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It on: no the the knee. mmnnev . Hot ho do. not I!” In at new '1“ so blind. 8h. Banish, who would mud: mined motionless in! tho door. HI: eye- wero cloud. an to the finds. «my. to him. The young h m The (nu doctor I. m for a. knot. 12 is bad. But the it!” ma betm him an‘ bold Dock hath. 8N m 2 i 2 8h any It no can he. now Here In this 0 two man In her. 3 E ”II-8h, Elm." ”Interrupted the m "mun I out! tell her every- tlhg._00mnd fetchnetholgten ‘rly mt luv. min It: to“). aim-fllnddanylln. [ti-for a. my much nke. But she say do how he thou! Maul! been” I. to a: bear the dim” l "0000'!va use you. mtgmchymmlmh sunnmtnm no. you. II. 00 m ulna-ad no «loam b not of an var“. slut. in! 0! but. stony-0mm! ”no". Mulls. mntmum mmmmuu'umgum Mumm-tuohorudncm non. mmmmmlmu “(Namath-manna “mum-mumy-oam hibihnnflgoouofthom. and muttovrmuapndmvon- .2 ”Ila Lydi- m minio- of 1.th b to non II. um m and.” ml the M."filov1flnotnonny.lhn 11:. your dying Math." um Ir. Dun. at lba Hindu. mane-Ming. mm: W M- w. ”Wall?“ and Brood. be; that-ltd. nun. his hand no. to no“ tho u- u an loudne- bmn In: who u Inn otullu In M. mane. for my all“... ‘1 no. we'd better go.’ vhlapcrod Ir. Bun. anu- a moment of lode chlo- ud than, Inspired by I con-In nu tor in (dead. struck the you ro- mukuly. Ellen!!! they undo tholr my on or the room. coconut!" Mb jut outside the door. "You nut IUCI to It. Ila-Jab." uld It. mu. “only. ”I! In, roller can (at well with I tulle! through lib-o” begun Mr. Duve- -coun¢1uxly. but ‘ stopped abruptly when hot av Brood put bl. lands over his cyc- lnd flak dojoclodly Into I duh. 5 deep (man on an “no. “But you cm depend on us. Jim, to u]! him through.” said Mr. m“. quickly. “Remember how we saved you luck there In Calculu when I" an foul doctors aid you hadn't n chm? Well. sir. we'll ulllâ€"J' Thy ware surprised to see Brood wince. He hadn't been no thin-nkinned in the olden days. ”His nerve was go- ing but on him, that's what it w“. poor Jim! hen!) years 130 he would have «Mailed his back and [than it like a In“. it did not occur to them that they might have broken the new: to hin'with tact and eon-Mention. “Ain't got a chance 1:; I. million." and Ir. Dawes. "Be an the poor boy I- no good a dead." nld Mr. R1533. "What does Doctor Hoddar any 2'" do- lundod B , pausing in his restless pacing of a floor. I “I was juu going to on. Jim, that If I In. you I’d thunk the [aid that she’- Mlle to do It." Iubatltuted Mr. R1353. ”math-t hastily. "She's a wonder- m hum She told me I. bit ago that the was going to an his lilo In spite of the doctor " stood stopped him with u Impa- tient nature. “I must ask you not to (13ch Mrl. Brood. Joeâ€"«u you, Dan." CHAPTE R X lX-COMMMG. ZGEORGE‘ DARK M‘CUWEOR LUSTRATKNS ficli‘AY WALTERS ' m 15 {TM-hookup- perhad henna:- cord out a: loot M‘Ihe ruthless hand of the Limo but now they mental: tantamounrophced 81m mm. mmtoftho mm dumb! cm «(on mfluwtm 0"!“er EMhyg uh humm- tm 0| tho corner of the table lay a gnu hub of museumâ€"me story of yhflutptomompofrom Luau! he had unitedâ€"he bud wlited for many things to happen. He knew all that took place below stun. He knew when Lydin came and he denied him- eell to her. The calling of the police. the urea. and the meethetieim, and Just on. In John Demand and the reportersâ€"ell thin he hid known. for new lineaedntncmkin theopeu door. And he ind been! his wife's calm. embodied" voice in the hell he- In. giving direction. Now for the In: time he looked about him IM to“ M “tended by shoot; In the! hem: be can to hate thie once-loved room. an: cherished retreat. and III that it mailed. He would never not lie foot inside of its [out well- nun. I! m Illell with shone! that am he had bug-d his cool to the smirking Buddha and. receiving no consolation from the snug image. ind violently earned the thing. Since then If.“ Allovnd HI. KN", Wanda-M. On. to am to HI. Feet. Tho door em“ and cloud swiftly and be In ”no. mood snowed bl- dlll. wondering an to sink to M- hot. H. m “and!“ on tho spot when mama in! mum no" in Iobloodkhmuo'. Though“ been moved and heron III on eye; tho summon" um. Md ruled the floor and cable ma pm the too. II or- der. All um “and m: ago. Bloc. ”And yet. «Mb. you an Mu. enough lo and on (he not whom he tollâ€"when III. blood flowedâ€"«Id [ha I. not rm - conrd would do." “sun.