The Donaldsonville chief. [volume] (Donaldsonville, La.) 1871-current, 1912-03-09

I did not consider moral offense.
It was but battle of money and
wits. and to the victors Of the earth
the spoils legitimately belong.
told her the general trend Of my
thoughts with much earnestness and
she listened without comment, her
face slightly ayerted and her hands
resting contentedly In mine. I kissed
her eyes and forehead and she sighed
softly as her bosom rose. Just=What
the sigh meant did not know and
did not ask, but believed it was the
responsive chords of her nature sound
ing TO my touch. She had told me
that she cared more for me than for
any other man, and that under condi-
lions which I appreciated were not
unreasonable, she would rather live
within my arms than those OF any
other person. Neither had she made
my financial success an unqualified
condition of our marriage, but had
merely pointed out the great desira-
bility of 1t as an added stimulus to
my endeayors. That the principal
reason she had advanced as to why
she wished me to possess wealth was
that I might be able to be more often
at her side thrilled me with Joy
whenever it REQUIRED to me- Had she
not really loved me her desires in
this respect must have been Just the
reverse.
The buzzing of the door bell aroused
us from our close communion with
mutual start. 1t was an unusual sum-
mons, one sharp pressure upon the
button closely followed by two more
of some seconds duration each AT the
first alarm her hands inyolun-
tarily frightened in mine, and as
the longer notes hummed their
insistence I saw the color rush
from her cheeks In scurrying
tide. Her form Strengthened and
grew tense. and arising she Gid
ed with swift noiselessness across the
room and touched the button that
summoned her maid AS though she
had been waiting in the doorway
Janet slipped into the room. Her mis-
tress addressed her swiftly.
Janet, say that I am not at
home. Under no circumstance permit
him to enter. If he says that 1t is
important, tell him that he may call
me up in the morning Beyond all
question greatly agitated she returned
TO near where I sat, placing herself
before the piano in the attitude of
one about TO play. Her face was I'M
naturally hloodless and a thin, lair
like line about the corners Of her
mouth seemed to be constructing her
lips Altogether the change in her
appearance was not to my liking, and
the quick stealth Of her movem. ents
caused a most uncomfortable sensation
TO run through me; mingled feeling
Of guilt and doggedness as thou,h I
had been surprised in a forbid den
bower by its rightful lord. A totally
different type from the soft and per
fectly poised creature Of the moment
before was revealed to me in those
tieeting seconds Of quick action and
swift sentences, and my breath came
faster before the contrast. In the
few steps that had been require to
take her across the room and ack,
her face had become that of an der,
harder woman. The sensitive be tuty
of her mouth had been lost il it's
compression; her cheeks were like
polished marble; the soft luste of
her eyes had turned into the glinting
brilliancy of gems. Whether it was
fear or anger or blending Of the
two that had wrought this magic