Bisbee daily review., 1916-03-02
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MT Allison" She was quite erect. and looking him directly in tine eyes. Her own were deep and troubled. and the dark trace which had been about them in the morning had deepened. T told you last night that l should need time in which to decide; I have decided. i shall not marry you"
 He returned her gaze for a moment. and his brow clouded
 You've changed since last night, he charged her.
 Possibly" she admitted. Tt is more likely, however, that 1 have merely crystaIlized prefer not to discuss it She saw on his face the growing instinct to humiliate her
 You must discuss it" he insisted. Hast night when l took you in my arms you made no objection. l was justified in doing it again tonight. You're not fool. You knew from the first that I wanted you, and you en- couraged me. Now, I'm entitled to know what has made the change"
 The telltale red spots began to ap- pear in heI cheeks.
 You, sle told him. Last night, your scheme of world empire seemed a wonderful thing to me, but since then I've discovered 1t cannot be built without dishonesty and cruelty; and you've used both"
 His brow cleared. He laughed heartily.
 You've been reading the papers. There isn't a man in the financial field who wouldn't do everything I've done; see this in the right light, Gail" Its proof of your moral callous- ness that you think so," she informed him. Can you make me see it in the right light that you even used me. of whom you pretended to think sacredly enough to marry, to help you in your most despicable trick of all?"
 Look here" ne protested. That would be impossible, You're misin- formed" q
 T wish were" she returned. "Un- fortunately. it is a matter of direct knowledge. You caused Vedder court to be torn down because 1 thought it should be wiped out of existence, and in the process you cheated Market Square church out of six million dol larsi"
 He could not have been more shocked if she had struck him.
 T knew you did not understand" he kindly reproved her. '1 didn't want those old buildings. They couldn't have sold them for the wreckage price. When you suggested that they should be torn down, saw it. They were public menace. and the public was right with the movement The con demnation price will cover all they could get from the property from any source. You see. you don't understand business" and his tone was forgiving. I'd have been foolish to pay six mil lion dollars for something l couldn't use. You know, Gail, when the build ing commissioners came to look over those buildings, they were shocked, Some of them wouldn't have stood up another year. It was only the political influence of Clark and Chisholm and a few of the other big guns of the con gregation, which kept them from being condemned long ago. You shouldn't interfere in business. It always creates trouble between man and wife" and he advanced to put his arm around her. and soothe her
 The hand with which she warded him off was effective this time. She stared at him in wonder It seemed inconceivable that the moral sense of any intelligent man should be SC blunted
 There's another reason" she told him, despairing of making him realize that he had done anything out of the way. T do not love you. could not
 For just moment he was checked; then his jaws set.
 That is something you must learn. You have young notions of love, gleaned from poetry and fiction. You conceiye - to be an ideal stage of ex. istence, a mysterious something al most too delicate for perception by the human senses. I will teach you love, Gaill Look" and he stretched up his firm arm, as if in his grip he already held the reins of the mighty empire he was hewing out for her. Love is a thing of strength, of power, of desire which shakes, and burns, and con. sumes with fever! Do you suppose that, with such love driving me on, any objection which you may make will stop me? No! I set out to at tain you as the summit of my desire, the only thing in this world l want, and will havei"
 Again that great fear of him pos sessed Gail She feared many things. She feared that, in spite of her deter imitation. he would still have her. and in that possibility alone lay the other fears so gruesome that she did not dare see them clearly She knew that she must retain absolute control of herself
 q shall not discuss the matter any further" she quietly said, and walking