Ellsworth American. [volume] (Ellsworth, Me.) 1855-current, 1920-12-29


VIII snap out the hall light" she said
preathlessly. AS he obeyed she mt
up her race to his In the darkness.
saying clearly: "Good-by, Joe. m
surely be ready tomorrow when you
come"
She mad caught light step. the
merest rustic of garments, as she
passed into the hall. The lights there,
again full. showed her a yelled and
hooded figure rushing impetuousIv
downward. 1t pushed rudely, past the
stranger without glance at him, and
was quickly swallowed In lower half
lit depths. Then came a smothered
scream, drowned by the loud purring
OF powerful car. Marcia reioiced
that hers were not street windows;
Whatever happened she could not see
III shuddering she sank upon a win
dow seat and hid her face in her
hands. Body and soul, she was shaken
to the depths
NOW Tor year she had built up an
IDEAL about the man she had saved.
1ordon Ammerly, lawyer, litterateur,
society ornament, modestly rich, but
ambitious as Lucifer. The type she
could love-fate permitting. Now
she lung up her head, rose and shook
herself free of something intangible.
so he played with women's hearts and
mems honor. In a shuddering revul-
sion she flung doors and windows
wide, bathed her burning face, turned
out the lights and sat bordering life
ana things till low moon told her it
was long past midnight.
When next Joe came-to be exact
1t was next afternoon-she saw him
TRANSPORTED. He was clean as he was
klnd-there were no Touchdown
pages for his wife to discover. More
over, he loved her so entirely, trusted
her with such perfect trust. 81
gave away your coat and cap" she
said to him, abruptly, to which he only
smiled, saying: ut must have been
the right thing-or you wouldn't have
done it." And although he sensed
subtly the change in her. the change
that bespoke ordeal, he said nothing
of it, but took her to dinner and after
ward for long, lazy wandering
through the park. 1t was the first of
many. Marcia found them infinitely
restful. She found, too, that Joe had
ceased to bore her-that she missed
him acutely, Ionged for his coming,
and felt happy in his presence though
neither spoke word.
Thus times whirligig brought to
pass the inevitable end-a quiet we'd
ding, q brief honeymoon, then the max
ing of a new and delightful home, big
enough for two, that by and by be-
came three. Marcia in her happiness re-
membered her flight of adventure only
now and then, but always thankfully
it had been the turning point. She
knew Ammerly was abroad-perma-
nently. said the society gossip. He
bad sent as a wedding gift small
chest of exquisite silver-thus she
knew he too remembered thankfully
II am trying to make my life worth
your having saved it," he wrote In
answer to her warm acknowledgment
Still it took her all aback, when her
second baby came, to find that he
watched over her though far away
II have settled on you my old home
with enough money to live there in
comfort. Please do it-cities are no
places for young things which have
hereditary right to grow up very fine
knowledge that you and yours are
there, safe and happy, is the only
thing that can make me sure your inch
of time was not spent in vain"
He died. a year later. Marcia
grieved for him -sincerely-but her
gratitude to him was not for his bene-
factions, but for Joe.