The Donaldsonville chief. [volume] (Donaldsonville, La.) 1871-current, 1912-01-27
fuApTER v.-(contlnued.)

rHAPTER V.-(Continued.)
g., have come at last. ] was
,,,sIug impatient. I. was lonesome
.mabt and wanted some one to talk
sae-preferably you. Do you know,
I 's.a heen thinking of you just be-
4. vou called me up. Perhaps it
' Il. ibousht transmission that made
4. nm ME q moment later. Who
i navs She laughed unsteady as l
] MI her fingers and bent my lips to
4 iheu
Mn Dace, thought transmission
!, ysmir,d me Of you would be grossly
rias,auous. / am going to be per-
| t,etsy plain with you. It is barely pos
1 sbls tbat / have thought of something
! sl,e s!nce i saw you last, but if I have
! / torot now remember what it was.
HoTerer, You fatter me-" She with
An her hand with a sudden avert
/ nc II her eyes, smiling. again.
mo- II was not fattery. I also am
plsin person and do not speak in
arahles Besides, what harm to
\ tblaE of ones friends?" She half
I turned an easy chair for me and I
fsded myself in 1t, my eyes running
\ XII. tle room. The quiet richness of
H III furnishings was revelation. Elk
ouIste taste was in the very air.
Y Several Of the darkly rich pictures
h vas either original masterpieces or
/ spes So cleYerly executed that I
sala hot detect the difference. The
1 ulssnta!s vases were magnificent to-
HEAs of harbaric art, and were over
HaNjng With great clusters of blood
4 i'll roses. The furniture was of the
Btadaomest and the tapestries heavy
Slhd rich. AIS to Mrs Dace's income
\ hsd NO knowledge, but at least her
ssAfsrnents were high Of rental and
kslipped with extravaganza. For
plae reason, Richard Mackays name
ns creeping through my mind like
lasVll thing, and squirmed inward
the thought I had never seen
nail's face outside Of the papers,
ballhat5in itself was enough. While
Eas not tnhandsome in a strong
Nsa1M way, the stamp Of vice was in
Staihle upon it. 1t seemed a sacri-
sse 10 even mention his name in con-
AfRtion with that OF this exquisite
RSpnan, Tor his reputation was as
Illuminating as his personality was
lsanous. Furthermore. he was
HHrfed.
lls not my intention to go further
Log me particulars of my private af-
N|afs with Mrs. Dace than Is neces-
Na9 for 2 complete understanding of
w. circumstances which surrounded
Mysterious crime against my
as'e. Briefly, / will say that in the
u VI month we. were much together,
a most Of the time alone. She
ssaed 70 prefer It that way; GER
NAag did, and under those suspicious
aoandings our friendship rapidly
zsned. i was delirious time to
u wherein during the days I walked
4 W Vne - 9 trance when apart from
% y y dreamed rapturously Of her by
y .sal and was In a chatting fever Of
a sspasent when not by her side. OF
EVE dragon I saw nothing. while
sos other would-be suitors, she tact
as Hept them at bay. Having oc-
ss'sn % notice this, and Of course
wv a. secretly delighted by 1t, / new
aslsas one day asked her why she
/ .saaaeo these who wished to pay her
saal'ons She stifed q yawn be-
ssaa ner handkerchief.
,,a aoat men bore me-" she answered,
~ '. " ! leaned closer.
Wish you to tell me frankly
|aad al n "a An' 41AnA''
A.l shs ssayed away from me slightly,
\. answering, her cheeks swept by
Y .tallng lashes and her bosom
selllg to its round fullness. drew
I'm ' !, mat her soft hair brushed my
Y Il. Aatie-tell me-" pleaded.
as,.a eses, in whose fathomless
Hs,ss 4s sAe soul of any man might well
sbs Nv ussn drowned. looked up at me.
S.bA. a'iea and one hand fell feather
Has,y. 4poa my own, setting every
ssss ~ = ungling as a harp vibrates
s1ept broadcast by a hand And
Reloss,.af thwork is annihilated by a
Nsssns s4'st' 50 was all my restraint
HIM away BY the food of passion
yl,r II, nose within me; my blood leap
|aAss,, w " 9 mountain torrent and nv
iis htlng its way to nv throat.
I 3Ha)Ia soass as 70 shlnk what ! said or
saeeiy realizing; only knowing
NJ osea this creature with a pas.
,,slss s4a' would no longer be CON
s|. M, crushed her to me and held
esa p'ess g rained kisses upon
se 4, ana lips and cried out my
satan.a w. u broken, half-coherent
Sssabt i she did not resist, and /
ssas A. 8 would have known it had
Hhs fess,s y sueh was the intensity Of
ksAe lrsa rs Nor did she respond in
ss and when my first ardor
saes Y aaasted itself and nv arms ra-
M !. quietly broke away from
Hull H.. lace was flushed and her
sa,r u I. aefed, but her voice was a.
- nfst time she ever spoke