Newark evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1916, 1913-04-23

| did! caught that blue satin belt
| together with one hand and ran
through my garden right over a bed
of savage tiger-lilies and flung my
| self into John Moore's office, slammed
| the door and baclSedAln against it.
He's comet" / gasped And I'm
frightened to deatb with nobody but
you to run to. Hide me quick! He's
fat. and l hate him. ] was that
deadly cold you can get when fear
runs into your very marrow and con-
geals the blood in your arteries.
"Quick, quickl" l painted.
He must have been as pale as I
was, and for an eternity of a second
he looked at me, then suddenly
heaven shone from his eyes and he
opened his arms to me with just one
word
"Here?"
/ went
He held me gently for a half
second. and then with sob which I
| felt rather than heard he crushed me
to him and stopped my breath with
his lips on mine. l understood things
then that | never had before, and /
felt that wise guardian man-angel
| take his fingers from mine and leave
me safe at last. raised my hand
and pressed it aginst Johns wet
lashes until he could let me speak,
and | was melted into his very breast
itself
Molly" he said, when enough ten
derness had come back into bis arms
to let me breathe. you have almost
killed mel"
'.You!" l exclaimed, crowding still
closer, or at least trying to- Its
not you; it's ] that am killed, and
you did 1t! l know you don't really
want me, but / can't help that. I'd
rather you'd do the suffering with me
than do it myself away from you.
| I'm so hungry and thirsty for you
that-that can't diet any longerl''
| put the case the strongest way
knew how, and got swooning, mad
denings luscious result.
Want you, Molly?" he almost
sobbed. and felt his heart pounding
hard next to my shoulder.
Eyes, want menI answered with
more spirit than breath left in me-
| II refuse to believe you are as stupid
as l am, and anybody with even an
| ordinary amount of brains must have
seen how hard l was fighting for you.
I feel sure | left no stone unturned.
| Some of them | can already think
back and see myself Juggling at, and
1t makes me hot all over. I'm foolish,
and always was so I'm to be excused
for acting that awful way, but you
are to blame for letting me do it. I'm
/ going to be your punishment for life
| for not having been stern and
| stopped me, You had better stop me
some now, anyway fsf if I go on
loving you as l have been for the
last few minutes it will make you
uncomfortable"
| Peaches he said, after he had
| hushed me with another broken dose
| of love, as large as he thought /
| could stand-I could have stood more!
II am never going to tell you how
long | have loved you, but that day
| you came to me all in flutter with
AL Benefits letter in your hand it
is going to take you a lifetime to
settle for. You were mine-and Bills!
How could you-but women don't
understand" 4~felt him shudder in my
arms as ] held him close. / was re-
paid for all those tiresome exercises
had taken by the strength to crush
him against my breast almost as
hard as he crushed me. Our COM
bined strength was terrific, dangerous
to life and ribs. but-heavenly!
Don't women know, John?y ]
managed to ask softly in memory
of a like question he had put to
me across that bread and jam will
the rose a-listening from the dark
What brought me to consciousness
was his fumbling with the buttons
at the waist of that blue muslin re.
lict@of sentiment. | had fastened