San Antonio light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1911-1993, 1925-10-07
The Making Of
a Husband
Hmm Lisle's N e ID
Phase of Jim and
Amme's Marital
Adventure s
By ANN Isle
By ANN Isle
Chapter "a.

Copyright, 1928, King Feature Syn, Inc
Things happened SO fast at The
Birches last night when BERTHE Lin
gard came stumbling back to the
scene of his happiness and tragedy
that it is hard for me to realize just
what really did occur and in what
order the peculiar sequence of events
took place.
In looking back on the moment
when Arlette Valleau appeared in the
doorway and Lingard dropped the gun
with which he had been threatening
Tarasov, realize that ] was actually
more resentful than relieved by the
presence that probably averted trag-
edy.
For Arlette Valleau to come to The
Birches unlimited was odd enough.
But for her to come in by the front
door was actually mysterious, and the
first thing that came hopping off my
tongue was suspicious
Who let you in?"
l think / half expected her to say
that it was Jim and that she was the
mysterious woman" with whom Jim
had left his office. With still more
resentful brain love, l thought she
might be foolish enough to claim that
she had found the front door open.
But what the girl said was:
May she give me key. / meet her.
She with Zeke. He have hurt. She
take him home, so 1 come while you
shall not be alone
Then without another word to me,
the girl walked across the room to
where the dropping intruder who had
threatened Tarasov sat crumpled
where be had fallen at her appear
ance.
"what you doing here?" she asked
brusquely.
The man looked up, smiling vague
ly with something duly propitiating
in his eyes.
Il came" he stammered. "T was
looking for some one named Lisa. You
don't know where she is gone, do
your,
"She died." roared Tarasov. "Shc
die like my Rosine, what you have
made me take away from our shacks
so you can build this Birches for the
Lisa what die. And think you
shall also die"
Put away the knifes," said Arlcttc
with an authority that sat oddly on
her wispy, delicate vagueness of form
and figure. 81 shall not have the
knifes and guns where / am. It is to
make me just sick how funny mems
are. What you want, you mems! BY
Mr.. Perry this Lingard shall be-
and where you shall be you big. hairy
wood mans, do not know. Only by
this lady neither of,you shall be. That
is wrong. Now you go, big giant
man.
az am Tarasov." said the giant.
"Y'ou know of me-"
81 know nothings from you" re-
piled little Arlete setting her lips.
I wondered il the child knew Of
her mothers tragedy and of the big
Cossack's futile love for "the petite
maman- she 60 resembled. felt
sure that May must have told her,
bryo sense Of dignity we're making
her pretend that the story of Illicit
love in her own family was unknown
to her.
II am Tarasov," the man repeated.
"You are the lii bebc of Rosine."
"You are not to be here" the girl
repeated, standing her ground and
keeping a restraining hand on the
shoulder Of the recumbent Lingard.
"You shall not touch him 80
friendly" shouted Tarasov. "For
him your petite maman have die.
While he want a grand house for
this Lisa he love, the shack where
bring your petite maman from the
papa what drink and beat her all
times. shall he tear down. And while
/ have no place to take poor Rosinc,
your drunk papa he come and beat
her again one time while I gone shoot
duck for make her soup. And she
die. For this Iingard she die. And
then he come brighten Barbara
Lyovna, who is good like holy sister.
So ] think better / kill him.
sHe almost kill YOU" Arlette re-
piled scornfully, her eyes cold and
curtained to shut out her thought
from Tarasov.
The girl made no reply to anything
else the giant had said. but she kept
her pale, elflike face turned to him