The Oklahoma City times. [volume] (Oklahoma City, Okla.) 1908-1984, 1916-02-15

IoncI herself to despair, old errors Of
speech. forgotten accents, mingled In her
cries ~ amt right No 10 ain right /
nothing ever COMES OF nothing" Not.- /
Ing works out nothing An mo- ~ /
go hppl.Ill go back -rll go back TO i'' .
What do Won mcan7 Rnok To what
Wnona caught her throat .lonccJ .
auldcnlN
Cant YOU tell me-
'rm all right now said NInona' /
shaking her head She disongagcd her /
sclf brudlN. sitting up. twisting her IN |
gers In the physical effort at coEtrol She |
turned, ,lutcning horo
'uid Bmiuoy he what did he say
porr. inycnung details, building mp a |
favorable lnvidaut exaggerated the I'M
uurnugr. rrr0uutcd the interview.
~ told him Zr.lcr was after you You
know he hates Xvllcr' llcS crazy to sleaI
vm' Yuuu srr' Everything viii work
Hike a charm and the part just for you
Size continued optimi-ticnllN pouring
uut announcement Winona allowed '"i
-.I' to boz convinced. Eraspug at suaNH
Tnry remained talking deeply OF diIcul
tics aud Announcements always aNo'u
tug the questions that lhN below 'h''
uorr had said tentatively
.Wnona, wouldn't It help you Just 10
talk out everything tell me every tnlnb
I'd understand DO you trust me-
Hut the girl. resisting, hhs"er'u
hastily.
mas sNo, .,, n, Not now, Some day per
I han.
nor, pode no further effort She drew
her arm about her
"Thru lr, me quiet you, she said
SOFTLY
/ N.popg without resistance. allowed
/ herself 90 40 INTO her arms They 'r1S'l
srrol,nr runptrg to cnch other there In
.r1. dlrk and strange sensation cam"
I'm por, ,t fha touch Of the body cling
.ns to her. these unseen arms 80 tcnaci-
/ oe.Iy. tgut II seemed TO her almost that
.ha hrprd another voice mastering her
rhyns,Ily and morally. making her sud
d,nI, flexible and without defense, Il
,oI,, ..l,,pp.
INV srop acting"
",u right BETTER now can slccp.
s,pt ,er girl m hrr arms "rr1uks
Dodo rose and went rlding back
sr,.ir. oprn.c,rd made no sound She
nae grateful ~ her FOR THE. diyinlng
Oh, reason BnDk In her BEG, hu'aI'hA
under the covers She recalled NH'u'
With "a tr,IIug of horror To Iofc one n
courage I.,r hnl.hnw tcrrih''. Ana
nr herself Nor" thus 10 be 'Iansi", ,l",u,
H ul her ndomnhIe andn'ly "h""''
auIdrn" go
There's some man back of II ALL sh"
mId, thinking of Winona Ihrie 1"
.NlNs ts % man
yut she had been On the point Of
mnluruusy huEging the first dream tnhi
hgd com, to her In an uncomprchend"d
moment of submitting TO a man-'hr
,rN thought nunr her back into intul-
u,r revolt
but li 10 isn't love. how could ne
base. such power over me- Could there
Do, such vertigo without true love
Could such 1 thing he poshhleE Ilm'
and time again che put these questions,
Nuiug different answers Al times she
.Irt herself go dclIcinusly, stretching "nl
her armt coniuring up that first p"nc-
twtng embraces. AZ others, ll'rDeN
aroused she resisted him with every
fiber of her body rejecting submission
resolved To- combat him. to suOui dlhalr
HIM, to retain always her defiant Sn-
m'mn,N. to revenge her momentaIy de-
Scent uF some future victory
Ncthcr I'm the Yielding nor IN the re-
volt was there any convlcuon-no peace
and no calm What there was, was n'
disorder ana the inslstent drumming
note of bis voice, which drew her TO
him, had iu 10 the confusion OF a fever
Though she had fallen asleep late, shr
|Hvnke early, with "A start II WAS hail
past eight hy thc clock She rose aD-
ruriN ON her elbow at a sound thht
had stWilcd her from her sumhtr-i ih'
slippery rustic ot letters gliding under
tho crack Of the door Ihefr were Two.
white and mysterious against IN" indrl
of Ia "a