The Ocala evening star. [volume] (Ocala, Fla.) 1895-1943, 1914-06-22

lot or gooo aov1ce. LII give you
some. Are you In love with that girl?"
Yes" Hayes grunted; good night
Is that all?"
NO" Slade paused, watching Hayes
through narrowed eyelids. That girl
needs q large pie with every one of
her fingers in it. Bob. I'm sorry for
you. Your pie isn't big enough"
"WelLit's my pie. Good night"
and he was gone.
After Hayes had gone. Slade sat, his
arms resting on the table. staring into
space. Every now and then the cor
ners OF his mouth came down and his
eyes narrowed. He was thinking OF
Katherine Strickland and Hayes. That
woman for Hayes! Hayes must be
presumptuous pup TO ever think OF
winning that queen. Such women were
meant for the kings Of the earth-not
for their hirelingR.
Suddenly SHADES eyes lighted with
the nre Of decision. His mouth BE-
came Q nrm, straight line Of deter.
mination. There was something Inn
plAcable and grim In his very attitude
a the resolve to win Katherine Strick-
land became fixed in his mind He
longed to hurry after her-t0 tell her
Of his decision to fight, II not with,
then for her. He was eager to show
her Just how much they two together
could make ont Of life. q big. nne tight
for position and power.
Even the thought Of being governor
was left In the distance az plan after
plan raced through his mind, of greater
conquests and bigger achievements,
possible only with woman like Kath-
crime Strickland for his wife. So alb
sorbed and intense were his thoughts
of the future with her for the moment
he forgot completely the woman who
for 80 years had kept her place as his
wife. In all his dealings he had never
considered obstacles, except to sweep
them from his path. AS he remem-
bered the present and Mary. he never
hesitated or faltered from his newly
made resolution.
Mary could go.it alone. He would
see that she had everything that
money could buy. He would make her
she should be further considered never
entered his mind. Always ruthless In
his methods, he was equally cruel even
when the obstacle to his advancement
was q fragile little woman who had
given him the best of her love and
years and who would gladly have laid
down her life to save his.
It was not as II q sudden flame Of
intensive, overwhelming love for Kath-
crime Strickland had surged through
his heart. II was nothing as decent
or as fine or as blameless as that. His
whole attitude toward the girl was
one of cold-blooded acquisition. He
had determined to have her just as he
had determined only last week to out
bid every other man at the rug auc
ton. He wanted her to take q place
in his life because he knew what her
value would be to him. He. wanted her
beauty. her brain. her SAVIOR faire. az
SO many stepping stones by which to
mount higher and higher in the affairs
OF the state and the nation.
In spite Of the fact that he criticized
his wife's lack Of social graces. he
was wise enough to know that he was
far from q finished product himself.
In spite Of himself. traces Of the par
venu occasionally showed through the
veneer Of blum and arrogance. With
q wife like Katherine he would soon
come to know all the fine points of the
social game. A wife like Katherine
would cover up multitude of his lit.
tie sins Of commission and omission.
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