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Ever) Dr. Brent who had perched this
place of healing where his patients
could breathe air fresh, from the Pat
chic and cooled by 'then snow Peaks,
knew it chtetty through two of Its elti-
tens-Afrs,. Halloran, the capable, bus.
.
tong will, of the proprietor of the
Mountain V4110Y House, the town's
single hostelry, who. brewed. old fash-
ioned blackberry wine and cordialsfor
his patients, and Tont Felder, a young
lawyer whom lie had known on the
coast before III heattl► had sent hila to
hang out Ills shingle to a more genial
altitude.
The latter sometimes came for a chat
with the physician, and on one of these
calls Jessica and he bad met. She had
liked his keen, good humored face and
waving, slightly graying hair. She
had met him once since on the moue,
tatn road, and he had walked with her
and told her quaint stories of the
townspeople. He had taken her to
Alm. Halloran, whose heart she -had
won by praise of her cherry cordial.
"It bring§ back my boyhood, David
Sures said to her one afternoon, tap-
ping ' the bottle by his wheel chair.
"Somehow this baa the, old taste."
"It is nearly gone," she said, "I'll
get another bottle. I am going for a
ride pow. Ithink it does you goad.'"
„Before you go" he said, "fetch my.
writing case, and I will dictate a let-
ter." .
She brought and opened it with a
trouble at her heart, for the request
showed his increasing weakness. Un-
til today the -few letters he had writ-
ten had been done with his own hand.
Thinking of this as she waited, her
fingers nervously plucked at the Inside
of h leather • over. The Morocco Su
to c c p
fell and disclosed a stip of paper;. It
was a canceled bank draft, It bore
Hugh's name, andacross its face in Da -
rid Stires' crabbed hand, written large,
was the venomous- word "Forgery."
The room swam before her eyes.
Only by a flerce effort could she com
pel her pen to trace the dictated words.
laugh's fade a
misdeed, -evil as it was, had
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. to bee but . an abstract crime.
Nott' it suddenly lay Bare before her, a
concrete expression of coarse thievery,
a. living, symbol of crafty, simulation.
Scarce knowing
why she. did ft she
w g y
rezd.
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ii thedraft covert '. r m i r
f ly f a is e-.
ceptacle and.slipped it into her bosom.
.The evidence.of Hugh's sin! . That•
paper" mast remain, as the sin. that
made 4t, remained, the siege manual -of
her dishonor gild loss The. m who
o an se
hand had penned Its lying. signature
was the' man she had 'thought she.
loved. By that act be had thrust him-
self from her forever. Yet 'he lived.
Somewhere in the world he walked In
shame and degradation beyond, the
pale of honorable living,, and sbe was
his wife! She was his -wifel Though
she ..catled"herself Jessica Hointe, yet I%.
the is law h name and fame were hers.
"Look at that steady hand now, an'
her hair as red as glory!" said Mrs.
Halloran, gazing. admiringly from the
doorstep where she had been chatting
with Tom Felder. "Ye needn:t, stare
ser gray eyes out, though, .:or she'll
stop at the joolry shop to buy ye a .
ring -to shame P s n •
t a e er e t ha b n'
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and saytu no, ill -Witt. -
reider.laughed as he -crossed the
street raising his felt hat gallantly to:
the a :roe n 1
pp chi g rider. Airs. IIa loran'
Was a privileged character. It was not
\tichnel Halloran who kept. tbe"111oun-
tain 'Valley House popularl The old
n'omaE . hurried to .the eurb .ane! tied
the horse as Jessica dismounted.
•'ow' .did ye guess. I matte soe
Me
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nore this day V she exclaimed. "Sure,.
!f' se drink it yerself, my dearie, them
cheeks is all th' trademark 1 need!"
