The Washington herald., 1914-07-05

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@All right Let's have some of them
now"
"Oh, no, no, we haven't time"
I'VE have a full half hour. ! could
put through a lot of things, do lot of
business, in that time"
"Oh, how can you be so hard" 1t
was just whisper, but he heard it.
Hard? What's hard about that? You
want to talk, and / tell you to go ahead
that is, If you can talk saneiy and SEN
sibly without going into Mysteries. l
have had about all of that / intend to
have. Now what's the mstter"
She had hid her face against the arm
Of the chair, trying to smother her sobs.
You've been wanting to see me, you
say. Well, I'm here now. Is it helping
you much?"
She did not answer.
He was walking up and down the
room now, his hands in his pockets, his
eyes dark with anger. You've got just
! ten minutes. Do you want to talk to me
or not?"
She could not answer-her sobs were
all the more convulsive because Of her
efforts to stife them.
DO you want to talk to me or not?
No answer but a sob.
Then here's where l talk to you.
Now listen. If you keep this thing up,
I'm through. Do you understand? I'm
through. Right here is where l cancel
every promise | ever made you. I'm
not going to marry a nervous, hysterical
woman-not if she's the last woman on
earth. And | want you to know that
now. Unless from now on you can
prove to me that you're normal, sane,
cheerful. sensible woman I'm going to
cut it all QUITO cut it out Have |
made that clear? No, you're not going
to leave this room. You're going to
stay right here. We're going to have
this thing out now"
"Oh, don't, don't-you're killing me-"
Something is always killing you,'
contemptuously Come back here! I'm
not through yet Do you hear me?
Come back here and sit down"
With little cry she swayed and fell
forward on the floor.
Some more of your acting, is it?
Well, you'll find that it won't work"
He made no motion to come to her or
to help her up. She lay quite still. He
kept on walking up and down the room.
Several moments passed. Then he came
over, roughly jerked her up by the arm.
and almost threw her onto a nearby
couch.
Now that's just about enough of that.
I'm goingl Tomorrow leave for Buff
falo for ten days or two weeks. I'll
call you up when get back, but I'm not
coming here again until things are
mighty different from what they are
now. I've had about enough, do you
understand? Just about enough! Now
good-by"
She heard him cross the room; she
knew it was for his hat and cane Then
the door closed-hard. She heard his
step down the hall, then the sound o
the elevator.
For over an hour she lay motionless
where he had left her. She was not
sobbing; she lay quite still, her eyes
closed. Then she rose and went to the
telephone.
"Gramercy 1908. Is that the Dris-
coll: l should like to speak to Mr..
Worthington." A short wait. We'll, |
when he comes in, will you say Miss
Mathews would like him to call her up?"
She hung up the receiver, then took
it down again.
Plaza oo34. The Westerners' Club?
Is Mr.. Worthington there? If he comes
in this evening, will you ask him to call
up Miss Mathews:"
Their she went back to the couch.
Another hour passed and more, and
still she lay there with closed eyes. Then
the telephone rang.
"Hellol Yes, I wanted to see you.
Are you free? Could you come up this
evening? No, I'd rather not go out to
dinner-not this evening. No, I'm not
i'll. l didn't know my voice was differ
ent. Yes. about 8. Good-by'
Again she went back to the couch. 1t
was go. and, save for the lights from
the street, the room was quite dark.
In less than half an hour the tele-
phone rang again.
'Mr. Worthington is calling" the girl
will you ask him to come up"
So he had come at once. He had
been too anxious and worried to wait.
All, that was love! Why should fate so
often misplace II?
an the dark? Why. Margaret, what
Is it," He switched on the lights, came
over, and took both her hands. You
are so pale. and your hands are like ice.
What has happened?"
She tried to smile. "Oh, many things.
But you needn't have come without your