Atlanta tri-weekly journal. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1920-19??, 1924-09-18
HIS BROTHERS WIFE
BY RUBY M. AYRES
CHAPTER LXI
COnyaIeSCcnt
XIV MARRY Dora?! Good heavens!
What next"


| Trained from comment.
well, she might have been kinder to
me, anyway she objected plaintiyely. "She
must have seen [ was in great trouble about
| Mary. David, do you think she will die?"
No answer Miss Varney repeated her
! question timidIy
He spoke then-spoke with such passion
| that Miss Varney startled. She had
never believed him capable of much strong
| emotion; she had always considered him
| rather cold
eff she dies, shall never forgive myself
or be happy again. If She dies, it will be
the end of everything for me-"
David" Miss Varney's gentle voice was
| 1uII OF compassion. "Oh my poor David"
He dragged his composure together He
looked at her half apologetically.
I'm so sorry, dear, I thought YOU
guessed that that L" He could not go
Miss varney fell to Weeping afresb,
1t would have been the dream Of NV
lie: always thought how wonderfu11y
| wei suited you were, even when I believed
mat she was poor Nigels widow Oh, David,
can we do anything to save herr"
They have done all they can"
From his quiet voice nobody wou1d bavo
guessed how he had been suffering Miss
'arney looked at him wonderingIv.
Much as she had loved David, she had
never understood him. Would he really
feel it so very terribly she asked barsnIf
if Mary died? 0l SELL
Ihey had been waiting in little private
room Presently someone tapped at the
door and entered. 1t was one Of tho
nurses. "0 u Inc
She looked at David. H.
III ne - caught his breath hard in his throat
| n MS lace was colorIess as he STROBE frorn
me room followed by Miss Varnev.
ne asked no questions. He told bimso1t
mat ne knew what had happened Me- 1t 80
the whole
was plotted out forever 0 "oIId
seemed but flying second baforo -
was BACK again at her bedside, but bo u-n.
now afraid to look up. Now he felt that % %o
could not raise his eyes. '1"V n0
f,io1 wary! There just the fain+os+
aIcter OF the white eyeIids. David sno1So
again more urgently: "Marv" 'p0Ae
ana now the lids were SLOWLY 7iftod
f fo moment her eyes sought his fsco t ana
tra rTTy' vague unseeng look seemed 70
| lips. Gu ABOUT the pallid
NDavid-dear"
tba ne Nv was not quite sure if She really smoke
IL a@St NIUE word of affection or wbntbo.
IL was his own passionate Jonpino mnether
heard it. But with sndda3 sh @Ione that
''o Epe and kissed her Ifps. lie
| brokenIy. ue@reSt! he said
of+or1 always shall say" Miss varnev dac1aros
that mo,ao 'ndt she began to get we'll from
tndt moment. It's wonderful ,Tbo+ ~ ~ II ol1
49, m an old maid mvseIf bnt Ioye Will
100 IS nothing more wonderful in Oh 4 4t
NJ w tndn mans love for a. woman ,, ''0
WOE Vas weeks afterwards when Nav,
tho s ooMh at the, Red Grange again u5itI
white face "s SIehgth In her
0he was lying out on the lawn nndo, ~.
s sy ems and Miss Varney was watcbi ;1o
from the open window. WOO "@tcnlng
D., IL was David to whom she spoke. and bo
1 1urneo away with little self-conscio ne
You ridiculous old Iadv," ho said d.
ne ne came back and kissed her. "4nd nu1
uoe eI she know I'm here?" he ina,ir r'1ip
with an effort n7 inquired,
MISS Farney laughed
of meyer told her a word She's afraid
her faco 0 o,-oI 40 believe She always turns
~ ~ lace away when [ speak about voy-Nnot
tI@t speak about you verv often ;, 49,
added mischieySusly she
David had been away for tba 7as+ .ou.
hIsnC. AS soon as Mary was out Of danoon
| ne had left home 0"Hser
~ was golden afternoon-one of tho
brightest gems from the wonderful nooi,7o one
" ~ uhe Gays. The bees were droning e1oor
ny IN the roses; birds chirruped in tba eTp
S"5ne. somewhere at the back of the house
dog barked '0 MUSE
Mary closed her eyes. 1t was 50 good -
on
30 5000 10 lie still and forget everything 49,
Ii"u worried and hurt her. IF on1v Do,,fd
and 0I oeSlue her,
3ne opened her eyes with little fmnatfe0+
sign and found him bending over her
OF an instant she could not move. tbnr
WIN stuffed cry, she started I'D. The MOOD
l9Sneo TO her head, the old terrible feeIfnp
OF weakness overwhelmed her.
DaFI ( iald her gently back on the pillows
ne ne TOOK her shaking hands in his. and boId
them in the strong, comforting CRASH of LEU boI
dreams. '-"7 sI8Sp OF her
Mary, you're not afraid of me? oh nv,
see you!" 10Hseu 10
she tried to answer, but the tears cana
ana she could find no words.
David bent and kissed the hands he hold
II you cry, l shall go away If Won crv
l snail believe you don't want to see mo
Mary, DO you-cOuId you ever care for NAP,
1t was dream, of course II -ol me I-s.
on saying 1t to herself over and over again
IL was none of it true. She was lust sieen.
!HS, ana would wake UP soon to the old lone
| ms ana emptiness. But dream-lips canD0+
give passionate kisses; dream-arms cannot
Ho!q one IN a strong, comforting clasp.
0ne tried to hold him off, to protest that
she was not worthy But he only 1augbed
gu are not to call my wife ugly name"
he said fondIy lame
And then she broke down and cried again
But only because I am so bannv,. sbo
toId him "Oh, David, if you knew how
much l have wanted to see vOu,"
NOT more than I wanted you. nv SWEET
II seemed impossible that if was raa1I1-
DaVla saying such loving things. She had
%LW@!S oeeh a little afraid of him, always