The L'Anse sentinel., 1923-11-23
Why He Threw
Her Over
SO A ND he threw you over like tina
IA DorOfhv7"

By MYRA CURTIS LANE
t@. 1919. Western Newspaper Union.l


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Sc A ND he threw you over like that.
"A Dorothyr"
Dorothy nodded tearfully. Maisle
looked at her In flaming anger. Dor
.othy had been her chum since they
were at school together. She had been
sgoing with Ray Crawford for months |;
NOW. 1t seemed, Ray had deliberately
Tilted her.
"Oh, I'll pay him out for thatl"
said Maisie.
And her bitterness against Ray was
none the less because she had grown
very fond of him. In fact she had
been struggling for weeks past to be
loyal to her chum and not to let her
feeling for Ray sweep her of her feet.
It'll pay him out, Dorothy" she said
again.
From that moment she set herself to
winning Rays love. 1t Is not diff
cult task for a young and pretty girl
like Malsie. But that evening when
first Ray kissed her she was conscious
of two instincts struggling within her.
One was to forget everything In her
love for Ray; to abandon herself to 1t.
The other was to murder him.
Ray was desperately In love with
her. There was no doubling that. He
haunted her; he lay In wait for her.
Slowly Malsie had seemed to surren-
der. Now the moment for her re-
venge had come.
Sweetheart, when will you marry
,me7"
Maisle gave him cold stare. "Mar-
sry you? Marry you, Ray? Why, sure
ly you never thought I'd marry you.
did you?"
"You told me you loved me. You
let me kiss YOU"
"Oh, you've q lot to learn, Ray, II
you think that amounts to anything.
Lots of men have kissed me. Were
you conceited enough to suppose that
I was going to marry you just be-
cause of that? Go away and learn
something about life"
Ray stood his ground. "a girl who
lets a man kiss her and behaves .as
you have done Is no. better than"
He stopped right there. But it was
enough. A flaming color rose In
Maisie's cheeks.
''How dare you think you can insult
meT she exclaimed In furious tones.
IF i let you kiss me 1t was to make
a fool of you. I hate you more than
any man I've ever known"
Ray bowed and went away, and
Maisie, when he was gone, burst into
passionate weeping.
She loved Ray with all her heart,
and she had thrown away that love
for her friends sake, out of loyalty
to her. After that Ray and she cut
each other. Sometimes Maisie won.
dered whether the sacrifice had been
worth while. Dorothy seemed to be
recovering very quickly from her
heart wound. And then the day CAME
when Dorothy came flying In like q
fairy.
"Maisie, listen! I'm engaged to Tom
Briggs. I'm so happy. Congratulate
me, dear!"
Malsle congratulated her and sa.
with a heart Of lead after she had
gone away.
So this was the result of her 10y.
atty! This was the end. What foo!
she had been! After all, she had only
heard Dorothy's side Of the story, and
there might be another. Ray might
have had good reason to have done
what he did.
Well, 1t was ended, and there wal
nothing more to do. She got up.
The front door opened. 1t was Ray
In the passage. Her heart leaped ai
the sight of him. She stood, half
fainting, staring at him.
He was coming toward her. Hi
arms were about her. His lips were
upon hers. And momentarily Maisit
surrendered herself to his embrace
Then she pushed him away.
"No. mol How dare you come herr
like thatw
'Maisie, darling. listen!"
'There's nothing to say"
"There's a whole world to aay.
Dorothy came to me this Afternoon
and told me she was engaged to Ton
Briggs"
whats that got to do with It
What's Dorothy to meT'
"She confessed all the wicked plo,
she had made up to keep us apart
She told you we had been engaged
and that I had Tilted her"
"weren't your Didn't your"
"Never! II was always you I caret
for. Dorothy was jealous Of you be
cause she cared for me, and in ordel
to keep us apart she played on youl
friendship for her and made up thal
He about us"
"Oh. Ray, can you-can you for
give mef'
There's nothing to forgive, sweet
heart. Will you answer me now-tha
question that asked your
Nofeia answerod