Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1917-08-08
The Red Mouse
a Story Of Love, Jealousy and Politics
BY WILLIAM HAMILTON OSBORNE


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! dhrun'Y att"r adding: ! want To taIk
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An instinct told Murgatrovd that It
| would be n rrIayoue ,ptstal,, not 10 accent
without protesting word the motto of aloof-
| noes the desire to void anv suggestion of
former intimacy that was in her tome
! Rightly no tuld himself that the slirht.e,
| advances ON his rart ,,n,I'd roeuli i'm ada
would like to hrcak down the barrier Ingt
| had arisen between them. he must bido hi.
| tima and trust To her emotional nature ia
accomplish that Ana he wag not mistaken
for presently an inuulsc 10 spcal, her mind
at any cost tool, posrrqs,on of bor and sbo
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earned away by the tender accents with
| Winrn she pronounced his name, MurEl,
! tr"yd csE1y"d to speak. but she interrupted
him
Don .-- covering her cars with her
| hands don't tell me- know you did
it-hccau7e II--oh, why did YOU listen "a
me- thought knew what | was talking
about. she went ON, whiIo ne sought con.
| troll Of himself by looking away from her
hut | knew nothing Of conditions; Of men
! thought that man. that you cou,d ac.
,omplsh anything YOU really wanted Ia do
but you were right Thcrc arc impog
| sihIlltios ! understand now-uow that IT,,
too late. have had my lesson. only q
| few months ago you wcro honest and now
YOU are corrupt and / alone am rcapon
sho!
BY the time she had finished speaking
| Nur|aruyd had hccOm" as imperturbable a,
he had been at the trial, and there was OnlS
I n hint of tenderness i'm the rcHsSuring word.
that he now uttered.
you must not blame Yourself" he wa.
neither admitting nor denying tho impeach
mcnt-"for anything ! may hayo done"
'Eut do, ! do" she cried bitterly "Auf
you must blame mo. always though
Adam was a coward to cast the blame or
Eve Hut ufw my sympathics are witt
him. tho woman was TO blame them an
To- blame now. I gave YOU Of the auDo
aud YOU. OH there would have been ~,
applc--uothnp hut Eden D. I had only liz
tened TO you and you had closed your ear
to me-"
"Edcu" he said Wiatfuliy. "YCs, hI
hardly the eden you cared for"
Abruptly her mood changed She lost nj
scmhanco Of calm, and her voice rang witt
= sCoru that, before she ceased seemed I,
include him aa well as herself
what do | care for success or failure
could cut my tongue out for telling 70,
that my father was a failure \ failure
Why, ! know that not only was lie not
failure but ihat he was really gGeat'
man In tho highest sense Of the word--ant
that's al ! want you 10 he ! don't car
an tota that you should be Senator
don't want you to be Senator. / haN
, sent for yOu tonight to tell you soto stO
for good and al the thing ! set in motion
. She was silent for an Instant ana thon sud
denly with a quick return 10 gcnuen's'