Perth Amboy evening news., 1912-01-26
Copyright, 1911. By W O. Chapman.>


stopped before her unsteadily, his face
now marked not only by the fierce
ness OF the storm outside, but by
the hercer grapple OF the storm in
his heart
you have q right" he began, ito
know everything now. / can with
hold nothing from you"
He had In his hand a picture and
something yellow that cleaned In
the light. There" he continued ex-
tending them toward her. SIS the pic
fnre OF the poor woman who loved
me and whom I killed, you saw 1t
once before"
Yes" she nodded. taking it from
him carefully and looking again in
a strange commixture of pride, re-
sentiment and pity at the bold, some
what coarse, entirely uncultured. yet
handsome face which gave no evil
dence Of the moral purpose which
she had displayed.
And here" said the man offering
the other article, sis something that
no human eye but mine has ever
seen since that day. 1t is a locket
I took from her neck. Until you
came / wore 1t next to my heart"
And since them"
"Since then / have been unworthy
her as / am unworthy 0 and /
have put 1t aside"
Does 1t contain another ~picture?"
Eyes"
"Of herr"
"A mans face"
"Yours?" :.
He shook his head.
look and see,r he answered.
Press the SPRING"
Suiting action to word, the next
second Enid Maitland found herself
gazing upon the pictured semblance
Of Mr. James Armstrong! She was
utterly unable to suppress an excla-
nation and a start OF surprise at the
astonishing revelation. The man
looked at her curiously; he opened
his mouth to question her but she
recovered herself In part at least and
swiftly interrupted him In q panic
OF terror lest she should betray her
knowledge.
sAnd what Is the picture of anoth-
er mar doing in your wife.s 1cchs q ~
wel q sn
deed, better than Newbold himself
who as it happened, was equally in
the dark both as to the man and the
reason.
II don't know" answered the 9th
err
no you know this mani"
Il never saw him In my life that
I can recall"
And have you-did YOU"
Did i suspect my wife," he asked.
never. / had too many evidences
that she loved me and me alone for o
ghost of suspicion to enter my mind.
1t may have been a brother, or her
father in his youth"
sAnd why did you wear it?"
Because I took 1t from her dead
heart. Some day / shall find out who
the man Is and when | shall | know
there will be nothing to her discredit
in the knowledge"
Enid Maitland nodded her head.
She closed the locket, laid 1t on the
table and pushed 1t away from her.
so this was the man the woman had
loved. who had begged her to go
away with him. this handsome ARM
strong who had come within an ace
OF winning her own affection, to
whom she was In come measure
pledged
How strangely does fate work out
itE purposes. Enio had come from
the Atlantic seaboard to be the sec
ond N that both these two men
lovedi
II she ever saw Mr.. James Arm
strong again, and she had no doubt
that she would, she would have some
strange things to say to him. She
held In her hands now all the threads
OF the mystery. she was master of
s1l the solutions. and each thread
was a chain that bound her.
my friend" she said at last with
q deep sigh. you must forget this
night and go or "a before. You love
sne, thank God for that. but honor
and respect interpose between ug.
And I love you. and | thank God for
that too. but for me as we'll the
same barrier rises. Whether We
shall ever surmount these barriers
God alone knows. He brought us
together. he put that love in our
hearts. we win have to leave 1t to
him to do as he VIII with Va both,
Meanwhile ne must go on as be-
FORE
NO" cried the man. "you impose
upon me tasks beyond my strength;
you don't know what love Is, you
don't know the heart hunger. the aw-
full madness feel. Think. | have been
alone with a recollection for all these
pears. q man IN the dark In the night;
and the light comes. ron are here.
The first night | brought you here !
walked that room on the other side Of
Lnac narrow door like a lion nenk uy
1ass OF steel. ] had only my Own
lore. my own passionate alteration te
move me then. but now that ! know
Ton love me, that I see It IN your eyes
that I hear II from your lips, that
mark It In the beat Of your heart car
7 keep silent? Can | 1--we on and on
Can / see you. touch you. breathe ths
Hanae air with you. be pent up in ths
same Q with you Acur after hour