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sweeney and asked her to 90 with uc--for I wouldn't. or course. go alone with L.e Tarte. She took us in her big limousine. and 1 sat with Mike going and coming, And I won !. thousand dollars at roulette. for I'm lucky al gambllng-bcing un- lucky al love"
 And then the rising storm brokc. and tho rain came down in torrents. and mo woman in the world could b, as unhappy as she'--nor any sorrier for herself-'or a period Of fiN" minutes. At the expiration oi thiS lapse Of time Human Nature as serted itself She declared that mo uIan in the world Was worth crying over" What could be fun, frolic, and freedom for the gander. she guessed could be the same. thank you, and many nor" for the goos,. So there,
 Wheroupon Jl'l niad, the move tn" actual move-that precipltated matters in the domestic workings of th" Stuart-Justin combine. This precipitation paved the way 'o q climax more dramatic, more feart-stirrne than anything either .iill or Jack had eyer seen in real i life. That the grand finale Was scN- oral months in the making. iessnuod in no way its tragic importance. Tho events leading up 10 it kept the prin- cipals all very busy.
 As stated. Jill made the move. declaration for Fun, Froic and Freedom on an equal suffrage basis.
 What are you dolug?' uueried Jack, curiously as he came out Of the bathroom after donning pajamas preparatory for bed 10 find Jill pack - ing her toilet articles. her own pa lamas, and 3 morning gown in q leather bag.
 T am getting ready 10 move in with my babies she made answer, calmly, looking him straight in the rre. I'm 2 wee bit particular about sharing my husband with any wom- an 10 whom he happcne 10 take q tancy."
 His face went white for an instant. q llNid. deathly white. Then q crim- son flush darhened it. A cry. hoarse, i inarttculato burst from his lips. and ! his mouth worked gro'csauclv. Shc ! had never seen him like that before, and just for an instant an unnamablc fear grpped Jill
 But ony for an instant AZ thc sound of his voice sh" knew she was in no danger from Jack stuart, "Jill--ny God"
 Tn" ejaculation broke from him in husky, shakv tone that would have 1 been laughable under other circum Q stances In tho present instance it was pitiful.
 And if may he said in all trut h l that Jack Stuart Was hurt, terribly hurt. There was q frantic look in his eyes, ss if he had found himself suddenly on the brink of an awful rhasm and felt the edge crumhliue under his feet.
 -yol-Cant n1-mean lt." he cuip"f. lurchln- forward and catch ing a' T chair. You can tn mean that-'hat you're l-l"aHinc me-
 I'm leaving this room. Jack | leaving if tonight'' replied Jill, un- Intentionally lramatizing the situa. ton and herself as well. You and I are man and wife in name only from nov on A husband who can deliberately go out with another woman. and then virtually acknoHl- rdCe having been with her all that time. cannot love his wife"
 He stared a' her as if douhtinc her sanity.
 Jill didn't. of course. roalize that she was actually deriving 3 sort o, %ub-normal satisfaction from this part she was charact torizinc--tllc up. stage part of "the betrayed wife"
 She didn't know at the momen' that it was practically the novelt, of the thing that was keeping hel keyed up, lending her the false courage 70 carry her pnrpos' through 10 fulfillm.nt That th'