Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1910-06-08
CHAPTER XVIII-Continued.

| There doesn't seem to be anybody els
here: is it really all our very ovn?'
| DO you want me to answer yes or no.?
| he laughed. You saw the caretaker
he's always here and he has a wifi
around somewhere. We are chaperoned
IL that's what you mean"
But other people might come at an.
time. Do you think anybody else is a.
perfectly deliciously crazy as we are?'
She surveyed the table with satisfaction
and began filling the teapot from the ket
tie that hummed over the alcohol flames
| well, if any one comes We won't lie
| them tn-that's all! Possession is tel
points of the law in this case. l though
of 1t first and anybody else will be treat
| ed as an intruder
But at the rate it's showing We ma!
| never get home!'
Well he said, nibbling sandwich
| "why should We?'
There is that question. of course! Yo'
| will have tea, won't you? .
| The man now brought cups OF hot bouli
| lon which, Mrs. Craighill declared. hftet
| their luncheon out of the plane Of com
monplace teas into the realm of banquets
"Win you have something to drink
| sir?' asked the servant.
hill.
| You can have champagne, buttermilk-
| anything The cellar is excellent.
stocked it myself
mo. we will have nothing, she an
swered, with decision. and when they hat
dismissed the man Wayne looked at hel
and smiled as he stirred his tea.
II haven't tasted a drop since you came
| Do you know why?'
NO, 1 really haven't an idea" she re-
Piled. with an assumption OF careless in
| terest She knew what he wished to say
she entertained no decisions as to his sin
| cerity; but she wished him to say it
There was tenderness in his manner ant
tone as he bent toward her.
II did it for you. Addie. 1T was be-
| cause you came back into my life. l haC
| been going a wicked gait; in another yeal
| ! should have been all in. But the nigh,
| father showed me your picture and
knew 1t was you he was going to marry
I made a resolution never to drink again
| have been doing pretty Well, haven't -:
ut has been fine OF you; appreciate
| 1t; thank you for 1t.
II realized perfectly why it was thai
marry my father. I had known thai
| there must come q time when your reia
lions with your mother would become In
tolerable l knew that you had to escape
from her II you had to sn De sac rn@ nv
| way that I might make 1t all easier foi
you. Your plight-the thought OF cir
| like you being hawked about-was ma
eous l ought to have seen that ina,
summer We first knew each other; put :,
too, when l thought it was your mother
that l was revenging myself on. AND
now, Addie," he concluded, spaciously
II want you to be happy.
You are a dear boy" she murmured
She did not interrupt him with the nun
dred questions that thronged into mel
mind. He was giving his own twist to
the facts of their earlier relationship and
his own escape from her mothers net
but she correctly surmised that he was
deceiving himself. and she was In mood
| to aid and abet deception. She had drunk
her tea and rested her arms on the table
urging him on with her eyes. The flame
had warmed her cheeks to bright color
and was finding and Frightening the
bronze i'm her hair.
you deserve the best: you have a
right to happiness, he went on. mean
you are very good to me, Wayne!"
He nlaced his hand lightly on hers that
law near-and removed it instantly. afraid
to risk too much. THAT first afternoon,
when / went home just to see you. It was
because my old feeling for You had risen
in me strong at the sight OF you again.
When you begged me to let you alone
that day I obeyed you. You had come
with fine ideals of your duty and an am
bition to fill your place in my father
house worthily. You wanted TO I'VE up
to his own dignity saw all that.
She nodded her head once or twice at
the soothing combination Of praise and
sympathy She waited for what further
he had to say with commence tha1 IL
would be agreeable to hear 1t was ap-
parent that he had deliberately made TINS
opportunity; he had planned their ride
with this bright, glowing hearth as its
goal; and she experienced the pleasurable
sense Of being a figure in little drama,