HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Goderich Star, 1926-07-29, Page 6of hurling the bubbling content of
her glass into the flushed faces about
her and telling these men how coma:
plately she was shamming, but he
managed to resist the temptation.
That she felt such an impulse at. all,
made her fearful of committing some
action equally rash, of dropping same
word that would prove fatal. •
It wait a hideous ordeal, She Tea
lized that already the cloak of , de-
cency; of respectability, which she
had been at such pains to preserve
during these difficult years, was gone.
lost for_good and 4l1, She had made
herself a Lady Godiva; by this might
of conspicuous revelry she had 'un-
done everything. Not only had she
condoned the sins and the shortcom-
ings • of 'bar dissolute husband, but
also she had put herself on a level
with him and with the fallen women
of the town—his customary asaocia•
tea. Courteau had done this.to her.
It .had Been his', proposal. Shy could
have throttled . him • where he sat. ,
The long night dragged on interni.
inably. Like, leeches \the two McCas.
keys clung to their prodigal boat, and
not until the early hours of mcrnang,
when the Count had • become sodden;
sulleh, stupefied and - when- they were
in a condition little better, :lid they
permit him to leave them,r .•,How Hil.
glances as Joe entered; than when tut that the very medium upon which thou.
the little party had adjusted itself tc she had counted for success would Fire!" Henri exclaimed. "Par.
the Cramped quarter* they watched prays to be her undoing. Desperate.lbleul, Don't I know you to be a vol.
the Countess curiously, hoping to ern-- ly he battled to retain her wits. Cavo`", ,
atm her true intent. But in this More than once, with a reckless de- "How did you manage the afar--
they were unsuccessful. She treated fiance utterly foreign to her precon- that fellow's ruin It frightens nae
both of them .with a cool, impartial.to glans,. she was upon. the point to realize that you can accomplish
p s such things:'
Mho Count pushed his wife away.
"What are you talking about?" he
demanded,
"Oh, very wall • Carry it out if
YOU Wish," she said, with. a careless
shrug, "But you'i;e not fooling me
in the least. • On the contrary, I ad-
mire your spirit. Neer, . then, rim
thirsty, And you are, too." With a
smile she •evaded his outstretched
arms and left the room. She was
back in a moment with a bottle and .
two• glasses. The latter alta felled;
her own she 'raised with a gesture,.
and Courteau blindly followed suit.
In epite of his deep intoxication
the man still retained the embers of
suspicion, and whets she spoke of
Pierce Phillips they began to glow
and threatened to.burst' into flame
Cunningly, persistently she played
upon him, however. She enticed, she
coquetted, elle cajoled; ahe maddened
him with her advances; she -teased!
•him with her 'reprises; she'drugged
bit with her. smiles. her .fragrant!
charms, Time and again he wire{
upon the point of • surrender but
caught himself in time. `
She wen at last.• She dragged the .
story from him, bit by bit, playing•
upon his vanity, until be gabbled
boastfully and - took a crapulent der: _.
da got him home she could, scarcely fight in repeating the details, It was
know, for she, too, had all but lost a tale distorted and confused, but the
Command of her senses. There were truth was there. She mmade an ex,
moments
moments ween she fought uneven- case to leave hint, finally, and re..
Ingly against a mental numbness, 'a mined out of the remit for a long
stupor that' rolled upward and . suf
thee. When she retuned it was to i
fused • her like a cloud of noxious _ find' him sprawledacross her bed
opera, leaving her knees . weak, her- and fast asleep.
b'or a riroinent she held dizzily to
the bedpost and attired down at him.
Her mask had slipped now, her face
was distorted with loathing; and so
deep were her feelings that she could
not bear to touch bice, even to'cover
him over. Leaving him spread-
eagled' as he was, she staggered 'out
her room, and•there his maudlin man- of his uncle'sn presence., -
trier changed, He roused himself and %Ii1da was . deathlysick, objects
,smiled at her fatuously; into his.eyes were gyrating before her eyes; she;
flamed a desire,, into, his cheeks came: felt a hideous,;nightmare ,sensation
a deeper flush. He pawed at her car, of unreality. an4 was filled 'with ani
essirigly;. he voiced thick, passionate_intefise contempt,. a tragic disgaet,
protestations. Yttria' had 'expected 'fer,'lierself - Farming at the foot .of
nothing leen; it was for this that she the stairs, she strove to gather her
had bled her -flesh and crucified -ter self together; then slowly, passion-
spirit these many hours. ately she curled the nanle of Pierce
"You're--wonderkul woman," the Philips.
