The Wheeling intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1903-1961, 1916-06-10

kept back his letter"
DO YOU mean that he IL dead
she cried.
Il don't know whether he Is dead
Or alive. but I sincerely hope that
he r. the former" Denison replied
CURLY.
His wife's short upper lip curled.
Yes. l expect YOU do. he would
know how 10 punish you as YOU de-
serve. And In the meantime" she
added. Il will leave no stone un-
turned TO ind him. so that l msy
tell him the truth and compel you TO
face him "
Il shall be ready 10 meet him
he answered. only. for your own
sake. I hope you won't wish 20 be
present ~ our interview"
"on the contrary. 10 will give me
great pleasure to see YOU punished
by the man whose life you have
spoilt as well as mine she said
bitterly.
Then these past Ave years In
which have devoted myself TO you
are all 20 count as nothing DENT
son began. AN your pity and love
u for-that other chap whom YOU
knew only In the superficial way
that SRI can know a man to
whom she - not even publicly en-
gagged But I have been your hus-
course with you-surely that ought
10 count for somsthingr"
1t IL nothing compared TO the
fact that for ave years / have mis-
judged a man who loved me-who
wrote 20 me when he was In sore
trouble" she replied swiftly. AN
these years he has thought III OF
me: and YOU knew that-and yet
kept silent"
.sTh.r Vo,, won, forrfve-.
40. my pity Is FOR that other man
whom you wrongsd." she retorted.
Il shall not ask you 20 help me 10
hnd him in case YOU should cheat
me a second time"
From that day the relations be-
tween Max Denison and his wife be-
came more and more strained. out
wardly. they maintained before their
friends a non commtttsl attitude that
betrayed none OF the bitterness that
lay between them. The subject of
George Dallas was not referred to
again by either OF them. but he
doomed between them like a shadow
making the womsn's face white and
thin. and the mans cold and stern.
Mrs Denison made all the In
quiries she could about the man
whom she had once loved. but he
seemed 20 have dropped out OF eN-
istence. and the few people to whom
she venturfd 70 mention his name
shrugged their shoulders. and -ug-
Eested that he had gone abroad
She put an advertisement IN a
daily paper. worded so that no one
hut her old lover could possibly un-
derstand -. and then. with.a heavy
heart. she continued her round Of
social duties
one day. about three weeks be-
fore Christmas. her husband came
into her boudoir. Since that day
when he had broken in her door he
had not asked for admittsnce. and
they met only az dinner iu the eve
Ming. and sometimes DAYS went past
when they never met At all.
so you have advertised for
George Dallas he began curtly.
She raised her brows tn surprise.
surely you understood that
wished to see hime' she sal
coldly.
lie looked at her ssarchinEly
then. In low. earnest voice. went
on
Mabel. beg OF you TO drop this
mad search for the man Relieve
me. Ne would be the fret TO beg YOU
to forget him now. why try 10 rake
up the past II can do no good. and
bring only pain 10 YOU"
She broke into a hard little laugh.
Yes. you are afraid OF what 10
might reveal when We do meet. but
nothing matters now-nothing. *.
cept that I shall not rest TIL I hay,
seen him
He shrugged 1T. shoulders