Wauwatosa news. [volume] (Wauwatosa, Wis.) 1900-1948, 1914-12-04

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.e All right" Mark lighted hi, d,
You've done your duty" us cigar
but this is little more tbo.
= Baker hesitated. rob b O0'y
all Some things become % nang Il
only plain speech serves painful
need to be told of the storie 0u aont
around. Lately it's occurred g sung
that you've been letting us talo = ne
at face, without trying to con oe mem
them. That's the thing ia d ~
IF were in the right But il n a.
carried to extremes. Have I vor ~au %
mission to say that the stories - . per
let us say, overdrawn?"
You have not. Iife's foo d.
enter into q contest with ruroo-"
But your silence"
Is my affair" Mark answered. -.
ly, rising. You may say n s ru
meticulous friend that I'm ehon tOu
resign from this club"
Baker. too. rose, looking at Mo-,
keenly. -0SfK
"oh, come. Truitt," he no...
that's sal'
But Mark cut him short. "At ,a...
1t will save him and his sort the 10
cessity of setting a precedent .bs,
would decimate the club. Good sra
ming" WV
Henley, who had been out Of N.
city when Mark returned came hscs
soon after the latter took up his resi-
dence in the hotel. Mark approaches
him with the inward shrinking th.,
preceded every new meeting Just then
You've picked up physically" Hen.
ley remarked after cool handsbaka
six months in the woods account,
for that"
I'D think. If it was doing YOU 80
much good, you'd have stayed"
In other words?"
In other words" said Henley. why
did you come back now?"
Mark laughed holloway. ct didn't
know I'd become a notorious char
acter."
How, in heavens name" Henley
exclaimed, did you let yourself get
caught in a divorce court scandal? I'd
have thought that you, of all men.
If you had to play the fool, would at
least have used finesse."
So even Henley believed the rumors!
AT any rate, no one but myself is
hurt"
That's not true. Every one who
had anything to do with you is more
or less hurt. The company is reflected
on. l." Henley concluded with an air
that declared the indictment to be
complete and unanswerable, Il am be.
smirched, because we're known to be
in so many things together"
That" Mark returned coldly, "can
be easily cured. We can wind up our
affairs. And I'm ready to resign from
the company"
You can't cure the fact that we
have been together. And you can't
resign. Are you going to add to the
scandal by marrying that woman
What woman?" Marks voice was
cool and steady.
THE one that turned your head and
your wife was smart enough to dis
cover
You've heard names, them"
NO." growled Henley. She's
mysterious as the rest of your
does"
LAS mythical, you mean" Mark an
swered In voice that did not betrg
his relief. There was no woman"
What! You mean these stories
aren't true?"
You'd seen me almost every day fof
years. You might have guessed that
But last year-those women
AN experiment In idiocy-nothins
worse. There were no women, except
at arms length"
Henley surveyed him keenly. "Then
how did these stories get out? But
you needn't answer. / can guess.
woman is never clever except when
she's up to mischief.
However" he went on, this pu~
a different face on the matter, AS you
say, might have guessed the truth
This, for Henley, was abject apology
Mark shook his head. My resisnS
ton holds just the same"
Are you going to let little IAlA
drive you out?" Henley demanded.
1T isn't that. l had decided Delofe
I knew of it. I'm tired of the scramble
l want-peace." Mark laughed alS
cordantly. And I'm getting 1t WIN
vengeance
AS much as you'll ever get i7
Henley returned promptly / kno"
what you want. Who doesntT Soui0
time or other every man wants, OF
thinks he wants, peace And II We
had it, we'd want to die. l toid yoO
once before-things are. Accept men,
fit yourself to them, Forget THEORIES
that lead nowhere. Pick out the 'nAne
you want most and fight until you eo'
it. Then fight to keep it BESIDES yo1
aren't a mistit. The trouble VIII 'Oa
ia your strength is your greaIeS'