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FOURTEENTH INSTALMENT
It was a happy evening, and yet?
nothing ^ us settled. wa? iito gy
wig round and round in a circle, De v
nis thought savagely when they were
back again in Barbara's flat and sh?
was telling him it was time to go
He looked at her as she took ofi
Her wrap, and suddenly he said
4 Are you ever going U> choose between
us all. Barbara?"
She turned. "What do yon mean;'
He laughed unhappily. "Well?
there is Barnet and your husband and
myself?we all want you."
The delicate colom tinged th?
whiteness oPhtr face.
"But 1 only want one of you, Dennis.
You know which one."
He answered doggedly that she
could have him if she wished.
"You have bewitched me. Burba
ra. I sceni to be nothing but desire
for you. I can't?God forgi\e me?
evei be sorry for Pauline.' lie went
close to her and looked down at lies*
with passionate eyes. "Let me stay;
Barbara. .Something seems to tell me
that if you send me away tonight I
shall never come back. Oh, my dear
?don't you love me well enough! If
I'm willing to throw every thing away
"r .ii?are you willing?" she whispered.
"Isn't it only just for tonight,
br- ;?u>.' we are alone? And tomorrow
"
"Tomorrow may never come."
She turned away, and for a moment
there was a breathless silence.
Why did she hesitate? Barbara
t-ked herself desperately. She was
not generally scrupulous: n a rule
:;hr took what she wanted 6* life and
let tomorrow take care of itself, but
v . when Deiini. would nave
. ,i u zivt.f sac . reiiuuvis nun.
''Wait?let me think/
Ho pi avert away front her iir.paroiltly
anil began pacing the room.
Barbara stood very still, looking into
the hv;ar: of the fire. Her pulses
were racing, and fhe put a hand on
^ 1,1 ? J." .y . i.^vseir.
^'-ZntTZT'-C.t- thst--VrV^>V.rP*r sbA,.Kll\V
Pauline's writing.
- fk. * -?t.?.1.- 1.J V.i^t it in
the files of her gown; then she returned.
"Come here, Dtnr.is."
He came at once and took her in
his arms. r-uH^e-could not speak, and
his lips (milted as they i .niched hers.
After a long time he whispered: "D.>
wan: me'.'"' She could feel nis
iiiaft beating against hers, "ita you
want hie?as [ want you? May 1
stay?"
Barbara closed her eyes, and her
whole being seemed to clamour ju3t
one passional- word In reply, 'Yi
ye:-, yes " But something?she
never knew what it was?kept her
"Dennis?-if?if?tomorrow? you
'Tomorrow I Tom at row never
co'.ne.s," lie broke in almost violently.
"How do we know what may happen
c Lwm'ji rov.". Uuii L send nie
away, my dear. I love you so much.;
f Barbara for God's sake?She dis-!
Jngft?ejjl Herself from his nrrns. J
"Tomorrow, Dennis, vol; still
want me-?I -wear?
la the end she sent him aW&yJ how
she ne\ ev knew, and when he had
gone she stood against the door that
shut him out. her eyes closed, utterly
exhausted, and the .tars rained
down her face.
She loved him so much, and yet
she had sent Him away. Why? Why"
-God rtVori t knew.
She was roused by a little sound
in the passage, and she looked up
fto see Mrs. Meliish, ir. a drab gray
dressing gown, watching her with
kindly eyes.
"Come to bed, my dear?I'll ge:
you something hot to drink."
Barbara laughed sobbingly.
"I've been a fool, Meliish," she
said. "I've been a silly damned f <1.
I've. sent away the only man I ever
*?
Mrs. Meliish took he* hand ar.u
paired it.
"He'll come back," <he comforted.
He'll come bock _tomorrow,"
Barbara broke away from her sob-j
"Tomorrow nsver comes," she j
wept. Tomorrow never comes."
She read Pauline's letter sitting!
iii hcd lor.g after Mrs. McEXsk!
had gone comfortably away, believ- j
ing that Barbara slept. ,
Darling", Darling, Darling (Pauline i
began in her extravagant fashion)!
