The Lamar register., 1920-03-24
A LIES
ROMANCE

By WALTER J. DELANEY

ally Arnold Brant and Eugene NalIe
had met fifty miles from her home
had gone to AN obscure clergyman
and been united In marriage. The
new husband had Just time to catch
q train across the continent within
the hour. and those two, so hurriedl,
"In two years, dear" he said. ns
he kissed her g8od-by.
"You wouldn't wait. You would
have It So" she sighed. 81 hope 1t Is
for the best"
'.The knowledge that you are mine,
all mine" returned Arnold Brnnt.
"will inspire me TO make business
success"
The train flashed away. the bride
waved an adieu through mist OF
tears Before noon she was back AT
home. passing into the house OF hd
brother Hartley, with whom she lived
and no one was the wiser
Hers had been a strange expert
ence Almost from her baby days she
had been dominated by her brothers
will. He had one thought In life
to make money. A cold. unsympa-
thetfc being. he chilled all the sweet
ness out OF the life of Eugenie. and
81 when she was seventeen forced her
into marrying Peter wynne.
The latter was a man with pros
poets. which Hartley magnifed. The
cheerless honeymoon lasted less than
month and then wynne went to the
lVi
property. II turned out complete
fiasco. and n year later word was re-
ceived that Wynne WAS dead. Before
that event EuEenie pined In solitude
until. at a neighbor's home, she met
Arnold Brant. There was no impulse
Of disloyslty to wynne. but deep,
unspoken love existed between those
two.
When the news came Of the death
Of Wynne. both Brnnt and herself
knew that the self-seeking Hartley
Vale would never sanction their
union. Brant had the offer Of posi-
tlon In Australia. He induced Ehigenie
To consent to the secret marriage.
Aud when they parted at the steps Of
the altar and possible years ~ part
ing faced them. Eugene was supreme
~ happy. for she had found love ~
last.
only one letter Eugenlc received
from I;rant. telling that h. WIS about
in start Into the most remote part ~
the country aud that. lf his purpo>"
succeeded he would return with >nfii
,icnt means 10 win him the approhn-
iion aud recognition Of her merc-nary
brother.
Then to Fugenle came an appalling
discovery. The full details ot the NJ
ness and death NJ wynne arrived The
first news had been premature He
was morally H. hut survived f"r sew
.-ral months Acting upon the initial
Intelligence. Eug-ni- had welded
Brant fifteen dHv~ h-fore the demise
of her first husband.
The later ceremony was Illegal
and she was simply y widow amt the
man she cherished as her llfe's mate
was no more than an utter stranger.
She at once wrote to Rrnnt, trusting
10 the letter finally reaching him
however remote he might he from
civilization.
\ year went by and there was no
Indication that Erlnt had received
The letter
There was an old man named Mark
n"nvir who had heen II power In The
business world hni now helpless
invalid. Hartley had cultivated him
ln the hopes Of utilizing his past
prestige FOR his own benefit One
day he came TO Eugenie astounding
her with nm ofrer OF marriage from
nenvir
III means independence for you. '
represented the subtle schemer. for
he will not live long"
Eurenie shrank from the proposal.
hui the artful and persistent HARLEY
iirrll' overcawr her nppn>iiinu \
seeming pisything Of destiny. forgot
f"n. 81 -lraSt neglected hN she "ply
man she had ever loved. Eugei ic
consented to the sacrifice fnr her
hrathrr'S sake.
nrnvir died within month. Hart
70, made u fortune. lied before a
wear was over. and Eugenie was ri
ln>i truly independent. hut size cut
Slderrd her wealth as mere Grn~s for
Il failed to bring her happiness.
Aunihrr wear PASSED nv \mil her
.rlf.-nfnrced solitude Eugenls foand
t,. .nr,-pnse tn tho yarrIe lou.-ine ss,,.