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Meryl and Retribution
By
Ars a lest desperate resource, and
since he was detained un . Monro
Video danger than, he hid anticipat-
ed, Giles cent an nh4, friend oaf his
family to pleads hte cause with hie
wife,
011e was no longer a helploos in-
valid, but when old. Mr. Fennemore
came to the Glebe site was dressed
for travelling, indeed her luggage
wee. already on arts: way to the train,
Somehow Meryl did not find it
easy to refuse this kindly old man a
hearing and moslt unwillingly she
agreed to travel up to London in his
Company.
'Please tell me whet you came to
say," ;she begged when they were
sated together in an otheitwise un-
oocupiedl finat class compartment, ,
"Then we can forget the unpleasi
anilines and talk as if we were
friends for the rest of the journey,"
"I hope that is' what we are going
to be--triends.,' 'agreed the old man,
his vase eyes (taking in every detail
of the fair little face, that would
have been so lovely if it were not
Susan Redgrave
Epp heavily made-up and marred by a
touch of bardness,
"I don't 'feel I can ever be friends
with anybody again," said Meryl,
"Tinea ie what Giles bee drone to
ane, changed me 'from a schoolgirl,
gushing and a little silly, perhaps,
but rather mice, tato a hard, hate-
ful woman who will never feel any
thing very acutely again, and who
will never trust any man's word as
long as she lives:''
'My dear, you naturally feel like
that, but the phase will pass," eald
old Mr, Fennemore,
"I don't want it to pass," sald
Meryl in a light, cool tone. "If you
care for nobody and nothing, you
can't gelt hoist"
"My dear, I ani not here to try
and persuade you' that your husband
has acted. rightly, He has done
you a bery grievous wrong, and he
implores you to give him a chance
of making some atonement."
NO," said Meryl's pink lips, care-
lessly as if the were refusing a
cigarette. "He should have given
me a chance. I don't enjoy being
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atoned) to, Piz e different person
from the green girl he oroke to
pieces ori the wheel, and I will nev-
er give, him wheat he calls, a chance,
it would only mean. 1'd get lint all
over again,"
Mr, Fenmemore talked until he
was weary, but he could not move
Meryl one inch from that attitude.
She thanfeed him very much, but
she needled no money, and .if she
were etar leg, she would not accept
one penny from Mr, Reyd'on. She
had inherited enough for all her
needs !from her- tether. Now,
Would Mr, Fennemore please shop
discussing the disagreeable subject
For the )inset and only time old
leennemoi'e had a glimpse of the
fascinating lift of Meryl's (mouth
when she simliled, and he saw the
eantal'ising dimple.
"A very pretty girl," he thought,
and in spite of that outer ehedl of
hardness he knew that she had
great charm; hut he could scarcely
believe she was only eighteen. She
had the air and poise of a wlounan
of twenty -tour at feast.
In saying goodbye be made one
more effort.
',Can. I net persulade you to
change your mind? Will you let
me scud) a message to Your hus-
band?" he urged. "Surely you can
give !him some .sanall shred orf Hope
for the future?"
'Meryl's farce, which had softened
in the interest of ,their conversation
again set like atone.
"Oh, yes)" she said icily. "Give
your friend this message from me. I
hope I'1I never see nrm again as
long a•s, I live. tint if I unfortun-
ately do, no matter where it is or
who ma,y be there Ito see, I will
green lnini just as he' bade good-bye
to me."
"I will write him what you say. I
do not understand your message,
butt I fear it is not one of hope for
the boy," said the old man, sadly.
"Good-bye, my dlear, and I emelt
that You and I will meet many tunes
and always be :the best of friends,"
Meryl got into her ,taxi. She .said
nothing only )baked at :the disap-
pointed old man with eyes that
were bright and cold as stones.
Then, before the taxi moved' off,
site flung out her hand, like the old
impulsive Meryl, and gripped his
arm with tense fingers,
-"I've been hlorrid to you," she
said penitently, and it was easy
then to see that she was no more
than eighteen,
iOm the contrary, my dear, you
have been very cbarmdng to a med-
dlesome old man," he .s'a'd gravely.
"I only wish I had not performed
any mission se clumsily."
"You haeen'i" cited the ,,ie eager
Mer -y1, "If anybody in the world
could have changed my mind it Is
you. But ylou cant- Nobody can,
I darenft let myself change, you see.
I'm a coward, and I'm so afraid of
being hunt all over again,"
The pleading smile She gave him
was very young, and a little pitiful,
and Mr. Fennemore felt it would
give him all the pleasure in the
world to kick Giles Reydon very
soundly.
