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lac like yourself again."
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~"Toure sorry,,ts that rt?"
“Oh, yes."
had been herself ahe could never
have done thia thing. . . .
“But it'a dope now,” ahe re-
minded herself, sterniy.
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which meant ao little.
"How’s my patient
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"No patient today.
"That’s the only part I object
to.”
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within your rights, of courao. But nothing had happened. But his
you will lose the last chance you ' eyes were haunted with sadness,
have of my learning to love you." I hers wistful with regret. She could
“Don't ever mention that to me not understand the Sonta in the
again. There never was any chance hospital who had Inveigled them
of it. It was ridiculous of me to both Into thia. It was as if ahe
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Alter the prelect had dashed out with the 1
Dupin explained how ho had obtained the prized docu-
ment. IF the Minister D. had hidden the document,
the police would have found it, he reasoned. The min-
later, a crafty man. had known this, Dupin deduced.
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"Yes, I did."
“But where did you go? Dar-
ling. I've been to te apartment.
I've been everywhere I could think
of. ...”
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panic waa in her eyes.
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He closed the windows
— hold you to it. Sonia. In spite of
yourself—in spite of everything."
-She Tnew he wee eight, mmr
CtNSHINE streamed across the I have!" flashed Sonia.
• yellow roses in Sonia s room. | "Honey, you are better.
She sniffed their fragrance even the first natural remark
before she opened her eyes. A made in three days."
you want, let me know.”
His generosity pleased her, but
she had been sincere in her reluc-
tance to spend bls money. She be-
gan to wonder if it might not
cheapen her in his eyes, to accept
all the advantages of a wife, giv-
ing nothing in return.
nised the justice of his words even
while she hated him for uttering
them.
“I gave you every opportunity ,
for not going on with it. I didn't
want to rush our wedding like we
did. Now It'a only fair that you
should stay with the bargain you
made and face the consequences."
mn* who wanis to marry her. Crane
ana ienderon beceme bitter fivela.
Honia ntw Mendersee and then
averie a -erieua qunrrel betwern them
nelleving that she haa raptiveted
Crnne, Honia allow* him la make !•'»
!• her, ereditine hie eaplanation thet
he ennnot marry her bee •••» the
MeakmF of Ma *«<m*w*M M aaad.rr
(tri wola hill hi- Invalid m«h„
seiwater eome U laws.
no use thinking of that. It could
not be Franklin Crane.
What would he do whan he
"Not if it annoya you.”
He said evenly. "It moat cer-
tainly does. Check the finances!
Many a happily married couple
has been wrecked on that rock."
"Not in that particular way,"
she retotted. •
"Tell me the name of your bank
and I’ll deposit some money. If .
would work. It can’t. Neither of
us could stand it." .
"You mean you want to be re-
leased from it now?”
"I'll have to be. I must."
"You can’t," he said sternly.
"Not until end of the year. You
insisted you needed my help to
keep out of trouble. I’ll have to
was awkward staying in Fort
Worth. Still more so in Cleburne.
The thing to do was to get away.
Burn all bridges behind her. Then
she would have no chance-of ever
turning back.
As she lay thinking, she couya
bear Don splashing in the bath-
room. Funny to have a husband
dressing with-only a door between
them! Sort of exciting, thought
Sonia, wiggling deeper into the
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dortor. takes a faney to the brilliant
Gi aad Neip. sr Ke a S• la Iba
rNe aT M. aa. k. Jed Themes.
Me ma" hey heme wien MAXINK
•a ni r. whe i. enrryine on • elen-
acitine affair with Mas Me-
reor. a married maa. aad tall la
lava with niviUX CnAXE, petted
young enie-man ahe alee allrarle
WAlrwN MKNDERNOX, a wealin
her to Berlin. He promised to go
earlier than he had planned. It it isn’t enough to get whatever
You can acarcely marry
cost me nothing, you
arguments she bad presented to
Don. They were as valid as ever.
But they seemed a mere discord-
ant jumble of words. Meaning:
lesstheorlesfAnd-what use.had
ah* for theories, when she had put
an impaaaable barrier between
herself and the only man she had
ever lovedr-
She began to cry, allently. mak-
ing no sound. No motion of hsr
lips. Hsr breast hurt as if there
were an inward bleedihg:
At last she was in the hotel,
asking for her key, soaring up in
the elevator to the floor wnere she
and Don had rooms.
