Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1917-03-12

He pushed her roughly ;rom him..
ut IL. eh:'' His words came n Z
sort of wild laugh. And I know ~,
do II Why should know II? what
do you think you are? Say, you'd
think you were trying to kid yourself
into believing you're the real thing Y
the real, sweet, shy, modest Miss Va
Cut / out! Your names Smith nayhoo
And you belong to me. DO You uAeG1ki
standY' "a
She stood swaying little. her haA1D
still tightly clinched, breathing throu0h
half parted lips in short, quick, 3sg1gN
inhalations. like dry sobs.
Its true''--shs faltered suddenaN
and buried her face In her hands RI
true was--was what you soy. HIT
now"--her voice hurried on. an eaeGg%
ness. strange earnestness In IT, y01
must believe me-you must! I'll make
you! I must make you"
"Oh, don't hurt yourself trJingt'
jeered Madison. "We'rs talking plAin
now. I'm not taking into account how
you feel about It. Don't ron fool yeur.
self for a minute. Thornton dent gef
you-not for keeps! But you and 10
don't make monkey Of me again. Do
you understand Say, do you get thatf
You're mine, whether you like 1t or not
whether you'd rather have Thornton or
not But I'll fix you both for this.
I'm no angel with a cherub's smile.
I'll take 1t ont OF Thornton till the
laugh he's got now fades to fare thee
well. and I'll put you where there aren't
any strings tying me up tho way there
are here. DO you understand"
His voice rose suddenly, and for
moment he seemed to lose all control
of himself as he reached for her and
caught her shoulder.
"I love your he flashed out between
his teeth. II love you! That's what's
the matter with me. And you know
that You know you've got me there.
And you'd play the fool with me. would
your" He dropped his hands and
laughed a short, savage bark, then
stepped back and stared at her.
xviii you listen?" She was twisting
her hands. her head was dropped, the
long lashes yelled her eyes, her lips
were quivering. "Will you listen?' she
said again, fighting to steady her voice. \
at was an accident"
81 saw the machine when you drove
IN. It was q wreck" snapped Madi-
son sarcastically.
1--WE ran out of gasoline" she said
quietly.
And then Madison laughed aercely in
his derision.
::Uh, keep on" lie rasHea. ~ told
YOU I was only a blind fool that you
could put anything over on! That ac-
counts for 1t. of course. A breakdown
isn't so easy to get away with. Gaso-
line"
1--WE were miles from anywhere" she
went on. I'VE had taken what we
thought was short cut Mr.. Thorn
ton built shelter for me In the
woods and went Toto
He caught up her hesitation like IL
fash.
Fake the lines. Helena, II you
haven't had enough rehearsals," he
suggested ironically. Anything goes
with me-
And now a unge Of, color came to
Helena's cheeks. and the brown eyes
lifted and flashed and dropped.
He went to try to find help" she
said. HE was out all night In tho
storm. I do not know how far he
fhA WI -
est house was five or six miles away
and there was no horse there. Tho
man had driven to some town that
morning. 1t was almost daylight be-
fore Mr.. Thornton at last came back
with q team. We were forty miles
from here. We sent the team to the
nearest town for gasoline and then
motored back" She stopped, and
then, with a catch in her voice, "He-
he was very good to me-"
Good to me!'' The words seemed
to stab at Madison-seemed to ring in
his ears and goad him to q flercer
Jealousy.
And her frank story Of the night,
what she had been saying, save those
standing there before him. glorious.
maddening in her beauty, remained.
II love youw His face was white,
his words fierce breathed, almost in.
coherent, and he leaned toward her
with a sudden, uncontrollab BILE move
ment, his arms sweeping out to clasp
her. II love you, Helena: love you!
DC ycm understand? It's yonl !c-e
you" NJ
"You love me-" She retreated from
him. but her head was raised now.
and her voice rang with q bitterness
cold as the touch OF death. Love?
What do you know of love? Degrade.
ton and misery and shame! Love.
Love! That is your lover
He stood for moment and stared at
her again. and her face was as palliA
ivory, and something seemed to daxe
him, and he brushed his hand across
his eyes. The logic was faulty, torn
and pltiful. and he CROPPED after the
flaw.
"1ts-it's your love as we'll a. mine"
he said in stumbling way. Then his
brain flashed quick into action. my
love, what other love have you known
but thatT he cried. 1--WE had enough
Of this. You pack your trunks, and
pack them quick! We're going to bsat
it out of here!'
She looked at him, misery and fear
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