The Fairmont West Virginian. (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1904-1914, 1912-08-16

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bten reacned By her uncle or old Kirk
bg~SBuf ''ifa' Yerh Ian. fDQ, fad 10
lace "a 4 present INTUITION 70 which
she vas Utterly unequal.
She had entirely repudiated Arm
strong that was{ Que sure poinl. she
knew how guilty he had been toward
sNeNboids vie, thatwas another; she
reailxed how ne had deceived hess
that was the third. These eliminated
the man from her affections. but II isi
one thing 10 thrust d man ont Of your
heart and another to thrust him out
Of your life; he was still there. And
by no means the sport Of blind fate
Armstrong Intended 70 have someshipg
!, to, say IS to the course q events. to
!. use his, own powers TO determine he
issue SD ~
OF but one. thing beside her hatred
Tor Armstrong Rea Ehid tsfai leland abs
solutely certain; she wcald never elas
close to the man she loved me fact.
that the woman. III 9 memcrY:6 t whose
ltsupposed passion be eBe1kned, had
been unfaithful to him IN heart IL
not IN deed Nothing could HreSt that
! secret from her. She hid been In.
fectsds By NeSbold,s quIketic IDEAS;
the ecntagion Of his perretsion OF com.
mon sense had faitened itself upon
her. She: would not have been human
either II she had not experienced; a
thrill Of pride and Joy at tie b6ssibil!
ity that in some way. of which she yet
swore she wohldSot be the instrufneht
blind or otherwise. the faets might be-
] disclosed which would enable Nevbold
y claim her openly and honorably,With.
out hesitation before or remorse aft!
er, as his wife. This fascinating fash
OF eSpectant? hopeful feeling she
thought unworthy OF her aadf,stroye
to fight It down, but with manifest i'm.
possibility. tiszIs 'tgfT ri
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 aS great as
that between light and sound. Cues:
lions and answefs between: these three
followed as swiftly as thrust and parry,
between piiahed s@ord snien, and
Yet between each demand ana reply
they had time to entertain these swift
thoughts-as the drowning compass
life experiences IN s4condsl eSG 4
Il may not befhsr friend said Arm.
strong steadily. "but she; left me In
these mountains a month ago with
more than a half way promise 10 mar.
ry me, and have sought her through
the SHOWS to claim the fulHllment~ I
"You never told me that" exclaimed
Newboh sternly and again addressing
the woman rather than the man. 81 1
There was nothing to tell" she an.
swered quickly. II was young girl,
heart free; I. liked this man, perhapS
because he was 80 diiferent.from those
to whom j had been accustomed, and
when he, pressed his suit upon me, I
told him the truth. did not love
him, ] did not know whether might
grow to care for. him or not; II, did.
1 should marry. him and II did not
no power on earth could make me.
And now-I hate him!" She flung the
words at him savagely.
Armstrong was beside himself with
fury at her words, and Newbold q. cool
indifferencet TO him personally was I'm.
endurabfe. In battle such as he waged
he had the mistaken idea that any.
thing was, fair. He could not really
tell whether 1t was love OF woman or
hate OF man that was most dominant:
he saw .at- once the state Of Affairs be-
tween the two. Ne could hurt the
manga and the woman with one state
ment; what might be It's Interior effect
he did not stop to consider. perhaps II
he had he would not then have cared
greatly. He realized anyway that
since Newbold's arrival his chance
with Enid was gone; perhaps #heth-
er NewboId were alive or dead 1t was
gone forever; although Armstrong did
not think that, he;was not capable OF
thinking very far into the future in
his then condition, the present bulked
too large for that. ~ : IL
II did, not think after that kiss in
the road that you would 60 back on
me this way, Enid, /" he said quickly. q
THE kiss in the road. cried New.
bold staring again at the woman.
You coward" repeated abe, With
one swift ,enyenomed. glance at the
other man, and then she turned to her
lover. She, laid her hand upon his
arm. she lifted her face up 10 him.
Jas God Is my Judge" she cried her
voice rising with the tragic Intensity
OF the moment and thrilling with in,
dignant protest, he took It from me
like. the thief and the coward be was
and be tells It now like the liar be Is,
We were riding side by side,- Twas
utterly unsuspicious, I thought him d
gentleman, he caught me and Kissed \
me before ! knew It. ! drove him \
from me- That's ALL" 5fa'%,5t' Z
81 believe YOU" said Newbold gent
". and then for the first time, he ad.
Dressed himself to Armstrong. "you
came doubtless to rescue Miss Matt