She led the way into the little carpeted
side room, by .courtesy denominated .l
"the parlor."' 111'11 go an' put it up In.
two sbnkes;' she said. "Sit ye down
an' I'll not be not minutes." So say
Ing, she bustled away. ' -
I.eft "alone, Jessica gazed abstract
edly about her. Tier. to Was still
Pull of the painful ref .ectlons , of her'
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771e room srwam before her ides
ride;A' door 'opeded Prom the room
Into (lie office.' It was ajar. She step-
ped close and looked:in.
A.,group of miners lounged*. in the
space before. the .front wiadows-fa.
millarly. . referred to by Its habitues
as "the amen corner' --chatting and
watching the passersby.
Suddenly she clapped her hand to her.
mouth to stifle a cry. A< name bad
Wen spokeno the flame that was in her
thought -the name of Huh Stires%
She leaned forwaid. listening breath..
lessly. I.
,, wonder r
I de where the .N"oung black-
leg's
leet.leds been." said one, peering through
the windows. vHe'd better have stayed
away for good, I'm thinking. What j
does he want to come back for, to a
Place where there aren't three men
who Will take a drink with him?"
Jessica looked about lie.. [JUL Instant
wildly.
She cool' u t
u bt be m s•
taken in the name. Was Hugh here,
Whither by the veriest accident she
brd coma -here In this very town that
silo had gazed down upon every day
forekst
we ? Was hoz>t 'o
no: it could
no bel t Sh e feed not heard arlglat.
But she bad an overtbhelmtng desire
to satlati herself with her own eyes.
From where she stood she could not
see the street. the bethought her,telf
of the upper balcony.
SwOUY she eiroased to the hall door,
throw It open and ran, hastily up the
stair. I .
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F the man who bail been
the subjec# of the ob.
1 serrations Jessica had
heard bad been less; ab.
. sorbed as he walked
leisurely along on the
opposite side of the street It would
have noticed the look .of dislike lat.the
eyes of those he passed. They drew
away from him, and one spoke -to no
one In particular and with no oath of.
fensive fervid. and n r� d, E ut weather meat,
en, tanned, Indifferently clad and with
•a small. brown dog following him, the
newcomer passed along, oblivious to
the sidelong scrutiny He -did not stare
about him utter the manner of a strap- ,
Ser, though so tar as: he knew he had
never been in the place before.
But Harry Sanderson now was not
the man who had ridden into oblivion
.In the motor car. The rector of St I
James' was in; a strange eclipse. Alen-
tally and externally he had reverted
to the old Satan Sanderson of the
brilliant flashing originality, of the
curt risk and daring. The deeply hu -
pian and sensitive side that had devel-
oped during' his divinity years was In
abeyance. It showed Itself only In.
the affection be bestowed on the little
nameless dog that followed him like
a brown, shaggy shadow,
He was like that old self of his, and
yet If be had but known It he was
wonderfully like some one else, too--
some one who had belonged' to the
long ago'hud. garbled past that still
eluded him; some one, who had been a
partalso of the life of this very town
tilt a little over aoath
m before, when
he had left It withdread dogging his
footsteps]
Curious coincidences bud wrought
together for this likeness. In the past
weeks Harry had grown perceptibly
thinner. 'A spare beard was now on
.his chin, and the fiery sun that.had
'.darkened his cheeks to sallowhad
lightened his brown hair a shade..*The
c his cut :on s browhad Baled e
h to th
semblance of thi
b e a r irthmark
n ed b
Fate- or God -was doing strange
I things for Harry Sanderson!
•1 he
n t nomad :weeks of wind and
sun; as the tissues of the brain grew
slowly •Back to a state of normal ac -
I tion, the mind seized again and'agaiA
I upon the bitter question of his identi-
ty. It had obtruded Into • clicking
leagues on steel rails, Into. miles afoot
by fruit hung lanes, on white Pacific
shell roads under .cedar branches; on.
busy Illghways. ,' It..bad stalked . into
i
days of labor'in hop fields, work with j
I hand and -foot that bought dreamless
sleep andgenerous wage; lntc .*sights
of less savory experten�v> I ,-Ay pur-
lieus, where• a self forgotten Man..
gamed and' drank' recklessly, auda-
clously, forbiddingly. -Who was be.?
