The Kansas City sun. (Kansas City, Mo.) 1908-1924, 1915-07-17

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cannot marry you She raised her
head and looked him frankly in the
eyes. Listen, Jack, she said. I have
loved you since l first saw you, and
l have never loved anyone else. That
is why l mus, send you away. 1t is
because Of Evelyn
"He could find no answer to make.
He bowed his head and went away.
1t was another year before he saw
Mollie again. Then he was at Atlantic
City.
He was seated in a secluded corner
by the Boardwalk when he saw Mol
lie coming toward him. AT first he
thought, so striking was the resem-
blance, that she was Evelyn herself.
Then, as he watched her, he saw Eve
Ign in the flesh, at her side, and, be-
side Evelyn a q
The trio we're advancing toward
him, and Evelyn and the man were
engaged in animated conversation.
Evelyn had grown stouter and flesh
Ter; she was still the dashing beauty
of old times, but the dashingness could
not carry itself so well under that &C
cumulated load of flesh. 1t a over
done, and the woman was obviously
too artificial. The hair was too light,
the eyes too dark. Sotheby stared.
He could not be mistaken. 1t was
Evelyn.
"Sotheby was not superstitious. He
knew that Evelyn was at Mollie's side,
and he rose and followed them to
their hotel. He watched them enter,
and all that day he waited until he
was rewarded at last by seeing Mollie
come out alone. She walked, with her
limping gait, along the Boardwalk un
til she came to the same place where
Sotheby had sat that morning. There
she sat down, and there he accosted
her.
The terror in the girls eyes almost
unnerved him. She glanced at him
fearfully, ami saw that he knew all.
You haze seen her?' she cried,
with a QUICK intake of breath.
"Sotheby nodded. Tell me the
truth, Mollie, he said, taking her hand
in his. And he knew then that, al
though it was not the same Evelyn
whom he had loved, it was just the
same Mollie who had been so dear
to him, who had always been in his
thoughts, night and day, since he had
learned to love her.
"'She is not dead, said Sotheby.
'But-Mollie, tell me the truth, and
trust me-
Yes, I will tell you the truth an
swered the girl. When you became
Engaged to Evelyn you looked on it
as a serious matter. But to Evelyn
it was just a joke, a summer firta-
ton. She gets engaged at least two
or three times every summer. When
you looked on it as something lasting
Evelyn was-well, just plain scared.
She liked you well enough to become
engaged to you, but she never loved
| you, Jack. Why, Evelyn couldn't love
anybody. The man she is engaged to
now is rich, and she will probably
marry him; but she never intended to
marry you.
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cause she really did care for you in
a way, she was afraid that she might
not be able to help marrying you,
And you were not a rich man, not
rich enough for Evelyn. l didn't know
what she was going to do, but l knew
that she was planning to do some
thing, because she was mad with feal
when you came down to North Cliff
You know she can swim. She told
me afterwards-she sent me a lettel
while l was in the isherman's house
before you came up to see me. Sh'
had upset the boat, knowing that yol
would take care of me, because
could not swim. When the boat upse
Evelyn dived and climbed out an
hid behind the rocks. She waited Their,
until she saw that we were safe, ant
then she ran home and changed he
dress, packed up and ran away. Tha
was to prevent your knowing that shl
was alive. She wanted you to thin
her dead, so as to escape marryinI
you
And you knew all that, Mollie
And that was why you forbade me t
see your
Eyes cried the girl. And whe
l was living with my aunt l coul
see you, because Evelyn had gon
West. But l dared not let you Low
me-
but l have always loved you, Mo
lie,' said Jack. 1 love you now, dear
He took her in his arms and kisse
her. And this time they knew ths
there was no obstacle to their happ
ness.
Jack, dear said Mollie present..
If Evelyn marries that man they wi
go West to live. You won't want I
see her again. Can you wait two week
longer until l send for you to CON
to me?'
"He laughed. I have waited tw
years, Mollie,' he answered. I thin
1 can wait two weeks longer-for yo'
not Evelyn"
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