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t winter, slag how unremitting were through her lashes ; "I fear I only bore man would inquire. ---•Would the gentleman r` �'1}y wfii it be •restricted Y" she de- __ _
.L� . his attentioit>s Y Friendship, my dear ! you with my story, but my mind has walk in. What 'name should he say.? D�r.manded, her color and heor r temper riaiin
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,. MAR-- HarnJeas friendship of a pure platonic plat- been so excercised over the poor�fellow's Thome—and his business was pressing ; he It shall not be u, Nesbit Thorne I hamperedAm
an way, I tell you,
., form , you underataad—Janne coat .qui mal y troubles again lately, that I must unburden must see her at once. Y Y Y f
' _ P r personal in- The man opened the door of the hack Ito be fettered and bound and trammeled
.,l a late—ver late breakfast, the morn- , eztae. Well, this autumn the lot thick- �t_to some one. 1 ou have no pars
�" <u pp ,: ='* '""' ez: the S Ie bats, the S titiTs `were cued ; "tire p-Tatauisni' IieCa�ane #ass appar- ereat`tu •tie mafirter; therefore ycou w _ garlw i stood aside to let Mr. Thorne by you forever . I will not be, The divorce
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c , , ,, , ,assembled with the exception of Blanche, ant ; the friendship more pronounced. give m trespae tel on that atrT've no sone pi pass roceeded up stairsthen hoto inform' hissed it n oise s istress. sl ase 41 lwith my lite It •d. psalltmake me as
4 'vaho had entrted to be left undisturbed, Nothing painfully uoticeable�-oh no; the especially when 1 tell you P
_. ""�` 1 alai; -die, and-Perci-vak is t°u clever=slrlt, he -gossips; began -at home••to •talk -to...• Dleabitax a.�t�-- ,,:..c A :glace tyro a _.the _room cui•i ou t}s ax—as fico as I T married -.
since s e m s at �_ _. _.. _._ ------------------------ _-
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,! who had breakfasted sketchily on scrape to take a contract,'aud work n it in slack larly that his story shouldn t get abroad On
, tt was two years since a lig se ood y`
," and aoitfectionery, hours before, and was seasoua, and latterly with diligence. It is here, and •if I should revive it in Blanche's On the marble hearth burned a bright wood. "You would not wish to marry again Y
c � �+` •w `' away in the woods with his gttti,m openly predicted that madam will seek a iniad, she might mention it to others. fire, and the dancing flames reflected thein- he repeated. to her feet and con-
'�"he mail, always , deposited in a little divorce, and then !—we shall sap what we "Mamma would not ; but unfortunately selves in the bnxnished brasses, . The tiles "Why not ?" rising
' ^ eneral's late, h d' been shall see. Ceoil looks radiant'1 worried •mamma and I raY look w.t a thing from around the fire lace were souvenirs of his fronting Ilia in angry excitement.
r r Jaeap beside the g p y g' �� in that, sale,, you `would lose
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` distributed, There was very little=two and sulkily important. His family are the same stand oint. Its 1�een a relief to wedding, -San -painted by ,the bevy .of : Ile4ause,
.1 age izi-a�6hTd piiala ix °%Sdi rant app eek-t°mot prig an -ape e a fans of 'theles. your child. I neither could nor would per-
iiy newspapers,— a couples of-lettexs-ion-i�Tesbifi� i --fa �eatesh a e kzouse of
Thorne, and one for Norma from a New sition, which of course clinches the matter Blanche., " Blanche is so excitable. Norma's was in the centrq=the Place o nn my son ou'gil`+rP m-3�
c, � j'* " firml Eva Cumberland was •here this Yea ; Pocahontas honor. It was a strange thing that Norma a man who stood to him in the relationship
I,, York friend, claiming a promised visit, and y Blanche was excitable, „
overflowing with gossip and news of morning iii a white heat of passion over it, assented absentl she seas bracing her will, had selegted to psial ; heav sprays of you propose.
me,
Gotham. full of personalities also, • and a
K' } and I believe a o lex or h rite hobia is and steeling her nerves to endure without in led nightshade andMonshood on a "You cannot take him from contradiction
Mrs.