From *hat equation of. life had he
been .eliminated?. Had. he loved any-
thing or anybody? Had; he a friend.'
any friend in the ' .soil
d?
The man of no memories gave. no
heed to the men on. the street, who
looked at Firm askance. He sauntered
along unconselously, his hands thrust
deep in his pockets. With a casual
mance. at the. hotel across the way he
entered a saloon, .where 'a score or pat.
trons were 'standing at the bar of
shaking dice noisily at the . tables
ranged against the wall. The' bartend-
er nodded to his greeting• the slightest
possible nod. The dog which halm fol-
lowed him faito the. pisco leaped up
against ,him, its ,fore paws on :his
knee. .."Brandy, if you please." said the
new arrival, and poured Indolently
from the bottle set before him.
The conversation :in the roota bad
chilled. To its. occupantsthe man who
had, entered was no stranger, He was
Hugh- Stires: returned unwelcome to.a
place from which be. bad lately. van-
Ished. rloreover,.'-what they felt -for
him was not alone the crude hatred
which. the honest toildr feels for the
trickster who gains a living by.devious
knaveries. There was an uglier •suspl-
cion afloat ' of Hugh Stires! A blue .
abirted miner :called gruffly for • his
score, threw down• the silver and went
out...slamming the swing door.
The newcomer regarded none of
therp..I3e pouted his glass slowly full,
;sipped from .it and. holding It in his
Band, turned and glanced deliberately
about the place, elle looked at every-
body ln.the.room, suddesly sensible of.
the hostile .atmosphere, , with what
seemed a careless amusement, ' Then
.he raised his glass.
6d Will .you Join me, gentlemen?" he
said.
There was but one response. A
soiled, shambling figure, blear, white.
hatred, and hesitating, with it battered
violin under its arae, siouched from a
corner and grasped eagerly for the
bottle the bartender contemptuously
pushed toward him, No. one else
moved. .
The new arrival looked smilingly
at the soiled 89are be'alde hint, it fruit-
. w ment of flotsam
tnsvt
KI on the
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�. f `'e tide of failure.
,S
l erred In my
IiNrll
1_ �.�y b4 7 saint.-
1P tion." he said,
I "Gentility
% t,eutttity ts,uft-
er a11, -1tas a
I d. habit than stn in-
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Oluet," Ile lift-
ed his glw%s--to
.,, %: - thecastaway. "I
drink to the
� r health of the
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only other Fen-
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r
�'1 t letnan present,
he bald. and
lid !the t xrntltndtil tossed the drink
I . ,b the itmi /Eaare oft.
kcltttle lilfri A ltoort and a
ttuculent #bu&6 came from the stand-
'Ing bleu, Their fates' were.daelL Tat'
.,P" L'r, t'',e luv:ycr. emeresl tele saloon
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.,it:'t ill t'i a to Ket• 1 -g," Iat•vlin, tilt•
m uer of t:iP co: u r dwntr hall, rime
":timi a tattle. rollln, u,l.fannet slt•c ws
.tiong tauil a arilis. 110 saw hill,,
strife fOrtvtrd alta, With a well dtrN.•t-
ed sliave, t=ea -1 Vat- ,zhamhling, iuetlrlate
reeling across the floor.
"Tiro curs t:t the bar are enough at
a tune!" olloth Dertitl.
'Then the lavr,ver saw an estraordi.
nury thing. The vallitled glass run,
sharply on the bar, the arta that held
It straightened, the little form behind
It seemed to expand. and the big; bulk
of Devlin went backward through the
doorway and collapsed in it spraw[lug
heap on the pavement.
"For my part," suid an even, infurl•
ate voice from the threshold. •'I prefer
but one."
