Part 39 (1/2)

You want to do your packing I've got to go over to the station and telegraph some more”

She wrenched her arm away pettishly and, with sullen face, accompanied hier when, in full sight of the guides, he swept her up into his arms and kissed her several tiered, had she realized that these cyclones were due, as a rule, not socounter-irritant to a sudden attack of awe of her as a fine lady and doubt of his own ability to cope with her ”Good-by, Rita,” cried he, releasing her as suddenly as he had seized her and rushi+ng toward the landing ”If I don't get back till the lastthat isn't ready will be left behind--anything or anybody!”

The idea of revolt, of refusing to go, appealed to her first anger strongly But, on consideration, she saw that h--that she o he would simply leave her; yes, he was just theAnd she would be horribly afraid to spend the night alone in those woods with only the guides and Selina, not to speak of facing the ht refuse to take her back! Where would she turn in that case? What would her grand such a scandal and giving up a husband for reasons that could not be h they were the best of all reasons in terave him up she would be absolutely alone, condemned on every hand, in the worst possible position Then, too, the break was unattractive for another reason Though she despised herself for her weakness, she did not wish to give up the limpse of happiness she had dreamed as one dreaive hiht with a thrill of ecstasy and of despair

”But he'd better be careful!” she gru back” And then it recurred to her that this would be as great a cala in a better humor ”I'll explain to him that I yield this once, but--” There she stopped herself with a laugh Of what use to explain to him?--hi why people did as he wished, but was content that they did

As for warning him about ”next ti voice saying: ”We'll deal with 'next time' when it comes”

CHAPTER XXV

MRS JOSHUA CRAIG

”We change at Albany,” said he when they were on the train, after a last hour of mad scramble, due in part to her tardiness, in the main to the atmosphere of hysteric hustle and bustle he created as a precaution

”At Albany!” she exclaiht”

”At ht

”Why, we'd get to Lenox, or to so! Josh, you e!”

”Best I could do,” said he, laughing uproariously and patting her on the back ”Cheer up You can sleep on o on to New York,” said she stiffly, ”and leave fro”

”Can't do it,” said he ”Must change at Albany You ought to learn to control your teht a volu and I'll read to you if you don't want to sleep”

”I hate to be read aloud to Joshua, let's go on to New York Such a night of horror as you've planned ear me out”

”I tell you it's i in the circu up, looked wildly round ”Where's Selina?” she gasped

”Co to-morrow or next day,” replied he ”I sent her to the caot”

She sank back and said no ainst such iain, as she debated the situation, the wisdo becarandmother that she had left him because he took an inconvenient train? ”I'd like to see hi if we'd been married six months instead of six weeks,” she muttered

She refused to talk with him, answered him in cold monosyllables And after dinner, when he produced the voluan to read aloud, she curtly asked him to be quiet ”I wish to sleep!” snapped she

”Do, dear,” urged he And he put his arm around her

”That's very unco to draay

He drew her back, held her--and she knew she must either submit orwith such ascenes as he ”He wouldn't care a rap,”

shehe's sure to win out at the ”