The Washington herald., 1908-08-03
CHAPTER XIX-Continued.

CHAPTER XIX-Continued.
Fooled him. and you fooled me. Yoa
let me think you were abandoned. and
ali the time you had wrung a promise
from him 10 come back and marry you.
the very moment the marriage could BE-
come legal L was a devilish clever
game, my girl. because you knew that
Hugo and would never speak again to
each other on this earth. and that neither
was likely TO blah 70 others. You wanted
me because was the richer. and because
society would wink lis eye II we came to-
getheT again But you were not quite
sure Of ne. so you tied him up tight as
wax, and then cut loose, when he jiS
come back Not a word. Your own child
gave you away, the child you used as
lure. Damn ii. that was too thick And
now he paused. glarinE at her.
She met his glance. conscious Of IN
a5ominab-e Interrogation in it. He con-
Jinued thickly- -POppet loves him. I BE-
neve. believe"
No. no. she cried shriIly- 'Poppet IS
yours; swear IL
How DO I know Why should be-
ueve you2 1 shall never believe a word
you say again.
He turned from her almost staggering.
and went out OF the room She shuddered.
relieved from The fear Of personal vto-
lence. but knowing that for the future
he would always look at P0pper with
that terrible question in his eyes That
would be his eternal punishment Aud
henceforward he would do what he
pleased. regardless Of her And he would
not improve with increasing age. he
would drink more, smoke more, swear
more inJemperate IN all things lie
would keep her as his chattel. because
she was the mother Of PoppeL and be
cause-perhaps the stronger r7ason-Eke
most thick-slinned men. he had a hor-
rur Of ridicule. she felt no pity for him.
but she piJied his wife
That night she cried herself 10 sleep
John. alone in his dressing-rOOm never
slept a wink But next day. the rear
rangme-t Of the Jrawing-rc0nn furniture
distracted her And she experienced a
real THRILL Of pleasure in experimenting
the hanging OF Greuza bought in Paris.
The laughing nymph peering out OF
genuine Louis Ky frame was not unlike
Angela herself. There was the same
roguish glance flashing from blue eyes
half-veiled by heavy lids, the red lips
revealing a row OF white teeth-recalling
the old smile. Roses filed with snow
had the same curves as her own Angela
knew that this was a portrait Of the
artists wife, the booksellers daughter
who had beguiIed the painter into mar
riage and had made him the most
Wretched Of men Remembering this. she
smiled frosJily- She might be afraid of
her bear. and unable 10 teach him better
manners, but, all the same, i he misbe-
haved he should be made 10 dance TO her
piping In any case, she had her pretty
things
After the mornings labor, she found
herself with an excellent appetite for
luncheon.
That afternoon Hugo found a sealed
letter at his club with Johns big, thick.
sprawling handwriting on the envelope.
have Just discovered that You tore
up a cheque Of mine some six months
ago Angela tells me that she accepted
one OF yours Instead 7 return it. No ac-
acknowledgement IS necessarv.~
HugO's first impulse was 70 destroy
the cheqUe- Nothing would be more Ike
iy 10 irritate John than the reflection
that his sinned against angel had used
three thousand pounds belonging 10 an
unspeakahle blackguard- To tear Il I'D.
however. meant the fnrilction OF a blow
below the beta blow impossible TO
guard or return
On the other hand, he shrank from
sending il 10 his own bankers 10 collect
Finally he presented it himself. receiv-
ing in exchange thirty notes Of a hundred
pounds each.
Jurney money" said Hugo
In a newly purchased six-cylinder mo
tor, he intended 10 start on travels which
might take him 90 Peziu OF TinbuctoC- 7
At Saffron Charters Cynthia had lent
him Rene BaziE's -Terre qui ueu-t- The Z
6epOpulatiOl OF the rural districts was
one OF Edwards favorite topics Of con-
versation, his battle horse. indeed. when I
ever the Suffolk squires encircIed his din
Ing table Hugo read the book with in I
1eresL because the descriptions OF La 4
Nendee We're so vivid and delightful I
creating sort OF primitive atmosphere /
an effect Il will be remembered. pro
dUced on him by joys songs. IN fact. he I
could not help answering 10 the CaIl OF I
the Wild whenever he heard It.
Accordingly. he determined 10 motor I
down 10 Eastlaupt0n. cross 10 Saint /
Malo, and travel through Brittany into
la Nendes- Pixton could be dispatched /
10 Saffron Charters. where fresh air and
exercise during the month Of Nay had
nightly improved his complexion.