man mumbled as he Swayed with her %CH APTER XXVI
in his arms: "Got all the old charm Tom Linton' and Jerry Quirk ;totted
and more. Genie, tall"'He laughed :slowly ujs the trail toward thou'
foolishly', then 1, drunken gravit i cabin, 13nth men were bundled
atserted; "Well, I'm the man, the' thickly in clothing, bothbewhiakered
:4;7gerTo turn hate into - 4itagea bore grotesque breath -masks
thatw- of iee even their eyebrows were
ou've taken your price. Yon've hoarywith frost, 'rhe partnexz `
your hour," she told, him. Het were very tired.•
head was thrown hick, her eyes were pausing in the Chip,Iittered mace
Closed, her teeth were clenched as if More their door, they gazed down
in a final struggle.>fpr self-restraint. the trail to a mound of gravel *which
Courteau pressed his bps to hers, *toad out raw and red Against the
then in a sudden frenzy he crushed universal - whiteness. This- - mound
her closer find- fell to kissing her - was in the farm of * *noted cone -
cheeks, her neck, her throat. He and on its levet top was a windlass
v = and a pole bucket track. From be-.
nett 'the'windlass issued'a' cloud of
smoke which mounted tri billows, as
if breathed forth .from a conceeted
chimney --smoke .from the smothered
drift fires laid against .the frozen
face of pay dirt forty feet below
thesurface, - Evidently this fire was
burning to suit the 'partnere; after
watching it for. a moment, 'Tom took
a buck -saw and fell stiflty to work
upon a dry spruce log which lay on
the saw --buck; Jerry spat on his mit-
tens and began to split the blocks as
they fell. '
Darkness was close at hand, but
both nieirwerre sei•-fsggred that -they
found it impossible to hurry. Nel-
ther did they speak: Patiently, sil-
ently they sawed and 'chopped, then
carried the wood into- the chilly
is; while one itt the lamp, and went
for a sack of ice, the other 'kindled it
fire. 'These tasks nccomplish*d, by
mutual consent, but stilly without ex-
changing a word, they *pproarhed
tlrs table.. From the window -sell
Tam took it coin and balanced it up-
on his thumb and forefinger; thin,
in answer to his blank, irigalrlag
gl**e., Jerry nodded and. he *sopped
the pito into the *Ir. While it vias
still spinning Jerry barked, sharply:
Afraid B
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gray heads bent and near.aigittei1y examined the coin.
T. Ed • "Tail* she is, Torah ennounced.
lie Te:heed the silver piece, crossed
"I W*s *firma to set leeeeeee I elr' ties sista to his Matto, *slated biasralf
way* *teem ick trout* afterwards. i it , *rid recicahted there while
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hands clumsy, her vision blurred ;
again waves of deathly illness- surged
over her. Under and through it all,
however, her sub-conseious will to
conquer remained firm.- Over and
over she told herself: "I'll have the
truth and then--1'.II make - him pay. "
Courteau followed his wife into
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CHAPTER XSY. (Continued)
As time passed end Hilda rontin-
ued to meet the test, her husband's
satisfaction ginned a keener edge.
He beamed. he strutted, he twisted,
his mustache to needle -Donde. , She
itis a thoroughbred, Chet he assured
himself. But, after all, why should-
n't .she do this for him? The women
with whom he was accustomed to
associate would not have counted
each an evening as this a e*critice,
.and, even had they so considered it,
he was in the habit of exacting sacci-.
flees from women. They liked it; it
proved their devotion.
Her subjugation was made com-
plete when he led her into a box at
the Rialto Theater and insi}sted upon
the two McCaskeys joining them.
The brothers. at drat declined, but by
thio time Courteares determination
tarried all before it.
Joe Milted ., him outside the • box
door,. however, to inquire into the
meaning of the affair.
'.'It means this," the Count .inform -
in "I haveeffectedcomplete
inform-
ed him. a a
reconciliation with my adorable wife.
Women are ei11 alike—they fear the.
iron;' they kiss the hand that smites
them. X have made her my obedient
Wave, mon ami. That's , what it
means."
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tory talk." Joe said,
raimgblp. "You're a brokex-kippee
stiff and you're tryst to gra tier
bsnkdrdl. Don't you epos* I'm on?
My wmimay was all right *hi yo'*
got year hand in the hotel oh -
dower; now Vin curse. Maybe
sloe's on the square—she fell for you
once—hut I bet abe'a working you.
