Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1919-12-05

I'm d-d-d-doing IL D-U-De
cause I c--c--can't help IT," chartered
Andrea. II am c--e--cold" She
pressed herself against his body. as
though she begged for his arms around
hcr. He drew away from her. s
She crouched back in her corner
and turned upon him the accusing eyes
OF child that has been cruelty
wounded; then her wouanhood came
| 10 the rescue. II reasoned with her,
told her that the time for pride had
passed, for II she lost this man she lost
all men forever. No longer could she
say my world" and think Of parties,
Bond street, taxicabs and the snartest
restaurants; her world was hero be-
side her, to win or lose. vs..
When It came to describing her
hours with Manchester, she harped
with supreme feminine intuition on
single fact. Again and tgnin she gave
him to understand that except for lug.
glng her across his shoulder Z" the
boat. Manchester had not once so
much as laid finger on her. So care
fui was her narrative In It's logical Sc
Quence OF detail that It could not fail
to carry conviction with it. Trevor
gradually melted to the extent OF FILL
ing his pipe and lighting it.
She told OF her entering the court
around the great GAIA with Manchester,
OF his discovery that case Of gin had
arrived with his freight and of The
oily change that had come to his voice.
Al this point In her story Trevor for
got to smoke. He clutchGd the hot
bowl Of his pipe in grip that made
his knuCklcs show white. She could
feel him listening with his whole tense
body, She hurried on to her climax
TO the description of. her strategy In
removing the cleats and of MacClos-
ters terrifying attack. She even re-
peated some Of his words. He said.
waiting up for me. dearieT and then
drove the nails into his hands and
when he snatched them back, l hit him
across the head and he fell. And then
l heard you coming. thought had
gone mad, that it was not with my ears
but with the longing of my heart that
I heard you coming. When l called
and you answered forgot that had
ever known fear knew that ! was
safe, forever and forever"
"Good girl" said Trevor huskily. He
reached out and patted her hand but
his thoughts were not altogether with
her; they were lingering behind, how
ering over the scene Of her elemental
battle with Manchester as though he
sought to steep his soul in that recol-
lection in an effort to drown for once
and all time the memory Of twenty.
four hours of torturing jealousy.
$50 you're not jealoas any more, are
you?" pleaded Andrea.
"JealOus!" exclaimed eternal man
inpatien,ly. "Who said anything about
jealousy? It's one rotten quality that.
thank God, don't possess. It's the
canker-worm that eats into. the heart
of trust. A man that feels 1t, demeans
the woman he. loves" .....
How extraordinary" murmured
Andrea. !"because I don't believe any
woman in the world ever really loves
an unjealous man. OF course" she
added thoughtfully, I'VE despise jeal-
ousy-but that doesn't keep us from
adoring it in just one man." 80
Trevor was silent for long time.
pondering on this absurd and unan.
swerable argument. The sun arose
and set to work at once to overhead
the world; Andrea grew warm and
then drowsy. She began to nod and
her body to incline. II 1t had dropped
In a direction directly opposite to that
in which 1t actually did, she would
have fallen Into the river; as II hap
pened, she fell against Trevor's shout,
der. he first assured himself that she
was really asleep and then slipped his
arm around her and held her close.
He forgot his burns and bruises. his
fatigue and hunger; he looked back
with exultant pride upon the mael-
strorn of emotions that he had ridden
to reach this haven Of his souls peace.
The feverish haste with which he had
dug out the airplane and patched It
Up. the white rage in which he had
hurled himself with it into the cir. the