The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1915-10-21

to marry MIN. III l nave ~ cnaHce
I'm going to open her eyes. Why. he
isn't even a gentleman. dear
~.
Elsie Van Trevor had gone to their
bungalow at the seashore and taken
her secretary with her The little
Welshman was cataloguing the books
in the library alone.
He missed his wife greatly. it was
their first separation. Somehow he
felt that Mrs. Van Trevor's sudden
friendship for Leila BODIED i'll for them
both. But Leila had been crazy to go;
there were to be house parties and all
sorts Of gayety. and later Evans was
to be invited for day or two.
Somewhere a bell had been ringing
furiously all the morning. The little
I Welshman. wondered where it could
be. He threw up the window and
looked out. Suddenly violent pain
shot through his head. as II knife
had pierced him. The bell was in his
own head. And the pain was stab.
bling without cessation.
He screamed with the agony Of it
! He tried to stagger across the room
collapsed, and moaned upon the floor
/ He saw Van Trevor standing over
him, look of fear in his eyes. Their
! through a period of Inconsistencies
4 he grew to a dim realization of the
! jolting ambulance, the hospital, the
i h, =
ing stencil of the ether cone.
He opened his eyes to find himsel
in a bed in the hospital. His heat
was swathed in bandages.
You'll do finely now" the nurse
said. and he opened his eyes SECOND
time to see Van Trevor at his side.
How are you. my dear chap" HI
asked. by George. that was toucl
and go, but the surgeon says your
all right now
you haven't told my wife," aske
Evans weakly.
No l thought it best not to alarm
her." answered the other.
Van Trevor never came agai
through the slow days of convf
lescence. Evans letters to Leil
were unanswered. Gradually sicl
ening fear began to come over the Ii
tie Welshman a sense Of some III
definable tragedy AT last, when tw
weeks had passed, he was permitte
to leave the hospital. He hurried
the Van Trevor house. The butle
who opened the door. stood in h
way.
, "Mr. Van Trevor left letter f(
, you, SIR" he said. handing him mi
sive.
, The little Welshmen opened it.
stated briefly that the work had con
to an end. and included a check II
five huldred dollars.
Evans tore the check to pieces ar
Z turned away from the house in blir
agony and rage
The bungalows stood side by sit
in their trim plots at the edge OF Il
shore Near by, at the huge hot
were music and dancing, and Il
mirth of holidaymakers. MAI
couples, strolling along the roa
looked askance at the seedy lit
man, with the bandage about his hea
- who walked hurriedly toward t
bungalow at the end of the row.
In the shadow of pine tree Eva
IL halted. The bungalow was abba
with lights. He heard the voices
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tittering laughter of his wife. TIL
\. came a laugh that made him clut
" at his heart-Leila's.
w Then suddenly the little Welshm
~ seemed to become inspired with
al strong personality that had never be
his. He strobe through the open dc
II, into the living-room. and stood the
a at the door.
m He saw a look of fear In Van TT
or or's eyes, establishment in the guess
". wonder in Leila's. The little. shah
I'd man suddenly dominated the situate
no Hugh" exclaimed Leila, leapi
sy to her feet You are i'll! What
N. the matter?"
IT. II have come TO take you hor
w dear" said Evans.
st Mrs. Van Trevor advanced "
CHI mincing steps This is Leila's h
band" she explained to the gro
"He has been unwell, you know.
Evans, It would really have been m
,ir seemly to have written"
re- Come, dear" said Evans, taking
on wifes arm In his In that moment
un saw all the struggle in the girls so
iff the old love and the new pleasures
sh- was hard test for her, beaten by
OF storms OF uncertainty.
OF Leila is certainly not going av
ire with you, exclaimed Elsie Van TT
nd, or angrily. This is an outra
sss Leila, dear, we will protect you
sit With swift. passionate gest
a Evans tore the bracelets from Lei
arms the pendant from her neck,
ley cast them down. And, while they |
stared at them, they were gone,
yor Leila chung to her husbands neck
use the darkness.
nv. Hugh, dearest she wept wv
GO was it, Why didn't you write
a didn't know you mad been i'll T
wanted me to get a dtvorce-O, HI
on If you hadn't come they would
he made me do anything ANYTHING X
hat me, Guard me Never leave
in again.
Gus And IN ner husband ciasp she
at last a safeguard against the