The Irish standard. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn. ;) 1886-1920, 1911-05-27


~ glittering eye were visible
now in the crack of the door.
4 4 The apparition which con-
fronted him proved to be Lillian Breed,
slender but exquisitely rounded in the
silk kimono which revealed her white
throat and her shapely forearms. warm
against the soft crimson fabric. Her
dainty feet were incased in fur edged
slippers of red felt. Her hair and her
face, a perfect oval. was warmed by
the rich color of abundant blood. Her
pointed chin was dimpled. aud her
scarlet lips were curved in smile,
half of mischief and half of delight
Lillian" gasped Kelvin.
Her eyes sparkling, she put her fin
gers upon her lips and noiselessly clos
ed her own door, then Phillips. behind
her, then advanced to him with out
stretched hands. He took them in his
own as a matter Of course, but held
her at arms length.
what are you doing here?" he de-
manded. Have you gone mad?"
mot at all" she laughed gayly. I'm
quite sane and sensible, thank you. 1t
was lonesome at Forest Lakes, so I
brought Mrs. Rensselaer, up to chap
eron me for weeks shopping. and just
now, after making sure that you would
be quite alone for the rest Of the even
ing, have merely dropped In to have
a chat with my old friend"
Mrs. Rensselaer,? Where is she?"
asked Phillip.
Sound asleep and snoring In her
own apartment. which is on the other
side OF mine. with the bathroom be-
tween and my door locked. attend
ed to that I'LL right. you may be sure.
You don't seem ut all glad to see me,
though" and she pouted with much
coquetry.
Ppm not" answered Phillip, push
ing her away almost roughly. This
is the utmost folly. You must return
to your own room. and in the morn
ing you must move to some other
floor or l shall. No; you must go to
some other hotel"
II shan't move from the hotel" she
said. looking up into his eyes and
laughing rs she shook her head. Il
shan't move from these apartments.
I shan't move from this room even
until get ready to go. Phillip. /
have been ordered around like u child
ever since l can remember. and now
Pm going to revolt. I'm going to have
the things want. right or wrong. and
among them I'm going to have you"
LILLIAN" ne gasped and drew back
from her. And yet be could not look
down upon her flushed cheeks. upon
her moist. red lips, upon the rounded
column of her throat, with revolt.
"You are a conqueror." Lillian went
on. drawing closer "Your hand is
the hand Of might, the hand that could
grasp and WELD with relentless pow
er either sword or scepter. You do
not know how I, too. love power and
oil that represents power l love II
80 much that coulA worship 1t even
while 1t crushed and destroyed me,
The very strength Of these arms
want for mine"
Her own arm had slipped up and
slid around his neck, and suddenly
she had clasped both Of them about
him and chung to him. For moment
longer he resisted. and then he sud
denly crushed her to him and rained
! kisses upon her smooth brow. her
silken eyelids her burning cheeks, her
soft lips.
| Kelvin met Mrs. Rensselaer, and LII.
linn ut breakfast, and they talked Of
the opera and gowns. Of automobiles
breakfast ne bought the political con.
troll of an entire state with the litiga-
tive clientage Of Il thousand miles Of
railrond. He met in the hnll of his
floor Elsie White. and whatever an
| grish 1t gave his soul to meet now
this girl who had loved him. and loved
him yet, in oil purity and tenderness.
he talked calmly with her. chatting
pleasantly about her fathers garden
| at Forest Lakes. He let contract
for $1.O0O.O0O worth OF grading and
cement sidewalks. He saw Sam and
Lucy laughing in the servants eleva'
tor understood Sans hilarity of the
| hight D6IOTe anu IlHO du lukllES VI
how his door bad come to be unlock.
ed. He went to the theater at night
with Mrs. Rensselaer, and Lillian, and
after they had returned and Mrs
Rensselaer, had retired soft footed
mailman listened to the low voices in
Phillips apartments and sent cipher
message to George Blagg. who was
hollow eyed and pale with suffering
and murdcrous!
On the following day Phillip, alone
with Sam in the wilderness of Long
island. was shot at. Scarcely had the
report sounded when Sam. crouching
low to the ground like an animal and
running with neck and head and goril
la-like arms outstretched. plunged into
the woods. He was gone fully an hour
and rejoined Phillip at the station
His eyes were bloodshot and he was
painting. while his lips twitched back
over his teeth now and then. but he
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