The Yale expositor. (Yale, St. Clair County, Mich.) 1894-current, 1913-04-10
CHAPTER X.-(continue6.}

CHAPTER N.-(Continued.)
On the Saturday morning she weat
out betimeS. Inquiry at the railway
office told her that the train VIII ct
connected with the branch line to
Rocky Bar did not reach the city cil
ak In the evening. She ordered Gin
Sler OF the choicest yiands and spent
part OF the morning passing from stall
20 stall in the market on Powell Street
spying about for dainties that might
add last celebrating touch TO the
lengthy menu. The afternoon was
dedicated TO the solemn rites OF llas'
Saying, manicuring, and hair-wa Ylng
nc beauty Doctors. On an Ordinary
occasion these unwonted exertiors In
me pursuit OF good looks would have
tired her. but to-day she was keyed
% a pitch where she did not notice
small outside dlscomforts.
Long before six she was dressed,
and sitting before the mirror IL her
yoom she laid on the last perfccting
touches with short stick of hard
GU ohOoNohNO anu u I'll Nuldi plC &C Vi
ynossy-looklng white stuff. which she
rubbed with a rotary motion round
snd round her face. Her new dress OF
raspberry pink Grape betrayed the
hand OF an expert in it's gracefully
Sailing folds and the elegance with
which It outlined her slim. long-waist.
sd shape. Her neutrality-suspicious.
fsair waved back from her forehead in
glossy rippies; her face, all lines and
follows rubbed from IL, looked fresh
and youthful. With the subdued light
fAiling on her through the silk and
paper lamp shades, she looked very
.lretty woman, the darkness III her
ong, brilliant eyes thrown into higher
relief by the Wilderness OF her pow
iered face.
She was TREMENDOUSLY nervous. Ev.
cry sound caused her to start and
move to that part of the parlor whence
she could look down the long pas
sageway to the stair-head. Large
punches Of greenery were massed
here in the angles Of the hall and
stood In the corners of the sitting.
room. Bowls filled with violets and
roses were set on the table and man.
telpiece, and the scent of these flow
ers. sweet and delicate. mingled with
She crude, powerful perfume that the
woman's draperies exhaled with every
movement. AT intervals she ran into
Her bedroom, seized the little, round,
soft wad OF white and rubbed it over
Rer face with quick concentric move.
rnent, drawing her upper lip down as
4he did so. which gave TO her counte-
nance with it's anxious eyes an ex.
"eedingly comical expression.
Ii was nearly seven o'clock when
nc bell rang. With a last hasty look
y the glass, she ran down the pas
ogeway to the stair-head 1t was
eCessary to descend a few steps to
7urn On the stairs from whence the
}ever that opened the door could be
worked. AS she stood on the small
banding, thrown out in bright relief
ny a mass of dark LEAKAGE that stood
III the angle OF the wall, the door
opened and Dominick entered He
looked UP and saw her standing there,
gaily dressed, brilliant, animated
Agure, smiling down at him.
"Ah, Berry" he said in quiet. un-
emotional voice. Us that your"
It was certainly not an enthusiastic
greeting. A sensitive woman would
nave been shriveled by IL, but Berry
was not sensitive. She had realized
from the start that she would prob
sbly have to combat the lingering sur.
liness left by the quarrel As Domi-
nick assembled, her air of smiling wei.
come was marked by n bland CHEEKY
unconsciousness OF any past unpleas-
Rntness. She was not, however, as
unconscious as she looked. She noted
his heaviness Of demeanor, the tired
expression of his lifted face. He came
np the stairs slowly. not yet being
completely recovered, and il added TO
rhe suggestion Of reluctance, Of diff
cult and spiritless approach, that
seemed to encompass him In an un-
seen vet distinctly-felt aura.
As he rose on level with her, she
q, retched out her hands and. laying
them on his shoulders. drew him
toward her and kissed him. The
cOldness Of his cheek. damp with the
foggy night sir. chilled the caress
and she drew back from him. not 20