The Washington herald., 1921-06-12

She struck at them In fury.
what are you ssyingf" she painted IN
voaes he hardly recognized what are
you sayinsf Do you mean that all this time
that all this time-that an this time
She trsiled Of into q senseiess repetition.
You're not really goine-sor ever-and
svsrf- She stretched out two gripping
hands -But-but-I love youl-
She fxsd her syss on his face, reading
It and rssd Il like an open book-read what
the child Of . fortnight ago could not have
Done but what 70 the anguished woman Of
this moment stood out In letters Of IRE; read
an the eontenptibleness Of him, eli the heart.
lsssnsss. all the delicate cruelty. measured
the heisht and depth Of his utter eroim
and blatant vanity. and. though unable in her
insxperience To define n. yet felt the fun
horror deep down In ber Writing soul.
Treadins Close upon the despair Of this
nrst great love came an usiier passion of rsss
rage incarnate, rage Of the south. hot a. its
love, rage that swept over her irresistibiy
and shrieked out . terrible vendetta He had
Inundated her. Knocked her, stolen her blind
alteration blindly given. and put her aside.
oh! you!" she cried You-you-snd
you kissed me and kissed you
Ny dear little Berta." he murmured, really
at q loss in face Of such unexpected intensity
in this pretty child. you will forget all this
-nonsense--
Forget she said. leaning forward and
speaking very quickly. Forget Never! You
don't know me! will never forget Never
forget that hate you-now!" sob broke
IN her throat at the lie. Never forget
that-In be reveneedi am no cold English
Eirl-to forget You didn't know whom you
were dealing with when you brought this on
me. How dare you! How dare you! How
dare you: How dare you! And / told you
! loved you-snd-snd-I Kissed you, o my
God! can't forget o II had only strength
to kill you I'd do IL think. No. I don't
think-I know would. hate you,-
She gathered vehemence. staring at him
with black eyes distended In her white taoeA
90 she said, In q voice like a moan. #
I'LL had a man to thrash you for it, you
you-hesrtIess devtE-
y
the beauty Of 4 user-oat gathered for .
spring as she crouched there swsying a little
from sheer force Of compelling emotion.
Go away. abe said. Go away! Leave
me! I've got some pride left 1t viii come
back to me when
Suddenly exhausted she nuns her arms
forward on the cushions. laid her black head
on them, and knelt thus. very stnL
Quite silently Fsradsy got up and left her.
There seemed nothing else TO be done In the
face Of this most uncomfortable development.
he told himself
To a very shrevd but eninently tactful,
hostess he explained that a wire had sum
moned him back to town today. In any case
he had made up his mind 20 tear himself
away tomorrow. But abe would understand
He felt uncomfortsby that she did.
So II fell that the pride that brought ROB
erta in, dryeyed and smiling at tea time.
and sustained her through the eternity Of .
half hour, was not called upon to stand the
additional test Of Fsradays presence.
In the hall afterward a. abe went through
she picked up . glove he had dropped and
carried It away to her room. The Pride
swore an oath Of vendetta over It, and IN.
Love kissed Il. and cried as It fondled It. be-
fore putting It way In |. shrine Of its own
The Love cleft deep into the sicilian heart
that could not forget
Six years after. when the bIackeyed little
sicilian girl and dull old St Medbury were
hardly memories with him, Faradsy met the
csmbrsy stusrts At Brighton.
He was stin the daly1ns dnettsn.e Ioster
whom many women loved and more men
despised. During the six yesrs he had wan
dered innerant and culled much sweetness
from many nowerl He had on Leaving
Roberta six years ago followed , pretty per
ess half over Europe. and the blue eyes had
dispiaesd the black In his nc,ie srectona
and between tbem they nearly managed .
cause-celebre II w.s discreetly hushed up
however. on one Of Far.day's sk1lfu 70
treats. and he returned home 10 ian In and
out Of love with his distracted mothers --LATEST
companion. This. too. wzs now hardly q
memory with him
She trst attracted his momentary unoo
cupied attentions At lunch She sat At
small table with her husband q huge,
healthy, reddish hatred young Scotsman. dis
cussing an attractive menu with . VIVID IN
terest that seemed somehow to suit her.
Fsrsdays table was to her right where
he had q fun and uninterrupted view Of
glorious sweep Of profile and throat and bust.
After she had swept In and sat down, and
begun her lunch. all In . careless. regal
unooneernsd way. he ate no moro
AZ last she turned her head and met his
eyes. and her own, fun and black. distepded