The Seattle Star Newspaper, July 24, 1919, Page 10

THE tannin STAR— THURSDAY, JULY 24, 1919. 1G TIMBER) COPYRIGHT BY BERTRAND W. SINCLAIIe AVTHOR OF “NORTH r You M swung sardoni (Continued From Ye a What did 1 say to you yester e Fyfe opened his mouth "But then I might have known Wasting my breath on you! | “Well,” Monohan retorted insolent % “what are you going to do about ® This isn’t the st Age Fyte laughed unplea ) “Lucky for you. You'd have @ long ago.” he said Makes the present age to produce Gch rotten specimens A deep flush rose in Monohan's He took a step toward Fyfe. clenched. Wwouldn’t say that if you Pt armed,” he taunted hoarsely Bt Fyfe cast the rifle to one Tt fell with a metallic clink ta stone. “I it tho, wee. You are a sort of a yellow Monohan. You know it, and Know that I know it hat’s at stings you to be told so.” 0 m stepped back and slipped at of his coat. His face was crim sald i » It and mi hing rt 1 oted left 4 mocking complete rohan pi and right ing Fyfe madden rushed again vicious blow that off his balance, Before he Fyfe kicked both him, him nches. grin see threw hin +8 could re feet tre prawli y cover under the mos: Stella S sent ¥, fy ood like thing Ye one stricken had of had visual at hand as you very she drea about t the man its as she Fyfe near now a side of her had glimpsed hard to understand understood him if he could jealousy her. This did did no! fold d it when she saw She that sh she found could have Monohan senseless murder fury of not have surprised He had not struck attempt to strike saw tha She never do say a blow, She could not guess why, but saw that he was playing with Monc han, making a fool of him, for Monohan’s advantage of height reach, Fyfe moved like the always beyond Monohan's slipping under fists to slap his adversary him, mocking him with of his effort She that «orry exhibition fight for her. Dimly she God, Tl teach he snarled Tunged forward as he a straightarm blow for face. It swept thru empty for Fyfe, poised on the balls of ducked under the driving slapped Monohan across the mth with the open palm of his you some light Be spoke blows, those It was not had a feel _ADD160YEARS TO YOUR LIFE ‘Animals live about eight times thes, age at maturity. Man maturing at 24 should live to be With all his scientific attainments, "why doesn’t he live lenger? The answer is, abuse—abuse of the stomach through poor teeth and over- feeding. Man is doing his level best to put himself out of business just about as alle possible without deliberately itting suicide. If you would add years to your life and have perfect health, observe the laws of health. OBEY THE LAWS OF HEALTH EAT BETTER BUT EAT LESS Place your mouth and teeth in shape to thoroughly masticate your food. Eat simple food. Keep your teeth clean and sweet. 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AINLES JOHIAESON DER NITIsTS Phone Elliott 5494 ¥ ed husband beating A would nu and vengeful driving trip the futlity felt herself powerless to stop OF FIFTY-THREE ¢ that bac An « onc® und now the t her omethin, : ho than Fyte had for They master to hurt ne they otten her at first v were engaged na strug y, sheer brute determinat which had with her odd combat for other the te game master thin Mor ut every move, Yet he did trike id blow humiliating dexte han, Fyfe not once attempt t yut that that that He that nothir open-handed his foot headlong ous a wi Monohan udily, a cold grim: lected no mirth mere sneering twist of his Stella the deadly at his being Teatu' 1 knew him She wondered would end. The elusiv man uc mptuous of how it © light-footedness of the ng of those laps at last maddened » ignoring the by fight, He hi xd pantir nly he and weight vant rules dropped with his kicked, @ which men t Sud i leape ex wift hands and n y 1 Powerful Monohan Fyfe halfway with a blow that landed near t while staggered clamped one th arm about his neck in the stranglehold, Holding him helple nt backwards his broad st, Fyfe slowly and systemdtically choked him; he shut off his breath until Monohan's tongue protruded, and his bulged glassily, and horrible, gur noises issued from his gaping mouth Jack, Jack! to shriek y ki him. I lifted has eyes to hers. horror he saw there may have him. object he A man him shortarm he and from that was drove und et eyes Stella found voice ou're The stirred Or he may have considered hi accomplished, Stella could not tell, But he flung Monohan from him with a force that sent him reel ing a dozen feet on the moss, It took him a full minute to ain hig breath, to rise to unsteady to find his voice “You can't win all the gasped. “B d, Vil you can't With that to collapse time,” he ‘ you that show hat he turned and back the way he had come stood silent, hands resting on hips, watehing until Monohan pushed out a slim speed launch from under cover of overhanging alders and set off down the lake. “Well,” he remarked went Fyfe | then, in a Ideal Bread For Sandwiches Always ready—no matter who may drop in for tea and a sandwich. Better fix up a lotof them, for the guestwilleat them all — they’re so PORTER’S AMERICAN MAID READ ie gs erfect sand- wiches. 