The face the roomful saw now as
they pushed to the outer air and
which turned on the flocking crowd
bore .anything but the slinking look
they bad -been used tosee on the face
of Hugh Stires. The smile that meant
danger played over it. Therewere both
calculation and savagery in it It was
the look of the man to whom all. risks
are alike, to whom nothing counts. In
the instant confusion every one there
recognized 'the element of hardihood
dumfounded. Here was one who, as
Barney McGinn, the freighter,. said
afterward, "hadn't the sand of a sick
coyote," bearding a bully and the most
formidable .antagonist the town af-
- forded.
'.The prostrate man was on his feet in
an instant, wiping the blood from a
cleft.11p. and peeled off_ his vest with a
vile epithet.
"That is incidentally a venturesome
word to select from your vocabulary, to
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staring in a kind of strained and how
. •rtfte,d 'expectancy.
said the even voice, a sort'of detona-.
t, in it. . "You. will .feel like apoio-•
gazing presently."
Devlin came on with a.!bnli-ttke rush.
Th ] w is e s rewd a in . th
e a a e b l 0
y y, y g b g
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ituation, gave the slighter. man short
shrlft;-and for several intense seconds
every breath stopped.. ,Chose seconds.
called up from some mysterious covert
all the skill and strength of the old
hard hitting Satan Sanderson, all `the
science of parry'and feint 'learned to
those bill& college bouts with the
gloves with Gentleman Jlm. .
It. was a short, sharp contest. ' rot a
blow broke the guard of the man whose
back was, to the doorway. On the
other hand, Deslin's face was puffed
and bleeding., h
When for n breath 'he'
drew back, gulping, a sudden gllbt of
doubt and fear' had slipped beneath
the blood .and sweat.' .
The end, came quickly.. Barry stepped,
I
o meet him, there was a series of
swift passes -then one, two 1ightning-
like blows, and Derlfn went down,
white and stunned to the dust of,the
roadway. ` '
So high was the. •teuslon • and so In-
stantaneous the close, -that, for a Mo.
meat the crowd was nolseless,•the'spell
still upon. them. In that moment Tole
Felder came hdstily. forward, for.
though 'sharing the general dislike,
admlratfon was .strong in him. and.
knowing the 'temper of the bystanders.
he expected trouble. •
The man who, had administered Dev-
Roos punishment., however, did not see
bis approach. tie was looking some
wbere above their ,heads -at the upper
balcony of the hotel opposite -staring
in' a kind of strained said horrified ex.
pectancd at a girl',who leaned forward,
her hands ellnetfl r t s
g hea balustrade.
tier eyes fixed on his face. There was
sometbing In that face, In that in.
tense look, that seemed to cleave the
gray Tell that swathed Barry Sander-
son -s past. .
Only an instant the gaze bung be-
tween them, It served as a distrae.
tion, for other 'eyes had raced to 'the
balcony. •
The clamoring voices were suddenly
hustled, for there was not wanting in.
the crowd that Instinctive regard for
the proprieties •trhleh belongs to eom.
munfties where gentlewomen are few.
In that Instant Felder plat his band on
the arm of the staring man and drew
him to the door Oar of the hotel,
"Inside., quicklyf" he said under his
breath, for a rumble from the; crowd
told
him the
h 1
tie
girt had loft t balcony
above, bo O, ill+ pltshecl the ether, through
the doornav
turned
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for s second
o-. the threshold. "
" Whatever private feelings yeti may
have." 110- rand In a tone that all heard.
"don't disgrace thi+ town. Fair play.,
no- matter who he lsf Ak'Gtnn, f uhotird
think ;Fou, at teaat were bila enour h to
settle cnur grodgea without the help
of a, crowd."
