The Washington times., 1928-11-03
Thrills Action Conflict and Romance Abound n This Serial
Of New FORKS GangIand and the Quiet
Countryside Of Virginia

in his arms ana soothe her
hurts swept him, but he knew It
was Impossible, At Coney Is.
land and on excursions on the
Hudson, IN the past, II had been
the easiest thing ~ tho world
to hold i Eirl II his arms and
lights ~ their slim, warm bodies
But Marian Ihorndilxe WAS Tar
too fastidious for such things.
Behind her shell. his knowledge
or girls told him she undoubtedly
had the capacity for physical
affection, but her person could
never be easily and cheAply ac-
cessible.
His reticence WAS 50 plainly
obvious that Marian found In
him nothing % alarm her.
ssYOu ought to let me call o
doctor. he insisted dOggedly.
az don't think any bones are.
broken and am not going
to take my fall too seriously, z
size said. "If you Just let me
rest hers for = while ! am sure
Til feel better
"But you are In pain he pro.
tested.
she smiled vaguely. II think /
am suffering more from hunilia-
tion than anything else. It seems
30 silly to TALL of q horse. I'm
joIted and bruised q bit, but 4 am
sure there's nothing wrong with
me worse than . binding head
ache. =
An urge 81 sympathy moved
through Eddie. He was 50 inter.
ested ii the Girl that he had,
honestly. forgotten her suggestion
that he telephone her father.
Maybe can help you some,
he said, hin heart beating q little
faster. There's 4 trick 4 picked
up from 8 guy that used 70 train
prize-fighters. Sometimes it does
the work batter than q headache
owderit's something like mas.
ne my head would only stop
hurting. she replied II think l'd
be All right. .
He went behind her chair and
his own hands touched her fore
head. moved with steady. sOoth.
ing pressure over her temple ana
BACK Sc her ears. AT his first
touch she seemed to relax.
s'That II very restful. she said.
Don't talk" he cautioned her.
After the passage OF minutes
she said. Il feel ever 50 much
better"
Yet she did not ask him to stop.
The touch 0f his hands was pleas.
ant to her, and acutely more
penetrating than mere tranquility.
She allowed her self TO slip into
an unthinking repose, while the
warm. magnetic strength Of his
fingers flowed through the pain
and began to drive Il away. Grad.
usually. she grew used to the al
most sedatiVe pressurei she threw
off q feeling of atrangeness, ana
allowed the easement Of her suf-
fering to be repelaced by q
drowsy balm Of comfort.
''You must be tired" she MUIR
INJURED, sleepily.
But he did not answer her, nor
had she expected an answer.
Presently, when he stopped, her
eyes were closed. She was peace.
full and motionless. He moved
away from He1 SoAes4QoSOOtyS anu
was careful lest he make disturb.
ing sounds.
A new peculiar happiness ran
through him warmly, He had
been privileged to touch her and
the contact had been vastly more
potent than any spoken utter
ance that would have been pos
sibIes the sensation Of her smooth
skin under his firm fingers had
brought them both to some new
frontier Of feeling.
When he had desired to give
voice to his love, he had lacked
the effrontery. BY daring words,
he would have shocked her and
driven her away from him. In.
stinctively, he had chosen the
only course that left his future
with her still open.
Above all, he was afraid he
might shock her and in his crudity