Daily Arizona silver belt., 1909-09-05

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 If l were not amply prepared to contest my own will?" she supplied airlly,
 No; If your will was not wrapped in convention three centuries old. You won't marry Chase because you are a princess. I'm awfully sorry for you, Genevra"
 Sorry for me? Dear mel"
 You're tremendously gone on him"
 "Nonsense, Why. couldn't marry Mir Chase" she exclaimed, irritable at last. Don't put such things into my head--l mean don't get such things into that ridiculous old head of yours. Are you forgetting that am to be- come Karl's wife In June? You are babhling. Deppy."
 Well. let's say no more about It." he said. lying back resignedly. Its too bad. that's all Chase Is a man. Karl isn't. You loathe him. don't wonder that you turn pale and look frightened, Take my advlce-take Chase"
 Don't" she cried, break in her voice. She arose and went swiftly toward the window Then she stopped and turned upon him. her lips parted us if Co give utterance to the thing that was stirring her heart so violent ly The words would not come. She smiled plaiDtively and said instead; Good night! Get good sleep"
 '|The same to you" he called fever ishly.
 "Deppy." she said firmly, red spot in each cheek. her voice tense and strained to high pitch of suppressed decision. 'I shall marry Karl BrabetZ. That will be the end of your MT Chase"
 "I hope SO" he said. But I'm nos so sure of 1t if you continue to love him as you do now"
 She went out with her cheeks burn ing and a frightened stir In her heart Her thoughts raced back to Neenah's airy prophecy.
 How could she face the charge, I'm not so sure of it." unless she killed the indictment. If you love him as you do now"
 Lady Agnes and Browne passed by without seeing her and entered the window. She heard him say some thing to his companion, softly, tender ly-she knew not what 1t was. And Lady Agnes laughed--yes. nervously. All. but Agnes was playing! She was not in love with this man. Ut was diff ferent. It was not what Neenah meant-nOr Deppingham. honest friend that he was.
 Down below she heard voices. She wondered inconsistently alert-wheth- CT he was one of the speakers. Thom- as Saunders and Miss Pelham were coming in from the terrace. They were In love with each other! They could be in love with each other There was no law. no convention that said them nay! They could marry and still love! If you continue to love him as you do now" battered at the uOOrS or neF cOnScleuce.
 Her maid came in. and she prepared for bed Left alone. she perched her self in the window seat to cool her heated face with the breezes that swept on ahead of the storm which was coming up from the sea. Her heart was hot: no breeze could cool it f: nothing but the ice of decision could drive out the fever that possessed It.
 "It is sble--incredible!" she was saying to herself. 'I could not love him like that. should hate him, God above me. am not different from those women whom have known and pitied and despised? Am not different from Guelma von Her rick? Am l not different from Prince Henri's wife? An, and they loved too! And is he not different from those other mcn--those weak, unmanly men who came into the lives of those wo- men? An, yes. yes. He is different"
 She sat and stared out over the black sea. lighted fitfully by the dis tant lightning There she pronounced sentence upon him-ard herself There was no place for him in her world. He should feel her disdain; he should suffer for his presumption. Presump- tion? In what way had he offended? She put her hands 10 her eyes, but her lips smlled-smilcd with the memory of the kiss she had returned.
 'What a fooll What fool am," she cried aloud. springing up resolute- ly. ''I must forget. l told him couldn't. but I can--I can" Halfway across the room she stopped, her hands .llnched fercely. Tiff Karl were >nly such as her she moaned
 She went to her dressing table and iesolutely unlocked one of the draw ITS. as one would open case in which the most precious of treasures was kept.
 Tt was so silly of mel' she nut. tered. 'I shall not keep them for him." The drawer was partly filled with cigareites. She took one from