apoplexy Y
`4 ' faint ladylike suspicion o2 wickedness—a imminent for the old Y }any.. i}iC tixuc}xiug. gR�ui f�� ,voilu'b 1S ckl3 �h� even o :std .hQ e^ic_ o- Q a.ainp l�a•f' 1"'t. atranee Thorne retorted in defiant ad,lWy ;
"• racy, entertaining letter. b fact of Mrs. Thorn's being still a by the quivering of an eyelash—let Norma as it was, it was the most beautifuLof them her ideas of the power of men au>�.awyN
" Mamma," observed Norma, lancin u
r l: A g P married woman gives the af�ir. a queer See the torture she was inflicting. She felt ,all. There were flowers in the room and the hopelessly vague and bewildered. " No
;" from her Letter,'" Kate says that Cecil Cum- look to squeamish mortals, and the Climber- that Norma had an object in this disclosure, perfume of heliotrope and roses filled the court on earth would take so small a child
c . x,;,A. a, ', ,esFepr . [ , _ ere that the ob act was au. The piano was open and on it one of from his mother."
., mi. rr9 »by - _.... m ,, - mss a x a t m S§ia • ATPFd ti � G' ��ge"d". j n ' ,hA a w��n 5N. , . g `�G _ u a ]]Q '•1 f a come.11.11
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' 1 make out which, wor3s servative olds fo yism— they might ttreSltos ile.'ii�uif'� , . .you.
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uousl '• at l from the South Carolina woods for all the at present Norma must not see her anguish. thing. ��Ethel l' ed what she called "bright into court then ? m sunders o0
4 � E, it a little ambiguously ,
t;. i,,.' n pears to be considerable talk about it. advanceilnent they can boa t. It's wicked, A woman would sooner go to 'the stake and music, on the keys lay a tumbled lace thought you wished the affair manage
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t, ';' Date writes `Cecil looks radiantly won- and I'm ashamed of myself, but whenever I burn slowly, than allow another woman, who handk' Chief, and on the floor, close to the uiet y, to avoid Publicity and comment.
''' k y"tc` tied, and sulkily important. His. family are think of Ethel Thorne t-rying conclusions is trying to hurt her, to know that she suf- pedal of the instrument, was a man's driv- course, if the case comes into .court,
' I shall: contest it, and try to
$1571,II ' ranged d a solid phalanc of indignant oppo- with those strait-laced Cumberlands, I'm fers. ing glove.
filled with unholy mirth." Then followed Norma continued, speaking gently with- Over the piano hung the portrait of a lady obtain possession of the boy, even for the
,,�,.. sition, , which, of course, clinches ,the
;� affair firmly, Eva Cumberland was belated apologies for t4is careless handling out haste or'emotion, telling of the feverish with soft, gray hair, and the expression of time ground of being bettersable tothe osupport and
« r''' of a family matter, and , copious explana- ori Illness of those. early days of marriage, purity and love which medieval painters g g
f • },arw this morning iii a. white was• I
' • are of educate him."
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� ' y"'` apoplexy or Il drbphobia is imminent for woman, fond of writing, and ,apt to sunshine—telling of the ennui an tin appi� orae s mo er an i car - ► i _ _ -.
I �'''"' "' be diffuse when not pressed for time. ness, gradually sprouting and ripening in it there. He determined to have it court here, Nesbit, and 'yon }mow that I
11 !R, "+,�L',,. the of lady., The fact of Mrs. . do not ! Why d6'you delight in torment -
f ":, ��n Norm_ a's voice trailed off into an unintel- Thorne returned the letter to his cousin, the ill-assorted union -=shielding the man, as removed as soon as possible. Y Y g
` : 'YAR ligiUle murmur, and she read on silently. and announced his intention of returning to women will, and casting the blame on the The door opened and Mrs. Thorne ,_eh g me?"
