Grand Forks herald. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1916-1955, 1919-10-23
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stick under his arm. I'm going for =
walk" he said i've been down and
foraged. 70 don't get any supper Tor
me. ! will be back by sight-in time
to get the car. It's the Art League
meeting tonight" He had touched
her cheek. ana then he also had gone
out through the grove.
Mrs, Mendall remained where she
vas. but the blood rose in such .
were blinded. It throbbed In her
hngsr-tips; she could no sew. r.
It was then she folded her work and
waited-until through the twilight she
saw her husband returning.
said, as he cane Up. aThsrs:s red
gold, enough IN the sky for a Kingdom:
!. Do you know whathtne It ID :
went without nay watch."e
"Tou have thres.auarters Of an
hour yet" @
Good" He sat on the edge Of the
p6fth, leaning against one Of the. pill
lars. Have you had supper. Mar
garst?"
q, Mendall noticed her manner tor tho
first time. Whats wrong? q he ask.
ed. You're not i'll, are your"
she was silent.
Mendall studied her in the dimness.
She looked very>smsM and. white, stt-
ting there u. her little chair, What
y y now:. ~ repeated. With 9 touch
4 heard ye.tsrdiy, carl. that you
She spoke a. Il her throat were dry.
There was . silence 10 which Mrs.
Meadal counted the seconds by
Then Mendall said: so it's come.
has IT. He sat still under the
realtzaton-for a monaent-until an
u~acontrollable wave Of relief, the up-
He rose suddenly and stretched, arms
high, stretched like an animal freed
from harness.
Then as suddenly his arms dropped,
and be sat down again Ut hAr. fest. 81
am sorry for you, MaSgaret.". ha said
IN low tones After q mpment he
added: u suppose Mrs. Baesby Will
get me some private pupils"
u was the spur. Mrs. Mendaii need.
ed, She sttfepsd, went to Nj.
Eaxsny this merut4s, carl. ! knew, Of
support, ana / thought I knew why.
He knows all I know, and he
knows also that there has been gos-
sip. We talked tor, some
time, and ! finally persuaded him that
the way to make scandal out OF gossip
was for him to turn against you. He
has his wife's good name to guard"
It took Mendall a moment to grasp
All he speech implied, and then ihs
tn .rn o 4. hsr; .I'ye done has VIE
N thtHO hvS$ N1aayS n YnA- >n-~-xa
e ths deadly Moae.oay q this pi.os;
= doubt II you could harm Mrs.
BaSsby," Mrs. Mendall said with I'm.
nneasurable contempt. 'nThe note she
wrote you yesterday was not writteu
BY = decent woman It 40 not play
with her. ana Il would not he xith
you. SoHnsthtng has made hey, drop
her mask 2 little. She was more
careful in her ethss eRu&tens.n.N Mr1
Msad1 ,.m poke les. e's4Ely: e hay.
tins I have ever spisd 81 you but j
was $ terribly afra.d 81 .ths harm
YOU were seinr to do 70 y~oYYself."
70 you selSehsd my pockets and
oveFAanleA my dssk, ala your" Men.
dau said With . half laugh. .11yEsl, I
i; wa, 4 dash IL biz usual israspoA.
Stole humor. He We1 RppUtnejy
amused. II Il hld me4tsysd 70 HIN
particularly, Re would have been
furious. Asst was he laukhed.
~ didn't want to do 81, but was
terribly afraid" Mrs. Mendall repeat.
ed. In a smothered way. ms
:" don't mind" he. said, "l4 yen
had put 9 knife In me. or iclaWe4 me,
Is q result "a have thpMghttt natural
enough. All Of which GheMg TIN "a
unEsgeperate beast, I euppese4H II
leaned toward haf, his Hands Skek4ne
her waist "xargarst, 1tsten y No.
hut s4e drew back, Wall out OF hta
reach. Don't touch nal" she sadd
With sudden passion. II don't want
10 elew you! i wouldn't hurt you for
sRytbing 10 the worId---I couldn't hurt
you! No matter. What you fmeAo no
suffsx,. J coulenst 1nxt ,Sout Yea m
everything 70 me, wen WhsA you
haye wandered away from No t,vs
syssy xiy 1ts ssss4 ysn. A1vs y.
wsys tried 8 SuaI4 ypp and heir. you
ana sustain you--ever stncs you wAre
ID boy Her voice sbegan d. fAil.