—*—*--
GLIAJpeeerit BI,
Modern Gave -Man
Meryl Reydon, in a marvellous
evening dress that 1 showed an
amazing amount of her lovely back.
even for the present-day fashion,
and with barbnric ear -ringer weight-
ing down her pretty ears; went with
a noisy and s,lightiy ,tipsy panty of
five to the latest craze In night
chilis,
"W011 probably get raided to-
night, and wind) up in a police court
in the morning, gabbled Elsa
Greene, her scarlet gash of a mouth
gaping oven as If she had not the
wit to clone it,
"Fuel" e.xclaimed Meryl median-.
fealty,
But in her heart Ike 'was not
finding it fun, thea rowdy party, and
she would' have halted, being caught
fa a raid' and arrested by the police.
Why had she allowed herself to be
entangled wltth Elea and the rest of
Athan? They weren't lnteresting
or mousing In any way, and when,
se neve Elsa and 'the three young
Men were not strictly sober, she
found them revolting, If leggy or
Raul or Connadhe never knew'
their other namele—iwanited her to
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Clean, she'd recuse, or they'd Trevor
keep on their legs,
eMeryl's not delekin' anything,
Mei' 1's a spoil sport,' gelpedl leggy.
Or was it Conrad or Paul They
were all idiotically alike at the
moment, "Don't: be a death's head
alt the wlUt-d'ye-ca11•ti'b, girl, Have
another drink," and he thrust a
glees into her handl, spilling half its
contents) on. the table.
"Don't be stupid," she said crass-
ly, only just escaping the sloppy
kiss be tried to impa'int on her
shoulder, and getting leer fair hair
tumbled,
At this moment she sane her
band, whom she had siunipos'ed
thousandts of miles away.
Sae was seated with a couple
In
ata table on the other sid
rise 'loon his stern lace shoe
wl,tli chortling clearness through
swirls, of smoke,
Meryl lead not intended dein
the extra cocktail Reggy, or
body, pressed on her, but after
glimlise of Gileas face, she pi
up the glaze and tossed whit
lett of the drink down her throat
How slie wlslied s'he were
with Qli(s routly Party. It put
alt such a disadvantage in her
bands eyes. But since he
caught her there with Elsa and
friends, he should be given the
prespion that she was enjoying
self immensely.
She laughted loudly at someth
Elea said, but even es she did,
etre shuddered at the wreck t
l Isa'a, mace now was.
A great blob of .scarlet }Mat
Was daubed on one cheek, due
E1sa's faulty aim theft last h
hour, and sire had had a fit of we
ing about notliling, and the eff
was disastrous, wheal mascara a
eye' shadow smudged the .top
of her face. Why had they
chosen this evening to be far wor
than usual?
Meryl boped she wasn't looki
anything like Elsa, and she wou
have cosseted the mirror from la
bag, only one of the vacuous. yout
snatched it and held it under Elsa
nose,
"`e-rbeeter put in for repairs, o
thing," he suggested stammering)
"Wier,what's. matter with, Inc
demanded Elsa truculently,
ee me on Meryl, 1et,'s dant
said Conrad- "Flea's, goin' to g
sporty with the, unsteady youth, bu
still less did she wish to sit at tebl
with Elsa, making this dreadfu
spectacle of herself. She was• arY
ing again, with horrible, neis
sniffles.
"All right," Meryl agreed haatii
standfing ul.
,.No„ said Giles, and though sh
had not seen hem cross the dance
floor, there he was. His face was
browner 'ihan ever after the voyage,
but it was se prising how white it
was about his lips, and nostril's.
"You are not dancing this evening,
rY
+The sternest eyes in the world
looked down, into tiers of pans',.
bine,
i e,e'that in spite of their beauty
s•hhard( s jewels.
"Krait one moment, Conrad, and
'11 come, said Meryl, and, still gay
ng »rp into those steely eye®
slowly pullers off her Zeit ha she
with iits, stiffened and glove,
off, embroidered
Nob a muscle In Giles's sunburnt
ince moved. He stood, still as
ode
dead; silence fell on the
eased, Cuontet, and even Elsa
to snuffle.
Very deliberfeeeely, so that there
ming eMeryl o doubt aS to what was
an
raised her right hand
vies g�den all her strength struck
er' glove, across the face with
.,,Ouch,,, wed Elsa she
lggled foolishly, a
hue
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stood before her, list betray -
felt tthat he faintest sign Mist be had
blonw,
qu"lea ng ,bt ,that over," he said
u will now come home
with may M
eryi.
flamed "I'll do nothing of the kind,"elle
than Giles sr mora,'01e4b17 shaken
'Whenby what she had done,
in
Your yosr lrlende knoll 1
70a ent husband, they will
Gl1 Quietly excuseMee
giggled re
toOHeQil7 than
ever but the vacuous, yoitb8 ap-
peared to be streak dwnb.
°I'att not coming," said .Meryl,
but tear Wan in her blue eyea,
Had she dict specimen
what oleo.-
on of manhood her has,.
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lithe; alinisoular strength showed to
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youths?
No matter what he intended) :Ic-
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Giles in a voice that low though it
was, sounded inexorable as' death.
Meryl mnistel•erI up a defiant little
laugh.
"I refuse to come," she declared,
"And even you would think twice
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