Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1920-09-24

~ meant 10 part you from MIN. That
my mind, and tSen""-tSs color rushed
into his face, and his eyes grew hot and
ashamed--"I thought I could make niS
revenge double by parting YOU from him
and by making you care for me-"
She turned her face away.
1T was not very difficult," she said
ptlfully. He went on as II he had not
There was only one thing I did no,
you. that you had been. and always
would be- the only woman In my life.
When I made that bet with Parry !
thought I was strong enough, to resist
The 'honey-bee brown eyes were raised
to his slowly, with infinite pathos IN
their wonderful depths.
Faversham held them with his own.
asked. do you believe that I love you
with M all my heart and soui--oetter than
:. The white lids came down. yelling
.nsR N rom cannot ni%; believe you I shall
de" she whispered with white iips:
He answered her hoarsely: II you could
have seen into my heart all these last
hoursn,if i,o,, YOU yS,, could see into 1t now
philip said that you did not care
that you never had cared" she broke
out with q note Of anguish. 1t was not
I WHO killed him. Miles. ! saw him
eliffs-and I was afraid Of him, and I
hid He was so strange, There was
dered. hiding her own. II saw him i.n...
cir Climbed 'e down ' to where he iay-he was
dead then. I know--because I spoke to
him an he never answered-and
kiesed him, Miles, and begged him to
speak to me" che began to sob
TRY to forget it-try to forget It."
he answered her brokanly.
But In his heart he knew that neither
Of them would ever forget, and that In
might be together, the memory Of this
man would forever lie between them
an eternal sorrow.
,"I sat there all night" she went on.
and then Ti think * Gns ust SSe eD fainted @
because I don't remember anything else
till a little while ago, .when. heard
voices-and l was frightened-and l
all those people, saw the lights
found--him = / went down to the edge
Of the sea, and the water came wash
Ing round ,i my feet i II l. had Z. bee been brave
"Hush hush. He pressed her to
bis heart, sitting the, wild words on his
rips. She ,clung to him. nercely for =
moment. then. with sudden revulsion.
why don't you let me 60? You will
never. be. happy with me! only bring
trouble to every one. Why couldnt l
have died instead Of Philip Oh poor
Faversham soothed her with words
Of passionate protestation. She must
not blame herself. She. was not to
D'"ss IT'S both 9TH @ our faults" @ r. she % told him.
despairlngly HE loved me. and he was
your you, friend. friend g, Oh! wonder If he will
give me7" was tho desolate thought In
Faversham's heart
Greyson came knocking softly at the
door. He brought a tray Of coffee and
sandwiches. which he had prepared with
II can't eat anything. It would choke
me-" Lallie. declared, TREMENDOUSLY.
Greyson looked at her with tolerant
nent part in his own futurs, as We'll
as that of his master. he knew, and
already he had resigned himself to the
He was a tactioian in his way.
Il beg pardon. ma'am," he said,
gently, but Mr.. Faversham has haa
nothing to eat all day"
She raised her tragic eyes to Favsr-
tRousS tR t he tried iS to e smile. MHsA 'a'' " "'
Haven't you. Miies7' she asked.
She forgot herself in soiicitude for
him, and gradually the faint color stole
forget" Miles, told himself. with the
certain knowledge in his heart that his
'~H He ''I had lost his friend. " ana ne had
still to face that friends mother and
break her heart
He tried later to .,,',ss speak q Of Sha. S HI, hs
against his hand and he leaned back
in the shadow 30 that she could not see
his face as he spoke falteringly Of their
"We've got each other-thoush Gou
knows don't deserve that We should be
together, and I want-want to try to
make something out Of our lives--iI
will help ne ms hroS feel aay myself snS % sn IN.
raised herself and put her arms round
his neck. drawing his head to her
shoulder
THANK God, we've got each other,
And after all Faversham was spared
the shame and sorrow of telling Mrs.
WSsa m the ssaya Ss swn asy sens Ss sa
ing day to break the news to her he
found that a more merclful hand than
his had forestalled him. Philips mother
had died In her sleep during tho hours
sands with his face turned to the sky.
The nurse who was IN the house and
who told him wondered at the look Of
unutterable relief that swept across his
face. IT was only afterward when sns
heard the. whole story. grossly exasger-
ated and badly pieoed together. that she
But there was an added grief ,n
,Sa S.u heart ,ss. as hs 70 vent wen swsy
been such welcome guest He had lost
his two friends, and the bitterness OF
his remorse told him that he alone was
to blame.
There was something pathsticaliy old
about him as he went back TO the hotel
where Lallie waited for him. She ran
TO meet Him eagerly. her brown eyes
filled with passionate inquiry; then she
aeoHS. Miles what Is itr
He told her as considerably ss no
could. trying to hide his own pain. but
her. love for him was great enough to
"And It's ell--ali through mel" she
dear, II is." she insisted, when he would
have spoken. "If I had been different al
i rsSians IN despair that ali n' her S'Sss passion. o
ate love for this man could never for
him wipe out the past or obliterate the
bitter waters of memory.
shining redly across the sky. Lalliss
honey-bee brown eyes watched Il
ITS the sun going down on what
miFay Fay.rsSsm nINs oss drew sss sr Closer a sAo
"But tomorrow u VIII shine on. us
again." he answered. "and We shall be
together."