Mexico Missouri message., 1909-10-07

and he shivered uncontrollably and
threw himself down on the couch.
I'VE can't do anything tonight" 1
said. you must go to bed. You're
undone and won't be At for anything
tomorrow unless you get some rest.
I'll see If have bed ready"
Don't bother. can't sleep. hated
to get you out at this time of night,
but l hoped we might settle upon
something before morning"
II wish to the Lord we could" /
fervently calculated.
you can't think of any other way?"
mot now. But we must. The trou-
BILE is, there's nothing to appeal to in
Ankony, and nothing that l can get
hold Of to brighten him into decency.
wouldn't give a rap for his morals,
but his discretion is unassailable."
1--WE heard things limited, "hereflected,
''but nothing openly suggested. He'd
take precious good care of that. No,
l don't believe we can reach him that
way"
Pm afaid not"
I'm not worth all this trouble" he
groaned.
shut up and come along to bed"
81 tell you 1 can't sleep"
you must. Come along"
He followed me patiently.
Have your man wake me at SEVEN"
he said: II must get home early"
When l had seen him in bed, went
out into the dimly lighted sitting
room and sat down to try once more
to find some way out of the pressing
difficulties.
Dan was awake and leaving the
next morning when awoke and, hear
ing him, looked out on the apartment.
stay for breakfast, can't your" l
called.
mo, thank you; I've got to get
home, but I'll come back after I've
seen Barbara, and tell you what's to
be done; but" with. a queer settling
of his face, II guess there's only one
thing to do"
Don't do 1t till you've seen me-"
said hastily; 81 haven't given up
hope yet. Come to me before you go
to Ankony. Ill turn heaven and earth
to find something"
Don't bother. It's no use. Honest
ly, believe that. But she shan't mar
ry him."
He went, leaving me to reflect anew
on how much easier 1t is to tangle
things than to untangle them.
had scarcely reached the Office be-
he l. 4
and uncertain, and, sitting down on
the other side of the table in my priv.
ate room, stretched out his arms
across it and leaned over to me. "She
says she loves him." he said.
"Of course she says that" 1 ex
claimed.
Then you don't believe it?"
dc you?"
II don't know what to believe.
didn't think it possible before, and
l can't conceive it now; but she
swears she does, and she looks-she
actually looks as If she means it. Dc
you think she's pretending so as tc
make 1t easier for me?"
Don't ask me, Hemingway"
TITS just what you might expect hel
to do, isn't it? l accused her of it
but she only laughed at me and said
l was silly to imagine such a thing
She says she refused him the night
before because she was piqued al
something he did and wanted to make
him suffer, but that she has cared fol-
him all the time. You can make
what you like out of It,"
l drummed on the table. / had
nothing to say. Things were dim and
vague and hateful to me in that acute
moment. did not know what l be
lieved-what / wanted to believe.
was remembering all that had passed
between her and me pertaining to her
engagement. trying 10 make some
thing definite and convincing out of it.
but decided that much of what had
deemed convincing had been based
merely on my own conclusions and
not upon anything she had actually
said or conveyed.
"She says she'll marry him whether
give myself up or not" he went on
that it won't make a particle of diff
ference except that it will stir up an
unnecessary fuss. Ankony won't dc
anything, of course, when she's going
to marry him, and she says she is go
ing to-"
(To BE CoNTINUED.)
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