Iron County news. [volume] (Hurley, Wis.) 1913-1950, 1913-11-08

! sciously shifted TO get a glimpse OF
| himself in the mirror.
But now, my business proposition
is very simple 1t holds good for one
evening, Miss Delaware was Just
going to propose that we forget all
this unhappiness. and do little pre-
tending for one night, cay for one
hour or So"
He fumbled IN his waistcoat pocket,
and drew out something which sudden
1y famed into dancing points and rays
in the light that fell upon IT, She
stood motionless while he passed
about her NECK tiny thread, delicate
as If spun of moonlight She held out
her hand, and he slipped over it a
cleaning ring OF gems. She bent her
head. and he placed a sparkling orna-
ment in her hair. She had seen these
jewels before. She turned 20 the
glass now, her bosom heaving as she
saw them CLEAN at her own neck, her
own hands. In her own hair She held
out her hands to look at them now.
and the gems flashed back challenge
to her eyes. sparkling yet more bril-
liantly.
1T was nothing" said John Rawn
tersely. That's all that lacked. You're
good as the best now. I've seen no
woman In this city that is your equal
in beauty. You were born for this
life. Now do you understand what I
mean? | say, you can carry 1t Off"
She turned to him. another woman,
changing on the instant, something in
her eyes he had never seen before.
But in his own eyes there was at the
time nothing save the original calm
and purposefulness.
"As was saying. then, since we can
both carry it off, why not do so for an
hour or SO? I've read somewhere Of
masquerades. Why not try it,"
She turned to him, flushed. radiant,
but slightly frowning, puzzled, study
ing him. Rawn felt the query OF her
look, felt also something stirring down
in mis- nature which he grappled at
once and was able to suppress. His
voice was cool and low as it was be-
fore
IT'S a big crowd below, and we'll
be lost in It, I've learned already that
you can be discreet Wen drop down
in there, where no one knows US.
Wen try ourselves out. and see
whether Wen do. here where the test
is hardest. You're ambitious? So am
l. This is the heart Of the world
the place of gratified ambitions. What
do you say. Miss Delaware? I've been
nearly as l can see, I'm the only man
in this avenue worth million dollars
who at this precise moment of the
day isn't talking to some good-looking
womani"
You fatter mel" commented the
girl He did not endeavor any analy-
sis.
Not in the least! l simply talk
sense and business to you. l covet
what you coyet. love what you love.
want what you want Things which
are equal to the same thing ought to
be equal to each other-for just lit
tie while, Miss Delaware, Isn't it
true? II it is only play, why. let's play
at it.
81 forgot to tell YOU" he added
that my son-in-law, Mr.. Halsey, has
gone back to Chicago. He was sum
moned by wire. No one else knows us
both There wouldn't be one chance
in many Of our being seen by anyone
here who knew either Of us, and If so.
what harm? Wen go and dine as we'll
as the best of them, in the main room.
u TAn1
She stood facing him now, seeming
years older than she had a few mo
ments before. very skilled OBJ
server might possibly have suspected
certain new quality in the calmness
of her eye. Beautiful she certainly
was; alluring, irresistible in the an.
cient appeal Of woman. she certainly
ought to have been and would have
been to any but this particular man
who now stood facing her. half smil-
ing; man of middle age, gray about
the temples, of heavy-browed eyes,
strongly lined face. of strong and bony
frame; not an Unlocking or unmanly
man one might have said, though
years older than this young woman
who stood now threading between her
fingers the hlmy moonshine chain
which suspended the points of fame
that rose and fell upon her bosom
Al last she said. hesitating, and
holding up the flaming pendant. I'm
not to keep them?"
NO. Marguerite!" he smiled. This
particular Papa Faust retains a string
on those Jewels They have been seen
elsewhere, my dear girl. No. one
nights use of them is all this business
proposition carries, my dear"
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