Abbeville progress. (Abbeville, Vermilion Parish, La.) 1913-1944, 1916-11-04


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swirl Of oucrattors Failures and sps-
} pensions nf smaller houses were no
ing announced every moment Then
+ the bell rang sharuiy Sudden 81
lence descended on the shouting. yes
bodv sensed what vas coming And
, then the formal notice was read out
The great bouse of Bateon Kendrick
& co had rone IN ,be wall
Hatloss coatIcss his ewes bloodsbot
AMI his face worl,ins, convulsiv4Iv the
man who three DAVIS before had been
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"yes " said the leader of the pool
"i, q. over Mrs Kendr,ck and the
rasult ia largely due to YOU"
IT, 1o,a +oldod ol,n ~ naner m
~ table hefore her This il a check
,.h,at hoyo ,,ada ont IN vour order ~
he said and | have LETT the amount
MANI Won NAV fill Il in for any sum
I'm IN a million"
Sba nodded careIessiv. but made no
move IN take il ND. Then after a few
Moments OF further conversation, she
left the office. It was not until after
her departure that they discovered
that she had left the check still lying
IN the table
Out at the entrance to the building
she found Blair waiting for her. lie
caught her by the arm and guided her
swiftly to & limousine which stood be
side the curb.
He gave simply the direction Up
town" to the chauffeur, then stepping
in beside Ruth. turned to her eagerly
as the car moved forward through the
crowded streets. She stayed him with
quickly uplfted hand.
Don't Fleetwood" she begged
Don't"
But he was not to be denied. Ear
nestIy he pleaded with her to obtain a
divorce and come away with him 10
new life. For all the impression that
he made though, he might have been
talking to a marble statue.
oh. can't you understand? - she
broke out at length. When one has
been as | have in the grip of great,
crushing forces, all this sounds pitiful-
Iv trifing and inane Love, Protec-
ton, Soft endearments'" her lip
curled They were all the world TO
me once but now they don't arouse
even a thrill. Do you think that a