The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1922-06-02

Continued from our last isue)
But always ere now he had toil''
fled and shriyen her conscience VAIN
the belief that they were OF one hilno'
il must and would be Reno FIRST
Now Reno no longer held forth any
promise of salvation, of the laws sane
ton, the churchs countenance' 10
day and henceforward 1t must pe AZ
for love or nothing breaA
final and irreparable
And for all the shock she had sur
fered, for all the wrong Lynn had done
and the pain of which his III faith haa
been the cause, the love she had given
the man still was dear, dangerously
sweet and d dsarming. Already she was
aware OF anxiety to grasp at excuses
for him, with the thought tha, she was
according charity TO dear transgres-
sor, already she felt her strength 10
resist being sapped, flesh and spirit
succumbing anew to the spell he knew
too well how TO weave
The scales hung long In trembling.
They turned only when Summeriad
unwisely, losing patience. sought 10
I lake 10y storm the lips sne had not
| vet made up her mind 10 surrender,
and thus aroused resistance till then
dormant.
with an ease that In queer, de
tached way she found surprising, she
managed to break his embrace. Never
theless the effort left her faint. She
| faltered to the fireplace and rested u
hand on the mantel, her forehead upon
the hand. Lynn followed, stood by her
side. over and over he murmured gent
ly: LINDA, Linda, Linda Shaking
from head TO foot she made feeble sign
OF appeal He disregarded this EN-.
tirely, his arms again stole round her
and would have drawn her to him but
that, OF sudden, her mind caught at
a straw of memory, she drew away
|, with a hand upon his bosom put hin
firmly from her, eyes that were melting
none the less denying him, lips thai
were aquiver with yes" resolutel,
pronouncing NO"
"You are cruel e"
mo, Lynn. Wait. Tell me some
thing You say she-your wifi
agreed to divorce your
81 made her promise" Summerla'
asserted grimly.
when was that? The day she dis
. appeared? The day ! found her lyinl
senseless In her hoom?"
. 81 suppose so. Well. then-yes."
E "Did you have much OF a scene?"
"I'll say it was some stormy youn
I session"
"Is that why you found it necessar
to strike her?'
I Summerlad started. What" Strik
her! What do you mean?"
. But his eyes WINGED from her in
Fortunate regard
"She-Nelly had a bruise on he
3 cheek. that afternoon; and it WASH
I an old bruise. Lynn; you struck her.
Perhaps. Maybe l did forget my
self. don't remember. What if
' did. She asked for il didn't she? l.
!. have half killed her If she'd stuck /
her refusal TO go back east!"
Y Realizing that his tongue was agai
q running away with his discretion, h
e curbed il sharply.
e She started back to repulsion, bu
he overlook her in the midle OF tn
room and again crushed her t0 him.
|. Linda Linda! What do these thing
y matter? | love you, dearest, you low
!. me, nothing else matters. For God
/. sake be kind TO me! let's forget"
!. The fury OF her antagonism foun
him unprepared Once more his arm
were empty. And this time when h
e started in pursuit. something h
couldn't see struck him brutally In III
chest and threw him back. In the sam
q instant he heard heavy, crashin
l. noise he couldn't account for An II
t. human sound. II shook the room. bea
deafenngly upon ones ears. As
Ie someone had overturned heavy piec
n. OF furniture. Only no one had. Ce
70 tainly he hadn't. Certainly Lucinc
ID hadn't She was flsttened against Il
al farther wall. watching him with fa'
ie OF horror. blsnched and gaping.
Enraged, he put forth all his streng'