The Hattiesburg news. (Hattiesburg, Miss.) 1908-1917, 1910-01-08
CHAPTER ~.

Tempest so Intensely desired wha,
he took the trouble to want at Ill
that he had no rule for the bearing Of
disappointments, he had until lately
admitted none. To accomplish what
he deigned to desire he put out what
ever effort was required on his part.
and with magnetism and intensity
drew things towards him. The facility
with which things slipped to his hands
spoiled him. Petulant of habit, impa-
tient and turbulent of temper, he
never waited-vhen his wish for
variety was delayed he went for 1t
and snatched it TO himself.
But lately this life had undergone
d a>@hange. Precedent no longer would,
Re knew, be indicative of his future.
His future Curse the word and
epoch! Why had ne consented to &C.
cept one?
During the last three days his mind
had been resting in the contemplation
of gentle things. 1t had amused and
entertained him to take pleasure in
the society of this woman Of another
continent, whose presence alone was
so extraordinary, whose advent was
so drol and unusual.
He was with women as with other
things-tyrannical. an absolutist. bold.
ly asking and taking pleasure where
he chose-with more of the brute, per-
haps. than the angel in his compost
ton and a great fund of affection to
give and waste, great, hungry
need of companionsbip to be filled.
Except for the periods when he shut
himself up in Craven. periods of isola-
ton and fast, there had never been
a time in his life not dominated by a
woman. He had. for such as himself
scoffed at msr"'ds,e, claiming that ita
douce esciavage would fatally exor
else his Inspirations and that he
would make "a devilish bad husband.
During this last exile at Craven he
had alternately given thanks for his
liberty and the fact that no womas
was forced to share his miasmatic
Z humors, and alternately hated his un
companioned hearth.
But he was utterly unprepared fos
the note which came instead of Lucy
Carew. He read it. the look Of ooA
tent his thought Of her coming called
forth scarcely cold ON his face; he re
read and turned 1t over In hopes thai
she would on the last page change hes
cruel mind! Then he flung 1t dowr
with an angry exclamation and looked
about his lonely rooms. They hat
lately been to him worse than lonely
and an Involuntary shiver passed ovei
him as he glanced at corners wher,
ghostlike habitants were CROWNS
tenacious in possession. At the sid,
of the window-casing hung a mirro
in an old brass frame between tn,
vivid lights of the full afternoon
Tempest strobe up to it, throwing hi
heavy hair from his forehead; gazet
into the glass. peered in, searching
the cold, rejecting surface as If h,
would tear from it some flaming, mi
raculous revelation of himself. :.
Turning away with sigh, he RAM
for his man servant.
"Pack me valise and order tn,
mOlOT Cdl-WC t6hC thO lOhuOh GA
press. Wire for rooms at the Carl
ton"
Either his desire for Miss Carew'
4 !, society was not sufficiently strong L
warrant his usual brusque stormipg y
X her door, or he may hsy, teit a dar
ger not before acknowledged In his re
iations with women. He did not 8
X much as look towards the rose-cov
FAered cottage at the back of its cal
Mage and hollyhock patch as his me
n Tor flashed by 1t. and Lucy Carew
~ u chance would have it, was nc
IA mere to observe his sudden departure
she had gone for long tramp owe
maids. and even then was looking q
Craven and its towers from distan
nil.
Lady Ormond was one Of thos
vpmen who are part of pleasure a
y 1oFsrs are Of feasts. She and her typ
u - needed to make part of the-ha]
/ Il n(ness THE festivals. rather, that ar
~ In order to awaken what goes
~ stead throughout the lives {
n$6y men and to stimulate what
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