The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1915-04-16

Is certain that she Is not to accom-
pany us She has said so herself. and
father has said so. He will not take
her with him. SO today must see the
end OF things"
Frederic. want you to do some-
thing for me-" said Lydia, earnestly.
There was a time when ! could not
have asked this OF you, but now
implore you to speak to your father
in her behalf love her Freddy. dear
| cannot help II. She asks nothing OF
any OF us, she expects nothing. and
yet she loves all OF us--yes. all OF us.
| She will never. by word or look, make
single plea for herself. have watched
her closely all these weeks. There
was never an instant when she re-
vealed the slightest sign Of an appeal.
! She takes it for granted that she has
| no place in our lives. In our memory.
| yes, but that Is all ! think she Is
| rec )nciled to what she considers her
fate and II has not entered her mind
to protest against It, Perhaps II is
natural that she should feel that way
about it. But ii is-oh. Freddy, II Is
terrible, If he would-would only un.
bend a little toward her. II he"
Listen, Lyddy, dear. | don't be-
lieve it's altogether up to him. There
is a barrier that we can't see, but they
do-both OF them. My mother stands
between them. You see, I've come to
know my father lately, dear He's not
stranger to me any longer. | know
what sort OF heart he's got. He
never got over loving my mother, and
he'll never get over knowing that
Yvonne knows that she loved him to
the day she died We know what 1t
was in Yvonne that attracted him from
the first, and she knows. He's not
likely to forgive himself so easily. He
didn't play fair with either of them,
that's what I'm trying to get at, |
don't believe he can forgive himself
any more than he can forgive Yvonne
'or the thing she set about TO do. You
see. Lyddy she married him without
love. She debased herself, even
though she cant admit II even now.
| love her too. She's the most won
derful woman in the world. She's got
the finest instincts woman ever
possessed But she did give herself
to the man she hated with all her soul.
Und-well, there you are. He can't for
get that, you know-and she cant.
Leaving me out of the question alto
getEer-and. you, too--there still re-
mains the sorry fact that she has be-
trayed her sisters love. She loves
him for herself now. and-that's what
hurts both of them 1t hurts because
they both know that he still loves
my mother"
I'm not so sure OF that" pro-
uounced Lydia. "He loves your moth
| ers memory. he loves her for the
wrong he did her, but-well, | don't
see how he can help loving Yvonne in
spite OF everything, She"
"Ah, but you have 1t from her that
he loved my mother even when she
/ was In his arms, because. In way, she
represented the love that had never
past She is herself, she Is not Matilde.
lie loved Matilde all the time"
And I'm not so sure OF that" said
she. sagely. 1T isn't the way with
men. 1t may not have been love that
he felt for the physical Yvonne, but II
wasn't Matilde that he held in his
arms. You can't get around that. nor
can he. Matilde's soul and Yvonnes
body are quite two different"
Cad, YOU are analy2ing things!" he
exclaimed in ama2ement.
"Rut all this is neither here nor
there,' she said. flushing The point
is this: We are going away tomorrow.
FOR heaven knows how long g-you and
I, my mother and your father. We
IRE going To Vienna and in st. Ste
phen's cathedral-Where your father
and mother were married with poor
little Thcrese as one OF the Witnesses
in St Stephens We are to be married
She will not be there. She is not asked
10 come with us. She is barred out.
isn't it the refinement of-cruelty?"
NFutltN, lNula. nardly call II
that It's the order Of destiny, or
something OF the sort She gambled
with fate and lost out. She's a good
loser. She hasn't sQuealed once"
"Squealed? hate that word"
II hate squealer worse" said he
But seriously, II knocks me all out
whenever | think OF her. I've hest.
tatcd about speaking to father. dear
You see. I'm in rather a delicate posi-
tion. Six weeks ago | was madly in
fatuated with Yyonne. don't deny
it-and he knows all about II. Cad.
I'd give ten years OF my life IL 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 off anew. But
I'm afraid he wouldn't take It we'll
from me il | 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 didn't care