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"what do you mean by the whole


way?"
"To the end"
well, hasn't she?"
He shook his head.
"No. She has fallen short-disap-
pointed me cruelty. When it came to
the final test, her affection collapsed.
Oh, she has been wonderful" he added
quickly. do not think fail to ap-
preciate that. She has far out-dis-
tanced every other woman ever have
known. simply expected too much
of her, doubtless the impossible. HUI
man nature is frail-a Woman's heart
the frailest thing Of all. have always
said So"
"You wrong Marcia" cried Sylvia
| holly. "Her heart is not frail. Neither
J is she the weak sort of person you have
pictured. In all the world you could not
match her loyalty or the depth of her
affection. If after the experience we
three have lived through together you
have not discovered what she is, it is
futile for me to attempt to show YOU"
"You came into our lives like a
meteor entirely detached from every
thing. We knew nothing about you and
in the face of damaging evidence you
offered Marcia nor me one word of
explanation. Marcia asked none. With
out rhyme or reason she believed in
you. had not her faith. freely con-
fess thought you guilty. Oh, liked
you sufficiently well to be ready to
help you save your skin. But Marcia
| cared enough for you to want you to
save your soul.
when you were taken i'll, we both
nursed you'll willingly, she devotedly.
Here lay another difference had you
been able to detect it. What happened
as a result of this enforced intimacy?
You know-far better than To-
II fell in love with Marcia" replied
the man without an i1lstant's hesita-
ton.
4 "You fell in lover Sylvia repeated,
her lip curling. "You call it love-the
poor thing you offered her! Why, Mar
cia would have gone to the worlds
end with you Stanley Heath, had she
the right She would have faced any
humiliation for your sake. If prison
doors closed upon you, she would have
remained faithful until they swung
open and afterward followed you to
any corner of the earth in which you
chose to begin new life"
That's where you're wrong, Sylvia"
IoN n o+a
READY to do that. I tried her out and
she refused When told her should
return to her, and asked her in so
many words whether she was willing
to face shame and public scorn for my
sake she turned her back on me. She
could not go to that length?"
care you sure she understood"
asked Sylvia, stepping nearer and look
ing fearlessly into his eyes. "There is
a shame Marcia never in this world
would face for any man; but it is not
the shame you have just described.
cit is the shame of wronging another
woman; destroying a home. In the
villages where we have been brought
up, we believe in marriage as a
sacred enduring Sacramerlt-not a
bond to be lightly broken. When you
offered Marcia less than that
. IT never offered Marcia any such
shameful position, Sylvia" cried STAN
ley Heath. II would not so far insult
her"
"But you are married"
THAT is a lie. Who told you sop
"The-the wire to Mrs. Stanley Heath
the telephone message. heard you
call her JOAN
But, Sylvia, Mrs. Stanley Heath is
not my wife. She is my young step.
mother, my fathers widow. I always
have called her JOAN"
ooh! I beg your pardon"
II see it all now the man explained
"You have entirely misunderstood the
situation. I'm Junior. Since my
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