Vin` 4 ,�, Z "Mia. —who, my dear ?" questioned New York immediately. woman. Finally she told of the separation, tared, feeling herself terribly ill -used -and "Listen to me, Ethel. I`ve no wish to
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��z. , „ 1 :�: ' her mother, ,with lively interest. Is 1, By using dispatch I can catch the boat lasting now two years, and of the letter from persecuted, in that her husband ha,d elected torment you. I simply wi had t° show you
a� ;r f F '`,,':, Cecil going to marry an objectionable at Wintergreen this afternoon," he said. " I his wife which had caused Thorne's precipi- to come to her in person, instead of 'avail- that I would abide by my rights, and that
°' cx+n widow ? " wisS ou'd tell our mother Norma oil tate departure the day after the Shirley ball. ing himself cif the simpler and more agree. I have some power—all .the power which
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,},>., ^ � _I ". your mother, please ; it will be tuna etiouglt But of the divorce navy pending she said Ute mode of, c�ntmunicatic7n through their mousy can give—on my aide. Our
s+1u} . �,1. Wait a moment, mamma. Katie writes
" ; + ,tot so indistinctl�q I'll be able to tell you to acquaint the others when Cho whole affair never a word. lawyers, It was quite possible that he marriage has been a i .tserabie mis-
ri` �' ' resentl ." 1liere was a shade of reserve is out. " Have they any children ?" questioned wcr, aCt make himself disagreeable. Airs. take from the first ; we rush, into it with-
, Fid'? 1..,,. p y , 'Thorne shrank from anything disagreeable, out knowledge .of each other's characters
{ , ;., , perceptible in Norma s voice. Norma gave . the required promise will- Pocahontas steadily. :retie and had no tolerance for sarcasms addressed and dispositions, and, like most couples who
,, s, ,dr`l ;;' "But why do the family oppose it?" per- ingly.: She, too, objected to this affair, And was told that there was otrw
isti+; ,�r �+;, silted Mra. Smith. A warning look from obtaining puUlicity. While Thorne sought son, to whom the fatha= i.as attached, and to herself. She 'would have refused the talcs matrimony like a fief. I -barred gate, r
'� ,n�,�'I a, her daughter admonished her to let the her father. to explain a sudden call to New the mother lndlffer�llt. It was a strange interview had she dared, but iii her heart we've come horribly to grief. T shall not.
3'>11 S iT" matter rest ; that there were facts con << she was dimly afraid of her husband, stand in your way ; if you wish to go, I shall
s,, i):, York on business " she communicated the` case.
R" ' �1 ;{'�+�::' netted with Mr: Cumberland's marriage, the contents of Mrs. Vincent's letter to her• Again Pr+ahontas assented. Her voice 'Thorne bowed coldly, and then placed 1a not hinder you. This is what I propose
11 L +5' " 14' ' � 3nctedg ith and discussion of which had mother, and informed her of Thorne's de- was cold a*ld even ;its tones low and Blighty chair for her on the hearth -rug. "Sit I'll help you a the matter, me take all the
! �» ' better be postponed. Mrs. Smith's tongue termination. wearied. P g " , " " trouble make the arrangements, bear all
To'herself it a eared as though down, he said I want to talk to you,
d ' ;� ,' n � � ` burned with inquiries, but she bravely held CHAPTER XIL she apake from a great distance,. and was and! then lie seated himself opposite her. the expense. Tt will""be necessary for one of
y' `+ ,, 5 "' " them back and sought to reduce adiver- cop;Pelted to use exertion to make he
For a while he did not speak ; somehow us to ° to Illinois, and see these lawyers, if
c, o p• Norma was exultant. The thing she had •beard. Site was conscious of two distinct the words he had come to,say stuck in ,his the divorce is to be gotten there. It ,may
Sion b idle, Aron ectures about Percival.
Y j longed, thirsted and well-nigh prayed for, personalities—one prostrate in the throat ; it was so cold-blooded for them, be necessary to undergo a', short residence
,; i i i ?,i , ' „` q , Thorne presently followed her and estab- g ta, be a
F sited himself Opposite. ' He was great was coming to pass. Thorne vggy dust, humiliated, • rent and bleed- husband and wife, to sit there beside their in file State in order to sirrttilate citizen -
t" r... pp free man once more, f �e8�, Come back to and another which held a own hearth and discuss their final separa- 'ship and make the :divorce legal.
i j� , dt. 'th Norma ; once in the days before • uhe old sweetness to g'
qtr, ': itis marrte ��=.:.q l fl a eared a'likeh- hot, free to brie a aw screen pitifully before the broken tion. A Tori, which had Uurned in half, fell I'll find out about 'this, and if• it's
' hood of their becoming to ..xba frzP-,AS, her life, free - - 1tiew the spring of years
` thing, and shielded it from observation, and rolled forward on the marble hearth, necessary I will do it. After the divorce
�+ g: Rp,.• ��m� b the librar fire in the
Mtn' All that had been forgotten by""tohe man ; .e� $ Y Y, When Norma bid her good night aIle re sending little puffs of ray like into 'the I'll allow you the use of this house, and a
t � � -- loain after her cousins .departure, g
r r ' , r+. ,the woman's memory was more tenacious. g sporlded quietly, and rising accompanied room. He reached past her for the sufficient income to support it ; and also.