“ aid the othw. computation bl- “DI. “I an thudâ€"l m alt-Id. God. Rant. you do not know that It menu to be A coward! You-" The mun bent his head and turned Away. Nelr the door he stopped stock- um and linened Intenlly. "The “11th comes." “Ay, the aid the would come to me hen.” said Brood. and his jaw hard- ’ued. “Hoddor non! for ma. Runjab. an hour “mintâ€"ho was con-dou- than. HI: eye: were open 1â€"! could not look Into them. There would In" boon halted In themâ€"lama rot mo‘ and 1â€"! could not so. I was a «round. Yea. I cow-rd In" I". She would Mu been than to Witch no u I "1an I In III'IM 0! what I mum do to Im- thou." "Ha I- not con-clan. now. mm" m tho Hindu slowly. “Go down I! once. my friend." said Brood, laying his hand on the man‘- shoulder. “Let them see that I do not blame you, even though we permit them to believe this lie of ours. 00. my friend 1 " “Madam 'ls. The tenants are u!- lng that the priest will be here too late. They are wondering why you luvs. not already killed me. uhlb." “Killed you too?" "They are now saying that the last stroke of the song, anhlb, was the death sentence for Rnnjab. It called me here to be slain by you. I luv. told them all that I fired theâ€"" "A priest? But I am not a Catholic â€"nor Frederic " ' There was dead silence in the room for many minutes alter the remarkable utterances of the mystic. The two men, mater and man. looked into each others eyes and spoke no more, yet something panned between them. y "The sahlbah has sent Roberta for 1 priest." said the Hindu at last. serpent in his master's house, but the serpent change before his eye and he become the slave. She speak to him on the voice of the wind and he obey. It is the law. Kismet! His master have of wives mo. Two. sanity-the living and the dead. They speak with Rania): today and he obey." l “l have come. as I said I would,” she 'md. war a long. tense silence. Her voice vu low, hustler am: ever. but witho'ut a tremor of excitement. "You did not ny you would wait for mu I hon, but I knew you would do so. The ‘ hour of reckoning has come. We must pay. both of us. I am not fright- ened by your silence, James. nor an; I afraid of what you any say of do. Pint of In. it I: «packed m: l‘rodcflo will Ila. Doctor Hedda Im minim ‘ ILHOIII tan-gum 30mm «mun-frau- Her arms hung «night am u bar olden. llmply It would have seemed 1t first sauce. but in reality they were r1316. She had put on a rather plain white Mouse, open It the neck. The can were rolled up nearly to the elbows. evidence the: she bed been using her hand. in some active employment and had either forgotten or neglected to re- mre the sleeves to their proper posts. tlon. A chic blee‘ walking-It"! lent to her trlm. erect flute a suggestion of glrlhhneee. Brood remained landing. a "me be you! the broad my of light. expectlng her to advance Into It: full. revealing glue. She stopped. however. in the shdov opposite. It was he who moved forward Into the light. and there was I deep searching look In M: eyes. In ll Instant it was gone: he had “Mined Name". The curious experience of the morning hid been a phantasm. an ”- lusion. a mockery. There was not» in In this woman's unoiderlng eyen‘ (,6 suggest the soft. luminous love» nets of Matilde'r. He drew I long. deep breath of relief. She devoted a alngle stance 0! ur- pfloo to the uncurtalned window on on. caring the door and an instant later scrutinised the .00? with unmistakable Interest an I! expecting to In some- tllog them to acconM for Ma awake in admitting the glue 0! llaht~aone~ thing to confound and accuse her. not than was no fear or amehenslvenesa In the loot. She was not alnid. A I'M. “on. If the Miami outside the room to summon the courage to face the man who would demand so much at her. than 'u nothing In her manner now to indicate thnt no.» had hen the one. She untouched Mn without a symptom of nervousness or Inc-oh. 00!. nor am eyes met his without wnvcfln‘ “(I than 'u worm In Item. 1 «low and thaw u“. no blood. mm aural-n. A «mm o! luau-noon um- uhluo mind Into "M mm. He would bun llghl um time; he would not be decelnd by tho annual. n he had been coco helm 'nm llmo he would do her “to plainly. Thorn should be no Ilclnlu Hinton. llo mainland his all ant. and wallod tor the door .0000“. Ho clenched hll strong. lean hands to loop than from