1 don't know why I am writing to
tell you my wonderful secret even
before X tell Dennis, something
fc, see ins to tell me I must. I think
somehow I've known it for a long
time in the day that people know
tilings?subconsciously, don't you
csil it??and that I've been afraid to
p admit rf even to myself. But now'
I'm sure, and I'm so wonderfully,
wonderfully happy that I want to
share my happiness with you* because
D you are my best friend, and I love
jjt-v you. Barbara darling, i'm going to
pi The little green and raid clack on j
I the dressing: table "which Jerry Bar- ti
1 net had given to Barbara ticked mer- w
- j rilv on?the oji!y sound in a world
- that seemed suddeniv to have grown ir
i empty and ceased to live, and at last o!
: with an effort Barbara picked up
. the letter that had fallen from her ti
l hand and went on reading. ti
if it's a boy . . She closed her
- eyes with a dreadful feeling of weak- k:
ness. h
Of course it would be a boy! a h
boy with eyes like Dennis's and a
1 smile like Dennis's. lil|? .he man o
they both loved. Oh, Dennis?Den- h
? r.is! ti
She was so cold; suddenly Barba- si
ra realized that her hands were like si
ice and that she was shivering vio- yi
ientiy. cnc j>Iippod out of bed, icav-1
ing the rest of Pauline's letter un- I
read, and crouched down by the fire.
"There is still tomorrow!" It was th
as if a voice whispered thos - woids sa
1 nto her ear as she crouched by the n<
I fire, and suddenly her cheeks flushed le
j and her pulses quickened! f?
Tomorrow ' It was nut vet too late.
i He would come back, and just for tr
uncv. if never again, she would know hi
the perfect happiness of his love, and ia
then ... w
Across Lhe v. arm. beautiful room se
she caught sight of her reflection in pi
a long mirror, and it seemed to her
overstrung ininginr.ion that a shad- tV
I u?v it stood behind her. n -mil- ai
ing, happy Pauline, with loving, vi
trustful eyes.
Her best friend! Barbara fell for
ward on the floor, her face hidden,
her hands clenched as she moaned V
over and over again in utter self-In-.
. aba ?c me nt: ! *
j "! can't-?I can't . . to be such a
: beast?such a vile beast!"
And yet in her heart she knew
j i' was no" so much for Pauline thai re
jshi was willing to make her jsicri- of
fice as for the sake of a child she n?
had once held in her own arms. tiSuch
a little life it had been, but th
it had yet left something indelible p<
In.ffl^a89K'vswwHBHpome mc rnerv hi
which, recurring now, would not ai- th
I-iy hi1 v tA jrRiv rmirt^*0-"
J woman.
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I Barbara \voice from a irouhieo n
deep late in V,he following morning Cc
to the sound of voices in the little n
hallway outride her door. Mrs. Mel- ei
iish's she kne>v?the quiet, unemo- th
ticnaj tones that nevo varied, and ai
-then .'i"oth"r the en!'** voijis that
[had ever-hadtb-s ;'??'cv in make her cc
heartbeats quicken and ; f cheuks of
j flush. Dennis! and so early. cc
; Barbara leaned on an elbow and si;
; stretched over to hev watch. Half- ar
i past ten. Something must have hap- m
I pined to bring him so soon, or was th
j ?t just that he found he could not do al
I without het any longer? She listened
j intently. p:
'Not up yet?very tired after last at
! nigbl. Slfiiping souiculyThen Den- N:
nis's voice again, impatient, obsti- de
nate. He would wait?if she would wj
leli Mrs Stark. Then the sound of th
his steps going* io .he sitting room, wi
then the shutting of the door, and to
Mrs. Mellish rapping gently on fill he
I own.
I "Come in."
Mrs; Mellish entered, cairn eyes; re
undisturbed as ever. "Mir. O'Hara.im.