. t t t, Norma reamedadreams and was ha her
They were wonderfully good friends still, happy—her her guest to her room to see that every tongs and ]aid the. log back in the custody of'our son as long as you re- • .
�!. eyes softened and her. lips smiled. Theca r comfort. its place, and • tSe little action main unmarried. In return, you rnust
fi -------->yheae t�vo ;-tSey ;layer ivoxrz�d or jarred_on Y p arran _ ement was erfect for he
+' a t ;• er `face drkened slowly; tY tire -hands in Far into the night ilie saf e -beside ---h- weenie to aeafikis'`lips ureic -closely, -a-lhe waive--all--Fight-to_the_b°3�I e years4._y2u__ _._._._________,_.
i, a:` } one another. her la clinched themselves. In her fierce
�uti�r f Thorne, having no special desire to read P dying fire trying to collect her faculties,,and- Any clock on the carved oak mantle chimed can legally claim him, at st Uind your-
+^ 1 `', -- ., his own letters, lighted a cigar, stirred the joy ht
possibility of 'her reward coming realize the extent of the calamity' which the hour in soft, low tones ; he counted the self to surrender him tome, , r any person
xy- fire to a glorious blaze and waxed conver- to her at last, was mingled a dread that the had befallen her. The first, ,and for the strokes as they fell, one, two and so on up I appoint, at least a month before any such
N ri . s rw� ,w:. cup ight be'dashed from her lips a second
s ���.r. �,�+•, national. The theme he selected for die- p time, dominant emotion was a sting' 'to twelve. The winter sunshine streamed marriage, and never, by ,word or act, to
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s ; r�tt"', suasion was the tapir introduced and inter sense of shame, an agony of rage and in the parting of the curtains and interfere in his future life, or any disposi-
s Vit,, dieted at the breakfaat table few moments Duringahe year which had elapsed since humiliation which , tingled hotly made a glory of his wife's golden hair: tion I may think best to make of hila. T
s Thornes return from abroad, ;PC had
u„ rN 1, , icteo at th br debatable en a ement of through her, and caused her. check Ethel was the first to speak. " You' -got should also strongly object to any ftiture
t ti r their New Yor acquam ace: g- On-thw ontrived-to-establisS considerable -influence' g �? ry iu a e pest lace;rein m house, and T .___ _._.._.
}•... over her cousin. She studied him quietly, ° -flame. ail ---her----god rtrY letter`• sl3e questieitcd','-;}cetpin,�- airi'�- g.P,'--- '_' Y-.'
�.. siib'ect he chose' to exhibit an unusual—and writhe as from the lash of a whip. he had eyes fixed on the fire.' should expect legal notice in ampre�� time4 '-
t e r ��. ___L.� __._ . __ essal__.:deggrr .e__.m nd---adapted .-her-self_-ta._hia_-moads,...ne et _-.b'eeri de raged ; an -insult lied Ueen put upon- 11 —S es ; Sat s-_the_rQasonJ' z -:Se> e_.�_ _ make arratlgements about the Uoy.
as 'Norma felt; crunnecuestioned thee `• iri g her. Her eyes blazed and her hands The broken log was blazing again quite " NVoulcl you alIowo seethe child ----^"T-
a . :curiosity. He q g borin him with an over -display of inter-
« • ` ` VA :.. vigorously, and failing to elicit satisfactory est, never chilling him with an absence of clinched. Oh; for strength to h1ir1 the in- merrily, the two ends far 'apart. w henever I wished ?"
',replies,leu Sin 1 accused her of an attempt it. Her plan was to make herself necessary.
