The sun., 1910-09-10
ExpistIoa

ENpfettoQ.
Sylvia In Mr. y. Y. Mills YounE4S story
Of sAtonaSnsut' John Lane Company
was surprising. She wAs only Just out
Of school. was not yet n. but she was
thoroughly accomplished aud quite fear
les in the businnas Of fascinAtnG the men.
He Possesses q will VI iron. a bad temper
and a contempt for women She said
this Of stephen HSrbOrough. a serious
and conscientious uian Of ~. ON board
the ship going 60 South Africa She
determined 20 subiugate the austere
stephen. whoIz shs hardly knew. Losing
no time. ahe approached him wheu the
band was playing in the evening. 'she
leapt her round white arms on the rail
close To his and looked up at him as hs
stood looking curiously down at her
Her eyes shone softly in the artificial
Ugh: and q shght spIls parted her lips.
through which the breath escaped In
little quick pants a. though che had been
hurrying or had that moment paused
in the dance. He noticed the quick rise
and fall Of her bosom beneath the hlny
lace scarf she wore over her head and
shoulders. She slipped her band
suddenly into his in an impulslve. con-
tdtng manner
He escaped that time With no great
trouble 60 his conscience. but when the
ship reached Cape Town as he vas about
70 leave his cabin 10 order TO 60 ashore.
Sylvia again preseptsd herself. she
had her hand on the curtain. and as he
stepped inside she pulled u partly across
the aperture Then. still with her hand
on the curtain. she looked up into his
astonished face and smiled He took
| her hand. took both hands. He DIRE"
i her nearer TO hun. HEY syes we're Ahin-
ing and bsr breath came quickly between
her parted Nps. HIS pulses quickened
\ in response she raised her
eyes again: they met hiA. and SLOW BLUSH
B suH,ssd her cheeks; u colored her throat
I and warmed the whlts tsmplss beneath
I her hair. Her face vas raised Ia hs.
hsT lips we're smiling For long moment
he gszed at her Then he dropped her
: hands put his arms about her and kissed
her on che mouth
sylvia vas quear. She was also de-
teruaIn..d Stephen did not love her
but he wac unable to esc1ps The great
disturbance that came tn be felt IN
stephens conscience ought particularly
merely surprised when The tOrmented
stephen offered TO marry her. She de-
clined. She had no mind. he learned
20 break der engagement To Sydney Ain
leigh. who was very dear Ia her
when stephen frut saw Naomi Brucs
she waz standing beside . ounce hedge
and had just plucked guinea she
smiled She was very beautiful. Her
hau a. golden a. the fruit 81 the ounce
waved hack from low white bro"
Z Her eyes were blua she lifted the hand
that bold the ounce and pressed the fr'li'
against her cheek. the smile llnserlng
q whil. IN her eyes a. though the know
,,dR. of HE unconscious admiration
amused her He was 80 overcntne tina
he thought aloud They were Inac-
auaint.-d. hut he said How h~au autihI
YOU are She was not offended She
uttered "a low musical laugh and allowed
the hand with the ounce IN u Va fal agAii
70 her ride where II hung mo'Ionle~- 4
slender. well shap ped woman'- hand
St.uhen married Naomi. though Tor a
time h. was tortured nv the 'dss that he
could not marry her owing to tn" indis'
erection with Sylvia
Tn. atonemsnt had to come. sylvia
was driven 10 suicide by an -Ngency
upon which she had not r"ckoned. and
stephen friend Jack Fullerton drowned
himself in order to make " appear thai
he and not stephen mad been the causs
81 SylyiA's trouble There vas atone
nent besides for when stephen. lmpelleo
hy his conscience. had confessed every
thing 20 Naomi. she. though her love
was very great. had -r-coiled- a. from
sonnet hing horrible and left him. Fo'
some vaarr he was allowed 20 suffer. bu
when their boy fell ~ she called him arc
the atnn.ment wa. completed a. last