Bisbee daily review., 1914-12-03

E GE 1e tsaflG iN-faa-[ " couraged you by word or look Can not you realize that by persisting in them you only excite loathing and fear
 But. no. l am not afraid of you The voice abruptly softened. And don't loathe you. John; it's wicked for me to say such a thing; but you will drive me to loathing you If you persist in making love to me. l do not love you. l never have, l never can
 A roar from the man cut short her words.
 Damn 1t, I'll make you love mel" The words rattled harshly in his throat Do you think l have been working and waiting all these years from any sense Of duty or loyalty to your father? Then the more fool you. It was for you-do you hear me? You! l meant at She first that you should be my wife; l have meant it all along; l mean it now more than ever. And by God you shan't turn me down m this way! l won't-l cant stand it!
 There was a pause. The stiffness of the mouldering corridors and empty chambers seemed to gather and weigh down upon the listener like palpable substance. What should he do; re- treat without letting his presence be known, or open the door and inter fere? So far the girl had demonstrated her ability to handle the eituation, and he shrank from appearing as an of | "a him, until he was vouchsafed at least a hint of the alterations outcome, he could not depart
 The silence was quite abruptly broken by the girls voice, cold now and biting
 John, stand away from the door | and let me by"
 No response from the man. Are you going to let me pass?' And again, apparently. he was un- | able to contain himself.
 "No!" he burst forth. If all my months of waiting and giving-myself, yund the best of me for you-if my only payment is to be scoFn and contempt l suppose you d call it-then. by heaven! I'll make you suffer! I'll break your spirit; ! III"
 "John!" in a shocked voice.
 He did not heed; all restraint was thrown to the winds, and he drove on 7 in @ reckless frenzy of speech.
 You think ] care what happens to me, do you? Huhl Blame little you know about John Callis. If l cant have you l don't care a whoop in hades what becomes of me. If ] can have you nobody else shall. Scream I if you want to-yell at the top of youl voice-theres nobody to hear you"
 "Johnl" The girl was now genuine ly alarmed. Don't talk so wildly Youu regret this And dont-don' look at me like that" Another brie
 pause and she concluded pleadingly
 Please, John, let me gol"
 q shan't"-doggedly
 What do you mean to do with me
 John?"
 T don't know. I haven't made uI my mind Maybe I'll kill you-if yol drive me to it"
 The girl must have rushed towart
 the door. desperately striving to vii past him, and just as certainly h. ! must have caught her and stayed he
 steps. What followed was pretty mucl Q confused in Van Vechten's mind Ther
 was a sound of scufHinE; the incense , listener in the hall heard the girl CT out in an agitated voice: "Oh! YoI 5 are hurting mel" which was immed ! ately followed by a stifed shriek tha ' chilled the blood in his veins. Next instant he had grasped tn ' l knob and thrown all his weight agains
 the door.
 |, It was unbolted and crashed ope Il with explosive violence. His irruI m ton promptly quieted the disturbance d The man-it was the sandy-complel
 toned man-stood with dropped jav
 staring blankly at the intruder n And the girl? His heart leaped. HI a whole being was suffused with a var
 glow. The girl that he had despaire |, of ever seeing again, what unhapp , mischance had brought her to th n peril? And what unrecognized me a- sage had prompted him to arrive upo a the scene SO opportunely?
 After the first shock of pleased su 70 prise, Van Vechten famed. the if turned to ice. His regard travelled e the man in a narrowed look of sng,
 that left him white to the lips. It VI , hard look, an ugly, wicked look tn , spelled danger.
 70 But his lifelong habit of repressiC d checked any violent display of feeliI . on his part. The spell was brok' n when he composedly advanced a st' r farther into the room. not for an
 stant moving his steely regard fro , the man. All of a sudden his thin If | twisted in an odd little smile tn Io was not at all pleasing to see.
 ''Well7" he said quietly. Save [ u the unmisakable undercurrent e menace, the tone might have been [
 fable.
 So profound was the other mar s stuuefsetion that he mechanically l