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There’s not a word or mine-not an actionâ€"she doesn t misunderstand.” “How boring!" said Ethel blan'dly. “She would see harm even in this!” A‘Comedy of Youth Founded by 1‘41:j -Manners on Hi: stopped. “What?” innocently inc lred Ethel. “Make lpve to you." And he looked earnestly into her eyes. .« She met his look quite frankly and astonished him with the question. “Well; aren't you?" He rose anxiously. “Ethel!” “Don’t you always?” persisted Ethel. “Has it seemed like that .to you 2" “Yes.” she answered candidly: “by insinua tlon, never straightforwardly.” “Has it offended you?" “Then you admit it?” “Uh.“ he cried passionately. “i wish i had the right to-t ”â€" Again he wavered. â€"°°mnke love to you straightforward- :y " ”+- M: the supreme moment had almoet arrive-d NOW, he thought. he wmnm lw wwardvd for the lone wait- m: (up mums siege to this marvelous “'nnmn whn «mnvwfllvd hm rm! nature 09mm”: Hm! marble easing u! an as- smnnd mrhfiurum'e. “It came last night.” “Did it?" “This is the end-between Sibyl and “Yes?" And Ethel looked straight at him, Hp w:m.-d 9:129”? for nur answer. When 11 came it bDOCReU and revolted “She:d think I was here to-â€"to”- He CHAPTER XII. Ethel and Brent. THEL dropped her gaze from his face and said, with the su5picion of a smile playing around her lips: ‘ “If you had the right to make love to me straightforwardly-you wouldn’t do it.” He looked at her In amazement. "What do you mean?” he gasped. “It’s, only because you haven‘t the right that you do it-by suggestion." Ethel pursued. ’ “How can you say that?” And he put all the heart he was capable of into the question “You don‘t deny it.” she said quietly. He breathed hard and then said bit- terlyz‘ “What a contemptible opinion you must have of me!" “Then we’re quits. aren’t we?" .,“How'.’” he asked. “Haven't you one of me?” “Or you? Why. Ethel"â€" “Surely every married man must have a contemptible opinion of the .wu man he covertly makes love to. If he hadn’t be Couldn't do It, could be?" Once again she leveied ber cold. im. passive eyes on Brent’s flushed face. 7 “I don’t follow you,” was all Brent said. “Haven't you had time to think or an answer?" “I dont know what you re driving at.” he added. Ethel smiled her most enigmatica! smite. “No? I think you do.” She waited a moment. Brent said nothing. This was a new mood of Emel’s It battled tum. Presently she relieved the silence by asking him: “What happened last night?” He hesitated. Then he answered: “I’d rather not say. l’d sound like a cad blaming a woman.” .“Nérflér mind how it sounds. Tell 1;. It must have bgeen amusing.” .. “Amusing!” °Be bent over her again “Oh, the more I look at you and listen to you the more I realize I should nev- er have married." “Why did you?” came the cool ques- don. _ Bfent answered with all the power at his command. Here was the mo ment to lay his heart bare that Ethel might see. *THeve you. ever seen a young hare. fresh from its kind. run headlong into a snare? Have you ever geen a young â€"- “v, He paced the room restlessly, all the self pity rising in him. He went on: - “Heavens. what nut-slings we are when we first feel our feet! We’re like children just loose from the lead- catches us. Every trap that is set for our unwary .teet' we drgp inte. .1 did- 1913. by Dodd. Mead Cw Company withanote ot count. “Yes.” he answered. “Don‘t you mean body?” she sug- an air of finality. “Well. body anyway.” summed up EtheL “And for what?” he went on. “For what? Love! Companionship: That is what we build on in marriage. And what did i realize? Bate and wran- gling: wrangling. just as the common herd. with no advantages, wrangle and make it a part of their lives. the zest to their union. It’s been my curse." “Why wrangling?" drawled Ethel. “She didn't underStand.” “You?” asked Ethel. in surprise. “My thoughts. my actions!" “How curious!" “You mean you would?" “Probably.” “I'm sure of it.” He tried to take her hand She drew it away and set- tled herself comfortably to listen again: “Tell me more about your wife." “The slightest attention shown to any Other woman meant a ridiculous, a humiliating scene." “Bumlliating?” “Aren't doubt and suspicion humil- lating?" VH‘Eey would be a compliment in some cases.” “How?” “They would put a fictitious value on some men." .- “You couldn't humiliate in that way." he ventured slowty. . “No. 1 don’t think I could It a man showed a preference for any other woman she would be quite welcome‘to uatlngly. She looked at him coldly a moment. “Let me sekwhere were you? Just married. weren't you? Go on.” “Then came the baby.” He said that with a significant meaning and paused to see the effect on EtheL If it had any Ethel effectually concealed it. Her only comment was: “Ab!99 Brent went on: “One would think that would change things. But no. Neither of us want- ed her. Neither of us loves her. Chilâ€" dren should come of love. not hate. And she Is a child of hate.“ He paused. ‘ looking intently at Ethel. She looked , underStandingly at him. then dropped 1 her eyes. “Body. mind and soul!” he said. “For me?