The Washington times., 1923-02-18

the welfare Of the little one and
yourself? z" he said. His voice and
manner were deprecatory and
slightly nervous, and there was a
vague suggestion of reminder in
his tone.
She turned her black eyes wide
" on him in stare that was not
devoid of q certain contempt
tolerant contempt.
'sThere is nothing to discuss.
You have made clear my require
ments TO the Lord Lissmere and
his lady. You have told them of
the things shall reveal # | am
denied what / ask"
ooh, yesit is that which they
wish to discuss.
.tMore words!'' SAILS shrugged,
her teeth cleaning as her lips
parted again in that disdainful
smile. There is no need for
words. Except these the Lord
Lissmere pays what ask in
moneyand the Lady, Lissmere
pays for what / suffered in suf-
fering."
Her smile vanished and q dark
ness settled upon her face.
If it pleases me to demand
from him the whole of what he
possesses, to the last penny, he
shall pay me that; if it pleases me
to infiict upon his pale lady he
penalty Of seeing her living hus-
band hanged for the murder Of her
dead husband, shall infiict it. /
have the power land / have the
right. His life is mine. saved
it. Her sufferings at my hands
can only wipe out cancel.ly
sufferings 1T his hands. have
heard very much talk Of the honor
of the Engiishman. What honor
is it that permits 3 man to cast of
q woman even q dancing girl
who has given all, not only to him,
but to his enemy alsOfo his sake
for his life
She turned her full gaze swiftly
on Louise.
'sYou are not English You are
Of New York OF America. Tell
me what quality Of honor have
they taught you Ia that country?
Is the honor Of an American
woman Of the same quality as the
honor Of this English nobleman 2"
She stood up suddenly like q
leopardess, she was flashing herself
to q mood Of vicious anger.
You are content to share with
him that which he has denied me?
Your honor, whatever it may be,
permits that! is It you or 4 who
should share his great wealth, his
possessions, his name and rank
with him Ii, who paid the
price to save him from the impale-
ment stakes of the Arabsit is ],
Sais Of Cairo, who should have
been the Lady Lissmerei I, the
mother Of his son.
Have you done anything for
him What have you done to
share his name and his life with
him? IL you bear him q son, that
son will grow up to be an English
noble. What has Lord Lissmere
done to save my son from being
anything but q bastard of Cairo
the child Of Sais-ignored, dis
dained- he will grow to be . man
ashamed of, cursing his ante
cedents! Yet it was l who saved
Lord Lissmere and it was not !
who killed Charles Lammarsh. Do
you-does Lord Lissmere dare to
grudge me and my nameless son
money? Even though it be the
whole of his possessionsp
She paused, to draw breath.
Lissmere, flushed and looking a
little dazed at the savage direct
ness Of the attack, would have
spoken, but Louise was before him.
She stepped nearer to Sais,
speaking in low, earnest, voice.
"Sais, if there were any inten-
ton of denying you or your son
either money or recognition or aid,
then both Lord Lissmere and /
would be guilty of ingratitude and
baseness. But there is no such i'm
tention. We have come here to
tell you of that-to arrange all
that. We both hope to be able to
help make it quite certain that
your child shall grow into a man
with every advantage we can OBJ
tain for him. You charge as with
ingratitude, but time will convince
you that we are not ungrateful
"You are bitter because your
son can never be heir to Lord
5 Lissmere it is against the
English law that you should direct
your bitterness on that point. It
is not in our power to give him
the birthright of another. That
can be explained-perhaps Mr..
Hoodless has explained it already.
It is not to dispute or haggle over
making acknowledgment of our
great debt to you, and Of your
sacrifices, that we are here. You
shall receive acknowledgment that
shall satisfy you. We promise
that. Everything within cur
power. It was not because of the
payments you require that we
came. It was because of the things
you said concerning the death of
Charles Lammarsh. What do you
know of that?"
Sais' smile was malign as she
answered.
81 know that Lord Lissmere
murdered him here" she said.