The Julesburg grit-advocate., 1914-04-23

- his assistant. va0 constantly eeso
With her on the streets. at the opsee
the play, He showed. In sbost 1os
he found her society wholly agreeabss
upon every possible oecasioa- II tbs
was In bad taste. II many o. Dose y
the usual guess. pat Il At tbs podne g
improperly. John Ravn gave hinseh
10 concern. The Ravn aristseseey -
gan IN him. He founded It. vas ~
Charismagns. Its william ths CseSnAr
o.. - ruthless. - regardless ee eeeee@
~ sslAsh. - nsgalomaniac - ths eeoe
OF kings Here. Therefore. Uees I've
aristocrats! They ran veil II essese-
II u not to BE- supposed that eafl
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fail to realize the full import oe ~
this. She let the slings and sRFo0e
fall upon the buckler of her perseee
dignity and her perfect beauty. bst ~
felt tAsir impact. She Was pssSectly
In hand. knew perfectly veil her misA.
knew perfectly well the price shs osse
pay. She let matters take their coSrso.
knowing that they vsrs aAvancanG
safely and surely in one directIoa. tAaa
which she desired. 8hs was more
skilled in human nature thaa her s9-
ployer. saw deeper into . man's hsast
than hs had ever looked into woo-
ans!
And thea. at last. the life schedule
Of virginia Delaware Vas veriAsd. ~
last. the inevitable happened.
On one Of these many trips TO Nsw
York. Miss Delaware had been aione
In her apartments At the hotel for
most of the afternoon. In the evening.
before the dinner hour. she vas sun
moned to meet Mr.. Rawn In oas Of
the hotel parlors. At once she noted
his suppressed excitement He scarce
could wait until they were alone. In
4 far corner Of the room. before n
planning to her the cause.
Il don't like to say this. Miss Dsla.
ware" no began. but I've got TO do
it,"
What do you mean. Mr.. Rawn!'
she replied In her usual low and clear
tones
There's been TALK"
Talk! About WHAT"
"Us!"
About US! What can you mean.
Mr.. Rawn!" she asked.
The world 10 30 confoundedly
small. my dear girl. that 1t seems ev.
erything you do 10 known by every
body else. OF course. 4 man like my
self 10 In the public eye: but we've
always minded our business. and 1t
ought not to have been anybody else's
business beyond that"
You disturb me. Mr.. Ravn! What
has happened?"
But now. tonight. now-just .
little while ago-I met this fellow Ack-
erman-you know him-big man In
the company-used to be general traf-
old railroad where began-well. he
was drunk. and he talked"
What could he say?"
He got me by the coat collar and
proceeded to tell me how much-how
much-well. to tell tho truth. he con
nected your name and mine. II he
wasn't drunk-and = director-I'd go
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him! What business was 1t of his :?
OF course. men don't mind such things
10 much. But when It comes to you
why. my dear girl!"
The truth has already been stated
regarding John Rawn: that. batra-
chan. halfdormant for almost half
century. and then putting into bust
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love and sex, he had passed life Of
singular innocence. or ignorance, as
to womankind. He had never counte
nanced much gossip about women be
cause he had little interest In the
topic. The grande passion marks
most Of US for its own now and again.
or 10 to be feared now and again; but
the srande passion had passed by John
Rawn. He was now approaching fifty
years Of age. Married he had been,
and divorced: but he had not yet been
In love.
He now spoke to his like, his mate
in the hunt. Of the opposite sex,
young woman who at that very mo-
ment was a. beautiful q creature a.
uAA8hk neVV VOSu AVUuO On al Mali
haitian. . woman known In all Man
haitian now a. the mysterious Lady
Of the Lightnings." the goddess Of the
stock certificates Of one OF the most
mammoth American corporations. 4
creature over whom Manhattan's most
critical libertines were crazed-and
helpless; moreover. . woman who. out
Of all those In the great caravanserai
At that moment might ~ we'll as any
have been chosen as the very type Of
gentle breeding and of gentle woman
hood alike. But she had not yet been
In love.
Il don't understand. Mr. Rawn." re-
peated she slowly. What possible
ground could Mr. Alderman have had?
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