Charlevoix county herald. (East Jordan, Mich.) 189?-1953, 1909-11-13

| and pencil and-Shrugged.
Don't be a fool, Dolly" His tone
was admirably modulated, but the
barely perceptible twitching of his up
per lip revealed transient weakness
to his companion.
She laid a trembling row of finger
tips on his arm. He remained i'm
movable, and she caught his hand In
her hot palms, crushing it convulsive-
ly. jack" The word was half
whisper, half-caress.
He shook off her fingers brutally.
IL thought we had settled all this,
years ago. Didn't say enough then?
or are we to repeat the scene?" His
eyes searched her shrinking face mer-
cilessly.
Presently she began to speak again,
in a low, broken voice.
81, too, thought that it was over
then" she said, butt could't be,
dear I've found that out. l cannot
forget. God alone will ever know
what those three years were to me.
He'll itself can hold no greater tor
lures"
"Stop!" He turned blazing eyes up
on the pleading woman; his face
famed with dull crimson. But even
as she looked up, a softer light made
its transient passage across his fea-
lures and his eyes fell away from hers.
Her hands dropped listlessly to her
sides, and her slender body shook from
head to foot
The clock on the mantel licked audi
bly,. A minute passed, two-three.
At last the woman lifted her eyes.
The doctor stood with folded arms,
his gaze on the floor. Without look
ing up he said: Several patients are
waiting for me. We do no good by
prolonging this interview. Good after.
noon." He started toward the door.
but the woman interrupted him with
little low cry of pain.
"Jack-Jack!" the word broke
hoarsely from her white lips, you
can not mean that this is-the end?
that-that-O my Cod" she crumpled
down on the floor and flung her arms
about his knees in the tragic abandon
Of despair.
An instant the man stood like stone;
then suddenly his powerful frame
shook under a torrent Of emotion, and
he lifted her in his arms, staining her
to him in a passionate embrace. His
lips swept her hair, her eyes, her
mouth with burning kisses. At last
he released her, white and trembling,
and she staggered against the wall for
support.
When their eyes met finally, all the
old slavish devotion had come back
to the mans. 1--WE can't stay on here"
he said huskily, lin married now,
you know. In week / can get my
affairs into shape, and we can go away
anywhere you say"
The woman contemplated him a Sec
ond in baffled silence. Then swiftly
like a fork of lightning, rage and dis
appointment flashed athwart her quiz
ering face.
You fool" she shrieked, when l
was so near it, to be defeated at last.
hate-hate-hate you, do you under
stand? Do you think after that day
three years ago / could ever think of
you again except to despise?
Shall l tell you why l came here
to-day?" she hurried on, gaspingly,
ut was because | heard that you had
grown famous, grown to be great
man. That you had married a beau
tifl girl, and were happy-your
mama In ouorvhodu'e mouth yo,r oo;,,
ion valued above all others =. per
haps you have heard of Lynnette Mac.
: Farlane, famous on two continents as
one of the leading woman sculptors
:. l want to be world-famous! And
had l succeeded in my quest to-day,
would have been >. 'Spurned has
been offered place in the great In.
ternational contest q. the figures
are complete-just one little expires.
sion lacking in the mans face, elud
ing me persistently came a
thousand miles to get it, and you have
failed mel" The woman paused
her breath all gone. Her face was
lined and pallid, and she beat her
hands together in the passion of her
defeat.
The man stood watching her stup
idly. His tongue moved, but made nc
sound. He put out his hand blindly
it fell limp at his side
Dolly" His lips framed the word
: at length in dull monotone; his
eyes sought mutely to kindle some an
swering spark in hers.
But with an ejaculation of disgust
the woman wheeled and swept past
him to the door.
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