shaking. A new wonder lllled hlm n he allowed m- an. to manure the all-lance to the floor and In sweep the almng. powerful {ulna lbnt trembled and urn cold. Ila Wu n “In! In strength and rot he trembled ll (be npproach of (My Ilen- der. lull cranium who pan-ad n! M: ale. to nth" courage for the stack! HQ in Ionly nlrnld and he could not tandem-ad fill (at. Wllh one or m- sluewy hand- he could truth (In lllc out of her nllm, while "mmâ€"wand yo! he wu fluid of back-planted” nmld of Mr. sauna” In mum that "no room Ill nulls duh. ll. inland to tho 'ln- nommu . axons. mun. Damn: anon 0n the edge or the table, where It had reposed since ' Doctor Hodder dropped it there, was the stool! photo- anph of Matilde. He had not touched it. but.; he bod bent own it for many minutes at o time. studying the sweet. never-tobo-forgotien. and yet curiously unhmiiiu features of tho! long-oxo loved one. He looked at it now n he ‘woited for the door to own. ond his thought. leaped back to the int glimpse he had ever ind of that odor- oblo (Ice. Then it was white with do- an." and miseryâ€"here it looked up at him with "oiling «you and tho louguor of unbroken tnnquilllty. 80 hr she had ruled. At the outset he had attempted to assert his au- thority as the master of the house in this trying, heart-breaking hour, and she had calmly waved him aside. His first thought had been to take his ‘proper place at the bedside 0! his vic- tim and there to remain until the end. but she had Paid; "You are not to go in. Youhave done enough for one day. I! he must die. let It be in peace and not in Year. You are not to so in," and he had crept away to hide! He re- membered her words later on when Hodder sent for him to come down. “Not in fear," she had said. He waited. He knew that she was out there. collecting nil of her strength for the coming interview. She was tortlryins her-sell sgainst the crisis that was so near at hand. To his own surprise and distress of mind. he found himself trembling and suddenly de- ‘ prlved of the fierce energy that he had ‘stored up for the encounter. He won- dered whether he would command the situation after all. notwithstanding his righteous charge against her. She had wantonly sought to entice Fredericâ€" she had planned to dishonor her hus- bandâ€"she had proved herself unwholeâ€" some and false and her heart was evil! And yet he wondered whether he would be able to stand his ground against her. 1W! an the come. In motile! II- that the work of my mouth: would hove been turn to bite of wute piper ‘ But MI hllld wee etayed. Someone bed stopped outside his door. Pie com loot hear a sound end yet he know that 3 hand we: on the heevy latch. He sud- denly recalled hie remark to the old men. He would have to write the final ‘ chlpter after all. CHAPTER XX. "To explain mysteries. that's it. of canine. You In looking. What do you see? Are you not sure that you looked Into my eyes long, long ago? Ara there not moments when my voice In hmmnr do you. when It speaks to you out ofâ€"" H. at ‘11. fluid a I flock of My) "Yet. by human, 1 has tall I: all dong. Tod-.1} uu mused that “I confess that l have always been untied hy-by aomothlng I cannot Ill- dentaud lnâ€" But all this leads to nothing." he broke on harshly. "We no not here to mystlfy each other but "Look closely. Isn't there something more than doubt in your mind It you look Into them now?" He stared, and his ayes “domed. "I never saw you In my. life until an! night In tandem. I-â€"" "You are looking Cntn my eyesâ€"n y'al havé looked} hundred times." she and "(er I motient. "There is some thing In'them that. has puzzled yo! since thb nighlyhen you looked Into them gems: that great ballroom in London. You have alwlys felt that they were not new to you, that you have had them constantly to from of you for ages. Do you remember when you first saw me. James Brood?” She leaned forward In her chair, the boner to watch the changing expres- sion in his eyes as she progressed with her story. Her hands were clenched ughuy under the table's edge. He at dot; ta her. and rub ed Mn Inn. on t e labia The line: about his month were rigid. uncompro- mising. but there was 1 look of wonder in Ms eyes. Ho looked at her fixedly tor a mo mmt. an if striving to materialize a thought that lay somewhere In the lack of his mind. He was vaguely conscious of an Impression that he could unravel all this seeming mystery without a suggestion from her it given the time to concentrate his mind on tho vague, hazy suggeation that tor- mented Ma memo". "But you In very gravely mistaken.” OM Interrupted. "i than "I nothing of you." "Then we need noi "Mona theâ€"4‘ "l have cons to explain. not io plead." nine won! on resohiriy. "I want to tell you Ill} 1 mun-led you. You will not find it I plenum "my. nor will you be proud of your manage. it viii no! be necessary for you to turn me om oi your house. i entered it till: the determination to loan it in‘ my mm good time. I think you could better sit down.