Make sure of this, 'ny high and
mighty nobbasan" for emphasis the
speaker laid a heavy hand upon the
f'ount's *boulder and thrust his dis-
agreeable face closer--"thst you keep
your mouth shut. "Savvy'.' Don't
let her sweat you--"
. The admonitory words ended ab-
. rustily, for the door of the box reop-
ened and Joe found the ° Countess
Courteau facing him. For an instant
their glances met and in her *yea
the man saw an expression uncom.
fortably reminiscent of that day at
Sheep Camp when she had turned
public wrath upon his brother Jim's
head. But the look was fleeting; she
turned it upon her husband, and, the
Count, with an apology for his de-
lay, entered the box, dragging Me-
Caskey with him.
Frank, it appeared, shared his bro-
ther's eusplcions; the two exchanged
"It don't look good to me," Joe
said, morosely. "She's got an ecce
burled somewhere."
"Eh? What are you trying to
say?.,
"'I've got a- hunch she's sawing
you, Count. She's stuck on Phillips:
like I told you, and she's trying to
get a peek at your hole card."
It was characteristic of Courteau
that he should take first*nt offense
at this reflection upon his sagacity,
this doubt of his, ability as a charm-
er.
"You insult my intelligence;he
cried atiflty, "end above all, I possess
intelligence, You—do not. No.
You are coarse, you are grass. I am
full of sentiment—"
"Rate!" McCaskey growled, "I
get that, way myself sometimes.
Sentiment like yours costs twenty
dollars . a quart. But. this ain't the
tiro for a spree; we got business on
hands."
The Count. eyed his friend with a
frown. 'It is a personal affair and
concerns our business not In the
least. T em a revengeful person; I
have pride and I exact payment
front those who wound it. I brought
my wife here as a •purtishiuent and I
propose oto make her drink with .you,
Your company is not agreeable et
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IWet** her sbeiier of abieecrenee
fa�s�e thrill reepwasive to bis pa+Nsioa
( himemigked:
''Yrx"r+ rizs. pll ealhr....I
.' --Ian mail *emit you. I'm *flame.
to opo se• ritk is the night of our mar-
-Ian
alday is a is b. ea mow some *lags, you .
oat aoe "Azo you s*tlaflei, now that you're
that i* easy tee irrellemetly t- made me suffer" Do you still irnsg
J. fop ssttsa of tbo hemir aesiy iota I care for that foolish boy`??"
der le what yea siert Le .staters henry "Phillips? Bab! A noisy swine."
baaltk, aid wttoa 16.11"4" aro Again the Count chackled, but this
visa' yes abeiel& remedy eke trouper time his merriment ran away with
st sass*. him until he *heck and until tears
La, your bowel* moan sad week- came to his eyes.
tag properly by tke ams sf Without reason Hilda joined in his
laughter. Together they stood rock-
ing,..gi grling, *metering,. *a if at
some *xcruoiatin% jest,
"He—he tried to steal you—from
me. From me. Imagine it Then
he struck me. Well, where is he now,
eh?„
"I. never dreamed that you• cared
enough for me to—do what you did.
To risk oo much."
Thaw Vile bah hem ea the " ?"
market for the past 32 years.
"Risk?"
Hilda nodded, and her loose straw.
lytta np oily by 1The x'. Milbarer Ce",' ,gold -hair brushed Courteau's cheek,'
?�iatitad, Teiro*to, +Oe.t.
Milburn's
"Don't pretend .ny longer, I knew
from the start. But you were ,feat.
except rarely. Hide hated arrestor mus. When a woman laws the power:
and Its effect; she was not accustom- to excite jealousy it's a sign she's'
ed to -drinking. As she felt her°in- growing old and ugly and losing her
toxication mounting "he became fear- Are. ,,She can face anything except
formality, quite natural under the
circumstances, but in no other way
did'she appear conscious of that clash
on .the Chilkoot trail. It was not a
pleasant situation st • best, and J'ae
especially was ill at ease, but Court.
eau continued his spendthrift role,
keeping the waiters busy, and under
the influence of his potations the
elder McCaskey soon regained some
of his natural sangfroid. All three
men drank' liberally, and by the time
the lower floor had been cleared for
dancing they were in a hilarious
Mood. They laughed: loudly, they
shouted greettfi{Is across to other pa-
trons of the place, they flung corks
at the whirling couples below.
Meanwhile, they forced the woman
to Imbibe with them. rJoe, in spite
of his retiring confidence, kept
such close watch of her that she could
not spill her glass into the bucket,
Season's End
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