that made her put the situation
so exactly INTO word, N6 YOU wouldn' t
you couldn't he sali. But YOU do love
ME now Under hlS breath vt least i,i
have her They cIn kick me down t. inferno -
bur they cant take that away from me
No matter what You did she persisted
solemnIy and he knew her instinct had frlt
some part Of the truth "I,l love vpu always
-always-Ia Jack"
d" Thlts good he lrlcd lightly He hadn't
the taIntest temptation u tell her Crowd
emf Crowd EN- that had ever been his
motto He would hold up his hand would
play It - the last card He waS sure - lose
he had lost already But he'd not throw
Iown hIS hand-not he He kissed her again.
tenderlv. cheertullv. Good night kitten.
he sad.
She drew il her breath sharply-a l,ini ot
Chtldle sob
What j. IT, he asked
II love you-so'' she murfnurei.
y knife thrust cnuIi not have cit,,ei {.
i.ccncr pam. Good night, he mutterci
rushing into his OWN room Every nerve III
hl~ body Wa jumping But t, II her ewes
were seeing he dung ptt hi evening clothes
whistllng softly. splshiag cIrcleas!y about IT
the bath room. rolled into bed like i man IT
hurry - get the sleep that is inpaticntly
awaiting HIM
H iv untt. his nerve rcbellc,i against the
- restraint then he rnSc closed the door
between the bed rooms, ami with stealthv
step paced the floor until. toward seven he
heard her stirring He began Il dress. making
-, great deal ~ nose about it After shave