The labor world. [volume] (Duluth, Minn.) 1896-current, 1915-01-02

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tired of yon 3s 4, Int yoi know, ma kesA
y Il all the more e'' He smiled
4 IN an agonized fury.
st s5'..fou---c,,r.', she esied. with the fury
Of one beating barehanded ata barred
door. "a = OH had no right to do such 4
thing even if | weresEnilty.''#@..> /; .8*$
!. Right Aren't ron my wife -
The look she gave. him was heavy
( with loathing. '.That mems nothing
with us. never loved you. and you
know it. You never could have sue
ceeded without ME. AL, you have is
due to me-even your. reputation in
the service Your success. your infiu-
ence. 1t is all mine. The. debt is all
on your side. as you and and all the
h world know : y. ~
Who made me a manikin?" he de:
handed. with vomanish fury, a fury
that bad heen striving for <utterance>
these many years had ambitions
and hopes and ability once-not much
perhaps. but enough-before sou mar:
rted me- was nothing great. but J.
was getting along / had confidence.
too, but you took it away, from me,
T You-you absorbed me. You had, your
fathers brain, and 1t was too big for
me-, It overshadowed mine: In a way
you were u vampire. for what | had
you drained me o.. But tonight, when
he got up before those other men and
dangled my shame before. my eyes. ! :
had enough manhood: left in mo to
strike back. Thank God fpr that a: :
least! Maybe. it's. not too late yet for
me to hea IMAM. Maybeji IL get way
from you and try''-"His voice died on!
weakly In his face there was mis-
cradle half CLEAN Of hope.
Il never knew YOU felt like that.
never knew you could feel that way
she said in 4 t:olorless voice. But
you made 4 terrible mistake,
DO you, mean to say you don't love
him. 49,. .5z,<s'te.. .. - :, -.
mo. l have loved him for long
time. u can't re;nen,ber when it be-.
gan" She spoke very listlessly. look,
ing past him rs If ut a long familiar
picture 'whlch she was tired. of con-
templatinS. II never knew what love
give my life right now to undo what
! you have doue. just for his sake. for
he ia innocent: Oh. don't sneer: it's
true. He loves the GaravelS girl and
wants to marry: her: r. m going, to tell
| you the whole truth now without spar
ing myself. 1t began. think. at Ia
boga. that night when he kissed me-
1t was the only tiueShe ever did such
a thing 1t was dark. we We're alone
| l was frightened. and It was purely
impulse OH his part: But it woke me
| up. and all at once knew how much
he meant to me. When l discovered
that he cared for that Zirl-well. II yon
| overheard you must know. Brighten ',
ed Garavel into disnnissing him. and
4 set out to break him. just to show him
that he needed ME. Tonight be scorn
ed me. That's the truth. Stephen. If
we believed in oat tbs would swear it..
You are shielding him. You wan,
to. make me 9o,tt wrong But she
knew he knew sssS1 z ss>T.' *F
Those are the facts. Heaven knows
they are bad enough. but they are b.
no means 30 bad as you thought. AMI
I'm your wife. Stephen. That thin"
you did was brutal. Those men Will!
talk. l. was guilty 10 doubt in n:
thoughts. but I'm young. and you hart
no right to blight my life and my rep
utatIon-yes, and yours-by thing like
that We will have to meet those men.
What are you going to do?'
Il don't know" he said. I'm all my
life never felt hut one moment OF
power and that. it seems, was false.
For years / have longed to show my
self man. and now--what have J.
done? What havel dene: am no
monster: Why couldn't yon be con-
tistent? Why did sou go halfway:
why couldn't you. he all gold or all
bad and save me this:''
''All women, are half good and half
q BAD - r.
: "I-can't blame you for not loving me.
I suppose he mumbled:* mo woman
Of your kind could love a man like
me-" -: ~ t.%! -~.;:A *~%~... /
Those men. she said in a way that
made him writhe -. y.
"Wait.uD think. II must think"
Perhaps in the .nprning we can see
way out. .-1>av ::..:-c..>., T.. T. :
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