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He n Stella osked t answer, His saw now that hi und that the drew harder together ut her; but she the storm eyes turned She fac rigid, line was not broke tempest ed 1 for did not comprehend the prepa that she that raged within the him until he had shoulder fingers her soft fle the shawing a ters hing inte h like Ap rier might shake 8 of hair ¢ jaws of a tr her a rat 0 seaded over her sb rs, and for a second : her heart. For she thought he meant to kill her When her sent he did de h thrust taggering shaken to the roots ist, he released of his ¢ gainst a of her bein had disp! with her tree tho not that with fear, Anger A hot protest against his brute his her strength outbreak stirre jonate Appearances By caveman rough d to find herself to strike him trembling ning trunk, staring at And the fire as she looked were ugainet her, she knew she lted en #0 against hi was am ing for the She faced against the him in impotent rage died out of his eyes He drew power him tree a deep breath or two and turned away to pick up his rifle When he fa about with that in his hand, the old mask of immobility was in place. He waited while Stella gathered up her scattered hairpains shift to coil her hair into @ e of Then he order waid won't break again,” ‘Once out like that is enough.” “More than enough answered. She disdained reply along t for me,” he Striking off > path that ran to the camp, she walked rapidly, choking a rising flood of desperate thought growing coolness paradoxically the burned hotter the flame of an e mental wrath What right had he to lay hands on her? Her shoulders ached, her flesh was bruised from the terrible grip of his fingers. The very sound of his footsteps behind her was maddening. To be suspected and watched, to be continually the target of jealous fury! No, sand times, no. She wheel at last “LT can’t stand this," she ‘It's beyond endurance, We're like | flint and steel to each other now, If today’s a sample of what we mi it's better to make a ck I've got to g from ton him expect sweep of everything away from here and from you everybody Fyfe motioned log “Sit down,” said he. well have it out here. For a few seconds he busied him- self with a.cigar, removing the band with utmost deliberation, biting the end off, applying the match, his brows puckered slightly “It's very unwise of you to meet Monoban like that,” he uttered | finally, “Oh, I gee,” she flashed. “Do you suggest that I met him purposel: by appointment? Ewen if I did “That's for you to say, Stella,” he | interrupted gravely, “I told you last night that I trusted you absolutely. I do, so far as really vital things are concerned, but I don’t always trust |your judgment. I merely know that Monohan sneaked along shore, hid | hie "noets anal Rtble: there: eimben |to where you were sitting. I hap- pened to see him, and I followed him to see what he was up to, why he |should take such measures to keep | under cover.” | “Phe explanation is simple," she |answered stiffly. “You can believe |it or not, as you choose. My bergs there was purely unintentional, I |had seen him before he was close, I should certainly not have been there. I have been at odds with myself all | day, and I went for a walk, to find a quiet place where I could sit and think.” “It doesn't matter now,” he said |“Only you'd better try to avoid things like that in the future. Would you mind telling me just exactly what you meant a minute ago? Just what you prose to do?" “ He asked her that as one might make any common-place inquiry, but his quietness did not deceive Stella, “What I said,” she began desper- ately. “Wasn't it plain enough? It seems to me our life is going to be a nightmare from now on if we try to live together. I—I'm sorry, but you know how I feel, It may be un wise, but these things aren't dictated by reason. You know that. If our emotions were guided by reason and expediency, we'd be altogether dif |ferent, Last night I v willing to go on and make the best of things Today—especially after this—it looks impossible. You'll look at me, guess what I'm thinking, and hate me, And I'll grow to hate you, cause you'll be little better than a iler. Oh, don’t you see that the way we'll feel will make us utterly ble? Why should we stick to- her to a nearby “We may as miser Judge You It You chew arms that] With | thou: | ered. and} be- | _ Senator’ 8 Wife | MRS HARRY S NEW Mrs. oft from Indiana and a member of the National Won mittee New is wife the | is prominent socially gether when no good can come of it? You've been good to me. I've ap that and liked you for it to friends. But I—I'd hate you with a perfectly murderous