Omaha daily bee., 1919-02-11


not to lose in his eyesl He saw
her confusion, and all the happy
horde of doubts shrieked once more
about him. He put his hand to his
throat and then looked away from
her.
Amy, / must know. On your
word of honor, is what you have
told me the truth?" He hesitated
and added in almost a whisper, as
though he too shrank before the
test, "All the truth?"
She felt cold to her fnger-tips,
and in the palms of her hands the
perspiration rose.
1T is dreadful am going to lie;
/ must lie, there is no other way
out" she said to herself, even while
calmly and deliberately she an
swered:
why, of course, Andrew-abso-
lutely ALL"
This young cub means nothing to
your"
ooh, that swear it to youP
There is one way to find out"
he said quietly. He stepped to the
door and rang the bell. Morley ap-
peared. Send Gregory here"
What are you going to do?" she
cried.
THAT is my affair"
Andrew, you are in my house,
before my servants-you won't do
anything to humiliate me before
them?"
"And l? Haven't l been humili-
ated before thefn?" he said sternly.
'Humiliate'-that's goodl What
do you suppose Gregory thought
when he heard that young cub lie
to mel"
Andrew, be carefulP
Exactly. / intend to be a little
more careful about many things"
Before she could protest, Gregory
came in, fumbling at the buttons of
the buster he had forgotten to
change. The buffers agitation
famed Andrews fury.
"They know everything. They've
already been talking it overl This
is what it's come top he thought.
Aloud he said,
Gregory. in the future, when Mr..
Dawson calls here, whenever it may
be, neither Mrs. Forester nor / are
at home, Do you understand"
Eyes, sir-perfectly, sir" said
Gregory, with frightened look.
That's ALL" And as the butler
stood glancing from husband to
wife, he cried, We'll, why do you
stand there? Didn't you hear me-?
That's all, I said"
Gregory backed out, humping
against the wall, seized the knob
and closed the door with a crash.
THAT clears the atmosphere" said
Forester deliberately.
Amy was in a conflict of two emo
tions. The further Andrew receded
from her control, the more she felt
a thrill of admiration at his MASTER
fulness. But this sentiment was i'm
mediately brushed aside by the
shock of her pride. A servant had
been witness of this sudden SUI
periority, which in itself fascinated
her. She had received the greatest
Eaffront she had ever experienced. In
this home, where her within had been
law, suddenly the man had stepped
in and shown who was master
This | shall never forgiveP she
said in a hard voice In her every
thing grew cold and rigid, and, all
at once, from the weak, passionate
longing for his caress of moment
before, she felt a blind, uneasy re-
volt, a hatred, the same hardening
of all her nature that she had been
amazed to see in him.
Il am not through" he said,
checking her with a gesture. Il
shall assume that after what has
happened Dawson will not appear
at your dance" <
Il shall dance with Mr.. Dawson"
she said slowly.
Il forbid you. Understand me, l
forbid your
"And l tell you now" she cried,
facing him dehantly, now after
what you've done, I shall dance with
Tody DawsonP
81 think, when you consider
calmly" he said sternly, when you
realize what such defiance will
mean-you will do nothing of the
kind. What you do outside my
house, whom YOU see, cannot CON
troll; but here in my home"
1T is my house as much as
yoursP she cried Indignantly
Quite true; but there is one OBJ
legation incumbent on you" he said
sternly, ito see that my dignity is
respected. When any man tells me
lie as to the motives of his tete-a-
tete with you-he doesn't come in
here again"
Andrew warn you, Andrew, l
won't accept this" she said, in
choking voice.
you must take the responsibility
of your own decision then" he said
coldly. He looked at her moment
and drew a clipping from his pocket.
Il don't know whether you have
read this pleasant reference to us.
l have" And he flung on the table
the unlucky number of the Tattle-
tale. vs..
"You don't accuse me-" she be-
gan Indignantly, when as though the
irnps of i'll chance were determined
to overwhelm her with false testi-
mony, for the third time, the tele-
phone broke in. Their nerves were
at the swapping tension. The metal
lie, shril1 note was the last irritation
to him. ......
"What-anotherr' he cried, with
an ugly laugh. $50 this is what it's
come TOP
His hand went out in blind anger,
struck the telephone and swept it
from the table. With a crash it
went rolling to the floor between
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