The Mount Holly news. [volume] (Mount Holly, Burlington Co., N.J.) 1891-1942, 1914-05-05

hdu0s LOOh LAO whip AAOA4 SAO oAOAe,AA
socket, and gave the dog several cut
ting lashes that sent it whining and
covering away.
"Oh. don't" pleaded Lois. at the
look of terror in its eyes.
I'll teach 1t not to bark at teams"
he retorted CURLY. Then In changed
tone, drawing the robes around her.
I'll be back in a very few minutes"
Left alone, Lois faced the reality of
what she was about to do. Should
she leave the safe conventionality of
the old life for the unknown allure
ment OF the new? She realized she
could love Wendell with more TO
mantle love than she had ever felt for
VIII Ellis; but on the other hand she
could also feel greater anger and great
er jealousy toward him. He seemed
to have the power Of rousing all the
turbulent emotions In her nature.
"And as he said-tt-s for nfe." she
shiveringly reminded herself. and
above the glamour of his personality
she seemed to see again the look Of
abject terror in the little dogs eyes as
he had whipped It, This cruelty In
his nature BODIED Ill for her happiness.
II can't go on" she declared with
revulsion of feeling. Without any
formulated plan except to get back
home as soon as possible she sprang
out of the sleigh, and with trembling
haste lest Wendell should return be-
fore she got away, tied the horses to
the rack and scurried down the snowy
street.
The south-bound FIVE O'Clock inter-
urban train was soon due and she re-
solved to catch that She had NO
money with her, so she decided to
stop In the grocery store at which
they were in the habit of trading and
borrow some from kind old Mr. Dan
by who was lifelong friend Of the
family. AS she was going in the door
her name was called. CHANGING around
in startled fear she saw VIII Ellis,
the last person on earth she wished
to see just then. sitting In a sleigh in
front of the store.
I'm on my way back to Endicott;
will you come with me-or were you
going with the other man?" The
sarcasm in his tone told her that in
some way he had heard of her ride
to Clayville with Harry Wendell
Tam going home on the car she
flashed.
He alighted from the sleigh, and
drew back the robes. Get in," he said
peremptorily.
Lois, surprised into docility by his
unexpected firmness, obeyed Ellis
touched the horse with the whip, and
they were carried swiftly away to
the tune of 1ingling sleigh bells
Neither spoke until the town lay far
behind them, then he turned:
Have you anything to say, Lois?''
Merely that I'm not going to mar
ry you-or Harry Wendell either"
You're hard to please" His lips
curved in a hooking smile. We're
the two extremes for you to choose
from"
She gave a hysterical little laugh.
That's tiff you'd been more like
Harry, or he like you, l could really
love either or-but you're the two ex-
tremes In temperament" Then she
added In resentment You never
really tried to win me Will You had
every chance In the world but you
took everything SO stupidity for grant
ed Why, If you were half as lacka-
daisical in your business as you've
been in your wooing. you'd have gone
into bankruptcy long agoi"
There was silence-a long throb-
bling silence-during which she leaned
back white and spent, and the man
sat with tense strained face staring
straight before him as If RELIEVING the
past. Then he turned and clasped her
hand that still wore his diamond.
VIII you give me another chance
Lois-begin all over again and let me
try to win your"
Her eyes answered his question as
they read new strength and determin-
alton in his and the romantic side of
her nature-that strain which few per
sons suspected-thrilled in response;
while the sensible Heaton part of her
noted with placid satisfaction that in
the same old peaceful way. ahead Of
them shone the lights OF home.
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