“ "For your wife.” , “My wife?" be repeated. aghast. l “Yes." said Ethel. ”Aren't you? No? ; Are you jUSI’ sorry for yuursell'?" ‘1 Brent turrwd impatiently away. So :this laying open {he wound in his life was nnthing to Ethel. Instead of pity. .for him. all it engendered in her was sorrow for his wife. [low little women understood film! There was :1 pathetic patch in his :voice as be turned to Ethel and said reproachfully: . “You think me purely selfish '3" “Naturally." she answered quickly. “I am. Why not be truthful about our- ' selves sometimes? E11?" 3 i l l Brvnt went on as if following npan advantage: "She sits in tier little chair, our small, wrinklwa. Old. disillusioned face turned to us. with the eyes watch- ing us aocusingly. She submits to ca- resses as munch they were distasteful. as if she knew tin-y were lies. At times she pushes the nan ring face away with her little baby ringers.“ He stop- pod. watrliing ht'r eagerly. [let eyes went dd)“ n. “I shouldn't tell ynu this It's ter- ribie. I see It in your fave. What are you thinking. ”’ “I m sorry. ” replied Ethel simply. “No “We quarreied last nightâ€"about you!" he said desperately. “Really?" “Gossip has linked us together. My wife has heard it and put the worst construction on it." “Well?" “We said things to each other last night that can never be forgiven or forgotten. I left the hause and walked the streetsâ€"hours! i looked my Whole life back and through as though it were some stranger’s." He turned ah ruptly away to the windows and stayed a moment, looking down the drive. } Ethel said nothing. , He came back to her in a few mo. ! ments. “1 tell you we ought to be taughtâ€" we ought to be taught. when we are young. what marriage really means, just as we are taught not to steal, nor lie. nor sin.‘ In marriage we do all threeâ€"when n‘e’re in mated. We steal aflection from some one else. we he in shlp.” - ' Ethel asked him very quietly: “Do you mean that you are a sinner, a thief and a liar?" ._ Brent looked at her in horror. ' “Oh. take some or the blame!” said EtheL “Don ‘t out}: all on the we- man could!" said Brent insinv nves, and we sin in our relation- H0 Impulsively Stretched Out His Arms. Embracing Her. "I‘ve often wanted to.” replied Ethel; then she asked him, “What do you In- tend doing?" “You’ve never spoken to me like this before.” ' “Separate." he answered eagerly. “You don‘t doctor a poisoned limb when your life depends on it; you cut it off. When two lives generate a deadly poison. face the problem as a surgeon womdâ€"amputate.” “And after the operation -what then '2” asked Ethel. f‘That is why I am here facing you. Do you understand what I mean?” ,“Etbel!” and he impulsively stretch- ed out his arms, embracing her. “Oh, dear. yes-perfectly! l have been waiting for you to get to the point." “Wait." She looked up at him quiz. zically. “Suppose We generate poison? What would you doâ€"amputate me '2" She drew back slightly. just out or his reach. ‘ “You are different from all other women.” “Didn‘t you tell your wife that when you asked her to marry yoy '9” He fumed away impatiently. “Don't say those things. Ethel; they hurt” “You stand alone. Ethel. You seem to look into the hearts of people and know why and how they beat." “I‘m afraid. Christian, I’m too frank. Am I not?" “1 doâ€"éometimes. It's an awkward faculty.” ; He lool§ed at her glowingly. “Bow ~ . marvelousiy dlfi'erent two women can be! You-any wife!" Ethel shook her head and smiled her calm. dead smile: “We're out really very different. Christian Only some natures like change. Yuurs does. And the new have all the virtues. Why. I might not last as long as your wife did." “Don't say that. We have a com- mon bondâ€"understamling.” “Think so?” “I understand you.” “I wonder." “You do me.” “Yes-that is juSt the dlmvulty.” “I tell you I am at the (-russmadi The finger board points the way to me distinctly.” ‘ “Does it?" “It 6ch" He leaned across to her; “Would you risk it?" “What?“ slie asked. “I'll hide nothing. I'll put it all be fore you-the snubs 0t ymu‘ friends; the whisper of a svanflal that would grow into a roar: al‘rald tu open a newspaper. fearing what might be printed in it; life at first in some lit- tle continental village. dreading the passers through. keeping nut of sight lest they should recognise one. No. It wouldut be fair to you." Ethel tlmught a moment. then an. swered Slmxly: “\‘o. ChriS. I dont think it would.” “Y on see 1 am :1 endâ€" -just a selfish cad!” “Aren’t you?" and she smiled up at him. ' ‘ “1' u never speak of this again. 1 would have spoken nowâ€"onlyâ€"I’m dis- tracted-completely distracted. Will you forgive me for speaking as 1 did?” “éertflnly.” said Ethel. “I’m not offended. On the contrary. Anyway, I’ll think it over and let you know.” “You will. really?" be asked greedily. grasping at the straw of a hope. “You will really think it over?” ' “I will, really." ' . “And when she sets me free.” he went on. 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