The circle banner. [volume] (Circle, Mont.) 1914-1939, 1915-07-23
CHAPTER xxIlI-continued.

Aho Ill hui SO SURE OIL LQdI, Sdl
abe, sagely. ut isn't the way witt
men. 1t may not have been love tina
he felt for the physical Yvonne, but
wasn't Matilde that he held in hi
arms. You can't get around that, no
can he. Matilde's soul and Yvonne'
body are quite two different"
Cad, you are Analysing things!" h
exclaimed in amazement.
but all this is neither here no.
there" she said, flushing. "The poin
is this: we are going away tomorrow
for heaven knows how long-you ant
l, my mother and your father. We
are going to Vienna and in St. Ste
phen's cathedral-where your father
and mother were married with poor
little Therese as one OF the Witnesses
In st. Stephens we are to be married
She will not be there. She is not asked
to come with us. She Is barred out
isn't it the refinement of-cruelty?"
Cruelty, Lydia? ia hardly call II
that. It's the ords- of destiny, or
something of the sort. She gambIed
with fate and lost out. She's a good
loser. She hasn't squealed once"
"Squealed? / hate that word"
Il hate squeaier worse" said he.
But seriously, it knocks me all out
whenever I think Of her. I've hest
tated about speaking to father, dear.
You Zee, I'm in rather a delicate posi-
ton. Six weeks ago I was madly In
fatuated with Yvonne / don't deny
it--and he knows all about it. Cad,
I'd give ten years Of my life II she
were going along with us tomorrow.
I'd give more than that to see this
whole unhappy business patched up SO
that they could start of anew. But
I'm afraid he wouldn't take It we'll
from me II / asked him to include her
in the-er-party. It's his affair, not
mine, you see. He'd be justified in
considering me selfish in the matter.
II might seem as though l didn't care
= hang for his personal feelings and
shes his wife, however" said
Lydia, with stubborn pursuing of the
lips. "She didn't wrong him and, after
all, she's only guilty of-well, she Isn't
guilty of anything except being a sis
ter Of the girl he wronged."
I'll have talk with him il YOU
think best" said he, an eager CLEAN in
his eyes.
And i with Yvonne," she said
quickly. you see, it's possible she is
the one to be persuaded"
He'll never ask her." said Frederic,
after long period of reflection.
What is to become of herr" asked
Lydia, rather oleakly.
81 suppose she'll go away. 1t will
be the end"
IL don't think / could bear it.
Freddy" she said, trace of tears In
her voice.
He swallowed hard. Then he cleared
bis throat briskly. "Of course you've
observed that they never see one an
other alone. They never meet except |
when someone else is about He rather
resents the high-handed way in which
she ordered him to stay away from me
until was safely out of danger He
has SPOKEN of it to me, but, for the
life OF me l can't tell whether he holds
Il up against her or not. He says she
saved my life. He says she per-
formed a miracle. But he has never
uttered word Of thanks or gratitude
n appreciation to her. I'm sure of
hat, for she has told me SO. And she
. satisfied to go without his thanks.
She rather likes him the better for the
way he treats the situation. There's
10 hypocrisy about him. There's no
Use shamming, Lyddy." /,
Il see what you mean," she said,
Nth sigh. II suppose we just can't
Understand things"
You've no idea how beautiful you |
re today, Lyddy," he said suddenly, /.
md she booked up into his glowing [
yes with = smile of ineffable happi- /,
loss. Her hand found his and her
varm. red lips were pressed to its
aim In a hot impassioned kiss. IT'S u
seat to b alive! Great!"
"Oh, 1t H." she cried, 1T u.s." 4
They might better have said that
IL goat to be young, for that is t
hat Il all came to in the analysis. '
LAtes on Brood joined them in the
purtJusd. He stood, with his hand
, his sons shoulder. chatting care
ssly about the coming voyage. all
10 Vale smiling upon the radiant I
lrl = whom he was promising para
lsa. She Adored the gentle, kindly b
lsan in theAe one-time steady, steel
ke eyes. His voice, too, of late was b
|tched in . softer key and there was d
~ ring of happiness in its every Il
Dte. 1t was as II he had discovered g
Dmething in life that was constantly o
uprising and pleasing him. He b
|emed always to be venturing into h
o1h fields Of exploration and finding n
ZERO something that was of inesti-
able value to his new estate, Every Il
y he was growing richer. happier b
N yet poorer when It came to self Il
,praisement. All his life he had
nrded the motives and designs that Il
,plied to self. He had laid by a 8,
1T store Of hard things for his old a,
=: they were being wrested from
NJ BY this new force that had taken a
secession Of him and he saw how