The Arvada enterprise., 1924-01-10


smiled. did Eve eat the applet All
these you can have II you will let 10
take you East. OF course, II l find
you cannot take this part, I will hold
.-.-rN -cN accountable for you. will not
let you be a loser In any way by the
experiment. With your beauty"-Yar.
nall fell back In bis chair and eaped
from the excited speaker to the silent
listener - "and your extraordinary
voice, and your magnetism, you must
be especially fitted for career Of
some kind. l promise to find you
your career"
Every drop Of blood had fallen from
James face and the rough hands on
her knee were locked together.
"What part" she asked in a quick.
low voice. "is this that you think I
could learn to dot"
jasper changed his position. He
came nearer and spoke more rapidly.
1T Is the story Of girl. a savage
girl. whom man takes up and trains.
He trains her as a professional might
train a lioness. II Is a passion with
him to break spirits and shape them
to his will. He trains her with coax.
Ing and lashing-not actual lashlng,
though believe In one place he does
come near to beating her-and he gets
her broken so that she lies ut his
feet and eats out Of his hand. All this.
you understand. while he's nm exila
from his own world. Then. in the sec.
ond act-that Is the second part Of
the play-he takes his tanned lioness
back to civilization. They 20 to Lon.
don and there the woman does his
training infinite credit. She Is extraor.
dinarily beautiful: she Is civilized, sue.
cessful. courted. Her. eccentricities
only add to her charm. So 1t goes on
very prettily for while. Then he
makes 4 mistake. He blunders very
badly. He gives his lioness cause for
Jealousy and-to con to the point
she flies at his throat. You see, he
der the skin. li0ness. a beast. at
heart"
Jasper had been absorbed In the
plot and had not noticed Jane but
Yarnall for several minutes had been
leaning forward, his hands frightened
on the arms Of his chair. The instant
Jasper stopped he held up his hand.
"Quiet, Jane,' he said softly as q
man might speak to a plunging horse.
STEADY"
Jane got to her feet. She was very
white. She put up her hand and
pressed the back Of II against her
forehead and from under this hand
she looked at the two men with eyes
Of such astonished pain and beauty 40
they could never forget.
"Yes." she said presently; "thst's
something I could do"
At once Jasper hastened to retrieve
his error. "Oh. I'm 10 sorry. I've been
clumsy. Do forgive me. Do let me
explain. I didn't mean that you were
q wild"
She let the hand fall and held Il up
to stop his speech. "I'm not taking
offense. Mfr. Morena." she said. "You
say you arrange plays and that you
have been seeking for some one to
play thnt girl. that lioness-girl who
wasn't rightly tamed though the man
had done his worst to break her1"
Jasper nodded with puzzled.
anxious air. For all his skill and sub.
tlety. he could not isterpret her tone.
"And you think I'm beautifully"
MY dear child. know you are"
said he. "You try to disguise II. And
I know that In many other ways you
disguise yourself. I think you make .
great mistake. Your work In hard
and rough"
She smiled. "I'm not complaining Of
my work." she said. "lt's rough aud
20 an I. Oh. yes. I'm real. true rough.
I vas born to rouEhneaa and raised to
II. I'm not anything ! don't seem. Mr.
Morena. i've had rough travel oil my
days. onIy-only-" She sat down
again. twisting her hands painfully In
her apron and bending her face down
from the sight Of the two men. The
line Of her long. bent neck was .
beautiful thinPto see. She spoke low
and rapidly. holding down her emo
tion. though she could mot control all
the exquisite modulationa Of her
voice. There's only one part of ny
travel that ! want to forget and that's
the osss smooth bit. And It's hateful
to ne end you've been reminding me
Of II. must tell you now that I'd
rather'be burnt by . white-hoi IRON
here Ahs gave him . wid. and horri.
ned loOk like . child who spenks Of
sOme dreadful remembered punish.
ment-"than do that thing you've
asked Of me. hate everything you've
been telling me about. l. don't want
to he beautiful. ! don't want amy one
10 he telling me such things. ! don't
want TO be any different from whnt |
am now. This II my reai self. II Is. !
hnie beauty. I hate II. i'M not good
enough to love II. Beauty md learn.
Ing midland music"