The Yale expositor. (Yale, St. Clair County, Mich.) 1894-current, 1912-08-29

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Of mind but OF body, He made anoth-
er most damaging mistake at this
juncture.
we are alone here. and | am mas
ter, remember" he said meaningly.
Come. let's make up. Give me kiss
for my pains and"
Il have been alone here for month
with another man." answered Enid
Maitland who was strangely unafraid
in spite of this threat. "A gentleman,
he has never so much as offered to
touch my hand without my permits
sion; the contrast is quite to your dis.
advantage"
Are you jealous of Louise Rosser?"
asked Armstrong suddenly seeing that
he was losing ground and casting
about desperately to account for 1t,
and to recover what was escaping him.
why. that was nothing, mere boy
| and girl affair" he ran on with a spe-
cious good humor as If 1t were all a
trif1e. The woman was. | hate to
say 1t. just crazy in love with me, but
| really never cared anything espe.
cially for her; it was just harmless
sort OF Irritation anyway. She after
ward married this man Newbold and
that's all there was about It,"
The truth would not serve him and
IN his desperation and desire be stalk.
ed everything on this astounding lie.
The woman he loved looked at him
with her face as rigid as a mask.
You won't hold that against me,
will you?" pleaded the man. Il told
you that Id been man among men,
yes. among women. too. here in this
| rough country, and that wasn't
worthy OF you; there are lots of things
in my past that ought to be ashamed
Of and | am. and the more | see you
the more ashamed ! grow. but as for
loving any one else. all that I've ever
thought or felt or experienced before
now is just nothing"
And this indeed was true, and even
Enid Maitland with all her prejudice
could realize and understand it, Out
of the same mouth. was said Of old.
proceeded blessing and cursing. and
from these same lips came truth and
falsehood; but the power Of the truth
to influence this woman was as moth.
ing to the power OF falsehood. She
could never have loved him, she now
knew; a better man had won her af-
fections. nobler being claimed her
heart; but If he had told the truth re.
garding his relationship to Newbold's
wife and then had completed it with
his passionate avowal of his present
love for her. she would have at least
admired him and respected him.
You have not told me the truth"
she answered directly; you have de-
liberately been false"
Cant you see." protested the man
drawing nearer TO her, how much l
love you?"
"Oh. that; yes suppose that Is
true; as far as you can love any one
| will admit that you do love me-"
SO far as | can love any one?" he
and I'll show you
But you haven't told the truth
about Mrs. Newbold. You have calum.
mated the dead, you have sought to
shelter yourself by throwing the bur.
den of guilty passion upon the weak
er vessel; it isn't manlike. it isn't
Armstrong was bold fighter, quick
and prompt in his decisions He made
another effort to set himself right. He
staked his all on another throw Of the
dice, which he began to feel were
somehow loaded against him.
You are right" he admitted. won
dering anxiously how much the woman
really knew 1T wasn't true, 1t was
towards act, am ashamed of it,
I'm so mad with love for you that I
scarcely know what | am doing, but
I will make a clean breast Of II now.
| loved Louise Rosser after fashion
before ever Newbold came on the
scene. We were pledged to each 9th
er; foolish quarrel arose, she was
jealous of other girls
And had she no right to be-"
"Oh, ! suppose so. We broke ir off
anyway and then she married New
bold, ont Of pique | suppose, or what
1
Ell at the time, il did hit me pretty
hard: it was Eve or six years ago;
was Il youngster then, | am a man
now. The woman has been dead long
since: there was some cock-and-bu
story about her falling off a cliff and
her husband being compelled 10 shoot
her. didn't believe ii at the time.
and naturally have been waiting 10
get even with him. have been hat
ing him for five years. but he has
been good TO you and we will let by.
cones be bygones. What do | care
for Louise Rosser. o. for him, or for
what he did to her, now! ! am sorry
that | said what ] did. but you will
have 10 charge It to my binding pas.
sion for you. can truthfully say that
you are one woman that have ever
craved with all my heart. will do
anything be anything. to win you"
II was very brilliantly done; he had
not told single untruth; he had ad.
mitted much. but he had withheld
the essentials after all. lie wac play.