The Detroit times. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1903-1920, 1913-07-19

proud OF her beauty eccentric In her
dress and posing. He had not stop
ped 10 think where il would all end
His cool blood OF the east had never
reckoned on such passion as had
summer long, famed in her he could
not guess that she was thanking God
for his strength which held her pure
ly. even while the call OF youth 10
youth was in her eyes. Summer night
and young night have no morality,
and either lust or virtue is an easy
thing, costing nothing OF the price the
years bring.
Il wondered" she whispered, IF
you'd come tonight, After the trial
and your father sent Papa John 10
jail ! hate him, wanted 20 hate
YOU She shivered in the moon
light; then kissed him. "I'll never
come again and meet you here-oh,
boy ] won't go on loving you?" She
stood with closed eyes. the black hair
falling stgaight from its parting down
over her ears giving her face the Ak
ity OF penitent. But in her hair
she had put, as always. a flower. He
drew her TO him and kissed the bios
Its not right-you know how weak
] am and then. tomorrow-neXt
day-you'll go leave me-"
Wild bird he whispered. with
his grave smile. while it's tonight
let's not think OF that" And at her
quick surrender In his arms. the curl
Gus remorseful rapture that had
stung him all this summer OF his Va
cation, meeting her here alone, come
70 him. BY days he thought of it
with cool reassertion of his blood and
tradition-he really could not love
her. he reasoned: vet by night he met
her there and laughing gave up 10 II
and TO ner. He tried 10 tell himself
that II was all a summer trysting,
that she would forget with the cool
ing days and he away But she had
seemed stupefied by this miracle of
loving him, the completeness of yield.
ing Her days she went about in a
dream, lying blithely for his sake,
protecting his name, living only for
the hour she could steal to the hills
and await him.
IT'S monstrous." she cried. put
ting him in Jail What did the law
yers say we'd win for? It's bad
enough 10 be crippled hut 70 lose
and be imprisoned. It's just devilish
your father and everything"
He muttered some patient phrase
of his culture and UNDERSTANDING.
Dear heart. it's rough But you
wouldn't understand His own negli-
gence was part OF the accident-thats
how the law holds il. And the Law,
my dear-the Judge interprets that
as he finds tt
What did LATE Mason say we'd
win for?"
He smiled at the outrage in her
tone. It's way they have. Maybe
Mason thought he could win
Nobody could win against Tanner
in court,
'Aurelie?" He shook her sternly.
If she had damned his paternity it
would not have hurt more. My faith
er Is the Judge. you must remember
And he sent Papa John to jail
for nothing. For swearing? Why, |
can swear. too"
He smiled his patience Lind
strom committed the worst of con-
tempt"
Contempt. Who cares for that?
Suppose you had lost-suppose the
case meant everything TO you? Your
family at home waiting-hungry Har-
Ian? Really hungry, and you saw you
were crippled and cheated and done
for? There's times when Knute and
| have gone 10 school with no break
+ Of. and for lunch we dug wet but
ternuts from under the leaves. And
I'd go 10 school with flower In my
hair and laugh and nobody'd know.
Just proud wouldn't even tell you"
horror In his tone. Not 10 have
enough TO cato his class and breed
ing-was disreputable.
She smiled up through her tears.
Mon Dieu, yes-but what of that?
Many times we've been hungry
He was more shocked than she
could guess. Hunger was luxurious
state of mind incident TO picnics and
athletics. One never really met peo-
pie hungry from having nothing TO
eat.
(Cort'nued)
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