New Britain herald., 1928-09-19
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sybil. And I'm going to make yo' love me. Now what do you thinl of that. Naughty Lady?"
 "Weli - since you ask me - think you must be insane. MT. Eus tis. That's just between ourselves of course. I won't tell 2 soul. think you're absolutely cuckoo"
 Why Because I'm craz, about you?"
 But you don't even know me-"
 That doesn't make any differ. ence. Love il a creed with me. know more abou, love than an, man you ever knew. I we given il more thought. I've studied it as g scientific thing. Some day I'm go. ing to write a book and call il Love"
 You must send me an auto graphed copy"
 'IIl dedicate it to you"
 Idiot"
 Darling" His arms closed tight around her.
 She threw back her head, but he found her lips with his. She strained away, taut and angry. Hi. body against her was trembling His hair had fallen across her fore head. Soft, blond hair. beautiful ir the moonlight. His eyes blazed into hers. He held her with arms thai felt like steel. Then he took his mouth away. and whispered against her lips.
 Kiss me-"
 Obediently she relaxed, and hel body became soft and clinging. He freed her arms and she put them about his neck.
 "Yes," she said.
 Then it was over. He stood witf his hands on the rail. and she no. ticed how white his knuckles were under the fair skin.
 'I didn't mean to do 1t so soon. he said.
 ''Oh. it doesn't make any differ ence. We'll never see each other again after this trip"
 "Youl come out with me tomor row night?"
 "Yes."
 And every night until We reacf port?"
 "Yes."
 "Sybil, I'm wild about you"
 She shrugged her shoulders ant gathered Mabers scarf about her.
 Its getting chilly. isn't it?"
 But don't you care at all that love you?"
 You think l should be flattereG because there's something physica about me that intrigues you?"
 But you don't understand"
 "Oh, yes l do. That's the trou' ble."
 He left her at her stateroon door.
 Good night. Princess
 Good night. Foolish"
 Mabel was reading in her berth And you said you weren't : home wrecker! It was bad enough Sybil Thorne, to take my beautiful boy right from under my eyes. Blu to go off and leave me with tha | junk man .!' But you sent me yourself Mab!"
 I know, honey. Ain't life tn, dickens?"
 Sybil undressed slowly. Colo creamed her face with abstractet deliberation and sat with hail brush in her hand. gazing medita lively at nothing at all.
 Snap out of 1t. kid." advised Mabel, slipping a finger between the pages of her book. "Missinl Craig, dear?" She leaned from l'e upper berth solicitously. You can tell me you're not in love. sybi Thorne." She peered intently a sybil's pale face and tired eyes My dear. you look like the devil What's the matter?" sybil slipped her satin coat iron her shoulders and stood in he thin nightdress at the open port hole. There was something in tn pungent. salty night. somethin in the spray that beat upon he face. Something reckless and dis turbing.
 "You're . sentimental old maid Nab" she opined tartly. An you'd have 70 fits if you knew tn half of it."
 She snapped off the light an tumbled into her berth. Tomorrow night" she va thinking. Tomorrow night" She lay flat on her back with he arms stretched along her burnin body, and a curious sensation we'll ing within her. A strange. exultan beat-mostly in her stomach, mak ing 1t distressingly hollow. Tomorrow night! Tomorrow night.
 CHAPTER XIII
 Next morning Richard Eusti breakfasted in the saloon, and tha day he began his conquest of s; bi
 Morning. noon and night" com plained Mabel, two days late' And he won't give tne second!"
 Mabel became social creature She chatted with Father Finn an the minister. She studied Spani@ with the Corrales and knit a bab jacket for Mrs. Perkins. She sym pathized with the Joneses in al their troubles, and listened pa tiently to the lady from Wellesle,
 Anything" she explained, t get away from Arnold. 1 wouldn marry him, Sib, if he was the las man on earth--and happened to as me. Now you know how l hat him."
 T suppose" hazarded Sybil, ii he hadn't grabbed you off that rs evening Rich would never hay fallen to my lot"
 You never can tell Anyhow