Fitzgerald leader enterprise and press. (Fitzgerald, Ben Hill County, Ga.) 1921-1964, 1923-05-03

I'm id if you WILL" said the man,
In terrible voice.
And, his dignity broken altogether,
he seized her furiously in his arms.
The violence of that embrace aston
tshed her. Still more surprising, per-
haps, was the wave of resistance. of
instructive repulsion even, that swept
through her.
She succeeded in extrlcating herself
and backing away rapidly, shaken and
angry, vigorously rubbed with the
palm of her hand the cheek her hus.
bands lips had just grazed Still, her
fixed smile Knocked him.
"Don't you think, all things consid.
cred, that's quite ltberty?"
He lunged for her, saying gutturally /:
I'll show you liberty You for
get yourself-you need to be taught"
"No!-p-positively, you don't know
me well enough for this Please =
You brute -"
She managed again, though with diff.
ficulty, to free herself from those VIC
lent clutching arms. Her light airs
were gone. She had thought just now
that if Horace touched her she might
actually hate him; it had not occurred
to her that she would fear him, vet so
1t was. Now, as he came after her
again, muScularly potent and altogeth-
er wilful, panic, suddenly and unac-
countably, took possession of her
Without having planned anything of
the sort, she wheeled abruptly in her
tracks and fled away from him
If that was confession of weakness,
unluckily it did not settle her difficulty
on the spot. With dismay she heard
the large feet of Horace pounding af.
ter her down the path.
She ran as for life.
1t was sight for the gods, no doubt.
In the still midnight, beneath the
serene moon, In this lonely place, wild.
ly and primitively beautiful, through
the groves and among the crags sped
the slim Whitehead wife, dark hair
flowing after; and hard behind grunt.
ing and snorting, menacing, too, chased
the heavy-built man. her husband,
Different from the home life of the
queen, indeed!
On the open path his clumsiness was
equalized. She looked back, fearfully.
over her shoulder; he was gaining on
her, no doubt of that. Instantly she
left the path, scrambling over the
rough boulders which flanked it here,
plunging into the copSes, if such they
were, bounding away through the vir.
gin woods, sure-footed as fawn. With
wild Bursting of foliage and cracking
of bOughs, Horace leaped after her.
On the difficult terrain her Superior
nimbleness gave her advantage; the
distance between them steadily wi
dened. Once she heard his hoarse
voice painting, stop. tell you, stop ~
Now the strange thrill of the chase.
the throbbing excitement of the quar-
ry, set her blood afire She thought.
Pursue, and love!" and, laughing
frantically to herself, flew the faster
And then, as she sped across a sweet.
open space, a glade no doubt. pow
dered with bright moonlight, she
! glanced back again, unwisely; alas.
her foot caught in trailing vine and
she pitched to the sward The misfor.
tune, which wasn't rectified in Sec
ond, cost her her lead. Releasing her
self, rising dizzily, she found the pur-
suer almost upon her-almost, but not
| quite. She just eluded his fingers,
breathlessly lodging; she doubled and
turned; and so, in a moment, sudden
ly, she found her feet set on the wind
ing path again, and 10, just ahead was
the old landing, and beyond, omen wa
ter.
She had forgotten the water; she
welcomed the sight Of 1t now. She
was quite spent, and those resolute
feet were close behind. Flying over
the loose board, the harried wife dove
Clearly into the haven of the lake.
That Horace would follow her in
this maneuver had not occurred to her
He was an Indifferent swimmer, and
his sinus, as we know, was sensitive
Never having seen him angry before,
however, she had no doubt underesti-
mated the force of his RACES. In fact.
the conquering male did not hesitate
an instant. His ponderOus body flying
out feet first. broke water hardly n
second behind her, own.
Unhappily for her, the lake was
shallow here; tall man could stand
on the bottom, and Horace was tall.
In fine, while she was still submerged
her foot was roughly seized; coming
up, spluttering, she found herself eff
fectually prisoned.
Thus the man, like Neptune with a
mermaid, had his way. The stars
looked down upon the odd cOnjugal
caress. Upon the womans lips, gasp
Ing and watery, the lips of Horace, just
as gaSping, came waterily down.
Though her heart hammered with a
wild excitement, there was now no
strength in her. After an instant, her
feeble struggles ceased; another in
slant and, marvelously. resistance
seemed no longer of any Importance.
Under this maSterful embrace the
wife's WILL her whole being. indeed.
seemed all AT once, mySteriOusly. 10
dissolve within her.
You witch! I will adore you for
ever painted Horace wetly.
And then her bare dripping arms,
lifting, went round his neck.
Under the impulse Of his great love,
the days and the weeks that followed
became for the welded pair like
new and richer honeymoon. Her
elusiveness faded; her reticence and