Oh, the sheer stupidity of this
agreement she had made! Fair to
no ons! She must have been in-
CHAPTER L
“T CAN’T explain to you now,"
I Sonia said hurriedly. "I have
"Why. Sonia,” he cried. "I've
i rofit and Ho an tn tha hospital and they said
“ you left yesterday?"
A Love Story About People You Know
Cosvght, 1SSS. W tM Bel Brodleet
ITHERE was a knock on the door
A lad Don entered, dressed for
the day and looking so clean and
radiant that her heart went out
to him. It was pathetic that he
should be so joyous over a gift
aense of warm well-being pervade
vaded her. For the first time
since the accident she had slept
without crying out, without reliv-
ing the events of that tragic after-
noon.
She looked about her lazily, at
the gray wallpaper, the well rub-
bed. too orderly furniture. It was
nice to waken to a new (jay. full
of brand new interests. She was
done with the real estate office.
WHEN breakfast was over, he
"I'm going now You can dress
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"Do you realize that you're be
ginning thia day as Mrs Don Still
She smiled back at Mm
“I do.”
He healtated and then asked,
asrtnualy, "Sorrxxet, Sonia!”
Her eyes met hla bravely.
"Not yet! How about you!"
“I should My not! See here,
why don't you have your break-
to get dressed Only It's so nice
to Ils in bed and worry my old
alarm clock. It simply can't un-
derstand whal e the matter with
it was better that she should have
no opportunity of seeing Franklin
again.
She turned the wedding ring
upon her finger. A married wom-
an! She, Sonia Marsh! But was
there any other bride in Fort
Worth no little married? Was not
her freedom atill intact? Guar-
anteed! Don was going to take
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To bo even with D.. who pretended "aziness. Dupin
complained that his eyes were weak and lamented the
need of the spectachs. Under cover, of the green
giasses, Dupin’s eyes roved the room, searching not the
hidden nooks but ths very places where concealment
would have eoewwd impossible. (Continued, j________
TN THAT moment Sonia felt that
1 abe'had grown into a woman.
Something irresponsible and chua-
ish-inher died, neverto here-
born.
"All right,” ahe aald quietly, “If
up ahe waa startled at his paa-
donate countenance.
“Don, please don’t look like
that. I told you I'd probably be
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- Hla eyes were coals of fire.
"You’ve seen Franklin Crane?"
"Tea." she sighed. "We just
happened to meet on the street.
His been hunting for me. Hs
was worried.”
His voice was broken with pain.
"Sonia. I didn’t dream you
cared for him like that."
She shrugged.
"Well, It's too late now. I
planned thia merry little mess my-
self. I must have been eraay. . ."
She saw him wince.
“I don't mean that every word
I sald was true. You are the right
them?"
"Your clothes are charming.
Hut you'll need additional things
for an ocean voyage. I hope you :
aren't golhg to be silly about
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Franklin. She knew he loved her.
But if ahe want to Berlin he would
undoubtedly marry Genevieve.
And four lives would be mined. $
—She had given her wotd- And
Don bad fulflllede every condition
she had made. She loathed a
quitter. Yet she had begged Don
to marry her and then let him
hear her crying about it th* very
next day. Well, ahe would stay
with it. Even if he did not insist
on it. And if it took her the *n-
tlre year ah* would try to make
up for the tears she had shed.
Sha slipped out of bed and ran.
barefoot, to his door. She lis-
tened for a moment but could bear
nothing. Then ahlvering with cola
and her new resolution ahe
knoked: There was-ne answer.
She softly turned the knob and
went inside.
(Copyright, 1926, by Th* Bell
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realize how poorly ahe waa play-
ing the game whose rules had all
been made in her favor.
“Don't pay any attention to
me," she cried. "I'll be over it1
tn a minute. Didn't know you
were her*."
He atill aald nothing and when
I graciously, “I will it you'll have
J yours here-with me."---------
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vor was sufficient reward.
So Mrs. Don Stillwater break-
fasted tn bed. And enjoyed it. She
■ affected little matronly airs with
the coffee pot.
"■How many lumps? I’ll remem-
her next time."
