The Columbia herald. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 18??-1935, 1909-01-22
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ndiferently. and she leaned back,
Watching the blue smoke curing up
#ward from her cigarette.
Sylvia. dstrait but VIII doWhcast
#eyes on fire under the frin ged lids, was
thinking of the check Siward had &i'-
len her for Sycamore. The transaction
flor her had been a business one o.
the surface only. She had never meant
#to use the check She had land l
#avav among few letters, rellcs
#nleasant souvenirs of the summer. 10
#her the affair had been softened ny
H. delicate lint Of intimacy-the deii&a'
he was to take in something that had
#once been hers had given her rant
8 taste of the pleasure of accordlhs
#pleasure to a man, And this Is "ha'
The had dor".
In ones ard twos the guests reported
as the dusk curtained fog closed III On
81 Shotover. Quarter came, dry as
& chin under his rain coat. but lis shA@
u beard was let with rain, and moisture
4 powdered his long, soft eyelashes anu
\ white skin. and his flexible myers d.
he drew off his gloves seemed startilhe
& in their Wilderness through the Salhel
n ing gloom.
II suppose our evening walk Is oul
q of the question he said. standing "
q Sylvia. who had nodded greeting ana
4 then turned her head rather hastily 10
Il see who had entered the room. II was
II Siward. only a vague shape III tne
gloom. but perfectly recognizable 10
8 her. At the same moment Marion
q Page rose leisurely and stroiled To-
q ward the billiard room.
our walk?' repeated SYLVIA az
j santlv. ITS raining, you know. Yet
8 only day or Two ago she had Waikeu
Il to church with Siward through the
q rain. the irritated major feeling obllg-
u ed TO go with them. Her eyes foiio"
q ed Siward'3 figure, suddenly DARK
Il against the door of the lighted Dill
q Hard room. then brilliantly Illuminated
as he entered. nodded acceptance -
u Mortimer's invitation and picked up
81 the cue Just laid aside by Agatha
81 Caithness. who had turned TO speak 10
Marion
His tiancee's inattention was not
agreeable TO Quarter. A dozen thlhs''
had happened since his arrival when
had not been agreeable to him-her
failure to meet him at the FEELS cross
ing and the reason for her failure and
her informal acquaintance with 81
ward, who's presence at ShotoVer ne
d had not looked for, and her sudden Ill
timacy with the man he had neYe.
s. particularly liked ana whom within
ak months We had come to detest anu
to avoid.
|s In a few years Indifference to 81
ward had changed to passive dlsap'
Droval that again to an emotionles'
dislike, and when the scandal AT the
PATRONS club occurred for the frsi
time In his life he understood what II
MAS to feai the man he dislilSed. For
n Siward had committed the insane
lmprudence which had cost him his
Ii htle TO membership he had also done
something, knowingly or otherwise
Which awoke in Quarter a cold, slow
<ear. and that fear was dormant, but
bresent now, and 1t for the time being
dictated hRy attitude and bearing to
ward the ddf who night or might not
be capable ~ using viclously a knowl
sdpe which Quarter believed that he
must posses
For that reason when ii was not
possible to avoid Siward his bearing
howard him was carefully civil. 81
ience was ways desirable to quar-
her. Sien 4 concerning ali matters
WAS q tai Unborn and congenialiy
&ultlyptpd T. Il hn' 4 hv him IN every