“ , "Do you expect no lo plnd with you for tomvmm?” the Inqulm. with an anal-nub” look a! "I'M"! "You I'll] an youmit um hll'llllll “on of suchâ€"" "I dun be bot!" able to u] what I have Io nu landing," he said simul- canny. "nu (lav-m.” I'll add. ulgnllylna the chair he had toque-led her to take. "Plum u: down." aha went on imm- tlemly. u be continuod to regard how forbidding” from In. position near the window. alto “do a! tho “hit. with the mellow light full upnn Mr lovaty. mum» lace. "Do You Remombcr When You Fm! saw Ma. Jomu Brood?" She switched on the light in the big lamp but Instead of taking the chair Indicated, sank Into one on the oppo "Will you be seatedâ€"there?" he said quietly. pointing to a chair at the end of the table. He hesitated a moment and than jerked the curtains together,'shumng out the pltlless glare. “You are very much mistaken." she interrupted, her gaze growing more had than before. "He is a part of our reckoning. . He is the one great chur- aeter in this miserable. unlooked-tor tragedy. Will you be so kind as to ‘druw those curtains! And do me the honor to allow me-to sit in your pres- ence." There was infinite scorn in her voice. “i am very tired. l have not been idle. Every minute of my waking hours belongs to your son. Jamaal Brood-but i owe this halt-hour to you. You shall know the truth about me. as i know it about you. i did not count on this hour ever being a part at my life, but it has to be. and i shall face it without weeping over what might have been. Will you draw the cor- talus?" .‘ “One moment, It you plans." In"! her husband coldly. "You manna-r0 me the thutrloup Moreover. an m“ not dhcuas Frederic. What. we Ive to lily to act: other bu little to‘do with thlt poor wrecch downaufn. m In your hour 0! reckoning. not lils. Bear that-4' to"? Ho doe. not know. I In!!! no: let him die." "stop!” the oommmded. “You are Tn.» u... not to upon evil of her now. You '1“ 'Why do nu ma Natal mm think evil of her mu “In I am street-avian bills?" l‘outtoteflm Yonwmcumyoun “Tocoverthobod‘olthm ' lomuhov. mmmtlumrlotmm" He stirred in the ehelr. A amen: of pain crossed Me face. "And I wee the happiest men In All the world," he said hoarnely. "You are forgetting one thing. Theme." He fell Into the we! of ceiling her Therese u If he had known her by no other name. "Your sister we: not content to preserve the happineen that-4' "The little Therese, yen! Now do you begin to nee? Now do you heat» to realize that I came here to do? Now do you hnow why I married you? "an it rlear to you? Well. I have tried to do all thene things no that i might break your heart an you broke hen. I came to male you pay!" she was speaking rapidly. excitedly now. Her voice wan lighpitched and unnatural. Her eyes seemed to be driving him deeper and deeper into the chair. lore in: him down an though with a giant's ; hand. ”The little. timid, heart-broken Theme who would not spent: to you, nor kiss you. nor ‘nay mod-by to you when you took her darling sister away from the nrlatol In the Kannerrinx more than twenty years ago. Ah. how I lured herâ€"how I loved her! And how I hated you for taking her away from me. Shall I ever forget that wed. ding night? Shall I ever lorget the grief, the loneliness. the hatred that dwelt in my poor little heart that night? Everyone was happyâ€"the whole world was hinYâ€"hut was i? l mu crushed with grlef. You were taking her away acrone the awfal sea â€"-and you were to make her hat)”. no they aaidâ€"~nlâ€"â€"â€"e, so said my beloved. joyous sister. You stood before the altar in St. Stephen‘s with her and promisednpromlledâ€"promleed every- thing. i heard you. I sat with my mother and turned to ice. but i heard you. All