Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1913-10-24
CHAPTER XlUl.-Continued.

Some time soon, | hope. I'm Sick
and tired Of It all here, Gloria. To
day 1t has seemed like the game isn't
worth the candle. What do you Think
I'm all in the dark, too" was her
confession. Slowly and surely In the
shadow Of her shattered hopes and his
unhappy conflict OF duty and desire
were they being drawn closer together
than even they had been when they
laughed with the spring and dreamed
OF the days to come In a radiant sun
shine Of uDwhispered love.
Il don't know what to think" Gloria
went on in a low tone. II don't seem
20 understand Belmont"
why don't you 90 away? Don't
you want to-"
What for? | know the life out
there" She made a sweeping gcs-
ture which seemed to encompass all
the world outside the four walls which
shut them in together. ut wouldn't
really satisfy me any more-to live
as used to live"
yet your life here" He left the
rest to her.
mo, this doesn't satisfy me either"
"ln n word, Gloria, you're not hap
~"
Instead of replying directly, she
asked with a dropping OF her hands
to her sides In a hopeless fashion;
rs anybody in the whole world
happy? Are you happy2"
Don't you think | ann"
I'm afraid not"
The appealing way she looked at
him, her whole soul yelling up in her
eyes, brought him to his feet and set
him to pacing nervously up and down.
He looked fatigued, distressed, beside
himself with care. She forgave him
yerything but his studied refusal to
vt her share whatever weighed upon
b N. Could he not see, she thought,
w she yearned to tell him that
r lither he went there she would go
$3.50, that his joys would be all her
Joys and that his burdens would be
divided with her, that love divided all
sorrow and doubled all Joy?
Wright could stand 1t no longer,
He saw her before him, trembling with
that same emotion that shook him,
atlame with the same fire that burned
within him, mutely questioning him
with her big, soulful eyes. How could
hA n, 10 ntnAnIH r,r frat ,aath -
neglect except by telling her what she
long ago had guessed. but what more
recently she had a right to doubt? He
felt weak where he wanted to be
she loved him was all that he needed
to make him invincible. With her &C.
knowledged love in his heart there
was nothing he could not do.
"Oh. Gloria, | can't tell you what a
fight I'm making. You wouldn't un
derstand, Business Is business, out
side n woman's realm, but I've missed
you so much this last month"
At this declaration she caught hel
breath. JOY, she found, could some
times prove the twin Of pain. Tha'
this man, this strong. fearless man
IN his struggles had missed her, haC
intimated a longing for dependence,
upon her, made her heart bound. Love
eve when his banners have beef
flung forth to the breeze leagues be
fore the castle wall is reached, neve
ceases to be a surprise when at las
the knock at the gate Is heard.
You've no right to say our worl
ia outside of woman's realm II you'v,
If you've missed something a woma
could supply"
Something the one oma coult
supply he corrected.
II must be going" she said. risinI
from her chair; I'm afraid Mr.
Hayes isn't coming"
He stepped between her and tn
door. letting her take several step
forward, because they brought he
closer to him, before he said: