The evening world., 1915-06-02
A roar from the man cut short her

A roar from the man cut short her
words.
I'm make you love mol" The words
ratified harshly I'm his throat. do
you think I have been working and
waiting al these years from any
father1 Then tho moro fool you. II
was for you-do you hear moi Ynul
1 meant ut the first that you should
be my wife; have meant It all aiona
4 mean II now. more than ever. And
by dodl you shan't turn me down
IL this way' w9n't-l can't stand
= "Jdhn. stand away from the door
No response from the man.
'aAre you going to lot mo pass7" }.
And again. apparently. he was uu-
Hble to contain himself. ''" '"'Fr'
moi" he burst forth. III oil my
months. of waiting and giying--py-
self. y'understahd-givihg the best of
me foriyou-if my. only ,payfneAt IA. "
be--scorn and contempt j suppo %
you'd call it-tben, by heavenf- III
make you sufferl I'll break your
spirit: I-Ill'.'-- ''rr''''''
"Johnl"--in n shocked voice.
He did not heed; all restraint was
thrown to tho winds, and no drove on
In q reckless frenzy OF speech.
You think / care what. happens to
me. do you7 HUH Blame little you
know about John Calls. IL l. can't
have you l don't care n whoop la
Hades what becomes OF mo. II can't
have you nobody slso shall. Scream,
n you want to--ycll at the top OF your
volce-there's )body to hear you"
Joint" Tho girl was now genuine
" nj ssIlnn't talE an tHllAt %
Youth regret this. And don't--don /
look at mo like that!" Another. brief
pause and she concluded pleadingly:
please. John. lot mo gol"
~ shan't'-doygediy. '
What do you mean 10 dot"
II don't kn1w. l haven't made up
NY mind. Maybe IN k1l you-if you
drive mo 90 H."
Tho gin must have rushed toward
the door. dospsrAtsiy striving 20 get
ps@t him, and Just as certainly he
must have caught her and stayed
hor steps. What followed was pretty
much confused In Van Vschten's
mind There was n sound OF scufllns.
tho iDosnssd listener In the hall heard
the girl cry out In al axttatsd vOios,
"Ohl You ara hurting mel" which
was i'm Immediately followed by a stffief
shrek that chilled the blood IN his
veins
Next instant he had grabbed IN .
knob aud thrown all his weight
against tho door.
n was unb0ltsd and crashes open
with explosive violence His irrap.
tiOn promptly aulsiad the dist ufba Dos.
The nAn-lt was the candy cOmplAS
toned man stood with dropped Jaw,
staring blsnkly ~ ths Intruder
Ana the Eir1 Iiis heart lsapsd
Ills whole being was hunufSd with n
warm Flgw The giri that hs had
dssphifsd - ever seeing again, what
unissppy ~f~.hhnra had bfOuP5t her
40 this psrhf Ana what lnrso0E
HisEd mshssKs bpd pfgmpisd him ~
arrive upon The scene u oppOsiuns
hhs MAS nos very siiil. Du' lshninG
40 Ter ~ y from ths man holding hsf
sflfis ~ fhs sTsftion ~ sssfy eunfs
- her strength oguld fDfts kaf utf
Sh0la attitude. sssfy line ~ her
bsautifn face. revealed only Tspug
nanrs Hnd Indignation
Ifisf fhs nfHt fhDrt - pleased sYf #.
Bflfs g4H ksfhtsg Named. tGag turn.
- A. l0s 10 fsrHft travelled ~ tHs
isft hin sbiia a. fha lifs ~ SIS q
hard lDas. nn uRly. slrssd l.0t that
spsl.s1 danger.
Where az you o0ns ffomr'
snafs1 Calls, ysn0mg1siy
"AnyhOs. not the SANE neigh hnf.
hnOd that bf~1 800 Van Nsfhisu
sIs1 him fuf = tssin'itf asugsf WITH
ibsHpfssslbls flrfhyff "gDui fDfh /"
be- sfdsd wat 70 nasty TRUE y,l
orc.
Noslsg les uas panssng