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she showed was when She spoke. of
you; that the only. thing that seemed
really to matter to her vas the fact
that she had deceived you. The tears
came. In Clare's ayes as she, talked of
Marie. She said Marie seemed to
have a sort of, indifferent confidence
she would find employment She
couldn't persuade Marie to stay he {.
shes told Glare quite frankly that she
to go aonvf because there was nothing
else for her to do. That her religion
forbade her doing any such wild thing
as you have feared. Glare said the
imp ession Marie made OF her was
that Of utter desolation, and. at the
same timeSa steady going on with LIE.
:. After Marie had gone, Glare
tried to see you, but was told that,you
had gone east, on business. II Mr.
Bagsby had been here, things might
have moved more quickly. But he was
Lincoln. Clare told him when he
came back. They waited a day, and
then Clare. came to me-. Then l tele-
graphed YOU"
MacAllister said nothing when she
had finished. He had taken his hands
from he. shoulders and stood now.
looking down at the floor. The color
relief had brought to his face had
l1OeOy ne lOOkSu dSSd dSdAh.
F'reda looked at him in her quietly
observant way, the tenderness in her
astir. If Marie had suffered, s. had
he. He would carry the marks of 1t
with him always; the lines about his
mouth were deeper, his brows more
pent.4 %
She touched his arm ca~ressingly.'
Its short.sin. the telling, but long
when measured by feeling, isn't it,
Alex? es
He nodded. HAS there been n
word from her since she went?" he
| asked with al effort.
Yes, Clare has heard. Marie
seems to think h a some motion-ptc-
ture company will employ her"
That's been in her mind for some
time" MacAllister was thinking Of
the evening on Twin Oaks Hill, when
Marie had said, There is only n
remembered with peculiar distinctness
her twisting. tortured hands.
He Strengthened. with a caught
breath. GLOW did she write; Freda?"
Glare left the letter. Would you
like to see it?" =
Yes. 1t may tell me the thing I
want to know" ISL
Freda brought it to him.
Dear Mademoisellc Clare" Marie
A. . / a. 0u a .SAOPpIue
place, at the above address. The
journey / do not remember, only that
we passed through much bare land
that was hot. This country is also
desert, except where man.has made it
green. 1t is perhaps a pleasant coun-
try do not know.
For three days after I secured this
room I could only lie still. but yes
terday 1 went to the studios of one
nf tho loH0o ronfi4n. ricfS,po r0vn
panies. Nothing may come Of 1t.
will probably have to go day after day
and wait about for a chance to be
called upon but if I am called upon
to take some part the experience
have already had will be helpful.
may interest the director. and he may
then give me another opportunity
am quite accustomed to the ways OF
these motion-picture people, under
stand their methods and how best to
please them, m that is a great ad-
vantage. My room costs me very lit
tie and 1 are very little about food
so 1 a afford to wait. Sometimes il
is to those who do not car in the
least that success comes. Perhaps II
will be so with me. Perhaps in time
I shall wish to succeed. ,
"Mademoiselle Glare, i can no
write much, but one thing I wish tt
say from my heart thank you fol
your great kindness. Merely m,
money debt I will repay. but, YOU
heart of kindness I wish always t.
keep. Do. you remember. we talked
once of women? I said that womer
were not friends to one another ant
that they would never be? l. have
changed my way of thinking, and be
cause of you l have changed my wa.
of thinking about SO. very man.
things.
zone comfort ] have had. MAIDEN,
oisetle Glare. Today I have gone. II
confessional-the first, time in many
many months. I dared not go whe1
Ill was living a lie, and it made m.
wretched. How could I have don,
what J. did? Lie and steal. Was j
the Indian in me that made 1t posi-
BILE? Or is it always possible to tn,
woman who loves like a primitive
thing-who has just the immense
wish to possess. Only by steady try
ing can I make something better o
myself than the yellow thing ] hav'
been. I am like one who has beel
through death. who has drowned an
only after long struggling with un
consciousness has been brought bacl
to life. These last ten days seem
hundred years in which I yhav,