The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1915-02-19
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let me"
 She gave just the suggestion of sneer and turned deliberately away.
 He felt the force of the unspoken re- proof
 'I beg your pardon" he said humbly
 She went on as if she had not heard the offensive suggestion, ''So you see we're both. in a way, at the cross roads-'
 He seized her hand nerceIy. "Iet me take you away out Of it all,'' he cried.
 She withdrew her hand slowly.
 -No.'' she said. ''Hot just now. I'm not in bolt1ng mood today" He moved away. She watched him. Then she called him to her. Some thing In the man attracted this strange l nature. She could not analyze or de- fine the attraction But the ImpeIling force was there He went to her. Ethel spoke to him for the first time softly. almost caressfngly.
 Chris. some time, perhaps in the dead or night. something will snap ID 1 me-the slack, selfish. luxurious me, j that hates to be reused into action l and the craving for adventure will come. Then I'll send for you" He took her hand again, and this time she did not draw it away. He said in whisper
 ssAnd you'll go with meT' Ethel stretched lazily and smiled at him through her half closed eyes. l "I suppose so. Then heaven help youl''
 .tWhy should we wait2r he cried
 'sIt will give us the suspense Of ex- pectation."
 T want youi need your he pleaded
 .eUntii the time comes for amputa tionT'
 ..Don.tl Don'trs And he dropped her hand suddenly.
 .sWell. don't want you to have any illusions about me. Chris have none 1 about you Let us begin fair anyway. It will be so much easier when the end I comes"
 .sThere will be no endr' he said pas gionately ''I love you--love you with every breath of my body. every thought in my mind. every throb of my nerves. love youV' He kissed her hand re peatedly. ''I love your He took her in his arms and pressed her to him.
 She struggled with him without any anger or disgust or fear. As she put him away from her she juse said sAEn- ply:
 l sePlease don't. It's so hot thisl morn fng''
 As she turned away from him she was struck dumb. Sitting beside the table in the middle of the room, her i back turned to them, was the strangest, oldest little figure Ethel had ever seen.
 Who was she2 How long had she l been in the roOm2
 Ethel turned to Brent He was quite pale now and was nervously stroking his slight mustache.
 Ethel was furious. It was incredible that Brent could have been so tndis- erect
 How on earth did that creature get there without their hearing or seeing herY
 Ethel went straight to the denure httle figure sitting on the chair.
 Pegs Journey to England we-s one o4 the unhappiest memories of her life. She undertook the voyage deliberately to please her father, because he told her 1t would please him. But beneath this feeling of pleasing him was one of suIlen resentment at being made to separate from him. - upon the unfortunate people she was going among. She would be so rude to them and so unbearabIe that theS would be glad to send her back on tn. next boat She schemed out her whol, plan of action She would contradfc and disobey and berate and belittle Nothing they would do would be righ to her. and nothing she would do o i say would be right to them. She tool l infinite pleasure in her plan of cam l paign Then. when she was enJoyini the pleasure of such resentful dreams she would think of her father waitan for news of her. of his pride in heE, 0 how much he wanted her to succeed
 She would realize how much the part l ing meant to him, and ali her httl
 plots would tumble down, and sh
 would resolve to try to please her re ? lations, learn all she could, succeed bs g yond alI expression and either go bac
 to America prosperous or send for he father to join her in England. All he e dreams had her father either centri
 ugaIly or centripetally beating throug ]. them.
 She refused all advances of friendshl 1 aboard ship, No one dared speak 1 7. her. She wanted to be alone in her so t row. She and Michael would romp c
 the lower deck by favor of one of tt
 seamen. who would keep 8 sharp loo
 out for officers.
 This seaman-O'Farren by name
 took quite liking to Peg and the dc
 and did many little kindly. gracioI A acts to minister to the comfort of bot 1N of them He warned her that tnt
 would not let Michael go with her fro
 the dock until he had first been Quara ;. tined This hurt Peg more than an :, thing could. She burst into tears ] Al have Michael taken from her would
 the last misfortune. She would, 1 = deed. be alone in that strange countr She was inconsolable.
 (To Be Continued.)