The Washington herald., 1912-10-27

right, brought no balm to the cease
less pain in his heart and he could not
find solace in tears and the sympathy
of friends.
Once, as he waited for the Boulogne
express at the Paris station that day,
he almost weakened. Some street mu-
sicians struck up the air of sad little
song that came to him in his study in
the winter evenings when Peggy was
alone in the MUSHROOM. And with
the air came the words:
The night has thousand eyes. the day but one. !,
But the light Of the whole world lies with ths
1 dyin: sun.
The mind has thousand eyes. the heart but one.
But the light Of whole life dies when love IL DONE
He had to hold himself hard lest he
leap into a cab and dash back to the
hotel to the woman he loved that he
believed in her love in the face of all
the damning facts that could be array
ed against her.
But he went into his compartment
instead and the song went with him.
All the way to Boulogne the rhythm of
the clicking rails hammered the mad
dening refrain into his fevered mind ::
"Love-is done! Love-is done! Love
is donew The drive of the steam
er's engines took up the tale and the
| London express sang it relentlessly.
But when he arrived in London Mr.
Admission called on his lawyer. He
was not habitually fanciful man.
Even after the suit was filed, "Ad-
maston VS.. Admission and Colling-
wood" and kingdom shocked. Peggy
| refused to believe that her husband
meant to carry out his announced plan
to the bitter end. She was sure that
after his first anger had cooled he
would listen to reason and she would
be able to convince him that he had no
right to attempt the infliction of DEATH
less infamy upon her.
She forbade Collingwood seeing him,
rightly guessing that an interview be-
tween the two men would only result
| in greater bitterness on both sides.
Then she wrote to her husband and
begged him to come and see her. His
reply was curt note of refusal. She
wrote again more humbly and this note
received no reply. Pauline, unknown
to her mistress and aflame with right
eous indignation, wrote to him herself,
d passionate, loyal letter. And this al
most shook the husband in his firm
ronyiction of Peggy's guilt. But the
evidence!
Then Peggy wrote a third time She
did not ask for an interview. If he
would not see her he could read what
she must tell him.
1t was a remarkable letter.
"You are a lawyer" she wrote. "and
even if you will only decide dispas-
sionately in case which involves the
honor and truth of the woman you
swore to love and protect, you will see
what terrible wrong "ou are doing
me | do not know what this evidence
is that you intimated in Paris had con-
WINGED you of my guilt. Surely, at
best, it is hired. Would not my word
and Collingwoods and Panline's carry
as much weight with you as any three
persons who twist fancy into facts
against me?
Il know you will say that l lied to
YOU and that you cannot believe me
after that. Yes. l did lie TO you, but.
consider the circumstances. Ellerdine
and Alice were certain that you would
be offended if you knew that Colling
and | had taken the wrong train and
spent the night in Paris alone. They
insisted that it would cause scandal
So they, with Collingwood, concocted
that story while | was dressing for
breakfast so that we might avoid the
appearance of wrongdoing. | was
amazed to see you there when | came
in. and when l saw that. in spite OF
my protests, they had told you those
lies, i did not have time to think-they
were doing it for me. as they supposed,
so why should | betray them?
But, aside from all this, you must
know that | love you-that / have al
ways loved you. If l did Motif what
you believe were true-would hum
Bile myself this way before you? Would
tears of grief and longing fall on this
page as | write? If l loved Colling-
wood as he loves me, should / not re-
joice at the prospect of freedom and
life wi.!: hing
George. dear, / was child when
you married me. loved admiration
and fun as children do, and l wor-
SHIPPED you as a child would worship
something big and powerful. / did not
know what love meant as l know
now. For | have grown woman,
George, since that night in Paris, and
| love you with woman's love. You
are my husband and / swear / have
been true"
George Admission did not sleep for
two nights after reading this letter,
but the suit of "Admaston VS.. Admas-
ton and Collingwood" was not with
drawn.
Then Peggy gave up hope and
begged Collingwood to attend to the
matter of counsel
"Counselw he exclaimed. Surely,
Peggy you are not going to. face the
ordeal of the divorce court for man
who cares so little about you that he
does not hesitate to drag you thereP
But what can l do?" she asked. pa
thetically.
LET the case go by default"
"Defaultp she echoed. why, Col |
ling, that would be practically an ad-
mission of guilt"
what of it?" he returned hardly. |
"Oh, Peggy, YOU don't know what that
trial will ncan! You know now how |
people have talked about US and you
don't know Sir Robert. He will make !
every little harmless association look
like the blackest crime. God knows, |
YOU are as pure and innocent as any
woman in England, but he will blacken |
you out of your own lips before you
leave the witness-box"
"How can he?" she demanded indig- !
nantly. "How dare you talk that way
to me? Of course" she went on in
milder tones, Il realize that some of
the things we have done might be
twisted and turned to look bad-but,