`' '_ 'laughingly Y to him and in art she succeeded. Thorne,suit back—for a -man s- arm and�a man's"Whynothavewritteninsteadofcoming?" "Certainly. I'm no brute, and .you are
M , ', to earn a cheap notoriety by the elaboration, � P power to- avenge the foul affront! He—a she demanded, as one who protested against Itis, mother, I shall. only stipulate of that the
y ?, . lonely and cut adrift, came more and more married .man—to come concealing Ilia, some grievous injury " it would have been meetincs take place in some other house
r' u ., a a petty mystery. frequently to his aunt's house and exhibited
4 �, 1 " I wish you'd stop tryingg . to 'put me more and more decidedly his reference for bonds, and, playing the part of a lover free far pleasanter for both. There's no sense in than yours. You are at liberty to visit }tin;
I c " b'., ' on the witness. stand Nestit�Y she ex- Y • P to woo—free to approach a woman and to our harassing ourselves with personal inter- as often as you like, ,so long as you ere
�'; V�p;,,; , claimer in vexation ; why dont you read his ccousin's society. The thin end of the ftvithfuhto our agreement and leave, his
i 4 �� wed a was in and but for the move to Vii- win her heart ! The proud head. genet to views," y
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�t §`�, your own letters? One is from ,Ethel, I g meet the hands u raised to cover the ale " I preferred a personal intervie:v.'r mind unbiased. I will never mention you
� , ' " A �. See what she says." s." ginia, and its ill-starred consequences, the drawn face. She loved him and he was un Lt'hel lapsed into silence ;'the man was a unkindly to him, and shall expect the swine
,a ,. , �, �,`ti„ know his wife's missive from his inevitable result must have followed. worthy. He had deceived and lied to her hopeless brute;_and it was useless to expect consideration from you. V hen he is old
" „ i . Thorne took 1 She also decided that it would be better
°� . ;': ' ppocket, opened, and glanced through it if not in words, then in actions courtesy from him. She tapped iter foot enough to judge between us, he will 'decide
t �°' hurriedl then turned back to the first to accept Mrs.' Vincent's invitation, and re- self bound to he had deliber- ,!ainat the fender, and a'••look of obstinacy as he thinks right."
turn to New York for. a while., $he knew.
., r 't page, and re -read it more carefully,, the ex- ately sought her out and made lier'love him. and temper disfigured the soft outlines of, `x Suppose 'you marry again, yourself.
If . }'•; ,, . reasion•of his face hardening into cynicism very well why the invitation hadbeengiven, It was cruel cruel! All along she had her face. The silence might remain un- What about the child then? . You are very
i}Arl "' ` ° sli hely dashed' with disgust. The letter and saw through the shallow ma'neeuvres to played virgin gold against base, metal, and broken until the track of doom for any Bard and uncompromising in your dictation
t w •c, '` was ani. in a large running• hand and win her acceptance of it. Hugh Castleton, now%he was bankrupt. 1 further effort she would r}take. to me, Nesbit, but I can have feelings and
Vit, Mrs. Vincent's favorite brother, . was in
, + r `' covered eight pages of dainty cream -laid As she raised herself up, hot eyes fell on Thorne broke' it himself. Ire was' de as well as you."
It was res of in ,phraseology, Newyork again, :and she had not soon the little, box lying on her desk in which she termined to carry his point, and in order fo "Thorne was startled. :Zee considered that
k pa er. I g gonad her old scheme of a match
" {°' and r. I moss in'tione, b,in indicated a had placed -the fragments of the cup they do so strove to establish ascendency over, his. he was behaving well to his wife. He '
. 11Mo` y between him and her friend.' Norma wanted to behave well to her ; to, let the
Q want' and made that want clear. had.broken between them—the cup that her wi a from the' start. ,
��. ,�, s` r ; felt quite competent to• foil her old play -fellow had used on that last even- " What's the meatring of this new move,. past go generously, .-so that no shadow or
`„ r It was—divorce. aeon for friend's plans in the present as she had ing. With the. impulse of habit , and assn- Ethel V lie demanded, aitthoritativer•. I reproach from it might fall upon the future,
o �, " +'
I + �� ,- bits. Thorne gave,ano special re foiled them in'the past, so had no hesitation, g P.
