New-York tribune., 1910-02-27
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MOI Tr.--s ------ Look indignant at the bare
suggestion .- r.. notice. however. that you
-4.Te- S,rree- --- I'D the deed OF transfer
and s5-g--- --. ---.-e- back At me as proof OF
1rvr I-r-- --- .-. supposed 60 value the posses
Sl1n Of !
ces-io-. she --- -- even make II now when,
I be- a-ura-.-.a went -Cr anything, her very
soul w ---- WIZ. ---.i1E 1Enation, her heart, her
---i4 ~ WON e put 70 the sword But
Whatsoever -=--.---- ~sE-5 within her. II found
10 vent th- -.. .-- rwitchlng lips, and he
ro-s--1,,s -r.- s. lad openly irsulted her and
ar-,c ON - last IL the r0rturing suspicious
M reze- him -..-r-t himself for what he had
sad and. -r4-.-.. turned the dagger IN the
wound
-Dg1-r g-a- -=.- ne I don't want yoUi
6g-- want .-.e.. us lyupany' ] don't want
anv service thar .=-t freely givenl he cred,
turning his head ~ the pIllo~- and winding
tya-h arms over Please don speak 70 me!
Please g ava. want to be alone' want to
he alone
hEDin s-e--.-----lent he was alone. Turn
I-g wlt-r-- r. word, she walked away IN all
he- t-ave-v II --s----g six and sparkling Jew
eis Orr--eG n E11- closed i after her, and
passed from 4---- and sound, and BY and by
Lessi-gton he--- the house door, too. close ana
wa-m Ca-E-azz .- the night
Who IS = .l--- cor the vagar1es OF the
human hez--s minute ago he had been torn
WITH self hs-- -.-E with shame. bitten TO the
marrow W. -~e for the brutal things be
1a6 let his --- --act!0usness lead him INTO
saving 70 hr-. -- the knowledge that she had
taken h1-r s- word and gone awoke IN hlrn
a- un-eas1- sense of personal injury and
swa-rueE al .-..- feelings n q deluge OF self
pity.
>aenees I'M We lyeen so sharp about ak1Ilg
mn q hl- ". She -leedn I have gone oil Il he
that. w---.-- ...-E without a gOOcDy KISS,
w-trg--- even Look 70 his creature conf OrtS !
70. sre -e..- have done that. Il she cared
L vas al --.-. II for her TO say that she did
care: but .etions speak louder than
words a-- E-.'t ca-e for HIM. she couldn I
care fc- yer leave him Ike this, night
after r,r-- .-re- week, As she had been
6l--g ,s-...- almost two yearsi It was
a. very r-. her 20 look indignant at the
suggestion -.- his turning over his money TO
h-- Was ~ -. ..--1rl OF il all. but the fact re
NAMED -r.- .. be had reminded her. she never
oree a5-.-.- - -.-.z-i-lq the faIlacv Of the sug-
ges-lln r- Ing hin 70 take Il back lie
Ty1ldn -. inserted % Il. OF course. Dut
q, was s-.. - easy answer 10 the charge, such
q simple r. 81 the doubt at rest!
And III. . -r, Doasted fidelity Of women
TINS W. -.. ..1-t.-c- of Evei FOrsaBl1lg
Adam aa.- --- e--eng-h failed hini Not only
iorsas--g -. -.81r wretch, but causing others
= 9tQ-se roo, That was an added DltISl
ne5s,--la- .e had driven away those va"
would have ----a5ned loyal. barred the door %
those ri l.. friends who still cared enough -
seek O. .-..- s-. his acquaintance ana dla l''
I99k lp.- -r as one already dead
She -l.w he was aware o1 that' 7Il, 7IlS
cic-t ~ . the letters Of reProaCn ne ne, % hal
write .-s despatched by 0leebi lllleeI
month ... t. TrevaniOr1 and HaTc0ufJ @illl
ElersL. .-. others Of his oldtIne cTonles llo'
qic she .-..e .f the answers that came PACK
e1Swe-. we've al 10 the one effect, IhoISi
cerc-e. e-e-t phrases. that the W.T.. WI 8
a'1 n.- ...- away from choice. that they - a.
not re-. raprgaches, that they h4a ~ Cal1e'
a The l.-. with the desire 70 see nm 1lle
spend "a little time with hIm.-but that MIS-
Less-r9r.- lad met them At the threshold aIle
reprls-l rle.~ s9l:cirude been extremely cUI
WIN -h--- zr tact. and had told them II wa
the DOCTORS express order that no NiSiIoI
should ae lowed " and not only deciined = =
s-lo~ r d. @. past the threshold Of the iron
coor. dear chap. but gave US TO unoeTsI1 >
ta4t She wr1,- prefer Us not to call again
iie bad a--G nothing II those iet'Si7' -
a--gHe- r. e.e hut ms 70 see them ne @ 1Ia'
snp.E torn -Hem INTO minute fragments %iII'
mao .--e.5 throw the scraps INTO the ~ Z
h-c le..r rep Jed 10 them. never meant 70 ieJI G
o. them. 81, would not let those fellows hIio'
what l-e r was what a bitter awakening Ia
come 70. -1 after that bright, short IoFe % 81