Atlanta tri-weekly journal. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1920-19??, 1923-02-20
THE SUPERIOR SEX
BY HAZEL DEYO BACHELOR
An Enthrazzinq Romance


Synopsis-John Steele enters his taxi,
which he has left during a furious rain
storm and finds a beautiful girl there
asleep. She awakens and demands to
be set down Immediately, but faints on
the sidewalk when she has gone only a
short distance. g Steele takes her home
with him, and by the sheer strength or
his will, holds death at bay during the
fight for her life. His apparent interest
in the girl, who gives her name as Anne
Temple and refuses to tell anything
about her past, terrifes Marcia Steele,
Johns mother and she cOnfides her
fears to Katherine Cleveland, whom she
has always hoped John would some day
marry. In Washington, where Steele
has gone on business, he finds himself
thinking of Anne, and his return
home he is inordinately eager to see her.
Now go ON with the story.
CHAPTER XI
''Give Me Your Life
TIME room was in semi-darkness, but a
shaded lamp was lighted on smali
a table beside the bed. AS Steele fol-
lowed the nurse across the room his eyes
were riveted on the small golden head that
lay against the snowy whiteness of the pillow.
The next moment the head had turned
quickly and he was gazing down into the
wide open, terrified eyes,
He forced a smile although he did not feel
like smiling, and when he spoke his words
came with an effort
''You remember me, don't you? I'm not
going to stay but did want to see for my
self just how you are getting on
The nurse placed a chair for him, and he
sat down beside the bed. Slowly as he con-
tinued to look at her and smile, that look
of terror faded from her eyes and that elfn
smile that he remembered so we'll stole into
them.
"Of course. I remember you,' she said a
little shyly, and then with her cheeks sud-
denly scarlet she went on impulsively, you
are the prince who saved me from the dragon
of adversely. DR.. Henderson says you saved
my life, too. Why did you do that?"
Her small face was suddenly very serious.
Steele felt his pulse vaguely stirred What
an astounding child she was and her voice;
he. had never heard anything like it, 1t was
like brushed harp strings, low and sweet and
yet with a little soprano note tnrnnng
through it.
81 wanted you to live," he answered, his
voice suddenly deep.
But living is so hard, she said in half
whisper, "and it would have been so easy
to die There was a strange, faraWay look
in her eyes and she gazed off into space as
she spoke. Again Steele felt her remoteness
from him, again he felt that strange, uncanny
fear that she might slip away from him. just
vanish into air if she had been a fairy.
His hands clenched. He had a mad impulse
to reach over and gather her up in his arms,
and it was only by an effort that he controlled
himself.
II remember how you held me back" the
soft voice went on. II wanted to slip away
into blackness, but you were stronger and
you kept calling me. Why did you do that,
it wasn't kind?"
He leaned forward suddenly. He was
vaguely conscious that the nurse had settled
herself in a chair by the window and he did
not want her to hear what he said.
Don't you care anything about your life?"
he said sensely, doesn't it mean anything
to your
He was looking deep into her strange,
tawny eyes, as though by the sheer force of
his will he would compel her to lift the veil
of mystery that clouded them so that he
might look deep into her SOUL But they
remained mysterious and remote, unrespon-
sive to the look in his as she slowly shook he1
head.
Then if it means nothing to you," he
went on perhaps you will give it to me. II
it is true that I am responsible for the fact
that you are alive, why not give me your
life, and let me be responsible for the future?
Into his voice had crept note of passion
and before it the girl drew back. The color
swept tide out of her face and lips, and
into her eyes there crept look of terror.
little cry escaped her and she flung out her
hands as though to keep him away from her.
ooh, no, no. she gasped mot that And
then with a little moan she dropped limp
among the pillows:
Next-"A Mans Heart
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