k ; cistron her mind turned wearily to Jitii. want to understand fire matter thoroughly. Her tart suggestion set the affair ilia a •new
: y*, .• �3 . I desiring release from her marriage vows ; P ► , , y r� };girt. It was an unpleasant light, and he
- she dwelt at length on her "lonely and un- on that score,. in accepting the invitation. He was.so true ; lie had never failed her. �� by do ou want a divorce . j
refected" condition, and was very sorry It would be better to be in New York—on Had he suffered as she was suffering ? Poor D1�rs. Thorne turned her face towaril.'him turned his back on it. thinking that by so
, : ? d 1 P the of while thismatter shouldbepending. i , a cioin he ;li osed of it. 'There was the }
s . for herself, and considered her case a' ,hard P , Jim . Was this ceaseless, gnawing agony defiantly. g P
su satin blame to her husband in Thorne might need advice, certainly would that had usurped her life no stranger to his? "Because I'm trice} of my present life, distance of the two poles between..Pocah
' V. that he had nett aken the necessary steps •need sympathy and petting.; lie must not If so—God pity him !—and her ! and I :want to change it. I'm sick . of being ental Diason and Cecil Cumberland. IIs
aw t': for her. release long before. She,intimated learn to do without her. Evenifhehadonly CHAPTER XTV. pointed at, and whispered about, as a de- surely was the best judge of what would
w� a it: ; ' that he had been selfish' and lacking in been amusing, himself here; after his repre serted'wife—a woman whose husband never Conduce to the welfare of his sou.
`� � t' r, .. r consideration for Ilei in leaving' hensible wont, her presence .in New York ' On the way up front, Virginia, Nesbit comes near her." W, were discussing the probability of
. 1 s 4 ., props , could do no harm and might be productive Thorne ran over in his mind the possibili- "Whose fault is that ?" he retorted y our re -marriage, not mine," lie responded
,i 9 , +� t '' it to 'her to take the initial' steps in
ti ^r of ' ood. ties o end b this new move of his .wife's sharply ; ,,this separation is none o£ m v coldly ; "Cho' reports in, circulation have
f i " ,ii '. ;;': the matter. He should , have• arranged g P Y '
• �., about the divorce at the time of the CHAPTER XIII. and on the whole he was satisfied. The doing, and you knowit.` Baas things lead reached even me at last."
i `11 .fit"f�' separation, she said, and so have spared her One afternoon, seuer.Al days after Thorne's divorce had become as much an object with ,become, I was willing to, worry along fqr the "What reports?" with d,fiant inquiry.
,��> � A& fir.; • ., P him as -with her, aitd if she had remained sake of respectability and the child'; 'but " That you are seeking freedom from
n �' + annoyance. As he had not done so, she departure, Norma donned her warmest
•� a^, a� ., 1,�,,t _ quiescent in the matter, he must have you wouldn't have it so. You insisted on ��our allegiance ` to one man, in order to
�ctn hoped he would show some consideration for wraps and set out for a walk over to Lan- q
; p;f r her now; and help her` to arrange the dia- arch. moved. IIe was glad to hav, been spared my leaving you—said the very sight of me I swear fealty to another. That your
• , � ` 'speedily d e Y Pocahontas, duly notified of Norma's ap- this—very glad that the initial steps had made your chains more intolerable. Had I i vows to me are irksome because they
x '. , I agreeable business as s eedil an privately
+ ' 6l as possible. ' He really owed her indul encs been of her •taking: It put him in a good been a viper, you could scarcer have sign;- (prevent you taking other vows to
"I y g proach- by the vigilant Sawney, met her ass over the moral.
P „ , PO with himself. The manes of his fled your desire for my absence in more un- Cecil Cumberland. 1 p
$ `, ""''c, " after all,that,had passed , the last words guest at the door and drew her in with P measured terms. '
�rt". ?� Irk , were heavily underscored., , wozds of welcome and praises of her bravery mother's scruples would be satisfied and °' aspect of the affair ; that must rest with
M�,' fit; "*••.:•, `t Read that !" he said, and teased the in venturing abroad in such gloomyweather. would never cause him discomfort since the <<Z' know I desired. fire separation," your own conscience," (it is astonishing haw
�', .. " `' I letter into Norma's lap. �F'ltale she was The girls did not kiss each other—as is too fault did not rest with him. And then the Mrs. Thorne replied' camp•, `,`I de•,, exemplary Thorne felt in administering the
Met � bo never could his son cast word or sire it still. Aly life with yott tires rebuke) ; "t.hat rests with your c'onscientc," ?
