Richmond planet. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1883-1938, 1917-09-29
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reaction. She could see things clearly
and calmly enough to perceive that her
love for Monohan was fraught with
factors that must be taken into nc-
count. All the world loves Il lover, but
her world did not love lovers who kick
cd over the conventional traces. She
had made Al niche for herself. There
were ties she could not break lightly,
and she was not thinking Of herself
alone when she considered that, but of
her husband and Jack junior, OF Linda
Abbey and Charlie Benton, of each and
every individual whose life touched
more or less directly upon her own.
She came down to breakfast calmly
enough.
Shc told herself that In first seeking
the line of least resistance she had
manifested weakness, that since her
present problem was indirectly the out
growth OF that original weakness she
would be weak no more. SO she tried
to meet her husband rs II nothing had
happened, In which she succeeded out
wardly very well indeed, since Fyfo
himself chose to ignore any change In
their mutual attitude.
She busted herself about the house
that forenoon, seeking deliberately a
multitude of little tasks to occupy her
hands and her mind
But when lunch was over Sho was ut
the end Of her resources. Jack junior
settled in his crib for n nap. Fyfc went
away to TINT area back Of the camp
where arose the crash of falling trees
and the !aborcd putting Of donkey en-
gines. She could hear faint and far
tho voices OF the falling gangs that
cried "Tim-bcr-r-r-r."
She longcd for some secluded place
to sit and think or try to stop thinking.
And without fully realizing the direc-
ton she took she walked down past
tho camp, crossed the skid road, stop
ping lightly over main line and haul
back ut the donkey engineers warming
and went along the lake shore.
\ path wound through the belt of
III and hardwood that fringed the
;. Not until she had followed this
{. on the neck Of n little promontory
III Of the bay did she remember
shock that she was approaching
place where Monohnn had begged
W AiccL hiu. kollc lOOkttl Ut lcT
ch. Two-thirty. She sought the
re line for sight Of boat, wonder
If he would come In spite OF her
+S,n Blu to her great relief She
,tnl ugnC uettcr or It, nau seen now us
she had seen then that no good and an
earnest chance Of evil might come of
such clnndeStine meeting had taken
her stand as final.
She: was glad, because she did not
want to so back to the house. She did
not want to make the effort of wander.
ing away in the other direction to find
that restful peace of woods and water
She moved up n little on the point until
she found n messy boulder and sat
down on that, resting her chin in her
palms, looking out over the placid sur.
face of the lake with somber eyes.
And so Monohan surprised her. Tho
knoll lay thick carpetcd with moss. Tic
was within few steps of her when a
twig cracking undcrfoot appraised her
Of some ones approach. She rose, with
an impulse to fly, to escape Ii meeting
she had not desired. And MS she rose
the breath stopped in her throat.
Twenty feet behind Monohan came
Jack Fyfc with his hunters stride
soundlessly over the moss, n rifle droop
ing In the crook OF his arm. a sun
beam striking obliqucly between two
frs showed her his face plainly, the
faint curl OF his upper lip.
Something in her look arrested Mon
ohan. He glanced around, twisted
about, froZc in his tracks, his back tc
her. Fyfe came up. or the three he
was the coolest the most vigorously
self possessed. He glanced from Mono
han to his wife, back to Monohan
After that his blue eyes never left the
other mans face.
"What did I say to you ycstcrday2'
Fyfe opened his mouth ut last. "Bui
then might hnvc known was wasting
my breath on your
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