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even en Inc this t de him shunned
own, a L•ouMa
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, p which she, Clad she beet) faithful to. i
r �' her vow "for better, for worse,'" wintat I
have turned to tits redemption? God
HU man whose part the fOrvilve, but she clad not forgiven•
lawyer had taken lead Sia n� eascorched
. n rti �, tears her a ends.
e ed to
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`7•, � t e a For Harry 'Sanderson the magic tens
Most duzedly as the girl
the impl'isgnett memory, ceyinb out
disappeared. strongly fn the first tongue it had
' Tbat was a Close found, The slumbering qualities that
squeak," said Felder to him. "Do you h;iii stirred uneas!ly at sight of tile
realize that? pit fire minutes more face on the balcony awoke. Who he •
You'd have been handled a sight worse was and lead been he knew no more
than Fou hu led your man, let me telt
you!" � than before. but the new writhing sell
consciousness,starting from its sleepy
The man of no memories sinned, the with almost a, sense of shock, became
same smile that had infuriated the bar. conscious of the
gaping crowd, t
e
rot -uud 3etsome ow it
ore was a wore dusty .street, the reel. sunset 'nail or
difficult to smile now. himself tit the end of a vulgar brawls
"Is It possible," he asked, "that sawing a violin in silly braggadocio tits
through • an unlucky r
g error 1 have
a 1 of l doorway. ac_
1.
trounced the local archbishop?" I The music faltereid and broke otf, p
Felder looked at him narrowly. Be- 'Che bow dropped at' his feet. Re i
Death the sarcasm he distinguished on picked itup fumblingly and turneiII
familiarity; aloofness, it genuine astou- back into the office as a man entered! c
isltment. The appegrance in the person from a rear door, The newcomer was: .'"
of Hugh Stire% of the.qualitfes of nerve DIichAel. Halloran, the hotel's propria- ;�
and courage bad surprised him out of tor, shothickset 'and surlAslee
rt, y. p•
his usual. Indifference. The "tinhoru in ills room, be, had neither seen the
gambler" had fought !lite a man. His fracas nor heard the 'playtng. He save ,..,�
present sang froid teas as singular. Instantly, however; that something un-
Loki he been tin absolute stranger in usual ,Was forward and, blinking out
the town. be might have acted and the t1fieshold, caught sight of the naso I•
spoken no differently. I'elder's smooth nbo was handingthe violin back to its.
shaven, earnest face was puzzled as he owner. • He clinched his fist, with at •
answered curtly: . scowl, and started toward him,
"You've trounced a man who will re. Isis wife caught his arou
member it a long time." '•ph. Altehael, 5iichaell," she erletL. I
"Ab! said We man addressed easily. . "Say nothing, 1adi. Ye should. have "
"He has a better memory than I, .heard him play!" '�J'
then,,"' "Play!" he exclaimed. "Let him go, . P,
He hazed over the heads of .the silent fiddle to his side partner,' ,Prendergast.
roomful to the. simmering street, where . and the other riffraff he's, run with the•
Devlin, with the aid of a supporting rear p ,tt" He turned blackly to Har
arm, was-staggeiing into the saloon• lu ry., "Take yourself from this house,
which 419 humiliation had begun. Ixugh Stires!" he said. "Whether all's
"They seem agitated." .be said,:. The true that's said of you 3 don't any: but .
feeling of embarrassment was passing; yoti'il not come here."'
the old daring was lifting. His glance,,) Barry had,turn,A very white. iv4itlie
scanning the room, set -Itself on a shah- the spoken name -a name how famliarr ' . 0
b fear'
c flu i th
y, .ren a background'a o -
b 1
-his- eyes had fallen he n
P d n to ri on his ti
y ring
'on etic et keenly g y ee y unit pridefully inter finger-the,ring with the Initials II. S:.
ested. 4 -whimsical light � was in his A• sudden. comprehension had darted to -
eye. . He crossed to him • and, reach- ill's -mind. A score of circumstances: .
I'ng out his hand, drew the violin .froau that had seemeel'odd stood out now In,
under his arm; -tea a baleful, light The looksl'of,dislike lit .