1` set a^ doing so, he .broke the seal of the other much the custom with her sex. Pocahontas Y
;! r letter which proved to be a communication did not like effusive embraces ; ,a kiss with thought of blame to the father who had be- miserable, and my wish to five he repeated, "and with that I've nothing
i�t ' �t from a firm. of solicitors in a small, town her -meant a good deal. hayed so. well ; who had given every chance, apart liar only increased in intensity. You to do. The existence of stic�}t rape; ts—
foregone ever advantage '; acted ,not oil
x� % , . in' Illinois, in whose hands Mrs. Thorne When the two girls, in. dressing gowns g Y. g Y never rn , might
t hav " which lays your conduct as a married
I -`' -..ts f'� • had placed her case. • It was delicately and slippers, sat over the fire `.in Poca- the part of a gentleman, but of a generous, Thorne. might have, retorted that the mil- i woman open to censure—gives, me the right
. '" ,' , hontaS' room, brushing out their long hair, long aiiffering man. Thorne felt a glow of tt,tt,lerstanding had been mutual, and also to dictate the terms of our le a.l separa i
g;� i+, and ambiguously worded, as became the
`I •.t, nature, of the ltusiness, and contained simply Norma found the opportunity for which site satisfaction,in the knowledge that' iii years that all the wretchedness+ lied not fallen to tion. T'ni olaliged to speak plai� hthel.
t , { _' a corteous notification of their client's ratan Ito come his son would think well df him, her share ; lint he would not stoop t° re- , You brought about the issue, d must
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tions. had After some me idles convera tionlnshe deftly i But this supposition of Norma's in regard • proadllea and vituperation. It was a natural abide by the consequences. I've stated my
� ; ;51,� �� Norma had been re stag for ;Vita. to a second marriage cat the whole matter peculiar ty of her shallow nature to demand terms and it's for you to accept'or decline
p p turned the talk upon New York and the g P' exhaust; a comprehension for quite coni. them" Y
;,� `'I I, , �✓' Thorne's letter by that of her friend Mrs. life there, and rallied all her powers to be in a new Light iu regard to the child. If
Y a•s • •and erha s also U a secret hope , retires ue� and entertainin . She held ;such a change should b, }u contemplation, monplace ,mot}ons. She signified her acceptance of Itis. pro-
"�� . t Vincent , p p 3 other arrangein ' i"must-be made about the {i It's useless dehatilsg Chi± past, osat in a few l3rttsrlue; lin rations words,
' 't~ r. _ on which she had fed' for years—u, hope that her listener entranced with grapido clever p g
i bo he could no longer remain. in the Ethel. We're both been too much to for she considered it clue to her dignity to Ue
�o' this would happen.: She, read the letter sketches of society and the men and women � cu tori of his mother. 'His could not Ulama to afford the luxury of etc ue- disagreeable, in. that she was' arced }ng to
therefore without emotion, and returned it who composed it, drawing vivid pie- , . Ythrowing.What 'we must consider now terms, not dictating them. j
lutea of its usages, beliefs, and modes of remain under the roof of his wife's second
X. ', without comment. husband during his own lifetime.- The line is the future. Is our mind quite made u a ? ; CHAPTER r i
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` " Well ?" he queried impatiently. thought and expression. Graduall she g Aro ou determined on -the divorce '
�f^, I I. I Well !" s,)te echoed. glided into personalities, giving some of ! must be drawn somewhere. It did not ?' with his
.,-,f';. '� What do you think of it ?" ' her individual experiences , and sketching occur to Thorne' that his'wife .with equal "Quite determined, I've given the le alt arran}%,menta tl>ana}tet ha<lla'yticipated
' ' " I think that firs. Thorne wishes to ! in an acquaintance or two, with brilliant, 1 justice might -raise similar objections. , matter careful consideration, enc} ant . con- g l b
1: .f ' ' , I He determined to see Ethel at once and i V meed that entire separation, legal as well He had hitherto relegated• the subject of
marry again." caustic touches.' Soon Thorne,s name •ap discover whether or not there., -was truth- in as nominal, is absolutely necessary to my ' divorce to the limbo of" things as little '
