The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1923-05-13

worth watching.
"You are mistaken said She perhaps
l should rather say-you lie. You have
nothing of mine, except the ring l sent you,
in acknowledgment of a service. The other
things you stole-the turquoise ley-and-
and the kisses.
"They belong not to you, but to my hus-
band, as you know we'll"
"Oh, you are-' Abruptly he broke
off, almost as if he were choking. He ad-
vanced two or three steps, so purposefully
that she looked up to see what he intended;
and straightway she forgot his absurd dress
suit, his neatly brushed hair, and foppish
mustache. 1t was man who stood be-
fore her-a man fighting for the thing he
wanted most in all the world.
'They belong to your husband, do they?
Then let him come and take them from
me!''
She laughed tauntingly
"Have no fear. He will certainly do
that; unless you are prudent enough to dis
appear before he arrives
There was a very odd twist upon his
mouth. 49," said he, "you wish to con-
vey to me the absurd impression that you,
proudest among women, are going to con-
fess to the King that you took another man
for him in the Oakland that man a COM
mon waiter?"
She turned white at the lash of his
words, but faced him undaunted.
Eyes! That is what 1 shall tell him;
and when he knows it-Heaven help you"
81 answer rather, Heaven help him
the King who must go Without
She rose to her feet, and retorted without
pause.
''Why do you say he must go without?
If any man in the world knows what l am
prepared to give my husband, it is you,
who played his part!'
His whole face grew radiant. The pas
sion in it melted to utter tenderness. II
never again in her life she might see love
and desire in mans face, she looked upon
it then. So whole-souled, so genuine, was
this passion that for moment it held the
stage by it's own force and all disparity
was wiped out by sheer strength of will.
And yet-as he drew nearer, and she
wondered whether the intensity Of his gaze
were hypnotic, she knew nevertheless that,
in the ultimate resort, she was the stronger
Of the two 1t was she who would decide
she had but to hold to her determination.
Sooner or later he must accept it; for he
loved her.
81 am not afraid -of you," said she. do
your worst"
1.-THE ueen," said he, still with that
radiant face, "knows me SO little that she
actually thinks l mean to blackmail her.
She does not reflect that, even if she owes
her life to me, l owe mine likewise to her,
who found a way for me to leave the bum
galow unseen"
Nothing of the kind. They would not
Aave killed you when they found out who
you were. The fact that you were my
rescuer would have protected YOU
"You don't know all" he replied quietly
"The Forest Guard were not my only foes
that night. You did save MY life, and for
that reason l suppose I must let you off
lightly. There is a condition upon which l
will set you free-a condition so generous
that it surprises even me-but perhaps l
want you to cherish memory Of me which
will not be bitter one
you dare to speak to me of conditions?"
81 do indeed l will return to you the
turquoise key, on the sole condition that
you allow me to return to you also the
other things you gave me at the bungalow"
His manner had been so respectful, so
adoring, that the sudden change found her
off guard. She shrank back away from him
before she had time to collect herself, with
cry of fear she would have given much to
recall.
$50" he said, showing his white teeth
in smile thing she had never seen him