At least, she decided, she
would live up to the spirit of their
contract. Or, in other words,
i thought Sonia naughtily, she
I "would fool the waiter."
"Sonia,” said Don suddenly,
"How.about money? You’ll need
must. Vain, erratic, a shallow lit- hotel he said good-night without
tl* fool! She had trampled his entering the room.
setf-respeet,weunded htg-pride- Sonia understood and went to
And he had given her hla name. 1 bed. She lay. straight and cold,
Shitook Ma hand. » j in the new gown ahe had pur-
“You are right, Don. I am not ) chased. Its exquisite texture gave
worthy of you. But I'll stick it her no pleasure. She was pick
ogt if you want me-to I'm sorry with longing. If she could only
you heard"me crying. I. ." I be Sonia Marsh again, have back
."I'm sorry, too,” he admitted i her old position in the real estate (Will Crane win? Head tomor-
grimly, 1 ofifee. d at least be free to see 1 row’s installment in The Preas).
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discussion of it, will you?”
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Street Hut as she walked down itoriA.ciz"neaomWh"r”‛inZininviewi
Houston street she came face to \ and BW Mm tRWMWlMe* in plain mw:
faee with Franklin!
“I'm sorry," she faltered. “I
seem to be awfully stupid. . . .“
"Not al all. I appreciate the
spirit in which you offered It How
about lunch! Shall I meet you
somewhere?"
“It wm II by the alarm clock.
“I won t care for lunch, ehe
explained. "And I'm going to
some shopping. I'll see you thia
eveatag." • •
It was fun to bathe leisurely, to
drees as slowly as she pleased
Uke every other girl la the word
Sonia had long ago decided that
she should have bee* bora to lux-
wy: to pleasantly idle hours,
which she could fritter • away,
shopping, going to theater*, hav-
ing tea somewhere. Rhe would
keep busy, and there would be ao
time left to thtnk it was going
to be quite simple, much easier
than she had supposed.
She walked downtown aad
speat what seemed an exorbitant
sum on silk underwear and a neg-
ligee. It was her own money, but
♦ Dupin.
' had doned a pair of
green spectacles and,
gone to th* rooms of th*
1 an appointment."
"But where can I find you? Are
you going back to the apartm
ment?”
“I haven’t decided for sura,”
ah* lied. “I'll telephone you. . .“
He stared after her as if eh*
had slapped him in th* face. Rhe
eould feel his hurt, astonished
gaze following her as she flew in
ths opposite direction. Her heart
was pounding in a half-wild
frenzy. She was sufocatthg.
But she would not weaken She
would not unbend before the melt-
. somenew cloth M ■"
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aii. anS I. petinea. Maki. I. kill..I a little.
•M sona injured whe Iran, wreek: , Pitifully little, she remembered,
pewnhr"tnnnhe"nozpidi op since the purchase of •“’« cloth
aaala la Don for proleetien ana thy for an evelng gown.
ar* married. i “Don't be an idiot,” Don aald.
cheerfully. "Brides always have I
‘SONIA
.Am Itolkins puxoodhr-, +ng „weetnessot hin glance. His
„"Fotha • carensing touch: Only—shs had
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weut.0 «al rad ] What littl* shlvera it sent rerint
"I r.JT "ane kT»d of a up her spine! No one elne in the
kia. cant pecoptathat m nd " I woria ould make her reel like
kioaeveninroudon5 mnd ahs that She had been too in in the
That made her feel aa If ahs | hospital to be rational. Oh. If ahs
"Well; leave it aa it is," she in-
stated. "I told you there would
be times I'd regret it. Thia to one
at them-" ~
He left the room and did not re-
turn until dinner time. Sonia waa
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MON B volce came to bar xague-
U ly. What is It Sonia?"
She did not answer, but strug-
gled to suppress her sobs 16 the
large, fat pillows.
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plained, always appeared
Indolent, but was s most
active man when there
was no on* about to
^.watch him. >
HIs-sencejforci
Suddenly the saw herself as be When they went back to their
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tell his uncle until he hid to. fins
wanted no time for a scene of any
kind. If ahe had to give Frank-
lin up, it should -be without in-
tures. She simply would not see
him again. It was the only safe
new clothes, you know. I want
you tq have anything you need.” |
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