The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1912-11-23
CHAPTER XllI.-(centinusd.)
((vu1 HlLE you fancied that she
NJ was In nesd Of your as.
wv sistance. I grant that

" sistance. grant that
there was some excuse
for your conduct, but to continue the
farce any longer would be positively
dishonorable.'. '...
Cyril was % surprised at Campbeirs
belligercnt tone that for . moment It
rendered him speechless. From . boy
Guy had always been his humble ad.
mirer. What could have wrought this
sudden change In him? wondered Cyril.
Again his eyes fingered on the VIC:
s ss often va: mot aSdss day
obvious shrcwdness there lurked vein
Of roinanticlsm. And a. Cyril surveyed
his friend his wrath slowly cooled.
that Csmpbeii's almost comic exterior
must be real grief to man OF MS
temperament. His own appearance had
always seemed to Cyril such . ne8iieI.
bic quantity that he ahrank from ON ior nnSn
why he felt II would be ebsured 70
fear Guy as o rival A man who 70 not
to be feared In a man to be pitied. ana
it. was this 1nacknowls.sd Ply: t ,Sa,mss
tragedy Of his friends life. which AL
layed Cyrll's Indignation and made him
finally reply gently:
II think you are mistaken. am sure
N'she does not. Miss Trevor and I are
quite able to look after her.
Il don't doubt your good Will. my
dear Guy. but what about her feelinss!
"FeelinGs! ! like that! DO you fancy
that her feelings are concerned? DO
you imagine that she will be inconsol-
able at your absence"
you appear to forget that she be
lieves me to me her husband; Her pride.
her vanity. will be hurt II l appear 10
neglect her." Cyril still spoke very
Then l. will tell her the truth At
"And risk the recurrence Of her Ill
ness? Remember the doctor insisted
that she must on no account De sc'a'
why should 1t asltate her TO- b. told
that YOU are not her husband? I should
think Il would be q jolly sight more agt-
tstinE to believe ones self bound to q
perfect stranger. II is |. wonder. It has
Luckily. she took the sad news very
calmly" Cyril could not refrain from
remarking.
Really Guy was intolerable and he
ionged with q primitive longing to
himself. Guy was capable Of being
hasty II not handled carefully. 30
he hastily continued:
How can you undeceive her on one
point without explaining the whole sit
uation to her?'
ue6uH ouys "c -
Exactly. Even you have no solution
tc offer. Even you have to acknowledge
that the relief OF knowing that she Ia
not my wife might De Offset BY learn
ing not only that we are quite In the
dark as to who she Is. but that at any
charge OF murder"
II don't know what to dol" murmured
Guy. heiplessiy.
DO nothing for the present
"Nothing" exclaimed Guy. Moth.
ing! And leave you to insinuate your
told the truth some day. but by that
time she may have grown to--to-love
you" Guy gulped painfully over the
word. You are a married man. That
considered. But / fancy she viii not
regard It as casually as you do
This Is absurd" began Cyril. but
Guy intercepted him.
'.You feel free to DO as you please
because You S.v. expect n.s a to get Giy %s%
Der, and In the meantime your wife
may bling a counter suit. naming Miss
Mrs Thompkins as correspondent"
This suggestion staggered Cyril for
And in that case" continued Camp.
bell. "she would probably think that
| she ought to marry YOU. After having
been dragged through the filth Of q
divorce court Bne WOulO Imagine ueT.
self too besmirched to give herself to
any other man. And your wealth,
your title and your precious, self may
not seem to her as desirable a. you
suppose. She Is the sort Of q. girl who
would think them poor exchange for
the loss OF her. reputation and her
| liberty. When she discovers how you
have compromised her by. your asinine
stupidity, I don't fancy that she will
take a lenient view OF your conduct.
"You seem to forget that II ! had not
shielded her with my name she would
undoubtedly have been arrested on the
| train"
"Oh! I don't doubt you meant we'll"
Thanks" murmured Cyril. sarcas.
tically.
Ali Il say is that You must not see
her again till this mystery IL cleared
up. I didn't forget about the number
OF her apartment. but wasn't going
to help YOU to sneak in to her at all
hours. Now. II you want to see her
you will have to go boldly up to the
| hotel and have yourself properly IN.