The Washington times., 1913-09-25

YT's practically the same. You
soon will be-
You lie!''
Her low voice became almost
shrill as she flung the words at him.. /
could hear him laughing quietly at her.
The cards are out, il you Will recoi-
lect. Not invitation cards-announce-
ments.''
Your work.
Certainly, and excellently done. And
you aoitted 1t this very evening at the
White House"
IF YOU were going to deny it at all.
why didn't you deny it then? At the
Very first opportunity you acknowi-
edged it Do you wish to know why
you deny it? / will tell you. You lacked
the courage Perhaps you had little
courage once; / don't know. I'm not
particularly interested. You have none
now-nore. Do you hear me? What
ever you may nave had is mine. Look
at me and tell me that you have courage.
Well, why don't you? Look at me-
He paused and gave her full oppor-
tunity to answer. If she said anything,
] was unable to hear the words.
'Notshaving the courage, he resumed
to other persons that you are my wife
until the situation logically results in
the formality of a ceremony.
Il would rather die than that!
On, no, i MINK nOl. lou re Hpl OlO
enough to die yet And you haven't
the courage for that, either. I'll admit
tnat you're stubborn; / haven't been
able to get all that out Of YOU yet-but
! will. Be sure Of thati It's not SO i'm
portant, anyhow, because stubbornness
without courage is merely negative.
You're just neSation at present. The
reason you'll marry me is because you
still have pride and shame, and par
ticOlarly keen sensitiveness to the
- nrh Il Inn
having those things. When / got your
courage away from you 1 took the first
ard the biggest step.
His voice was cool, even pleasant.
TO her a thousandfold more shocking
to me than il he had spoken them
roughly or in passion. He seemed to
possess an instinct for infiicting ex-
qulsite torture and delight IN watching
the effects of It. | could imagine her.
,white-faced and with terror-stricken
eyes, helpless against him.
1T isn't that i want you particularly,
he went On. You're all right in your
way; you're good-looking and well
But I'm not infatuated with you at all.
] Just need you. You are useful to me.
You are quite docile now; you'll be even
more SO after awhile. But you won't
mind that 1 shan't be cruel t" you. n
that's what you are afraid of. Not in
the least. So long as you ar" careful
10 obey me, there'll never be any fric-
ton at all. And you will obey; that's
settled
Vinton had apparently refined his
method 10 the uttermost point. 1t was
like the steady, even dropping of water
upon a stone Reiteration was his maxim
1t was only question of time when
the stronger will would dominate
completely. when she would come to
believe-yes, to know-that what he
trld her was tine truth and that her
courage was gone.
Yet ] think even he was surprised
at the sudden fury which was
aroused in her now. Perhaps, had she
known that she was alone with this
mar. there would have been no out
burst but she knew that ! must be
listening, and every ounce of pride
and modification that was in her
leaped u her own defense. She was
being made a pitiful. contemplate
crcature-within my hearing. 1t was
not hard for me to understand the |
revolt. but ] imagine II puzzled Vim |
ton. |
Il will not obey" she said in low,
tremt ling tones. II will not marry |
vcu. ] will endure all disgrace, all |
hGm 'liatior before that. | do not fear |
you. You think YOU have taken my |
courage from me You lie. You are |
ontemptible-brutal. You |
have attempted the most horrible tor
turo that a man can inflict upon a |
woman-to make me lose my own
E'cd opinion of myself. You have |
trieo TO make me crinGe for myself: |
10 make me pity and despise myself
ARG | tell you / will not"
She was defending herself not to
Ninton. but to me.
and this is the END Of it." she
went on rapidly. her voice rising !
DO you hear? The end Of