The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1921-11-28
CHAPTER NLNII
Nancy l. Shocked

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THERE was n thing that Nancy
could not understand and that was
Bruce's attitude last night, 1t was
easy epouga to understand why
Bruce had seized her in his arms that
first time because he had flung at her
the moment after he had released her
The words Now will you go?'
But last night there had been no
motive for his touching her, no reas'
on for il that she could see unless he
suspected the truth Of her feelings
and tortured her as lee had tortured
Trix. At the very thought her checks
burned and her eyes closed nNoluntar-
ily. lie was entirely capable of doing
a thing like that, FOR as Nancy be
lieved, emotion was dead in him. All
his better feelings had been crushed
becfuse of the falsity of one woman
and if he SUSPECTED for a moment thai
his touch had the power to arouse
feeling OF any kind in Nancy he would
take the greatest delight in playing
with her as a cat plays with a mouse
These thoughts kept winging
through her mind, as She tried to hush
Triy's wild sobbing, and finally she
turned TO Mis- henderson il despair.
What shan | do?"
Miss Henderson was looking III
Nancy with a strange expression In
her eyes. you VIII have TO go viii
u.s." she said finally and very de
hhs i
"Eut your brother"
"iyc gone so far. | might rs wei
Go an iho way and take matters int'
uy own lands"
AFTER Trix's sobs had lessened an'
H. had fallen into an exhausted slcei
from very weakness, Miss Henderson
beokcned Nancy into the hall. Il wan.
to talk to you for a few moments. vii
YOU come TO my ROOM
In surprise Nancy followed he'
downstairs. There was a definilenes'
about Mis- llenderson's manner Ina
vaguely troubled her; there was evi
IDENTIFY something important that sh'
wanted TO say, something that bore OF
the situation very definitely.
.,lfe in Miss Hendelson'S room wit
the door closed the older woman turn
Il to Nancy deliberately.
40 doubt yuun think me mad, bu
I have a suspicion that I'm right il
what | have to say. Did you eve
stop to think that Bruce's prec1utioI
of Won. his apparent hatred of you
might haNC another meaning
~ don't understand
IN make myself palmer. | believ
Bruce cares for YOU
Nancy started back, "Oh, Miss Her
derson, YOU don't know what your
saying. why, such an idea is frepoS
ferrous. il isn't to be considered
Nevertheless, | think I'm right
and Nancy, if such Il thing should b
true. it might be the means of hring
ing Bruce back 10 mis- old self. | hay
I suspected this for a long time. | don
know what gave me the idea. but
have hoped and prayed that 1t nigh
be so. I'm an old woman. but some
times old eyes are keener than youn'
ones. | have seen Bruce look at yo'
i'm the strangcst manner, even whei
he was throwing some mocklnS, saf
castle nhrase ut YOU. 1t was almos
as though he resented tae truth of hi
feelings and went on deliberately hurt
ing YOU and making you suffer. In
almost certain that I'm right
Nancy's thoughts We're suddenly /
a whirl. Miss Henderson's amazing rt
marks together with the problem tina
had been in her own mind SCENE
somehow strangely significant. TIL
scene last night swept over her agai
the po~ssessiveness Of him as he ha
held her close, the vindictiveness wit
which he had forced her into ope
warfare as far as her relations wit
DR.. Hvnt were concerned. OF course,
couldn't be true, it was all impossible
but If it were true, what "A sloriou
revenge!