The Washington times., 1910-12-05

I really desired to be friends with this
/ gil whom Morris loved. for. as Vet.
| she had not guessed the horrible convic-
ton that was in the others mind
Friends with YOU exclaimed Cara
with such whitening contempt that Rita
invOluntarily shrank away OF a sud
den now she understood, and. before the
realization. she coWed as from a blow
L was a gesture which CARA misinter-
preted. for she regarded il as an &C
Acknowledgements Of gsIilt DO Y7u sup
pose that I do not know she COntin-
ued, with increased scorn- And why
else 90 YOU suppose I broke the en-
gagement2 Who supports yOu2 Morris
| LathrOp. Whose money purchases the
Eu&urleS with which YOU are SURROUND
ed2 Norris Lathrop'st Who hires yOur
apartments for FOuZ lie does Who
has moved you about from place 10
place from. apartment 10 sUartmeni,
/ lest your address and your existence
should be discovered Always Morris
LathrOp. And you dare 10 stand there
with your baby face and innocent air
sooner fOndle a snake than touch Your
hand You talk about YOUR soul be-
longing 10 God! It belongs 70 MOTIFS
Lathrop, for you sold II to him IN re-
turn for jewels and dresses, a luEu-
RANT home And you have the effTont-
cry to propose friendship with met
Still Rita did not speak. She could
only gaze upon her accuSer IN a VIDE
and she shrank farther and farther
away, until al last she placed her hand
upon the back Of an Uphoist erei chair
and leaned upon ii. utterly oveTv helTned-
I wonder II YOU realize how l deSpiSe
myself for coming here" CARA cOntin-
Ted. 1t lowers NE for the moment to
your own level and that IS beneath con-
tempt But I wished to see you;
wanted TO see a woman who would sell
herself for cash ] wanted TO see 2
woman who, although devoid Of heart
and soul and decency, vet possessed the
witchery to make men mad
Stop cried Rita, suddenly, and her
voice rang clearly There was no more
shrinking in her attitude Her slight
form seemed to grow taller as she left
the chair against which she had been
leaning, and with firm tread approached
near to Carla, The pathetic tenderness
and soTrOwful sympathy were gone from
there. but through II sparkled idignant
protest, righteous anger and unalterable
resolve You go too far, Miss Trevor.
she said, with emphasis. You are bad.
, cruel. bitter. It is you who should feel
the shame, NOT L You come here, unin-
vited. to my hoUse-aud for what? To
( insult me! Is that the act OF lady?
You accuse me Of things that I cannot
heart that they are false viii not dis
CusS them with you. Why should II
care not for your scoTn, for despise
YOU When you came into my apartment
you left without something that Mr.
Isathrop valued more than he did your
beauty Do you know what It WaS2 Il
was your dignity. 1t would be well II
YOU went out and searched for IL again
1 will tell you one thing more. for that
you should knOw-that somebody should
know It is not Mr. Lathrop's money
that provides this house, buys my
dresses and supports me: 1t is my own
It was my fathers; It Is now mine. For
the rest I shall not argue with you
Such a thing would be to insult myself.
Oh no. The same is yours. not mine
At first I was sorry for you. and would
have forgiven, but nowi You have
all that could to reunite you with Nor
ris for I love him, and would see him
happy. But it would not be for his hap
piness to unite with you; 1t would be TO
his despair. No, I would not have him
make you his wife now; it would not be
well You ara not good woman
Her words came so fast, so impetu-
ously, that CARA could do nothing but
stand and listen to them She tried sew
ersI times to interrupt the torrent OF re-
buke that fell from 'Rita's lips, but she
could not succeed There was some
thing in the manner of the girl that
overawed her, that silenced her, that
compelled her TO listen, even against her
will
Neither Of them had heard the door
bell although II rang sharply while Rita
was speaking. Now, as CARA opened her
lips to reply, the portiereS were thrown
apart and Morris Lathrop stepped quick
" into the room and paused, overcome
by establishment to see these two to-
gether-
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