The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1915-04-04

plated coming to this theater. BE had
been tsicked, deliberately tricked. NO
doubt they were seated in some othef
place Of amusement, serenely enjoying
themselves. The thought OF II mad
dened him. And then, just as he was
on the point Of tearing out OF the
house, he saw them, and the blood
rushed 10 his head so violently that
he was almost blinded.
He caught sight Of his father faT
down in front. and then the dark, nall
obscured head OF Yvonne. He could
not see their faces. but there was no
nistaking them for anyone else. he
only narvelled that he had not seen
them before. even in the semidarkness'
They now appeared TO be the only
people In the theater; he could see no
one else.
James Brood's fine. aristocratic head
was turned slightly toward his wife.
who. as Frederic observed after chang
ing his position to one Of better ad-
vantage. apparently was relating some
thing amusing to him They undouot'
edly were enjoying themselves once
more the great, almost sunocating
wave OF tenderness for his father
swept over him. mysteriousiy as be-
fore and as convincing He expert
enced q sudden, inexplicable feeling
OF pity for the strong, yirile man VINO
had never revealed the slightest symp'
tom Of pity for him. The same curl
Gus desire to put his hands on his
fathers shoulders and tell him that
all was we'll with them came over MIN
again.
Inyoluntarily he glanced over his
shoulder and the fear was in his heart
that somewhere in the shifting throng
his gaze would light upon the face
OF Ranjab.
Long and intently his searching
gaze went through the crowd, seeking
the remote corners and shadows OF the
foyer. and a deep breath of relief
escaped him when it became evident
that the Hindu was not there. He had.
in a measure, proved his own cause;
his emotions were genuinely his own
and not the outgrowth of an influence
for good exercised over him by the
Brahmin
He began what he was pleased TO
term a systematic analysis OF his emo
tions covering the entire evening. all
the while regarding the couple in the
orchestra chairs with gaze unswerv-
ing in its fidelity to the sensation that
now controlled him-a sensation OF
impending peril.
All at once he skunk farther back
into the shadow, a guilty flush mount
ing 10 his cheek Yyonne had turned
and was staring rather fiXedly IN his
direction Despite the knowledge that
he was quite completely concealed by
the intervening group Of loungers' he
sustained a distinct shock. he had
the uncanny feeling that she was look
ing directly into his eyes. She had
turned abruptly, as if some one had
called out to attract her attention and
she had obeyed the sudden impulse
A moment later her calmly impersonal
gaze swept on, taking in the sections
to her right and the balcony, and then
went back to her husbands face
Frederic was many minutes in re-
covering from the effects OF the queer
shock he had received. He could not
get it out of his head that she knew
he was there. that she actually turned
in answer to the call of his mind. She
had not searched for him; on the con
trary. she directed her gaze instantly
10 the spot where he stood concealed.
Actusted by certain sense OF guilt.
he decided to leave the theater as
soon as the curtain went up on the
next act. which was to be the last. In
stead of doing so. however. he lin
gered to the end Of the play. secure in
his conscienceless espionage. II had
come to him that if he met them in
front of the theater as they came out
he could invite them to join him at
supper in one of the nearby restau-
rants. The idea pleased him. He
Coddled it until it became a sensation
When James Brood and his wife
reached the sidewalk they found him
there. directly in their path. as they
wedged their way to the curb to await
the automobile. He was smiling
frankly, wistfully. There was an hon
est gladness in his fine, boyish face
and an eager light in his eyes. He no
longer had the sense OF guilt in his
soul. II had been passing qualm,
and he felt regenerated for having ex-
perienced it, even so briefly. Some
how it had purged his soul OF the one
lingering doubt as to the sincerity of
his impulses.
"Hello!" he said. planting himself
squarely in front of them.
There waa momentary tableau He
was vividly aware of the fact that
Yvonne had shrunk back In alarm, and
that a swift look OF fear leaped into
her surprised eyes. She drew closer
to Brood's side-or was il the jostling
of the crowd that made II seem to be
so! He realized then that she had not
seen him in the theafer Her surnrisa