New Mexico state record. (Santa Fe, N.M.) 1914-19??, 1917-10-19
CHAPTER xV-Continued.

marquis. Remember that, won't you!
Not likely to forget it," John re
piled. "IIow well they all act!'
There was a quarter Of an hour
interval before the curtain rose again
Rulnors concerning the last act In,
been floating about for weeks. and The
house was almost tense with excite
ment as the curtain went up. The
scene was the country chateau of The
Marquis de Guy" who brought Il
noisy crowd of companions from Paris
without any warning. His wife showed
signs of disnay ut his coming. lie
had brought with him wonen whom
she declined to receive.
The great scene between her hus-
band and herself took place in the
square hall of the chateau. on the first
floor. Louise reaflirms her intention
of leaving the house. Her husband
laughs ut her. Her position Is hope
less.
"What can you do?" he mocks.
She Shrugs her shoulders and passes
into her o The marquis links upon
Il %scttee, and presently Is joined by
n of the ladies' who have Travelled
with him from Paris. He talks to her
Of the pictures upon the wall. She Is
impatient to meet the Marquise de
Guy.
The marquis knocks at his wife's
door. Her voice Is heard clearly. after
n moments pause.
"In II few minutes !" she replies.
Thu marquis resumes his Irritation.
His companion becomes impatient
the marquis has pledged his word that
she should be received by his wife. An
ancient enmity against he Marquise
de Guy prompts her to insist. E
The marquis shrugS his shoulders
and knocks more loudly than ever ut
his wife'S door. She comes out dressed
for travel and is met by Faraday, who
suddenly appears.
"YOu asked me what | could do"
she says. pointing to her lover. "iou
see row I"
There was n moments breathlesS 81
ience through the house. The scene in
Itself was Il little beyond anything that
the audience had expected. Sophy,
who bad been leaning over the edge Of
the Sox. turned around in no little
anxiety. She heard the door slam.
J0hr had disappeared!
Ils left the theater with only his hat
In Els hand. turning up his coat by in
stirct as he passed through the driving
raih. All his senses seemed tingling
with some namelcSs horror. The bril-
l!Ance of the language, the subtlcty of
the situation, seemed like some evil
trail drawn across hat one horrible
climax. 1t was Louise who had come
from that room and pointed to Fara-
day!
He reached his rooms-he scarcely
knew hOw-und walked upstairs. There
he threw of some OF his dripping gar
ments, opened the window wide, and
stood there.
He looked put over the Thames, and
there was n red flare before his eyes.
Stephen was right, he told himself.
There was nothing but evil to be found
here. nothing but bitter uisappoint-
ment. nothing but the pain which deep
ems into anguish. Better to remain
Ike Stephen, unloving and unlOved. 70
draw nearer to the mountains, to find
Joy in the crops and the min and the
sunshine. to listen stonily to the cry
Of human beings as If to some voice
from an unknown world.
He leaned n little further from the
window, and gazed into the court at n
dizzy depth below. He had cut himself
hdrift from the peace which might have
been his. He would never know again
the joys of his earlier life. 1t was for
this that he had fought so many bat
Ties, clung so tightly to one ideal-for
Louise, who could show herself to any
one who cared to pay his shilling or
mis- half-guinea, glorying in her dis
worse than glorying in lt-find-
Ing some subtle humOr in the little yes
ture with which she had pointed, I'M ,
ashamed. to her lover.
John bent a little lower from the
window, A sudden dizziness seemed !
have come over him. Then he was |
to turn around His door had
been quickly opened and shut. Ii was 4;
Snphy who was crossing toward him. |
rain streaming from her ruined
opera cloak. .
John" she cried. "Oh, john" ,
She led him back TO his chair and {
by his side. She held his hands
|
you mustn't feel like this" she
sohbed; you mustn't, John, really! e
You don't understand. It's all a play.
Louise wouldn't really do anything like y
hat !" {"
He shivered. Nevertheless, he b
.lutched her hands and drew her closer S
him. a
do, please, listen to me-" she d
,egged. ITS all over. Louise is her a
'elf again-Louise Maurel. The Mar g
luise de Guy never lived except upon
hose boards. 1t is simply a wonderful l,
'reation. Any one of the great &C. Fl
would play that part and glory a
n 1.-THE very greatest. John. oh, it's
70 hard to make you understand Lou b
Sc is waiting for YOU. They are all Il
at the supper party. You are II
expected. You must 60 and tell her n
you think 1t was wonderful, /" Il
He rose slowly to his feet and caught b
t her hands roughly.
"Supposing I won't go?" he whis-
hoarsely. "Supposing-I keep
on here instead. SophyT" 81
She swayed for a moment. Some tC
hing flashed into her face and passed C,
way. She was paler than ever. b,
SHEAR lain - sha hepppd ssnuII ro,~ 81