South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1922-04-06

After eight years OF married life.
MARK SABRE discovers that he aad
cut himself or from human SYM
rathy and appreciation. His pro-
safe and suobbtsh wife.
MABEL. fails 20 understand hts
poetic temperament At tho firm
az Fortune. East and Sabre. school
and church outfltters. Sabre 81 un-
dermined by jealousy and a part
uership. once promised 90 him, IS
promised to an associate,
TWTNING Suddenly one who un-
derstands him returns 20 his life.
This Is
NOSA. an old sweetheart, now tho
wife OF the dashing Lord Tybar.
sabre learns that she IS unhappy
with Tybar and Mona tells him
that she chose wrong: 81 ought
20 have married you. Mako The
breach between Mabel and Sabre
widens Then sabre learns that
Twyning has become a partner.
GO on WITH THE STORY
II
sabre remained standing at ais
desk He had a tiny ball Of paper IN
his hand and he rolled # round be-
tween his finger and thumb, round
and round and round and round
In his mind was a recollection:
You have struck your tents and
are upon the march"
He thought. This has been com
Ing a long time It's my way Of
looking at things has done this. I'm
getting so I've got nowhere to turn.
It's no good pretending I don't feel
this. I feel It most frightfuuy
IL was rottenly done. Behind my
back Plotted against me. or they
wouldn't have sprung It on me like
that This frightfuI feeling Of being
alone in the place. More empty at
home And now there's this
And I've got 70 go back 10 that.
You have struck your tents
and are upon the march Yes.
Yes
He suddenly recolIected Mona S
letter He took 90 from his pocket
and opened it; and the second event
was discharged upon him.
She wrote from their town house:
Mako. tak0 me away-NOna."
His emotions leapt to her with
most terrible violence. He felt his
heart leap against his breast as
though, engine of his tumult. II
would burst fits borS and to her. He
struck his hand upon the desk. He
said aloud. Yes 1esi" He re-
membered his words. "If YOU ever
feel you can't bear if. tell me.-TeL
me"
He began 20 write plans TO her. He
would come 20 London tomorrow
She should come to the station
II she could. IF not. he would be al
the Great Western Hotel. She would
telephone TO him there and they
could arrange TO meet and discuss
what they should do tie would
like 90 so away with her directly
they met. bur there were certain
things to see TO. He wrote. "But /
can only take you
Ills pen stopped. Familiar words.
He repeated them TO himself. and
their conclusion and their circum-
stance appeared and stood as with
a sword across the passage of his
thouEhts But I can only lead YOU
dowuwards L cannot lead you up-
wards
As with sword
He sat back i'm his chair and gazed
upon this armed intruder to give #
battle.
The morning passed and the after
noon while still he sat no more NOV
ing than to sink lower i'm his seat as
the battle Joined and as he most
dreadfulIy suffered I'm its most dread
fu1 ouser- Towards o'clock he
put out his hand without movin4
his position and drew towards him
the letter he had begun. The action
was as that of one utterly und0ne
Iie very slowly tore ft across. and
then across again. and so into tiniest
fragments till his fingers could nc
more fasten upon them. He dropped
his arm away and opened his hand
and the white pieces fluttered in a
little cloud 10 the floor
Presently ne drew himself up "a
the table and began TO write. writing
very slowly because his hand trem-
hled SO Tn half am hour he blotted
The few lines on the last sheet
So. simply what ] want CO
do is 20 let our step-if we take it,
be mine. not yours We shall for
Ert absolutely that YOU ever wrote
It's SIS though it had never been
written on Tuesday 7 VIII write
and ask YOU shall i come up TO
you So If Won say yes the action
wu have been entirely mine Tt
VIII start there. This hasn't hap
percf. And during these days in