Free trader-journal and Ottawa fair dealer. (Ottawa, Ill.) 1920-1927, 1920-11-23
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Copyright By Louis Joseph Vance

appeared In the doorway, and after n
slight pause, as Of INDIGESTION, moved
down the path to meet him.
He was conscious that, nj sight OF
her. his pulses qulckened Something
sWelled in his breast, something tight
ened the muscles of his throat. The
Fwny of her body In action, the way
of the sun with her hair
Dismay shook him like an ngue he
felt his heart divided against itself
he was so glad of her, ana so afraid
. He could not keep his eyes
from her, nor could he make his desire
be still; and yet and yet
They paused beside one of The low
stone walls and the girl sat down
upon the lichened stones, then looked
up to him with smile and slight
movement of the head that plainly in
vited him to a place beside her.
II watched you, off and on, from
THO windows. You might have been
hooking for n pin. from your pains
taking air. off there along the cliffs
He nodded again. glOomily. Her
comment seemed to admit of no more
compromising method Of reply
"Then you've nothing to tell me?"
He pursed his lips, deprecatory,
lifted his shoulders not quite happily,
and swung one lanky leg across the
other as he slOuched, morosely eying
the sheets OF sapphire that made their
prison walls. There was little silence
She watched him askance with her
fugitive, shadowy, sympathetic and
shrewd smile.
Must I make talk them" she de-
manded at length.
"If we must. | suppose-yOu'll have
70 show the way. My minds hardly
equal to withdrawing to-day"
$50 shall then. Hugh :"
She leaned toward him. dropping her
hand over his own with an effect Of
infinite comprehension. Hugh" she
repeated. meeting his gaze squarely
as he looked up. startled-"what's the
good of keeping up the make-believe!
You knowl"
The breath clicked In his throat,
end his glance wavered uneasily, then
stendied again to hers. And through
= long moment neither stirred. but
sat SO. eye to eye. searching each the
others mind and heart
At length he confessed it with an
uncertain. shamefaced nod.
That's right" he said II do
know-now.'
She removed her hand and sat back
without lessening the tiXity Of her re-
gard.
when did you find it out?'
This morning, That is it came to
me all Of Il sudden" His gaze fell;
be stanmcrad and felt his face burn
ing.
Hugh. that's not quite honest. l
know you hadn't guessed, last night
know it, Hugh. look at me-
UnwiIlingly he met her eyes.
How did you find out?''
He was an inexpert liar. Under the
~itchery of her eyes. his resource
failed him absolutely. He started to
repeat. stHmmered fell still, and then
IN breath cupftulated.
Before you were up--I meant to
keep this from yorktown there on
the beach, found Drummond.'
"Drummond :"
1t was a cry OF terror She started
back from him. eyes wide. cheeks
whitening.
I'm sorry But ! presume
you ought to know. His body
| buried II. :"
She gave Il little smothered cry,
and seemed to shrink in upon herself
burying her face in her hands-an in
congruous, huddled shape OF grief
there upon the gray stone wall, set
against all the radiant beauty of the
exquisite, sung laddened world.
He was patient with her. though the
slow-dragging minutes during which
she neither moved nor made any sound
brought him incxpressihle distress, and
he seemed to age visibly. his face
settling in iron lines, gray with SUI.
fering
. AL leuEIll Hohn--Talnef, wall
came from the stricken figure beside
him:
"Ah, the pity of IT. the pity of
1t! What have l done that this
should come to me"
He ventured TO touch her hand in
gentle sympathy.
Mary he said and hesltated with
q little wonder, remembering that this
was the first time he had ever called
her by that name-"Mary, did you
care for him so much?"
She sat. trembling, her face averted
and hidden.
"Don't blame him." she said softly.
"He wasn't responsible"
II know"
' "How long have you known She
swung suddenly to face him.
For some tme--definitely. for two
or three days. Ember took him away.
meaning to put him in n sanitarium.
] don't understand how he got away
from Ember II worries NEON
Ember's account. hope nothing has