The Morris County chronicle. [volume] (Morristown, N.J.) 1877-1915, 1910-11-08
CHAPTER x.
Continued.

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the dreadful things he lives on than
Audrey's cruelty
Jacks lips twitched. Lise was al
most sure he was going to smile. but
he was much too full of moral
strength for such fall. and he pulled
himself together.
TITS not laughing matter" said
he. Her heart sank.
.Can't you get them to give up this
ridiculous idea?" he demanded. Lise
flushed.
Il shouldn't think of such thing! =
cried she. The fact that it had never
occurred to Jack to be glad that Mich
ael was going to be married drove
her to the verge OF despair. And
I had to sacrifice a great DEAL" she
went on hastily. She realized with
relief that her temper was now swift
ly rising. II had to lose one of my
best friends"
Il thought you were tired of
Audrey" he said indifferently.
Her black eyes blazed at him. IL
didn't mean Audrey / meant Mich
ael. shall lose a good, kind, affec-
Tomato, sympathetic, unselfish friend
when he marries her. I suppose you
didn't think of that"
You'll find another idle youth to
hang about and pour his ready sor-
rows into your sympathetic ear, no
doubt"
Lise sprang from her seat. sOh!r
she cried. @You are unbearable. How
much longer is this kind of thing
going to last? How much longer am
to live this life-to endure this tor
ture?"
Her husband watched her with
puzzled eyes as she paced restlessly
up and down in the old way, and he
thought once more what a pity it
all was. So pretty, so graceful, SO
Impossible to live with in peace. He
sighed as he watched her.
About forty years, expect" he
answered sadly.
Il never do anything to please
youin she cried.
"Do you ever try?"
'sYou never understand me-
"God knows who could"
She flung herself into chair and
buried her face in her hand. An old,
old attitude. An attitude he knew
too we'll.
@Lise," he said in softer tone,
~you don't like Audrey much, do
your"
She looked IN in surprise.
Il wonder II you have been doing
this to save Nigel"
ITO save him" Her bewildered
tones were answer enough, but he
would give her the full chance of ex-
planning.
1T is possible" he said kindly,
shat you have realized the truth;
that you have seen that she isn't
good enough for Nigel, and want to
get hef out of his way. Was that
lt?"
Liss shook her head.
"No," she said; "it never occurred
to me. Thank you very much for the
loophole you have given me, Jack,
but won't take advantage of it.
think Audrey Is peculiarly suited
by nature to almost any man. 1
think she will be able to make any
man happy. She finds 1t as easy to
make people happy as 1 do to make
them miserable" A quick glance
put of the corner of her eyes showed
that her husband was quite un-
touched by this obvious truth. She
set her lips.
"Jack," she SAID, show long are
we to go on like this?"
"For forty years or so, suppose,
he said again.
mo! can't bear 1t. We must
separate. You must go your way,
and I'll go mine"
Likely to turn out the broad path
we've both heard so much about,
don't you Think" he suggested lazily.
Not at ALL" said Lise quickly.
I'VE must take care that the paths
don't meet, that's all. We stumbled
into this marriage like a couple of
blind children, and now
Now we pay the f1ddler,1 he sug-
gested mildly. sour relations having
called the tune"
He understood Lise in this mood,
and his bad temper had evaporated
IF had known, she cried furious
ty, II would rather have.
"Dled?" suggested he. with an ag-
gravating glance at her. $50 would
|. You have the devils own temper,
Lise. 7
"Temperi" she cried furiously.
Thank God have some spirit! /
would rather be cabbage growing in
garden than feel so little one way
or another as you do
"You wrong me- Jack rose to
ring the bell. II feel, for instance,
very strongly on the subject Of this
elopement. can hardly tell you how
strongly. And / would rather live
with thousand cabbages in hum
dred gardens than listen eternally to
a person who feels SO much about
everything or says she does!"
CHAPTER XII.
The day of the elopement was a
glorious day When young Osgood
turned up instead of Michael at the
appointed place and hour. Tormen-
tilla, with her previous experience OF
the faint-hearted bridegroom, at once
feared the worst. 1t is generally the
best thing to do in these cases.