Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1915-06-25

we loved, we would fight the hard
ships, shoulder to shoulder. And the
contact of the shoulder of the loved
one would help so much. Don't you
remember that. little girl? Well,
did not fight bravely. I did not fight
fairly. did not fight the mans fight
as you fought the woman's. But I
tried, Esther I tried. And now L
ask of you. I beg you to fight with
me-shoulder to shoulder - your
shoulder against my own"
She felt the soul Of her going out to
this man who seemed, by his very
voice. to set astirring every chord in
her being. She swayed slightly to-
ward him. Then her hand reached
I'D In half surrender. It was no use
fighting. She loved him. She
She shrank away even as she
turned. The light that had famed
high liz her eyes died even as she
turned them upon him. For, in the
turning. her eyes had encountered the
hard, expressionless ones OF Alica
Knight. staring impassively. at the
scene from beyond the shrubbery.
Lynn followed the direction OF her
eyes and met those OF Alicia knight
those eyes which would always come
in between life and the fruition of his
happiness, an ever-Dresent shadow so
dense and thick as to form an impene-
trable barrier. ......
Esther shrank as he would have
renewed his plea, for he was fighting
for his very life now. He turned help
lessly away He did not seem to mind
the eyes that followed him as he
entered his car and ordered the chaut-
four to 90 toward the landing stage
where his yacht was anchored. He did
not care any more. Some great change
vas going on within him, some change
he could not analyze. He was dull, list
less. He did not care. He only wished
to be away-away from the woman
who haunted him with those eyes OF
accusation.
He found his cabin, curtly directing
the astonished captain to put out inn
mediately to sea. When the skipper
would have questioned he found him.
self talking to the night air. He shook
his head wonderingly but went about
his work, still pondering the change
that had come over the owner.
1t was only q scant two hours later
that he was hailed by little. pufilng
tug that had been trying to overhaul
them the half hour gone. At the
top of the landing stage he waited for
the passenger the tug-captain had told
him wished to board.
His eyes grew round with wonder az
Alica knight moved past him, up the
stairs, across the deck and toward the
cabin. Yet a different Alica Knight
than the girl who had so gayly
party. a different Alica Knight from
the laughing girl who had come to
the yacht another evening.
He had heard something OF the
scandal and had wondered whether
it had anything to do with Lynn's al
whether he should not detain the girl
who moved so slowly, so remorselessly
across the deck toward the cabin
stairs. He started forward to detain
her when the owner came heavily,
wearily up the stairs. His listless, dull
gaze fell upon the girl and then he
staggered back as from q heavy blow
in the face.
Captain Judd moved away. some inn
pulse drawing him out of range of the
sight. For a long time the eyes OF
the pair held then the passionately
bitter cry of Felix Lynn sounded re-
sonantly. appealingly over the water.
"For Gods sake, won't you end this
torture? Always those eyes and never
a word! Marry me-. Be my
wife. But end this torn ment-thiS
hell on earth you have created for
me-"
Something in the voice halted the
captain. He could have told what 1t
was. But there was an inhuman
HoIo III iI LnEehS Oh SOME BFohS
change, hint of endurance
stretched to the swapping point. He
waited for an answer but no an.
| swer came.
Marry me. Alica. I owe II to you.
Marry me and"
Captain Judd turned the corner OF
the wheel house barely in time to
see the silent figure of the woman.
Then he caught the slow, deliberate
negative shake of her head. For a
moment something in the attitude Of
| Lynn held him. Then he sprang for
Lynn snatched q deck chair and dart-
ed upon the woman.