Vienna, all Budapest aid that you promised naught hut happiness to each other. She was twenty-one. She {was lovely-4h. far lovelter than that wretched photograph lying there In front of you. it on made when Che was eighteen. She did not write those worda on the hack of the card. I wrote themâ€"not more than a month ago, he- tora I gave it to Frederic. To this home aha came twentythree year. ago. Yon brought her here. the happi- est girl in all the world. How did you and her away? How?” dâ€"4A 8h» wn Handing now. loaning In over the labia. for he had Ilmmk do" Into Mn rhnlr. Brood Ill (Into; at her In one Mum-find. Ruddenly he cried out II n loud vote»: "Mann help me, you neuron an the mu. am"? The mm Thonu?" "No, Ii in not Matilde who confront- you now. hut one who would nol won you n she dld up lo the hour of her death. You Ira qullo note from shoal- lrom lhi- hour on. my lriend. You will nevvr m anlldo again. though you look lnlo my «you till the end of lime. Frederic may no. may ml the spirit oi his mother. but youâ€"oh. no! You hove mo iho Iul of her. llor blood In in my "Inn. her wrong: on In my heart. II In. Iha with whom you loll in low. and Il In she you married all monihs no. but now the curinln II lillod. Don't you know me not. Jnmm? Can your mrmory carry you but lwenly~lhroo your. and deliver you from douhl Ind mrplexill? Look (slowly, I any. I In Ill your: old then and-" Her voice died "my into n whllper. For many seconds they am looking Into each other: eyes. neither pow uvulng the power to hunk the finale spell of silence that had fallen upon [hi-m. She rose halijway out at bar chair, leaning farther across the table. ‘Yes. James Brood. 1 represent the spirit or Matilde Valeska. if you will have it so. Not sent to curse you, but to love you. That’s the pity 0! it all. i swear to you that it is the spirit of Matilde that urges me to love you and to spare you now. it is the spirit of Matilde that stands between her son and death. But it is not Matilde who confronts you here and now. you may he sure of that. Matilde loved you. She loves you now. even in her grave. You will never be able to escape from that wonderful love of here. if there have been times -â€"~and heaven knows there were many. 1 kuow~when I appeared to love you for myself, I swear to you that l was moved by the spirit of Matilde. lâ€"-l am an much mystified. an greatly puz~ zled us yourself. 1 came here to hate you. and i have loved youâ€"«yea. them were moments when I actually loved you." “What are you saying to me? Are you trying to tell me that you are Ms- tilde!" “If not Matilde. then who um I. 3 pray 1’" she demanded. He sank back. frowning. "It cannot be possible. i would know her a thou- sand years from now. You cannot trick me into believingâ€" But. in God' 3 name. who are you "" He leaned forward again, clutching the edge at tha table. "By heaven, I sometimes‘ think you are a ghost come to haunt me. to torture me. What trick. ‘Whflt magic is behind all this? Has her soul. her spirit, her actual being found a lodging place in win. and have you been sent to curse me forâ€"" ! She waved her hand in the direction L0! ”to. Buddha. "Have you never peti- tinned your too solid friend over there to unravel the mystery for you‘!. In the quiet of certain lonely, nyeculative hours have you not wondered where you had seen me beforeâ€"long. ions before the night in lamdon? in nil the years that you have been trying ‘to convince yourself that Frederic la not Your son. has there not been the vision of_.. the unbencublo had ham. 1 nu something tintâ€"4' no flopped abort. his Hm parted. "But you would hive wrecked Mmâ€" don‘t you see that you would have wrecked the life you nought to protect? How utterly blind Ind unteeling yon were. You say that In wu my um um] Matilde's. honestly born. What was your object, may I Inquire. tn striking me 'at such cost to Mm? You would have made a occundrol at him for the sake of : pet-coin! names. Are you forgetting that ha moi himself as my son ?” It would not have been u you think. He would hue been protected. I! friend. umply protected. 