Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1917-07-20

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7 lions without evasion and told wha
he knew. 1t was not much, to Dayel
?, way of thinking, but it was enough t
;, give cause for thought, and when tht
+ men finally parted it was with the IN
a derstanding that Strange woulC
$ promptly communicate any further in
! telligence on this subject that came
: his way.
On the following day Dawes duties
called him to Brownsville, where court
was in session. He had planned to
leave by the morning train; but as NE
continued to mediate over Strange's
words, he decided that, before going,
he ought to advise Alaire of the fell
lows suspicious in order that she
might discharge Jose Sanchez and in
other ways protect herself against his
possible spite. Since the matter was
one that could not well be talked over
by telephone, Dave determined to 20
IN person to Las Palmas that evening.
truth to say, he was hungry to see
Alaire. BY this time he had almost
ceased to combat the feeling she
aroused In him, and it was In obedience
10 an impulse far stronger than friend
~ anxiety that he hired a machine and
shortly after dark, took the river road.
The Fates are malicious jades. They
delight in playing ill-natured FRANKS
upon us. Not content with spinning
and measuring and cutting the threads
OF our lives to suit themselves, thew
must also tangle the skein, causing MS
10 cut capers to satisfy their whims
At no time since meeting Alaire had
Dave Law been more certain of his
moral strength than on this evening.
at no time had his grip upon himself
seemed frmer. Nor had Alaire the
least reason to doubt her self-controI
pave, to be sure, had appealed to her
fancy and her interest; In fact. he 81
dominated her thoughts that the i'm.
iginary creature whom she called her
lream-husband had gradually taken on
lis physical likeness. But the ideo
hat she was in any way enamored
If him had never entered his mind In
UGH wise do the Fates amuse them
elves.
Alaire had gone to her favorite aftor.
inner refuge, nook on one of the
lde galleries, where there was n wide
Wlnging wicker couch; and there IN
restful obscurlty fragrant with fow.
RS, she had prepared to spend the
Vening with her dreams.
She did not hear Dawes automobile
rive, Her first intimation of his
resence came with ~ sound of his {
eel upon the ptM w When he an. '
cared, 1T was alni5l like the mate
alization of her uptafTnost thought
lite as If figure from her fancy had
epped forth full-clad. n
She rose and met him, smiling "How |
d you know l wanted to see vouY |
e inquired.
Dave took her hand and looked down
her' framing commonplace reply.
II LOT some reason the words lay I'M
oxen upon his tongue. Alaire's in l..
maj greeting, her parted llps. the Ii
looming light In her eyes, had sent
'in hylng. 1t seemed to him that the |
half-light which ilIumiped this /.
Ok emanated from her face and her NJ
son, that the fragrance which came r
us hostrils was the perfume of her g.
atn' and at the prompting of these
ughts all his smothered Ionginps
as II at signal AS mutinous
soners In a Jail delivery overpower p,
IT guards, so did Dawes long-re- W
sseu emotions gain the upper hand ~,
hlm now, and so swift was their ~,
lsihg that he could not summon ~,
e than feeble, panicky resistance. az
ne aWKWardness Of the pause which 49,
owed Alaires inquiry strengthened ~ ~
reoeilious impulses within him. and w.,
. uhconsciously his friendly grasp ~
her fingers frightened. For her ,ao
. as she saw this sudden change aIt'
ep over him, her own face altered F''>
she felt something within her
81 leap into life. No woman could G
1alled to read the meaning of his 80,
zen agitation, and, strange TO saw u ~.
orKed similar state of feeling ~
iaire' She stroye to control her. NJ,
and to draw away, but instead : ~
and tbat bon n.i. nou answered laps
of his look. All In an in ''I ~.
she realized how deatblv tired 4,
II own struggle she had become. nv, N.Y. ~.
experienced reckless impulse TO T. ''o :,
away all restraint and blIndIv -
MS nrst advance. She had no .i,''n'
10 question her yearnings; she S srauI
"a to understand only that This h ,y.u"i
oltered her rest and security. that Dul,'
both - soo,,as simpl
silently, hand in hand, for notJo,
ohg time, though in reality tbers boroa
scarcely moment of hesitation go.
e part of either A drunken '''''
Ness instant of uncertainty, then
was on Dawes breast, ana his NJ.
ing tbrongh ~. us uesire' was strong
lbout bts nao,.. Aier pare arms able [,
or snrrondos a. sign, the token fects I
She ra,aoa uttered from her init of