Grand Forks herald. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1916-1955, 1919-10-23
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i "Aargaret!" u
She pushed his hands away. caught
her breath, and went on But today
] decided that, II necessary, / could
i've without you; that this Is the last
time ! struggle for you against an
other woman" She pulled her skirt
from his hold ana rose. retreetins to
times when you have wanted to be
free. If you want to be-if you want
Toto go into town tonight, you
must go. You needn't come to tell me
your going will tell me.
She sped through the hall and into
their room. Mendall heard the door
close on her. I'll
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A DECISION.
Mendall was left to consider his
wife's uIttm2turn: Margaret, the wise,
the %secretive, the slow to anger and
quick IN sympathy, always responsive
to his touch, impassioned and at the
same time tender. had told him that
ne was free to go II he wished. and
Sternation.
Carl Mendall had a lifetime knowl-
edge Of Margaret Mendall; she meant
what she had said. He had some con-
eeption Of the agony Of mind that had
made such q declaration possible.
With most WON en- it would indicate
merely an ebullition OF anger, but not
with Margaret. with her 1t was the
~outgrowth Of three years Of consid-
Grafton. It wa not simply Mrs. Bags
BY that had aroused her; it was his
his slight regard for bonds that to her
were sacred. IF thew were to
Is on together. It. would only be I'M
der solemn promise. II she can1e into
hie arms again, 1t would only be be-
cause of restored confidence.
Wa it in him to keep such a
promise? Was 1t in him to- fight
temptation--patnt in spite Of it?
frequent tn ssis, men oa the b as m adrd i1a as h,s
to ding aside every bondl and walk
out int. the world with nothing but
the implements for creating color
strapped to his back. Again, and
again his affection had held him from
that. In what fashion would he be re-
PAYING Margaret tor the years she had
Carl Mendall rarely troubled him
painted to The best advantage or not lot
Interested him tar more. And the
fact that his Wife, in spite Of her
bravery, would ba desolate without
him, touched him much more close
~ than any consciousness Of wrong
doing. He was not in the least given
TO elf-questtonipg or self-analysis, or
he might have asked himself what he
would % Il Mrs. Bagsby mattered
sreatly to him. And also it might
absorbed BY interest in Marie that his
home and his studio had become
Pleasant places.
Though no exactly Of this nature,
It wAs the thought Of Marie that kept
him from almost instantly following
his vita. Mrs, Hagsby he dismissed
from his consideration in tbs time it
look him TO eAsas. What did their
little emotional episode amount to-!
He HAD palpted & somewhat truef spor-
trait Of the woman DIS a result: thar
was all. She was lSo conventional. too
usual. TO stir hin, particularly, He
hA4 realized that f-nsIl the beginning.
Hui! this g1fl who by odd chance was
pert Of their household concerned
him NtAIly. Che was marvel. "A
lH1yetery. shs might be to many, but
not e hiln. He burned to paint the
ysallty oe hsr. and in: defiance OF her
Sophisticated yellow smile. Did she
think she Aecetyed him! "A Jungle
woman, she VISA Aftiger.wonan-no
matter who had fathered her.
She warned him that there should
bsrno' play In their Intercourse but
thsA made her only the more alluring.
y ~. 1arte's potentfality for. mis-
leh!ef that kept2 him sitting In. thought.
asnrs; reaSh the truth q her without
AaA0taS40S hef--and without being
!mIStnYnd hiEm6oll? Until he vveSnt n