The Ocala evening star. [volume] (Ocala, Fla.) 1895-1943, 1914-03-06

HSTnA; her husband to chow such
6sYsA stubborn force Failing to
dominate him as usual. sha was filled
with a arrange feeling of ttelplessness
and terror.
You had no right to afcept such
evidence" she stormed.
Bah. Why try to fool II lef | have
your own words for it. The other aft
ernoon | came home sickErwith my
head. ! was on the gallo Try outside
when you were pleading with him. and
| heard it all. But he was growing
tired of you That. you krt ow. makes
it all the more effective" He smiled
in an agonized fury.
"You-curr' she cried. with the fury
of one beating bareha nded bit barred
door You had no right I'd do such IL
thing even If were guilty.f
Right Aren't you my wtifew
The look she gave him twas heavy
with loathing. THAT means nothing
with us. | never loved yoh. and you
know it. You never could have sue
ceeded without me. All you have is
due to me-even your reputation in
the service Your success. syeur inf1u-
ence. it is all mine The debt is all
on your side. as you ard and all the
world know"
who made me manikAn?'' he de-
manded. with wOmanish fury. a fury
that had been striving fof uttera nee
these many years hadI ambitions
and hopes and ability oncet- not much
perhaps. but enough-beforf you mar
ried me. | was nothing great. but |
was getting along | had confidence.
too. but you took it away from me.
You-you absorbed me. Ydp had your
fathers brain. and it was too big for
me- 1t overshadowed mine. In way
you were vampire. for what | had
you drained me of. But tonight. when
be got up before those other men and
dangled my shame before my eyes, |
had enough manhood leftl in me to
strike back Thank God for that at
| least, Maybe it's not too lite yet for
me to be man. Maybe if get away
from you and try His vol zee died out
weakly In his face there was mis-
| cradle half CLEAN of hope.
81 never knew you felt like that
| never knew you could feel that way
she said in a colorless voice. But
| you made a terrible mistake"
DO you mean to say you don't love
him?'
NO. | have loved him for a long
time | can't remember when it be-
gan" She spoke very listlessly. look
ing past him as if at long familiar
picture which she was tired of con
tenlplating. Il never knew what love
was before: never even dreamed. I'D
| give my life right now to undo what
| you have done. just for his sake. fol
he is innocent. Oh. don't sheer: it's
true. He loves the Garavel girl and
wants to marry her. I'm going to tel
you the whole truth now without spar
ing myself 1t began. l think. at Ia
boga. that night when he kissed me
1t was the only time he ever did such
a thing 1t was dark. we were alone
| was frightened. and it was purely
impulse on his part But it woke me
| up. and all at once | knew how much
he meant to me. When | discovered
that he cared for that girl well, If yor
overheard you must know. | brighten
ed Garavel into dismissing him, and
set out TO break him. just to show hin
that he needed me- Toni hit he scorn
ed me- That's the truth. Stephen. Il
we believed in Oaths | wo' d swear it.
"You are shielding him You wan
to make me out wrong" But she
knew he knew.
Those are the facts. Heaven know:
they are bad enough. but hey are b,
no means SO bad rs you Thought An'
I'm your wife. Stephen. That thin:
you did was brutal. Those men will
talk ~as guilty no dofbt in m,
thoughts. hut I'm young. AM you hav'
no right to blight my life al ID my rep
utation-yeS, and yourS-by / thing like
that. We will have to meet fhose men
What are you going to do:"
Il don't know" be said. Tin all m,
life | never felt but one 1oInent %
power. and that. it seems. TWAS false
For years | have lon@ed tOishow my
self man. and now-whIt have
done? What have dpne:f | am N
: monster Why couldn't yiu be con
sistent: Why did you ID halfway
Why couldn't you he all good or al
bad and save me this:
"-All women are half good and hal
bad"
Il can't blame you for not log ing me
| suppose" he mumhied- NO woman
of your kind couId love. 4. man likt
me-
Those mem" she said in way th;i
made him writhp
Wait nLfil think must think