The Yale expositor., 1916-09-21
CHAPTER VIII.
DoubIy a Villain.

Doubly Villain.
Larry Redmond paused. dazed, ana
dropped her hand. while he looked AT
Ethel uncomprehendingy.
Married. he stammered. mo. no,
it can't be- You're playing some
game, 1t can't be true
I'm secretly married" she con-
fessed.
He looked at her in amazement.
Secretly? BUT why-whyT'
II can't explain. even to you, Larry
except that it's for my happiness to
/ keep il secret. now"
Bitter realization came to him then.
But he would not press her further
And you're happy" His eyes sought
hers sadly.
she could not keep back the whole
truth from him, no matter how much
she wished to. Larry Redmond's hon
esty was too patent to make disscm-
bling an easy matter in his presence
ooh. yes, Larry! l was happy-un-
til you came back just now she said.
"Thcn why did you marry himT he
demanded. There was no anger in his
voice-only regret and wonder.
Because when you left | was-des-
perate." she admitted.
YOU! he exclaimed. more than ever
at a loss to understand her.
"Yesw Ethel said Il waitcd-wait'
cd for YOU until n month ago. I'd
! never heard from you-ncyer heard oil
you. | thought you were dead. If
you'd been alive, L felt that my love
my wanting you SO very much would
bring you back TO me-"
Dear GOdr' There was no mocf
reverence in that soul-wrung wall
straight from his Celtic heart.
"And all my money had gone. Oh
IL doesn't matter now And | came
here as goyerness to Sir Georges
daughter. He's been very helpful
And this man---my husband
came along He seemed very fond o
me-" she smiled wanly-"qulte des
perately in love. was wretched, mis-
cradle, lonely, and oh. so tired!
wanted someone 20 take care Of me
And 80. married"
And it's all my fault" That wa
like Larry RedmOnd-to condemn hin
self instead of her.
She could not bear TO hear him NJ
braid himself.
please. aren't we suffering cnoug
nOw?" she protested.
He made up his mind, then. that fc
her sake he must put things in diffe
a
duty, he sat down and looked at h'
YEARLY.
But you've got TO realize" he b
gan. you've got to realize that il
best you shouldn't have married
coward-and / was that. Two montl
ago | nearly finished it ALL
: Larry Ethel exclaimed In suddC
- fear. The mere mention of such
thing shocked her ineXpressibly.
tn "Ah. yes / meant to- he continue
eel uthlessly "And ii was another m;
oil almost n stranger-whO stopped me
"When was it?" Anxious as s.
he was she could not forbear asking hi
to that. IL seemed uncomfortable that I
NJ Coy Larry she used 10 know shou
sh ever have been near selg-dcstructiOn.
''rwo months ago" be said. Al
lie stopped abruptly men, as IL
la- thoughts had momcntarily taken III
les far away. 1.-TWO months ago. in b
,ut lin,' he resumed, pulling himself
so gether by visible effort. ut was o
lie of those gorgeous, moonlight nights
the was thinking of you, my dear, n
thinking how futile It all was. WI
d. was the user 1t was in
OF those little side streets off Inter d
rry Linden. l stood there behind Il
up. when suddenly this fellow came
cd, from behind and grabbed my
volver."
9th All at once his recital brought ba
he 20 Ethers mind another similar sto
hen In her agitation she could not at d
uld recall exactly where or under w
circumstances she had heard it. a
NJ then. IN n fash, she remembered. I
The husband had told her n tale Ike 4
,me only an hour before.
I'm Berlin this was-not PARISH"
on? asked him auickl.
"Nv-Berlin."
OF That's curious" she said. 81 he
way lust such another story little VI