30â€"" “i wanted to take Matiide’n hey am from you." she hurried on. and for tho first time her eyos began to wtm. "The idea suggested itself to me the night i met you at the comteue‘s dit- ner. it was a wonderful. I tnmdm thought that entered my brain. At first my ml sell revoked. but u that went on the idea became an obsession. I married you. lamps Brood. for tho sole purpose of hurting you in tho worst possihie way; by having "5 time's son strike you when the pain would he the greatest. Ah, you on ‘thinking that i would hove permitted mysnir to have become his mistren. but you are mistaken. I not not tbs! had. i would not hove damned his soul inthat mu. 1 would not how. betrayed my sister to that way. to! more :uhtie was m'y doom. 1 conic. that it was my ptan to nuke him tall II love with me and in the end to m nwny with Mm. leaving you to thinl thnt the very worst had Domed. Bat "And yet you gave mum" to no.” he cried. "You put ”Itself II In pince. In Mum's name, what win to be gained by and! an act as man“ "A child‘s tint-1mm mm Mum you ware taking away "in bring all. ‘ loved hrs! of I". Will you believe In. when I any "at my Mind did am an. «inn: for long? Wth M? Pliny, joy» on: Minn came but to in and will account: of your goodness. your devo- Non. lâ€"l allowed my Mind to die. I forgot [but you had robbed me. I can. in look upon you In the fairy prince. after all. I: m not an“! she came all ma way across the ocean and m to dip below our Hem-11in wu year. I. dying-«it was not until then that I Do- nn to hue you wiih a real. undying hatred." "Youâ€"qua by bean-n. l mu“ Mun" "ml. Why have I been to Mind? You an the lmlo There“. and you hated mo In than. on)" (an. I rtmmw well lhoâ€"-" (Of "You are "clung to acute lor your devlunh conduct." ha exclaimed harn- ly. "You an Ilka mum. (am to the can. You mlmod me for "m tutor! I mum provMa. notwithstanding nu turn I had put upon your ulnar. 3 don‘t hall". a ward or run you an nylna Ioâ€"-“ "Not. heceuse l loved youâ€"oh. no! She loved you to the day of her death. utter ell the misery end euuerlng you had heaped upon her. No woman ever endured the anguish that the Inflated throughoutdhoee hungry years. You kept her child from her. You denied him to her. even though you denied him to yourself. Why did you keep him from her? She we. his mother. She had borne him, he wee all here. But no! it was your revenge to de- prive her of the child she had brought Into the world. You worked dellberete- ly in this plan to crush whet little there wen left in life tor her. You kept him with you. though you breaded him with a name I unnot utter; you guard- ‘ed him an it he were your most procloue melee-ion and not a cum to your pride; you did this became you knew that you could drive the herb more deeply into her tortured hourt. You lllowt'd her to die. utter yeere of pleading. nut-r your: of vein endeavor. without one glimpse 0! her boy. with- out m-i-r but". hard the word mother on Me lips. The! In whet you did to my ulster. l-‘nr twelve long years you [looted over her mleery. Oh. God. men. how i hated you when I married you!" Rho [nu-ed bro-thine. “And yet you married me." he nut: [cred thickly. "In good time, James. you will know what manner of woman 1 um." ehe in- terrupted quietly. Sinking hack in the chair she resumed the broken strain. all the time watching him through hall-closed eyes. "She died ten year! ago. Her boy was twelve years old. She never saw him alter the night you turned her away irom thie house. On her deathbed, as she was releasing her pure. nndeflled aoul to God's keenlnl. she repeated to the priest who went through the unnecessary form at nh~ solving herâ€"she repented her solemn declaration that she had never wronged you by thought or deed. 1 had alway- believed her, the holy priest believed her, God believed her. You would have believed her. too. James Brood. She was a good woman. Do you hear? And you put a curse upon her and drove her out into the night. ‘Thnl was not all. You persecuted her to the end of her unhappy life. You dld‘thol to my sister!" 'lhn'l you believe that I an her ab "Ho atruck’thé table violently Wm hi! u-L His eyes wero blazing. "Wfint manner of woman are you? What were you planning to do to that un- funny boyâ€"her my? Are you I fiend plun- qu you gm. 1: (he. do III onpommny to no you cum your-alt." “Hot sum!" attend tho nun unbo- llovlngly. “I have married the child There-e. I have held nor may in II! we all the“ month. and never know. 1‘ ‘3 3 Q9!!!» Jr"; .‘L .1...I. (1'0 3!! com-numb.) f'AE. kutvaufl'nvia felt even 111M