Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1915-05-28
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Story No. 6
Houses of Glass
By EDWIN BLISS
tcopyrish.. 1915. by Pathe Ex-
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Continued From Yesterday
Continued From Yesterday

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In awakinI that morning. Norris was
s again visited with his dread Of the
previous day, that Ethel should hear
y OF MEra's installment in his cottage be-
s iore ne had an opportunity to tell her.
inns troubled him so that he ate 10
3 breakfast. bu; hurried to his office
I trusting the eNactions of his business
60 take his mind from the annoying
thought. He had violent headache
by IL O'Clock. and attributinc it To the
iact that he had neglected his break
fast, went 10 an early lunch That
was why, when Ethel called him at
1880 he was out. Ills lunch gave him
immediate relief and he felt a thrill of
confidence in himself ana tho Brightness
OF things in general; an assurance, an
optimistic outlook most of us have been
conscious of after a dinner that leaves
nothing In the way Of food 10 be de-
sired. He tried To analyze this sense
of buoyancy as he walked along back
to his Office and thought of the pre-
sumptuous conceit of man i'm fancyinG
himself fine. spiritual. aspiring, when,
his material appetite satisfied. ne
turned urgently 10 the pursuit of bet
ter" things. He saw he had allowed
himself for moment TO grow nissan
thropic-a thing unfair 10 the beauty
of the day--a thing unfair to those fine
STRINGS which perfection in any form
i--beauty-always made on him, and he
laughed his cynicism completely TO
rout.
He bought an extra from news
boy, folded II carelessly under his arm
and assembled to his office AS nc threw
\ the sheet on his desk il fell face
upward, and the words Attorneys
Wife Is Correspondent in Divorce suit"
staring out him in big black type
stretched clear across the page. Maybe
it was some one he knew. lie took the
sheet UP and carefully read the sub
headings: Mrs Willard Fail tFall! he
gasped) charges she found Mrs. Ray
Norris and Mr.. Fall emhracins-----
The sheet fell from his nerveless I'm
gers and he swallowed hard few
times to moisten his throat and mouth.
which had suddenly become dry. Then
came a reaction from his ncrvcless un-
realization: he felt a weak shaking
throughout his whole body. and was
conscious of his heart pulsinC in Srcat
uneven jumps. The consciousness the
bold assurance Of that staring type was
incredible. Ii was hideous foul His
wife and FAIL Why, they hardly know
one another He tried to understand il
tried TO put his thoughts in the same
consecutive order he always had them
when he pleaded case in court The
effort was not successful, but he got
sufficient control OF his reason TO look
back broadly over the events OF the
last few days.
The one event that distinguished the
last few days from a year Of happy un-
eventful marriage was Ethcfs insistcnt
hysterical demand TO semi Myra Fos-
ter away from his Office In cXpiana-
tion she had expressed an unwilling
doubt, "a doubt neverth cless), that his
relations with the girl were all they
should be. He knew his relations with
Myra Foster were simple, honest,
businesslike. and that thought COM
bined with his wife's suspicion sug-
Rested to him insidiously, but certainly.
<As IF hin, M hi hp hu,
blind for her relations with Fall.
Good God. What hideous thought. Tie
picked up his phone receiver. clicked
the hook nerNously many times, and
after what seemed An unusual wait.
was connected with his home
>%Hello, Mrs. Norris. please. This is
Mr. Norris.
Mrs Norris is not in, sir She left
full an hour and q half ago, and left
word she had gone TO the beach cot
taEe Yes. Good by
She had gone To the heach,--a place
he could never prevail OH her To visit
Why? Had she heard OF Myra Foster
being there? He knew gossip could
travel AS Easy, and. faster, than that.
But il showa. using his relations with
Myra Foster as "A blind TO cover her
own affairs ,this damnahlc thought
kept persisting). Il she were. WAS "
possible that she would have the temer-
ity to seize on MYra's presence in the
cottage as 1NStnCH6lon pl suHpiSipH
abe knew to he false" He cursed him
self for his vile suspicious But she
had gone TO the beach:-if not for that,
then for what?
= The thought of Fail then entered his
mind and took his whole attention. and
he glanced hastily. searchincly across
the court to see whether he was in his
ONCE. II this frishtful thing were
true His lips met in long, hard
seam as ne unlocked the bottom drawer
:. OF his desk and without looking hastily
withdrew something and slipped IL into
hie pocket. lie rose. desperate and
leaving his Office, crossed 10 Falls
Fall was not there. He questioned
the porter.
when will Fall he in"
81 don't know NJ. Fall left word
he had gone TO the beach, nut didn't
leave any messaEe when ned be back
again"
raw started. shocked at the advice
that Fall had gone to the beach. iic
said "A!l right I'm prcoccupicd voice
that seemed TO him not 10 have emanat
ed from his own throat, and walked UNI
steadily away, "A sorta quiet, wild
look" as the porter afterwards told
.on his face" II was All very clear TO
him now-her subtle trickcry under the
mask OF injured innocence'-Fall with
4 his unspeakable reputauon--theiy dis
coyery In compromising position by
3 Mrs. Fall, and the resultant divorce suit
land now both OF them together al the
i beach
CONTINUED To-morrowD