Fulton County tribune. (Wauseon, Ohio) 1883-1925, 1921-01-20
VII. Observation-Disclosures.

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"You are overwrougft." Mario
drew up a chair and sat down. "For
days you have been living at high nerv-
GUS tension, never knowing what fa-
tality the next hour might bring forth.
Tonight, against your wish and judg-
ment, you came out to meet a man
you fear and loathe-braving the
peril of arrest as well as the brutal
ty of this storm. Your clothing is
wet through, you are shivering. You
suffered a shock at meeting me by
chance. Then we quarreled >"
He lifted her hands TO his lips, one after
the other. ''The sum of such physical,
nervous and emotional stress was too
much, Leonora; you tainted without
sign of warning. / caught you bare
ly in time"
II suppose l must've, if you say so,
Mario But l don't understand.
I remember our rowing"
think of that no more" Mario
pleaded and, at the same time, in
sisted. "You and l must never quar-
rel. There can be no excuse for mis-
understanding when our hearts are
one She nodded meekly. "Tell me
one thing only" he pursued. Her
eyes promised "Who is Philip"
"Phlip?" Her look was completely
blank II don't know any Philip =. :"
''You are sure?" Intent search of
her face satisfied him. Strange! In
your faint you spoke that name, as
If you were talking in your sleep
you said distinctly: Yes, Philip and
again: No, Philip =. 1 am safe
with Mario, now"
Il don't know" She drew hand
oyer perplexed brows, "AnA yet
it's funny d. like an echo, what you
say said"
mo matter" With decision the
Spaniard dismissed the puzzle, took
her hands in a firm grasp and held
her eyes with a gaze earnest and
commanding. "For the present forget
all that, forget everything but that
we are united now and forever. Moth
ing-nothing, LeOnora-can come be-
tween us now. We cannot permit it..
we will not. Love such as ours is not
TO be denied or battered with upon
any conceivable consideration. As /
nm wholly yours, so you must hence
forth be mine; and to us all the rest
must be 'such stuff as dreams are
made Of You understand that, Leo
nora? l have your promise?"
Never since childhood had she so sur
rendered to domination. But now
She knew a strange, dear joy in sub
hitting. She bowed her head. then
lifted it to show him adOring eyes.
"Yes. Mario :"
$50 that is settled %
Mario got up and strobe into the
bathroom. Water began to gush loud
~ into the tub. He brought back a
| light, warm robe of fleecy stuff.
"You are cold and wet; a hot bath
| will make you another woman. Then
put this on. Meanwhile, 1 will find
| dry clothing for you, and a cab. To-
| night you sleep uptown: the best and
uuietest hotel in Che city will be the
| safest. In the morning l will call
for you; we will so to get the license
for our marriage. By noon you will
be my wife. By 1ightfall we will be
far from New York"
They kissed. Mario lifted her to
her feet.
'The door latches of itself. If any,
| one knocks, pay no attention. / shall
| pc back in a few minutes, and have
my key"
In a staring daze, utterly an un-
thinking puppet of love and gratitude,
| rhe saw him go. The sense of his
personality fingered. precious and COM
pelling: she did not feel alone.
She moved slowly toward the bath
room. unconscious fingers lOoSening
| her sOdden blouse. Finding the tub
nearly full, she shut off the taps. Only
with the silence that followed did ap-
| probation of her solitude come home.
Till then, in her wonder and delight,
she had accepted without question the
easy explanation that Inez had lost
her way upon the roofs and brought
her to the wrong house.
Even so: Red must be hidden some
| where in the same block of tenements.
| Suppose he were TO learn where she
was now Suppose Inez had not
blundered. but deliberately and with
malicious intent had led her to Mario,
then had gone to tell Red
Intuition linked the poles of fact
and surmise, completing the circuit of
| conviction. Instantaneously Leonora
perceived with hideous clearness that