Newark evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1916, 1910-12-21

$50 nave <" he confessed. Even
with those nifty Aleuts. We weren't
running at moro han half capacity.
but we were making q showing at
least. Nowi" He flung up his hands
In a gesture of despair. George is In
trouble. as usual. Marsh's men have
cut our nets, and the yacht may arrive
at any time"
The yacht! What yachtr'
Mr.. Wayland's yacht. He Is max
ing a tour of this coast with the other
officers Of the trust and-Mildred."
isis she coming here?" demanded
Cherry, in a strained voice.
Yes"
why didn't you tell meY
II don't know; I didn't think you
would be interested"
so she can't wait? She is SO eager
that she follows you from Chicago clear
up into this wilderness. Then you
won't need my assistance any more.
will your Her lids dropped. half hid
ing her eyes, and her face hardened.
"Of course I shall need your help.
Her coming won't make any diff
ference"
TT strikes me that you have allowed
me to make a fool of myself long
enough" said Cherry, angrily. Here
1 have been breaking my heart owe
his enterprise, while you have known
all the time that she was coming. Why,
you have merely used me-and George,
and all the rest of us, for that mat
ter" She laughed harshly.
You don't understand" said Boyd.
Miss Wayland-'
"Oh, yes, I do. 1 dare say it will
crafty her to straighten out your
troubles. A word from her lips and
you worries Will vanish like a mist.
Let us acknowledge ourselves beaten
and beg her to ave u.s."
Boyd shook his head in negation,
but she gave him no time for speech.
1T seems that you wanted to pose
as q hero before her and employed as
to build up your triumph. Well, 1 am
glad we failed. I'm glad Willis Marsh
showed you nov very helpless you are.
Let her come to your rescue now. I'm
through. Dc you understand? I'm
through"
Emerson gaZed at her In astonish-
ment, the %outburst had been so mex
pected, but he realized that he owed
her too much to take offense.
Miss Wayland will take no han in
my affairs. I doubt II she will even
realize what this trouble IL all about"
he said, a trife stifiy. II suppose I
did want to play the hero, and I dare
say I did use you and the others. but
you knew that all the time"
why won't she help your" queried
Cherry. Doesn't she car enough about
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understand your plight7"
Yes. but this is my fight. and I've
got to make good without her assist
ance. She isn't the sort to marry a
failure. and she has left me to make
my own way. Besides. she would not
dare go contrary to her fathers wishes,
even If she d~esired-that is part of her
education. Oh, Wayne Wayland's OPP
position isn't all I have had TO over
come. I have had to show his daughter
that / am n of her own kind, for she
hates weakness"
And you think that woman loves
you'll Why. h isn't a woman at all
she doesn't know what love means.
When a woman loves, do you imagine
she cares for mons or fame or sue
cess? II / cared for a man. do you
think I'd stop to ask my father If /
might marry him or wait for my lover
to prove himself worthy of me? Do
you think I'd send him through
the hell YOU have suffered to
try his metal?" She laughed outright.
Why, I'd become what he was, and I'd
fight with him. I'd give him all ! had
money, position, friends. influence; If
my people objected, I'd tell them TO
hang. I'd give them up and join
him. I'd use every dollar, every vile
and feminine device that I possessed
in his service. When a woman loves
she doesn't care what the world says:
the man may be a weakling. or worse.
but he is still her lover. and she will
go to him."
The words had come tumbling forth
Cherry was forced TO pause for