Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1912-02-27

''You Coward" She Cried.
than he. There was doubtless no 9TH
er man in the mountains. He had ex-
pected to find him when he approach
ed the hut and was ready for him.
To the fire of his ancient hatred and
Jealousy was added a new fuel that
increased its heat and flame. This
man had come between Armstrong and
the woman he loved before and had
got away unscathed; evidently he had
come between him and this new wo-
man he loved. Well, he should be
made to suffer for it this time and by
Armstrong; own hands. The in
slant Newbold had entered the room
! Armstrong had thirsted to leap upon
him, and he meant to do it. One or
the other of them, he swore in his
heart, should never leave that room
alive.
But Newbold should have his chance.
Armstrong was as brave, as fearless,
as intrepid, as any man on earth.
There was much that was admirable
In his character; he would not take
any man at a disadvantage in an en-
counter such as he proposed. He
would not hesitate to rob man Of his
wife IL he could, and he would not
shrink from any deceit necessary to
gain his purpose with a woman, for
good or evil, but he had his own ideas
Of honor, he would not shoot an en-
envy in the back for instance.
Singular perversion, this, to which
some minds are liable! To take from
man his wife by subtle and under
hand methods, to rob him of that
which makes life dear and sweet
there was nothing dishonorable in
that! But to take his life, thing of
infinitely less moment, by the same
process-that was not to be thought
Of. In Armstrong; code it was right,
1t was imperative, to confront a man
} with the truth and take the consequent
: ces; but TO confront a woman with lie
and take her body and soul, if so be she
} might be gained, was equally admir-
|, able. And there are other souls than
: Armstrong; in which this moral in
consistency and obliquity about men
: and women has Judgment!
Armstrong confronted Newbold
| therefore, lustful of battles; he yearn.
2 ed to leap upon him, his fingers itched
l to grasp him, then trembled slightly as
l he rubbed them nervously against his
I thumbs; his face protruded little, his
i eyes narrowed.
3 'My name is Armstrong" he said
s determined to precipitate the issue
: without further delay and flinging the
d words at the other in a tone of hec
: toring defiance which, howeyel
+ strange to say, did not seem to effec
Newbold in any perceptible degree.
|, The name was an illumination t.
n him, though not at all in the way the
+ speaker had fancied; the recollection
of it was the one fact concerning he
Z that ranked in the solitary's mind
" He had often wanted to ask Enid Matt
o land what she had meant by tina
chance allusion to Armstrong which
/, she had made in the beginning of thei
It acquaintance, but he had refrained
T. AT first he had no right to question
her; there could Sbe no natural end t
0 bASi ohSStiOlS, anu AdblCiiy "ASI
their hearts had been disclosed to eacl
D. other in the wild, tempestuous, pas
o sionate scenes of the last two or tire
IT days, he had had things of greater me
C. ment to engage his attention, subject
D. OF more Importance to discuss wit
her.
He had for the time being forgotte
nd h.
known what jealousy was until he ha
entered that room. To have seen he
Ell with any man would have given hir
s. acute pain, perhaps just because b
-e had been so long withdrawn from hi
j. man society. but to see her with thi
E. man who flashed instantly into hi
N recollection upon the utterance of hi
is name was an added evaporation.
s. Newbold turned TO the woman
Or whom indeed he had addressed hi
"a question in the first place, and theT
IT. was something in his movement whic
le bespoke CALLING almost contemptuoJ
De obliviousness to the presence of III
ne other man which was indeed hard fC
ie him to bear.
It Hate begets hate. He was quit
IT, conscious of Armstrong; antagonist
it which was entirely undisguised ar
st open and which was growing create
e. with every passing moment. tt
in score against Newbold was running l
d. in the mind OF his visitor
A "Ah," coolly said the owner of II
Id cabin to the first of his two guest
ut Il do remember you did mention tn
a name the first day you spent her
de Is he "a friend OF yours?"
ly Not now" answered Enid Maitlan
II, She too was in a strange state
lp- perturbation on account Of the dilel
ma in which she found herself /
az yolved. She was determined not
Ia betray the unconscious confidence
at the dead. She hoped ferventIy tn
er Nevbold would not recognize Ar
en- strong as the man of the Ioeket, b
IL he did she was resolute that
se should not also be recognized as Il
an man Of the letters. at least not by h
ia act Newbold was ignorant of the G