The evening world. [volume] (New York, N.Y.) 1887-1931, 1912-07-01
The Man in the
Brown DeIbV
Of Great Summer Story OF New Yo,k
By Wells HASTINGS

NO, she oaids an not o0rty xoe
that: am glad. II was not then he
glad now. glad that he In free. fos be
was more a prisoner than ]"
Than your"
For all those years." Nancy 0n-
swered. II have been kspt eio0i ]
have never In AL that time gone SvUn
for little walk without my uncle o.
his man. Jonas"
DO you mean to say" I cried, ''thax
you yourself we're not free 10 90 whsrs
you likedf Why. the thing sounds TN
possib.el'
1T would have been impossible n I
had had any ono In the world 70 turn
to; but you must remember That wad
all alone. that Uncle Ephraim really
was my guardian. I could not bstSve
Mt first that he would dare actually 70
make q prisoner OF me. But Il wus
very hard to be independent with Unnls
Ephraim. He had way of weating
me like q small girl: a. II he could
never bring himself TO realise that
HE punished me dreadfully for what
he called indiscrctions, indlscretions
such as speaking to the woman who sat
next to me In the trolley. or stopping TO
chat with q little newsboy IN the street.
He would lock mo In my room for days
Tor such onenses. once or twice he even
made me hold out my hand while no
struck II with . ruler. and once. when I
called to girl OF my own age from my
window. after he had locked mo In my
room. he threatened to punish not Only
me. but my poor broken father also. and
! mad to give up my room for one In
the back Of tho house."
hut why did you stayT'' I asked, a
calmly as ! could. for I was trembling
all over In the suppression Of M rage,
In my pity for the defenseisss horror Of
those cruel. lonely years. 'why did you
not run awayf Surely they would have
helped you At your school. even the DO
liceman on the block could have dem
something"
Il could not. Don't you see thsR 7
could not dare. mat I could not ~
that possibility. that poor father wouiA
be punished In my stead. and I'thoughk
Uncle Ephraim capable Of anything.
things worse than punishment Oh &
killed him"
But your friends" I protested -
ptdly. your friends and hisf"
Nancy smiled brsvely Up at ne ~
had none." sho replied. MEN, ana svun
women. used to come from sirns 10 tina
at irst. but they found father ehan~eA
! suppose. and gradually stopped coan-
ing II IL dreadful how soon Q man -
be forgotten. even q man Of brains -
wealth and position. Even before Unna,
Erhraim lived with us psous hsA
stopped coming. And nad no frSsu6a
or my own. The only ones had -,
made were At school. and thsy vsro
mostly English and French giris.
only one other Gin IN school Wa A.
,s and she STAYED there foe 8
long t'me after had left She did cone
70 sec me, think. Once. not 10 very
.ons ago. though heard her askiua
TOR mo At the front door. but iona. tol6
her | was not at homo ana I'm, -
door In her face"
"Jonas!" repeated IN aston,shvs~~
He has not been with US verv Ior-s.
said Nancy. and my uncle emn,ov"1
MN Ito meant no harm, I think. ana
was oniy acting under Instructions
round none OF our old servants vh.n =
came back from abroad, ana Irrc,.
hphraim kept forever changing IN. on.
We had. asked one OF the maids who
seemed to care for me a little, 10 mali
letter Tor mo to ono OF fathers ala
trends but she only gave II 10 INV
unc'e' and | was punished for II. There
was really no one I could 20 to-
IL was more than I could bear rba
sweet voice OF my beloved sounded ,ayaI
ana dead In It's monotony OF paln.
looked at her as she walked slowly be-
side me; her head was bent a little FOR.
ward, and her eyes looked very ttred.
as they gazed. unssetngly, at the road
before her.
He shan pay for II ALT" I crted out.
'iie shGl pay FOR Il now. Hs-strucs<-
your hand' ! will strangie him with
mine He shall have cause TO think
thHn the hands OF DEATH"
Her eyes locked into mine, wide ut the
sudden terror OF the great passion that
| could no longer hide. then tears came
into them, ana her hand fell timldly
upon the tenseness OF my arm.
II am very tired" she said: II don't
thsnk that revenge would make me
happier. want 10 rest He is too
strong for as. Mason. lie has tied us
very strongly. for whatever you did
should suffer for. Even n you could in
jure him, he could injure us. The
strength OF your hands would only
bring you Into the law. and you are my
husoand-or perhaps YOU are not Don't
YOU see that. whatever our relat on Ia,
he has tied your hands forever with my
manner"
/ bowed my head. for II was true.
Ephraim Bond would never have any
thing 10 fear from me; even II our mar
rage were Illegal was the more
strongly bound And then a great 10Y,
mighty wave OF selfishness. sweet
over me.