The West Virginian. [volume] (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1914-1974, 1922-06-01
I CONTINUED From our Last, Issue)

But always ere now he had
Fortified and shriveu her con-
science with the belief that they
were OF one mind, it must and
would be Reno frst-----..-
Now Reno no longer held forth
any promise of salvation, of the
4 laws sanction, the church's coun-
tenance Today and henceforward
1T must be all for love Or
nothing..-a break final and ire
And for all the shock she had
l suffered, for all the wrong Lynn
had done and the pain Of which
! his iII-faith had been the cause,
the love she had given the man
still was dear, dangerously sweet
and disarming. Already she was
aware or anxiety to grasp at ex-
cuses for him, to comfort the ache
in her heart with the thought that
she was according charity to a
dear transgressor. already she felt
,3her strength to resist being sap
1ped, flesh and spirit succumoing
anew to the spell he knew too well
how to weave.
The scales hung long in tremb-
Ling. They turned only when
patience sought to take by storm
the lips she had not yet made up
! her mind to surrender, and thus
aroused resistance till then dor
4mant.
With an ease that in queer.
detached way she found surpris-
ing, she managed to break his
EN- brace Nevertheless the effort
left her faint. She faltered to the
fireplace and rested hand on the
5smanteI, her forehead upon the
I hand. Wynn followed, stood by
her side Over and over he muir
INJURED gently: Linda. Linda,
sLinda.-.-..'' Shaking from head to
foot, she made a feeble sign of
appeal. He disregarded this en-
stfrely, his arms again stole around
her and would have drawn her to
him but that, of sudden. her
mind caught at straw of memory
she drew away, with a hand upon
his bosom put him firmly from
her, eyes that we're melting none
the less denying him, lips that
were a-quiyer with Yes" resolute-
S1y prom ouncing mol"
You are cruel-------"
No Lynn. Wait. Tell me
something --You say she--your
wife agreed to divorce you?"
ssS II made her promise, Summer
lad asserted grimly
:55s5 .sWhen was that? The day she
The day l found her
Lying senseless in her room?"
suppose so. Well. then
yes
did you have much OF a
Escene?''
I'll say it was some stormy
young session
IT'S that why you found it
necessary to strike herr
SummerIad started What! =
Strike her! What do you nlean?"
But his eyes WINGED from her
5importune regard.
tShe-Nelly had bruise on her
cheek, that afternoon; and 1T
struck her!''
Perhaps. Maybe l did forget
myself, don't remember. What
IF Il did? She asked for it, didn't
she? I'd have half killed her II
she'd stuck to her refusal to go
back east:"
Realizing that his tongue was
again running away with his dis
erection, he curbed it sharply.
She started back in repuision.
but he overlook her in the middle
Sof the room and again crushed her
to him.
Sss siLinda, Linda. what do these
things matter? love you, dearest,
you love me, nothing else matters.
For Gods sake be kind to me!
let's forget
30 The fury of her antagonism
$foundthim unprepared. Once more
his arms were empty. And this
time when he started in pursuit.
something he couldn't see struck
him brutally in the chest and
threw him back. II the same
instant he heard a heavy. crashing
noise he couldn't account for An
Einhuman sound. 1t shock the
room, beat deafenins ely upon ones
ears. Asif someone had over..11n-
ed a heavy piece of furniture Only
mo one had. Certainly he hadn't.
certainly Linda hadn't. She was
dattene6 against tE:s lartncr wall,
Il