Martinsburg statesman-democrat. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1906-1921, 1909-10-15

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asked.
I've imagined"
Then you know that I'm cad as
we'll as thief | let myself be saved
by accepting Barbara's bondage You
know as well as | do how she hates
him. II was you who told me how she
scorned him the night before at the
opera. She didn't change. You know
that. She simply took him to save
me, and let her Good Lord, Tom, I
let heri"
Il know how hard 1t would have
been to resist her pleading" said
Il was so sick ! didn't know what l
did. She's more to me than anybody
on earth, and yet let her sell herself
for me; but. thank heaven, the sacri-
fee isn't contaminated yet, and I've
come to myself in time to stop it"
Il knew you would, I was sure OF
It," exclaimed
Were your he asked wonderingly
did you have that much faith in
met 1t was more than ] had in my
self. ] thought | meant to let 1t go
on l went away thinking did"
you didn't know what you thought
You were stunned"
That's no excused" he cried. and
could see how he had been lashing
himself
ooh. yes, 1t is, She can be very
persuasive, and she meant you to
yield to her."
Yes, she meant 1t all right. But
it's all off now. I've come back to
give myself up. If Ankony wants to,
he may put me behind the bars I'm
not anxious to have that happen, as
I've got a lot to make good, you know
II he gives me the chance, Twining,
swear III do it; but If he don't--well,
I'd rather be in prison than see her
married to him."
nodded.
I've been thinking" he began hes
itatingly, that maybe you fellows
who have been SO good to me would
put enough faith in me--rag Of man
that l am--to lend me the three thou
sand to pay Ankony back. Would
you?"
we must find another way. Dan"
said, dreading to tell him that had
already tried that way; but the fact
of the matter is that Ankony refused
to accept my offer to make good. l
asked him to give me that privilege in
the beginning But there must be an
other way, and well find 1t.
When did you see him." he asked.
Before there was anything said to
you. Oh, don't make a fuss about 1t,
1t was little enough to do, goodness
knowsl Any one of half hundred
fellows and twice that many women
would have done 1t if they'd known,
But Ankony was stubborn"
He wanted to make an example OF
me. 1t was all because Barbara had
turned him down" The Hemingway
forehead was flushed to painful red,
the Hemingway lips were sensitively
aquiver, but the Hemingway eyes we're
flashing He wanted to punish her
along with me. He told her the night
before when she refused him that the
Hemingway pride was a bauble that
needed crushing Think of It! !
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of promising that my sister should
marry him."
He tramped up and down my little
sitting room in fury of impotent re-
sentiment
Then you don't think he'll take the
money and let me go?v he asked after
little.
I'm afraid not, Unless he yields to
her persuasions.'
He shook his head hopelessly
He wouldn't listen to them before.
He set his price and made her pay it, "
and he shivered uncontrollably and
threw himself down on the couch.
We can't do anything tonight" |
said. you must go to bed. You're
undone and won't be fit 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 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?"
Not now. But we must. The trou-
BILE is, there's nothing to appeal to in
| Ankony. and nothing that | can get
hold Of to frighten him into decency.
l wouldn't give a rap for his morals.
but his discretion Is unassailable."
I've heard things limited" herefiected.
| but nothing openly suggested. He'd
take precious good care Of that. No,
| don't believe we can reach him that
| way"
| Pm afaid not"
| I'm not worth all this trouble" he
| groaned.