The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1911-02-04
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heard of you, If that is what yor
mean; what you are, what you
have done. And saw you in the
convention. 1 have a constitu-
tional antipathy for men of your
type, Mr.. McAdoo."
People don't do that sort OF
thing merely because of constitu
tional antipathy." He shifted his
chair and, leaning on the table
looked straight at her.
You may put 1t on the score
of personal dislike, if you choose,
she answered indifferently. you
know" the lurking smile reap
peared in her eyes, "you insisted
that | dislike you
THAT explains it, but doesn't
excuse it," he said, still in his
quiet, even tone. 1--WE no objec-
tions to your dislike. It's prob
ably very natural. I'm used to it
But it gave you no right to NEEDLE
in my affairs. l had done nothing
to harm you. You had nothing to
gain by attacking my motives-of
which you could know nothing
or by making Paul Remington dis
contented with his advancement
as you have persisted in doing
since. The women l know don't
do that sort of thing. Even men
of my sort, whom you despise"-
there was trace of bitterness in
these last wordsworth call il
contemplate"
He is wise general who knows
when to abandon an untenable po-
sition. Eleanor suddenly aban-
doned hers. She turned and,
leaning on the table, faced him
frankly.
you are right" she said quiet
Ily. ut was contemplate. And
l have been ashamed of myself
ever since. l was ashamed when
you caught me at it. l had seen
you in the convention. Your utter
Icomposure irritated me unreason-
ably. Besides l had heard of you
before. What l heard wasn't alto
gether to your credit, perhaps not
altogether just. l yielded to an
impulse, and meddled gratuitous-
ly in your affairs. l had no right
to do it, no excuse. l apologize. /"
If she intended her apology to
mollify him, she failed. 1t had
the opposite effect. He resented
her frankness. He resented the
moral courage which enabled her
honestly to acknowledge her fault.
1t angered him that she should put
herself in the right, because it
took away, in part at least, his
excuse for hostility. Bob felt the
need of an excuse for hating and
hurting her.
An ugly sneer twisted his
mouth, as he replied. Its easy
enough to apologize, but what
good is it after the mischief is
DONE"
Il hardly expected you to be
generous, she answered his sneer
gravely. "But now-what? You
didn't come here merely to convict
me of dishonorable act, 1 sup
lpose?"
Hardly. I'm a busy man. l
suppose 1 came to make a useless
request"
What is the request--or is it a
commando"
He looked at her steadily for a
minute before he answered. She
saw the line of his lips become
thinner and the muscles of his
jaw tighten. ITO let Paul Rem
ington co.
You take too much for grant
ed. I'm not holding him. He is
free to go wherever he chooses. I"
THAT not true. He has the mis-
fortune to be in love with you.
Therefore he is your slave,
She shrugged her shoulders
Iskeptically. 1T will do him no
harm. And he will get over it,"
He shall get over it. And it
does hurt him. 1t harms any man
to be played with by pretty
woman"
"Ah! But suppose l should't
be that sort of woman; suppose
/ should become interested in
him?"
Continued Monday