Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1921-06-07

IN marry n0tp" h"'ve
,y,,vred n "Ioce IN a cot
!, p'f b.f HiIIyard is rich. Don,
W, has little faith in HUI
~ .jM feels that hafhy ,cM
jor them. She ncgieofs
,",,,iv. JiU, pho is employed
,.agrapher, gets acqndinted
T1So friend Of Hillvord. M.
- J;H's employer and a rich
Loao,es no marriage TO jill. She
~, r,sifh Tulientvro and her
~ forn witk a thousand
:, - tor she knows ne wm
rick womdn.
! HERE 1T CONTINUES
rpr.-marry me, I suppose,''
aid Her voice was quite
Enlsss. betraying neither anger
empt. ~
Acc, @ What Is marfiagev' he
sshiv "It won't keep me-
a. vou Jill-or you to me! 1t
" - mo love you either more or
an uo nut his arms round her.
hsr as IL she had been a child I;
~, aver her. his face SO near to
S he could see how the pupils
~ dilated with sudden fear.
es ea,e 90 mo and i swear
.s'oyer regret It. I'll love you !
Iars you the best side OF my
\, n bc yours-always- He
lie Inns to hers in passionate
mi M she might have been a dead
sor M all the response she gave
w. W. as he might he could no
mise ~ an answering fame In her
,dor changed to anger-he let
he turned away, a sneer on MS
face. .s
I'm said you loved me well
~ ~ rive UP everything--and yet
sske Of n few words spoken by
who neither knows nor cares
a. of us. you turn into q cold
you lie in my arms like a dead
Jill! Jill, for Gods
olor famed into her ashen face.
MI think-God-has much to
this" she said hoarsely.
Suddenly she broke into shrill
she laughed till the tears ran
r. face. laughed till she was Ut
ent and exhausted. ~
she said, gasping. 81 won.
Ion know what you've done
ce was wild now, and afraid.
[gbt YOU we're so different to
her man in the world---so much
\, much nobler and more Won
and all the time-all the time
ler voice sank to an agonized
"You're not-really-quite
onderful!"
hardly heard his sharp excla-
she went on speaking. as If to
Even Ralph Hillyard wouldn't I
bne this thing. At least he
Kathy-was only too willing
er to marry her.
yard is a rich mamie can
E pleases.
huddered as she looked at him.
ST seemed that she was seeing
the first time, shorn of the
Of love and romance with which
d endowed him. Something
10 snap in her heart and brain
hing that was not only wounded
outraged pride, but the crush :
h her tenderest hopes and ideals.
lck at him with impotent hands,
were blazing. O..
dare you! How dare you
\ / hate you-how I hate you.
for Gods sake :" He caught
ds and held them fast. He tried
her to him. but now she re.
ke a mad woman---she strained
a as far away from him as she
hen he tried to kiss her, great
hook her, but her eyes were
was like some terrible dream,
ruel illusion from which she
pt waken.
me go-let me go-let me &c
over and over again the same
htyre laughed.
never let you'll love you, and
Ee me, I've seen it in your
1T it in your lips!" His voice
and passionate ; he bent over
kissed her throat as she held
away from him. With a sud-
zee movement he caught her to
hst. ~ love you--you belong
well be so happy--Ill teach
at love really is"
wonderful carcssing tones of his
(omentarily soothed her anguish.
ised tortured eyes to his face.
d not speak-she could have
10 words had her life depended
but she read the answer to her
en question in his eyes. A long,
Fing sigh escaped her.
was awake at last; she had
the end of her FOOLS Paradise,
eady she could hear the shutting
Firing of it's gates.
tore herself from Tallentyre's
She rushed into the little room
Don had died, and shut and
the door. She dropped down
the empty bed and hid her face
white quilt. She was trembling
cad to foot. She was as cold
heard Tallentyre come to the
beard him speak her name, bur
er moved, and then after a long,
ne she heard him go away. and
ne stairs and out of the house.
'rouched there on the floor in tho
~, moaning softly to herself.
was ended-there was nothing
re to live for. She would have
im OF her best, and he had Of
q shame and insult in return. &,
ne would come back tomorrow
w-tomorrow and the next day,
the days afterward. He would
wear her down, because he
now well she loved him-apd
one day he would find her in q
iha desperate moment, and she
give in-and then and then
nate him-I hate him - sh,
IN anguish, but she knew tina,
yea him the more passionatel,
ny ~ she knew all his weaknesse.
alhgs-loved him all the better
her heart. W."
sn saen she suddenly thought o.
% SS'urgesg : she raised hel
eyes. ' WI"
h, "ss her escape; here her wa,
!" marrying this man she coul,
Tallentyre's. ""'
knowledge of the torture IL wou,,
nv Ivy. MIN when she was Stur,
"e gave her almost n siah az re