New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1914-12-13

moved slowly toward the house. Lakenham changed
At once into her vacant chair Jermyn, from his place
on the courts, saw what had happened and promptly
served two faults.
Lucille will chaff one all the time Lakenham re-
marked BIT useful with her tongue too, isn't she'
All the same have been rather anxious to have httc
chat with you, Miss Cluey'
Really"
you know, he went on, Il wish you wouldn't be-
have As though | wanted to eat you up, or something
of that sort. | am OF a forgving nature haroor NO
anlnositv and bear no grudges:
She kncw then that he remembered. Everything Tor
\ moment seemed reCede from her The voices o.
the tennis PLAYERS seemed TO come from some IaI-oI
world The breeze in the trees, the perfume oil the
burnt ars the fragrance of the roses always mssent,
s,,rl, bIonged to one Of those halcyon, haforgocn
da,,i This was another world in which she was living
now.-the world Of her misery!
Won see. nv memory isn't quite so rotten as you
must have thought it was, Lakenham continued 81
haven't forgotten all about the Gaiciy Iheater at
Blackpool and Miss May Marvis
She was trembling. Her eyes, which sought ms nov,
were full of tears "The money!! she fatcrcd 81 ought
obave sent YOU the money back Oh have thought OF
+, y hundred times: but was afraid was afraid that
YOU might trace me through it! was wicked OF me-.
He laughed loudly almost boiscrously. you si..
childl" he exclaimed What do YOU suppose that iD"
mounds meant TO me? You can't imagine ! ever in-
tended YOU to repay it? 1t gift, OF course l'
was your broken promise that | minded.
She looked at him like wounded animal Nothing
that he could possibly have said could have hur So
much 81 was mad!" she murmured. I'VE were bot.
half starved: the company had come 10 greet, "e
hadn't even the money for tickets to London and
they told me that Mary wouldn't live unc,, could take
her 10 a nursing home where she would be properly
looked after But was mad know H. couldn't
| shouldn't really ever have kept my word
~You took the money" he reminded her, "and you
took it upon that understanding
note of passion crcpt into her tone. 81 had 20 a.,
it, She declared Call it thieving, if you like Char-
me with theft III plead guilty did steal the money.
stole it for her Look at her now. Do you see ho"
healthy she i53 Wasn't it worth it,
Il tell YOU that do care he persisted, $40 think
of the money. | think rather OF your promi1.-'he
promise that still remains.
She sat quite still, with closed eyes.
Il wish" he went on, you woudnt take j. iuf
granted that am al enemy.
If YOU are not an enemy, she replied swiftly "H.N
do YOU mention it at all? Why could you MOT have pre-
tended that YOU did not recognize me- and have gone
away? What does it matter YOU, II Is AT oter and
done with"
He laughed in a sclt-satistied sort OF way. Miss
Svbi he said Il tell YOU frankly that I'm not unsc.Sh
enough for those things. warn YOU that am going 10
give YOU a bit of shock It's regular quecr sort OF
thing that's happened to me- Oh, you'll be- interested
presently. if You'll listen. Don't understand &, myself
a bit he continued, speaking half 20 himself no" and
watching the smoke from the cigarette that he had
lust lit curl its way upward. "Ot course I've had heaps
OF affairs, and the marriage traps I've escaped from
God bless my soul / ought to write my memoirs, or
whatever YOU call it. just to show people what ieo"
with title and big income has to go through That
what makes it surprising.
Makes what so surprising she asked.
He turned and looked at her. She began TO shiFer
A gnmering Of the truth forced its way in upon her
consciousness There things in his tace-the ugly
= mas as they seemed TO her.