Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1911-11-22
N HENRY RUSSELL MULE
coExRIoHT, 1910 By

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CHAPTER XIII.
THE GAUNTLET.
KXxYHDN Dleanoe Sanger was
NV married she was brixht,
!" rather highly strung and de-
csdedly spoiled girl Of nine
teen. Marriage proved q bitter awak-
ening. Six mouths, revealing to her
both IN their own intimate relations
and In what she learned Of his other
Life the weak sensuality Of her hus-
bad. sumced to transform her into a
cold. self contained woman of an acid
ulous cynicism startling In one Of her
ysars. It was the weakness Of the
man more than his immortality that
Tepelled her. She hersslf came Of an
active, sturdy stock whose virility and
power Of resistance had not been de-
stroyed BY generations Of self indul-
gence. Her experience discovered to
her the existence Of inherited ideals
heretofore dormant in her. In the ap-
parent impossibfity Of seeing those
ideals realized in her own life she was
becoming bitter and reckless when the
incubus on her life was suddenly re-
moved, two years after her marriage.
by the pistol Of Jealous viennese.
When her uncle reached her he
found = stony eyed. icy woman who
laughed bitterly at his pro6ered sym
pathy, but acquiesced indinerently In
whatever he proposed.
Then he atoned In part for his un-
wise guidance Of her youth. The man.
agement Of his great business interests
he placed In the competent hands Of
Henry Sanger, Jr., Eleanor's brother,
and devoted himself entirely to her.
For three years they travelled as her
whims dictated. Mr.. Sanger, anxious
y watching, saw the natural resilien-
cy Of youth gradually breaking down
her hardness Of spirit. Selfish she re-
manned, as was the logical result Of a
lack Of definite purpose in life other
than to amuss herself and to forget.
Then Mr.. Sanger died, leaving the
bulk Of his fortune to Henry Sanger,
Jr., to Eleanor comparative pittance.
This curtailment Of her inheritance
was at her request. A quiet year in
Germany, spent studying music, fol.
lowed, and then she returned to the
Steel City to play her part in the max
Ing Of Robert McAdoo.
Late In the afternoon, the day Of
Bob's talk with Paul concerning her.
Mrs. Gilbert sat before a luxurious log
lire In her own particular den. In a
box BY her side was an armful Of roses,
which she was arranging in a huge
glass bowl. When the roses were be-
slowed to her satisfaction she reread
the note that had accompanied them,
smiling at some sentiment expressed
By the writer.
You poor, romantic boy!' she said
aloud. "One expects every minute that
your conversation and letters will
break into blank verse. I wish-I don't
know what WISH" she concluded Ne.
sentfully. But whatever It is, it's
fairly certain that can't have It. Just
as I thought I had achieved content
meet two men absolutely out Of my
sphere. and the one stirs up the old,
uncertain longings. which he can't sat
isfy, and the other stirs up the old
wicked recklessness that had thought
dead forever" She sighed impat iently.
"A half hour later she stood by the
window. her eyes mechanically follow
ing tho figure Of man walking up the
street when the pedestrian came to
the Sanger entrance he turned in and
walked with swift, decided steps to-
ward tho house. Then Eleanor recog.
mixed him.
.'oh!' size gasped In establishment
and with . hint Of dismay in her voice.
She hastily left the window. There
was Z knock at the door, and the but
Ter entered. @ y
''Mr. McAdoo to zee you, madam
SHOW Nr. McAdoo into the library.
Thomas, she replied after a moments
hesitation. "And I shall not be at
home tho rest Of the afternoon"
Why had Bob come to see Mrs. Gil
hertz Bob himself was trying to an.
swef tho same question. Blindly he
felt that one Of his possessions was
threAtened- and that he must fight With
1 woman for supremacy over Paul.
The portierss were parted, and she
stood before him. Bob realized resent
fully that here was a very beautiful
woman. far more beautiful than either
Kathleen Finn OF. Mrs. Dunmeade. the
0nly women Of finer type he knew,
For the fraction Of a second while she
Saused On the threshold there was the
same fsncing Of glances with which
they had met in the theater-the adver.
eafiss' salute-then her eyes softened
o IN amused gleam. While Bob stood
still she went over to him.
.I've been trying to decide wheth-
q this y . pleasant or unpleasant sur
rise" she smiled physically. (which
q it7r shsFheM ont her hand.
Il Bob looked ct the outstretched hand
ana shook his head coldly. The hand
was ct once returned to her side.
{ .You persist in the hostile a:dtuder'
.sWhy not1 Let ~ have no false
rressnsss. I dislike you: you disi1ks
me. Il We stick 70 that It win an
pity matters"
..How q you know don't like your
Tn amused CLEAN. In her eyes deep
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