He says he will wait. I told him you | th
were still slt-oping." j in
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in some water, and gargle at one
relief, and reduces danger from ii
and you can feci safe. If all soren
repeat- There's usually a cold ;
before gargling take two tablets
headache, stiffness or other
Aspirin relieves neuralgia, neuri
freely, it does not hurt the heart
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For a moment she coulu net 2a-J
ircr; then she stiid with aii effort: ;
"Oh, yes."
"i'ii gel up. Please get my bathj
W"
Barbara got out of bed and looked
t herself in the glass. She did not
ok her best in the early morning,
ad she knew it.
"I look old." she thought with a
Eing. and hurriedly turned away,
arbara had never dressed so quickly
efore.
Why had he come so early? What
as he doing now?
She looked in we mil ror a hundred
ir.es, and at last she went to him
ithout paint or powder on her f-i'-o.
Dennis was standing looking down
kU the fire, and he- had not taker,
ff his overcoat.
"You are an early bird," she said,
ving to speak lightly, and Dennis
irned.
"He has heard from Pauline?he
now* about Pauline." Barbara told |
erself, and her hand went to her
cart.
"I'm so sorry to come so early* 1;
ught to have rune- up. but I?someow
1 couldn't. 1?" He broke off;
len with an effort he pulled him^lf
together again and said con:rair.edly;
"You '00k tired. Won't
ou sit down?"
Barbara laughed. "Don*: vou mean
look old?" she laughed bitterly.
"Old!" He did not understand;)
ten, seeing the pain in her face, he |
ud vehemently: No?good God,
5!" Then again the unbearable since
fell. Barbara took a cigarette
!om the mantelshelf and lighted it.
With a supreme effort she con
oiled her thoughts and turned to
m. "I had a letter from Paul in
sfc night." Was that the lead he'
anted? Every pulse in her body]
emed to stand still awaiting his rc-1
y- I
Dennis said. "Oh. did you? * And
ton suddenly he plunged forward J
id took her hand. "And 1 had ajsii
from IJarnet." r.e said.
(CONTINUED NEXT WEEK)
Vould Reduce Amount
or Legal Advertising:
(Special to the Democrat.)
Raleigh. N. C. Feb. 21.?Probably'
fleeting feelings in his home town ;
Mocksvillo between attorneys and
nvspaper publishers, Kopresenta. e
Burr 0. Brock, of Davie, one ot
e few Republican legislators, drop?d,
by request, a bill into the House
vpper Saturday which would reduce
ie amlTuiu mnv i>etr?~~psid ir,rie?lr
in t ho uewsoaners.
For all such advertising the rate
quid be 2i> cents an inch far the
rsTl0iFmc ft esand Ib^cents~aii
>r any aver 100 inches, one column
inning: measure. And in towns and
ties with more than one newspaper
ie advertising would have to be u\*ded
to the lowest bidder. The meatre
wuuM not apply to any existing
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I.ill.I'UI, uuuin j anu Zliuiliutput I
Titers would hi required to make |
mlract.s in the future on this bcItemized
publication uf receipts
id disbursements of counties nod
unicipalities would not be carried
e totals only being published untruly
and publicly posted.
Mr. Block said the bill was preiicd
by E. H. Morris, MocksviUe
trrney, who told him Robert S. Meal.
another MocksviUe attorney, nid
hiiv. its preparation. Mr. Brock
ints it known that he introduced
e bill "by request", a term used
ten the introducer does not cure
take credit for or sponsor n bill
introduces.
The Chatham County farm agent
ports !" colLs being grown by farters
of the county this year and says
ere is considerable interest now
raising more Work stock at home.
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t grows rapidly worse if
f genuine Bayer Aspirin
e. This gives you instant
ifpri inn On& J
guuu gurgie :
less is not gone promptly,
with the sore thrcxit, so
i to throw off your cold,
cold symptoms. Buyer i
itia, too. You may use it
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3 ASP1R1H WITHOUT THtS CROSS
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