Plentywood herald., 1932-09-29

access or pain. Those fingers hal
touched his and he had thrilled TO In
soft, warm contact; he loved then
Detter than he loved life. And sool
lhey would find their way Into Graf
toms.
NOT once did he move his eyes from
her Though her head was ND. hei
sum body dropped. Like little wild
wood flower whiting. So she remained
lor what seemed very long time.
linen suddenly he saw her body stiff
en-; her hands flew to her breast. The
Judge" hurrying along, had asked:
And do You take this man to be
your welded husband?s
King did not want to hear the an
sWeri he turned to go. But hear now
ne must, for though until now re-
spohses had been low-voiced, hardly
ABOVE murmur, he heard Gloria
crying:
mol No and no and nor
hlhg stopped like man paralyzed.
Had he gone mad7 Then his pulses
leaped and hammered. Gloria had
cried mol"
lie Is beast and hate him l'
she cried wildly. HE tried to trick
me and trap me. He tried to make
me marry him. But won'ti / won't !!
I'd rather die"
Her voice died chokingly away. and
Tor nve seconds 1t was deathly still
King did not move. He heard Grat-
TONS exclamation, @Have you gone
mao, Gloria7 Think what you are
saying"
i have thought. I hate you. Go
away. Let me go.r
drafton's pale eyes must be abIaze
with wrath now; his tone told that
There's no way out for you. You've
got to marry me. I--,s
Take your hand off,
her voice broke into a scream.
You're hurting me"
And now Mark King moved. Before
ne last word had done vibrating
through the still room he was through
ne window. taking the shortest way
Ifatton's hand was on Gioria's Shout
leri King threw 1t off, hurlfng the
nan backward across the room. Gloria
urned to him
Mark she cried. 4Oh. Mark
ling"
ne put his arms about her, think
u tnaf she was going to fall. For nm
lstant ne held her tight: he felt hsr
cart beating as though 1t would burst
trough her bosom.
fou won't let him"
lie moved with her to chair. placed
ar In 1t, and turned toward Grafton
LOOK like naked knife In his eyes.
by 1ingsl" muttered old Jim under
breath. by tings!n
Gloria sat swallowed up In the bic
'air; she forgot Grafton with the
hlfe, angry face; she had no eyes for
ARK King or for Summerling, Steve
rroId or Jim Spalding. She was
mixing OF another day, two years ago.
zen she and her mother had been
one In this room. They had been
sied with the last touches OF furni-
Fe arrangement; both tired out with
day OF effort, they had come near
LIS In verbal battle over the best
zee Tor the sole article remaining |
placed Finally it was Gloria who ,
co with sudden laughter.
On. what difference does it make?
We IT your way. mamma" {
iioria wondered il any other act OF Y
ilfe had had the tremendous i'm
7 OF that sudden yielding to her
tners wishes. IL the mirror had
. placed anywhere else In the uni n
Sc. even by a few inches removed ii
% It's present abiding place. would "
6 De Gloria Gaynor fn ali the =
10 right now7 Or would her chair U
] quite another sort of person n
! Gratfon7 Ii she had not lifted u
desperate eyes and seen Mark =,
g reflected at the window. how III
10 she have answered that one Of
question the Judge propound- o.
Would she have said "Yes"? or ae
Id It have been "Nea7 She did ar
know; she would never know. 10
-ou don't answer!n q voice was
ng irritably.
'e started They were talking to
they had been talking to her. and 20,
she realized that she had heard ~.
% across a great distance. she
ed ner eyes on Grafton, since OBJ n,
Sly 1t was he who Insisted ON
nsWer- But King spoke for her,
ook here, Grafton he said blunt
as far as can see there is no
u why Miss Gaynor should nav T..
east attention to your effervesc-
II she doesn't care tor j.,
! ask your opinion when I want
mapped Grafton Miss Gloria.
'u asked me something?s said
! PARDON me. didn't hear" .,r
aioof reply disconnected him. r,a,
attitude was spontaneous, unaf- taI,
!. and hence unconsciously one
ute indifference. Suddenly Graf
1ume as he would, had become
the least Importance,
Y said that you would marry me
dozen minutes ago"
] IT. she demanded coolly aAre
ute sure said that ~
ok here, Miss Gloria % r. 80