.. .
11usf
c hath ba m
charms y to0o h
r t e tfie r b
the barroom, t attitude of the street e b e de it
a
savage breast," be said, and., opening 'I this. nngry.diatribe, all smacked of lac- ',I
the .door, he tucked the Instrument• ijunintance, and .not alone acquaint- ,
under his chin and •.beg,an to play. ince, but obloquy. ' .His name bras;: `,
What absolute contempt of. danger, FIu^h Stlres! He _belonged to this very, P . b
w
1,
hat insane prompting possessed, cnn toR n, ,And, he was a man hated. de'~
scarcely
�. ima^fined l r' I
�6e . Fe a look �
d ed .. is d forbidden en ranee to an t:n• .
b p e,t ..�
for a quick end to the folly, but he south hostelry, arl unwelcome visitant
saw 'the 'men in .the street even as : even !ni a barroom. He turnetl to Fel- .
they moved forward. waver and pause. der. and said. in a low voice to titm:
With almost the first note`it.had come . got to the hotel ;keeper or to tbe'room• . , •. .t
to them that they were bearfng music ful:
such .as the squeaking fiddles' of the: "When I entered this town today I
dance Balis never knew. Those on ibe' did not know my :name or that I bad
.,opposite pavement crossed. over, and elver set foot in' •it before.'..I was struck.
men 'far down the street stood still to by a traits a month ago and remember : -
listen, .nothing beyond' that time, It seems
More than the adept's. cunning that that the town knows me better titan I
had' at first tingled in 'his fingers at .1 know myself." . 3
sight of the• instrument Was to harry 1.16 turned quietly and walked out of
Sanilerson's' playing, The' violin had' the door. Pavement and street were.a. '
-been the single passion which the old .hubbub of 'excited . talk. The groups, . .
Satan.Sandersoa had carried with hint parted .as. he came out,'and he passed
into the new career.: The,. impulse..to lietween lhem . with' eyes 'straight bei
f re him.
-
h o
soot a the snva•e brews had been a
t d ee
,•f.
• s l tar town the street rt ra -.
.i be.turned d
Bare of th : ofd character �i b
r
c ctor ae lead: been • '
A
relieving,' :but the; music, :heron in mint of quartz thrown with deliberate
f w 'from he sa .
n e venomous a m tie t
b v o
a d e
ra ad , swept •him almost instantly
a ..
1 r grazed. his, he
con doorway., It t d d.
beyond Its bounds.
R
e t b u H h d� l g
ds, e a ne • r been: y.
y
�e b e .
an Indifferent performer. Now, be. was knocking off his hat.
playing as he had never played tan Itis Tom Felder bad seen the flying masa
life, with: inspiration and abandon. site, and -he leaped to the center of'the•
There was a dbibolism in 1t. IIF had street with rage in his heart. '•]f ,i
forgotten the fight• the. crowd, his owH' find out `who threw that." be said. "I'll! • • •z•, ;
mocking mood. Ile had •forgotten • send Ilia) up for it, so help me God!".
. where be was,; He was afloat on 'a Harry stooped and picked up his hat
fluctuant tide of melody, .that was "car- and as lie put it on is gala tum"I a .
tying• him back• back, into the' far moment toward tile, crowd. Then. he;
away past.toward all that lie had loved ,%valked..on down .the ml of th& .
,. and lost street• his eyes glaring. Ills face white.
"It`s -'Home. Swect . IIot'ne,"' said Into the dusky blue of the falling twl-, .
Barney McGinn, "No. ft's 'Annie ligL•t. .
Laurie.' No, it's -hanged if .. t _ know 1
what it fsl"
The player Himself could not have . . •1.-•1�,...,�r,.
told him: He was.in a.,kind of trance! PSW ✓
dream. The self .made music was call .
