New Britain herald., 1922-10-14
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CHAPTER V.

In the hot, uncomfortable silencn, neither spoke. Trooper Stormont seated himself after d while And, after while, Eve turned on her pill low part way toward him.
 Somehow they both understood that it was friendship which had subtly filled the interval that separated them since that amazing day.
 I've often thought of you," he said as though they had been discussing his absence.
 No hour of the waking day that she had not thought of him. But she did not say so now. After a little while.
 "Is yours a lonely life?" she asked in a low voice.
 Sometimes But love the for est"
 Sometimes, she said, the forest seems like trap that I can't escape. Sometimes hate it.
 Are you lonely, Eve ?'
 AS you are. You see l know what the outside world is. l miss ft"
 You were in boarding school and college"
 "Yes."
 Tt must be hard for you here at Star Pond"
 The g.rl sighed unconsciously:
 There are days when I-can scarcely-stand it. The will derness would be more endurable if dad and I were all alone. ,.a. But even then
 You need young people of your own age--cducl te l com panions-"
 T need the city, ,lr s'tormont. I need all it can give: I'm starving for 1t. That all.
 She turned on her pillow, and he saw that she was smiling faintly Her face bore no trace of the tragic truth she lad uttered But the tragedy was plain enough to him, even without her passionless words of revolt Tn" situation of this young, educated girl aglow with youth, fettered, body and mind, to the squalor of Clinch's dump, was per fectly plain to anybody.
 She said seeing his troubled eX- pression: I'm sorry l spoke that way.
 T knew how you must feel, any way"
 Tt seems ungreteful' she mur- mured. T love my stepfather." "You've proven that he remarked with dry humor that brought the hot flush to her face again. II must have been crazy that day she said '.It scares me to remem- her what tried to do. What a frightful thing-if l had killed you How can you forgive me ?' How can you forgive me, Eve?' She turned her head: T do,' "Entirely?' "Yes" He said-a slight emotion notice able in his voice: Well. l forgaNe YOU before the darned gun exploded , in our hands" "How could you?" she protested "I was thinking all the while that you were acting as I'd have acted If anything threatened my father "Were you thinking of that
 "Yes-and also how to get hold ot YOU before you shot me- He began to laugh. After moment she turned her head to look at him, and her smile | ment. But she shivered slightly, too How about that egg he inquired II can get up"
 Better kep off your feet What is there in the pantry? You must be starved.
 .I could eat a little before supper | time" she admitted T forgot to take my lunch with me this morning It is still there in the pantry on the bread box wrapped up in brown paper. just as l left it -. She half rose in bed, supported on one arm, her curly hrown-goId har framing her face:
 1.-Two cakes of sugar-milN choco- late in a fat brown packet tied Esth a string" she explained. smiling at ms amusement
 So he went down to the pantry ana discovered the parcel on the pfeao box where she had left it that morn ing before starting for the cache on Owl Marsh