:+' " Ido !—do you ?" The tone was thought- 1 geared, and, she noticed. that the listener a thought and Spoken of as ossicle b well.. Q
If�tl ; the interrogation delivered slowly. interest deepened. She spoke ' of him in � the reports ,that had reached him anent }sappiness." g 1 P Y
`" '" i The ilea was a hew one, and it put a differ warm terms of admiration—dwelt ort Ilia Cecil Cumberland. If there shrnt}d be, he ! :':And your reasons?" • bred people. I3o knew nothing of the I
5{,, would bring such pressure as lay in his I <°Haven't I.told vett, Nesbit?" using his morl2cv operandi, and was surprised at the i
g intellect, hid talents,and the bright promise ower to bear on her; in order to obtain ; name, for the. first time, in her anger, case tend celerity with which the legal ilia-
`<,; I .' ent complexion upon the matter, becaua of
11, 4." ' /// the child ; there were still several years of his manhood ; and then, observing that P
" ' Burin which the arsenal custody of the the brush had ceased its re nisi asses' immediate possession of the boy. The child i << «]sy do you insist on my repeating the chin, moved. ,
g P g p' I was still so young + that the latiV ,ave the v Thorne walked in the dire a of iiia i
i bo was the mother's of right. ht. It be- 6 same thin r over and over eternall I m
i, , y g over the lzright brown hair, and Y 6 ' Y hotel in a state of preoccutatio Ile w us .
x hoovcd him to tank into this matter more
that the gray eyes were on the fire, without 1 atotShe exther pense erase efghts ts disagreeablech could est it Set ti Taut ;sick ft m � owes"sire persisted,�a�` Y car lite s°tee and irritates} ; he disliked it a,li in-
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� 4 ! , q, ,closely. ma , pause or warning she spoke of his hurdle Thorne thought he could manage 'h,thet in' will be the" same as now, and your position tensely ; it jarred upon him°and offended his
r'( �,' + � es I � shire of it," responded Ivor , courtship and sudden: marriage. She win ,
C�a� 1*{, ris'� I . such a way as to make her voluntarily ,tot so assured. The alimony allowod by. tnest,, Over and over he cursed it all for a
I: f;, ; t�' ,. I " its town talk. See what Kate `; incent involuntarily as. she saw the cold, gray , damnable business from be ,ronin to f
f1n ° 14.0: says silent it." alloy tree scowl over the trl's face, and surrender her rights. Ire knew, that her law won't anything Trice cover your present b a
V� .. t c,., p p Y g a'ff'ection for the child was neither deop nor ex enditures, and you ran hardy expect ine ' end• He was perfectly aware, reasoning
,l 1; .;, y", „ She }landed' him her letter folder} down at ; noted the sudden tremor that passed through from cause to. effect that the situation was
�� `"'' ';'jk,' this paragraph : " People have been mildly ' her limbs ; hut' she steeled herself against strong. to to more generous tlirtn the law compels. , ,
,"' ,, - : excited, had the gossips tontines set wag- Compassion, and proceeded with her brush- He ascended the steps of 'his own house The divorce can make little differenee, save in some sort, his own fault ; hut'that was
}` ) in b a rumor which floated down from in and her narrative like one devoid of and rang the bell sharply. It was answered to diminish your income and deprive you of a Poor consolation. That side of . the quos. i
,i+ ging � ,g by a strange servant who regarded hire the protection of my name. 1 uu will not Lion •did not readily resent itself ; his
114 I :11�` w" , the At�lroriYlacicA last Rummer, anti has been ,sight and understanding. with interest ; er}dint,] a fentlernan to p y
1..s d ilii•suL,t+ince alar since. 1 ou i << clan not c:x teat 'ou who know I�csbit Y 6 car, tea many again, and the divorce wt.l1 j rizon•: was occu red It the nearer and {
Vt- gai.nin .)to y a i I l you, caller at that hour of the morning W114 bele t+.:4ti ioted outs." Tho'nic ts•+ta; furcin� nt+,rr. Porec,ttn;l view. TTe loal licit i" all awl
« r -arem1m, or how Cecil Gnml;crlancl pltilan- so •slightly, to be much interested in all '
Y dared after a certain lady of our ac�ivaint' tlsis," she said, watching Pocahontas unusual. «'as 11rs. Thorne at home? 7'he }tis adversary's ha,ttl, tt es genuinely sorry for hi�naelf and tett
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