Perth Amboy evening news., 1912-02-05

perhaps the same might have been
said. II Newbold had only gone on,
II he had not come back, X she had
been rescued by her uncle or old Kirk
by-But IFS" were idle, she had to
face the present situation to which
she was utterly unequal.
She had entirely repudiatsd Arm
strong, that was one sure point; she
knew how guilty he had been toward
Newbold's wife. that was another shs
realised how he had deceived her.
that was the third. These eliminated
the msn from her affections, hut It Ii
thing to thrassAmn outscf your
hs~s% snu another to thrust him ont
Of your life: he Wal still there. And
by nc mean the sport Of blind fate
Armstrong intended to have something
to say as to the course or events. TO
uss hts own powers TO determine the
issue.
OF but one thing beside her hatred
for Armstrong was Enid Maitland alb
soluleiy certain; sns wouio never dis
close to the man she loyed the fact
that the woman, the memory of whose
supposed passion he cherished, had
been unfaithful to- him In heart ii
not In deed. Nothing could wrest that
secret from her. She had been In
fected by Newboid's quixotic IDEAS,
the contagion Of his perversion OF com
mon tense had fastened itself upon
her. She would not have been human
either IL she had not experienced a
thrill Of prids and JOY at the posstbil-
iry that In tome way. OF which she yet
swore she would not be the INSTRUMENT
blind or otherwise, the facts might be
disclosed which would enable Neubold
to claim her openly and honorably with
out hesitation before or remors aft,
er, az his wife. This fascinating Hash
OF expectant, hopeful fcelinK she
thought unworthy OF her and strove
to tight it down, but with manifest im-
possibility.
It has taken time to set these things
down: to speak or to write Is : slow
process, and the ratio between outward
expressions and inward is M great AZ
that between light and sound. Cues
tions and answers between these three
followed as swiftly as thrust and parry
between accomplished swordsmen, and
Yet between each demand snd reply
they had tins to entertain these swift
thoughts-as the drowning compass
life experiences In secondsl
Il may not be- Aer friend" said Arm.
strong steadily. .sbut abe left me In
these mountains = month ago with
more than q half way promise TO mar
ry me, and ] have sought her through
the SHOWS to claim the fullllment."
@You never told me that" exclaimed
Newbold sternly and again addressing
the rather than the man.
There was nothing 10 tell" she an
swersd quickly. Il WAS q young girl.
heart free: I liked this man, perhaps
because he was SO different from those
10 whom / had been accustomed, and
when he pressed Iii suit upon z1s, !
told him the truth. / did not love
him. / did not know whether I might
grow TO care fer him or not. ii / did.
! should marry him and II | did not
no power on earth could rnaks me.
And now hate hlm!s She flung the
words st him sayagely.
Armstrong was beside himself with
fury al her words, and Newnoldas cool
indifference TO him personally was un
endurabis. In battle such as he waged
he had the mistaken idea that any
thing was fair. lie could not really
tell whether It war love Of wonaan or
hate Of man that waa most dominant;
he saw At once the state Of affairs be-
tween the two. He. could huxt the
man and the woman with q state
raents what might he sts ul<arscr erecs
he did not stop TO consider. perhaps II
ne had ha would net then have cared
tysstiy- He realized ANYWAY that
since Newhold'a arrival nia chance
with Eaid was gone: EsEhaEa whesh'
III Nawhogd ware kzlv@ OF dead II wRa
gpne forever although Amsens did
NOT thlNk Snaks h@ WA aas S@ea0se "
khiaAsNg very I'LL Into tsa EaFags ~