Ing with a sweet insistence to. buried ' � '
things -that were stirring from a long' `'
sleep. It sent a gull) into the .throatI.of more than one standing moveless � .. o ' 14
3n the street. It brought u.suspicious. P
moisture to Tom Felder's eyes.. It drew �A
11Irs. Hallciran from'the.kitchen, wlp� '
Ing. - her hands, on. her apron. It called ITE Scene in the hotel of�
to a• girt who crouched In the upper $ qce had' ltsft Jessica 1tv
hili[ with her. miserable face btirled in 1 u state of ental Ass-•
.
her bands, drew her down the stair c 'traction in hrhich rea-•
to the office door, her eyes wf.ie with at ` son`:was• In, t11Mvllnm . --
breathless wonder, Iter face glistening In the confusion sb& ' '
.With feeling, had slipped Into the little sftting room ,
From the balcony'Jessiea had. WIN unnoticed, feeling a sense alanost.of 1.
nessed the fight without understand- pht+sical sickness, to sit In the ball' •
Ing Its meianing., A fascination she light, `listening to the .diminfsbiu;
could not gainsay had glued her .she
noises of the spilling crowd,' She was:
to the struggle. It Was he -it was the .wind swept, storm tossed, in the grip ,
face she knew; seen but 'once for a. of primal emotions'. The surprise bad
single moment 16 the hour of tier mar- shocked her, and the strange appeal or
riage, but stumped Indelibly upon her the violin.had disturbed her equipoise .
memory. It was . no longer smooth The significant Words of nwaken.inet
shaven. and it was changed, - evilly. spoken in tilt oalce had cont- to her
changed. But it was the same. There dlwtiactly, In- their light she bid react
was recklestaess and mockery in It and the piteous puzzle of tbat gate tltalthad
Set strength, not weakness.' Shunned held her wotionless t>n the ialcony.
and despised as he might be -the chief IIu„h had forgotten the past -all of lt;
actor, as It seemed to her, in a cheap Its crime, Its penalty. In forgetting
and desperate barroom affray, a coarse till past he had forgotten Nren lien .r.
affair of fisticuffs in the public' street his wife. Yet in some mystertons wav
--yet there was something Intrepid In Iter face bail been fanAllar to him. It
his bearing; something splendid In bis had touched for tin Instant tile, sprints
victory. of tile befogged id tnemoty.
To Jessica, standing with hauls close As she ."lined throithb thr transfen : , .4,y71
clasped, the music seemed the, agony � t1m,11lglit. past the selvage of the totem,
f
of remorse for Mist fall, tile ors- f
a t t a s rt to gin slo ".
P and i:ttc) tht .cotter pia nt slept
%.
soul, knowing itself Past out, Bile `Struclt the horse sharply with het" 11
appealing to Its gOcfan 61 Pat Pity ct"ap. lie who had entrapped lr. who- ,
and pardon. Ilugh land often ' played had married' her under the shadow of am
to 'her, lightly, careletAy. as he did all c0ininal ,let, who had broken her fu-• '
thin he had deemed It only one f
b"s, S d ,. �. a ttart< ct•1th h[,fi, when talc whop bri'ghti~
his many clever, amateurish 'accom- life land crashed down to black ruby-»
pllshtnents, Now it struck her with u could such a one look as be had. looked
an that there had been in him a sl
a h mu
pang at her? Could he m ke srnr a
deeper side that she had not guessed, that had wrang' her heart? '
Since her rvedding day she heel All at once the horse shlod violentlp,, 1
thought of her marriage as a loathed almost unseating her. A mab *a$ V 11
-
band, ft•om which his false pretenso Ing by the side
- f the road. tobati'nt .
lead Abootveol her. NOW a doubt of her and mattering himself, She forced
own pottltln cissa Jod her. Ilad lone- the unwilling- minimal closer 40do k**-
tttid outl*,Vry driven him into Inst ffom tho Mdollo, saw wbo jt *w
(TO BE CONTINUED.).