El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1913-06-07
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band, the millionaire banker, Maxfrnif
ian Won Karst, had left her an enor-
nous fortune, and when the year NJ
mourning had passed. she set out 10
enjoy her absolute independence ana
to seek the love her romantic nature
craved.
] DR.. Klinger was no stranger to her
fancy. She knew his works and adj
mired the heart and genius Of the
famous author. She felt the warm feel
ing that was in every line he had
written She loved his CONTEMPT and
+ disdain Of fashionable and smsr+ So
ciety which was the principal fdea in
all his poems Still she had imagined
his face more dark and PASSIONATE
not quite as stern and torbldding. But
II did not matter, for he looked original
and that was the thing she cared Tor
Yet as she gaZed at him she was
struck with something familiar in his
I face
DIT. KIinger was later introduced TO
I ner and she sat next to him at the
table Gabrielle wanted to be charming
I ana succeeded she possessed the rare
] gift of being entertaining without anv-
ing too much She prompted her mart
! ner 10 talk about the very subjects
which interested him most. Then she
Z listened absOrbedly.
Her replies to his remarks showed
I that she knew Intimately everything
I ne mad written and that they con-
I tanned nothing which she had not IN
derstOOd-
But Dr. Klinger remained coIdIv no
I lite to her Not with a single word
Z did ne berrayr as she had hoped he
( would, that he considered her the ONLY
1 Intelligent and broad minded person in
I lne party, the only one able to fol-
I low his thoughts on their daring fIfghr.
! Occasionally there was an fronfoaT
/ smile about his lips as if he felt him
{ self her superior mentally. and as If
I she too were no more than the other
I commonplace persons about him. the
KIND OF people he tlays SO mercilessIy
/ She determined to win him. how
I ever. 10 prove that he had one nm
Z Outstanding admirer in the strange
] city. determined to win first Fis
( friendship and theu-perhaps his love.
she dared not think of that for a
I while yet but he must not leave to-
/ night without expressing the wish to
I see her again
/ She grew more and more enthusi-
+ astic, her eyes sparkled and her wit
! grew brighter. but neither her mag
/ nellc personality nor the champagne
/ mad any effect on this cOldly polite
man suddenly there was luu in
Z Jnelr conversation She touched his
glass with her own and she was once
more struck BY the reSem blance Of this
man TO some body she had met long
I ago suddenly she knew that it was
more than a resemblance-knew thar
she had looked into these deem soul
1Q1 eyes before, but that their express
/ sion was then quite different from
now
To fill out the pause they looked
a!onS the table A beautiful young
men Apparently she had not noticed
Z that her flirting with the one had made
the other so unhappy. that he could no
longer conceal his feelings
That is the way Of women Dr.
A+lnger remarked They are cruel
when they know they hold the power
Poor women Did they really do
you SOC much harm, DR.. Klinger2'
For the first time he looked straight
I into her eyes
No he said 7 must not com
plain Of women They are nv audi
ence as they are the audience Of every
poet Men do not read poems now
and still you are so bitter against
US NO poet has ever Judged women
more harshly than you have in your
Am bitter? Perhaps You are right.
1neEe was one single incident in my
i lla when wanted to depict a deep
feeling one single experience which
mad emblttered my whole life"
she looked at him inQuiriugly.
nav not always, as, tonight, had
lne seat OF honor next to the most pop
ular and beautiful guest Of the party
ne said very slowly. once my place
was at the very lowest end Of the
table where sat the people whose pres
ence was merely permitted as a matter
or FORM. but not really wanted. At
ne olner end OF the table sat a young
81, very pretty and only is, but con-
ceIJed and self-cOnSciOus. She looked
at me with a half conteupr1ous smile
or possibly she Just overlooked me 7
was nothing but air to her. But
saw ner very well. she was the only
Iemale being I had ever known
was very young at that time Now I
an no longer able to understand that
/ could love her so passiOnareIy NV
mead and heart have been turned into
stone through longing for her Now
! no longer know what longing means
One OF ner cousins, a young. goOd-fOr-
n2tnlns, who died long ago teased her
YIN my love OF her and she laughed
sL-uuQ- can StIll hear her sllVery
laugh as she said Why. EEon- really
YOU are too rld1culOuSl That fellow,
why ne IS only the tutor of my broth
ers- She said this so loud that could
not help hearing it. And why nOt3
W nat was he to her but a miserable
save working for his uving2 It is
many years agO, more than ten, but
lneSe poisoned words from the lips OF
woman burned themselves into my
nearL and IL is from them that have
SoL All my bitterness, all my revOlu-
uOnary thoughts"
Gabrielle turned white as a ghost.
iIer fingers played nervOusly with
oIL OF orange peel on her plate The
tutor of her brothers" Now she knew
lhaI IL was no dream when she mag
med she had once seen a deeper feel
ING IN these wonderful ewes.
stammered.
1t must be strange for YOU TO think
OF yourSelr IN that lOwly position now
when the whole country admires you.
LlneS DO indeed change"
yes, and we change ourselves"
he looked straight at her now and
mere was a cold. sarcastic smile about
ms lips. a smile which she felt like
the blow of a whip. He sat at her
SIDE, polite and correct as ever. She
mad been cruelty punished. She knew
tnaL ne had read her innermOst
thoughts. even those that were not vet
born. and he had taken his revenge
W hen she was home once more IN
ner luxurious bedroom preparing to
lay aside her costly gown and dia-
mondS, she stiu saw before her eyes
MS cold. cOntemptuOus face She real
-IeC lnal her power was gone Tt had
slipped through her fingers and she
remarked that which to women like
ner. Is death sentence:
II am Old-ves. OIdr'
DENVER MAN Is KILLED
By LIGHTNING BOLT