hatred if you were always on the watch, alw suspecting me, if you taunted me as you did a while ago. I'm just as much a savage at heart as you Jack Fyfe. I could gladly killed you when you were jerking me about back yonder.” ler if you are, after all of primitive | be ys | are, have I won¢ little mor I've supposed? Fyfe leaned toward fixedly into her eyes bright with ‘And I was holding the devil me down back there want to horrify like brutality ful) pu think m. * monkey of pleased me to do that? hav and ached to |Uttle bits, to sm no one would ever ta looking at him again, And I didn't, simply and y I didn't want to let you have even a glimpse of what I'm capable of when started. I wonder if I made take? It was mere’ from letting him made me shake you 80. well, never mind. “I think it's better that T should go away,” Stella said, want you to agree that 1 should; then there will be no talk or anything disagree- able from outside sources, I’m strong, I can get on, It'll be a relief to have to work. I won't have to be the kitchen drudge Charlie made of me. I've got my voice, I'm quite sure I can capitalize that. But I've got to go, Anything’s better than this; anything that’s clean and decent. I'd despise myself if I stayed on as your wife, feeling as I do. It was 4 mistake in the beginning, our marrt ze.” “Nevertheless,” Fyfe said slowly, “I'm afraid it's @ mistake you'll have to abide by—for a time. All that you say may be true, altho I don’t admit | it myself, Offhand, I'd say you were simply trying to welch on a fair bargain. I'm not going to let you do it blindly, all wrought up to a pitch where you can scarcely think coher- ently, If you are fully determined her, staring unshed tears in because I didn't you with anything went on thought I grinned him because it Why, I could ¢ pleasure in se because a mis: the reaction go scotfr I Go on I}to break away from me, you owe it to us both to be sure of what you're doing before you act. I'm going to taik plain. You can believe it and disdain it if you please. If you were leaving me for a man, a real man I think I could bring myself to make it easy for you and wish you luck not. He's—" leave him out?” she de. manded. “I want to get away from you both. Can you understand that? It doesn't help you any to pick him to pleces.” “No, but it might help you, it could rip off that swathing of idea ization you've wrapped around him Fyfe observed patiently. “It's not a job I have much stomach for how ever, even if you were willing to let me try. But to come back. You'vg| got to stick it out with me, Stella You'll hate me for the constraint, | suppor But until—until things shape up differently—you'll under stand what I'm talking about by and by, I think—you've got to abide by the bargain you made with me. I couldn't force you to stay, I know But there's one hold you can’t break not if I know you at all.” “What is that?” she asked fcily, “The kid's," he murmured. Stella buried her face in her hands for a minute, “1d forgotten whispered “You understand, said unhesitatingly. I keep our bo “Oh, you'r I I'd forgotten,” she don't you?" he “If you leave— devilish—to use a club like that,” she cried. “You know I wouldn't part from my baby—the only thing I've got that’s worth hay ing.” “He's worth son Fyfe muttered you think, maybe, club you. The me, But for him; It isn’t his fault hing to me, too,” A lot more than I'm not trying to nothing in it for well, he needs you he's here, or that you're unhappy. got to protect him, see that he gets a fair shake I can't nything to it but for you to go on being Mrs. Jack Fyfe until such time you get back to a normal poise, ‘Then it will be time enough to try and work out. some arrangement that won't be too much of a hardship on him, It's that—or a clean break in which you go. your own way, and I try to mother him to the best of my ability. You'll understand sometime why I'm show ing my teeth this way “You have everything ,on your side,” she admitted dully, after a long cut tobacco interval of silence. “I'm a fool, I admit it. Haye things your own ay. But it won't work, Jack, ‘This lare-up between us will only smoul I think you lay a little too 's Republican Com. | eyes that were and) I get) URRY RPHEUM THIRD —-A NOW HERE U NIGHT ONLY SENSATION OF THE TWENTY RED HEADE FRISCO SHIMMIE senator | | | Together With being than | SPECIAL LADIES’ MATS. Daily 2:30 break him into} h him up so that | MATINE! ND — MADISON. NTIL SATURDAY THE GREATEST SEASON DANCERS —Demonstrating the famous dance as it is danced in the various dance halls’of the country. Our Including 10c ES—2:30 CHILDREN NIGHTS—7: REGULAR BIG MUSICAL SHOW 5c War Tax 15, 9:15 much stress on Mono! that I love him so much as that 1) 6 don't love you at all. I ‘can live/o without him—which I mean to do in| any case—far easier than I can live | you. It won't work.” bs Nal worry,” he replied)” “You{h won't be annoyed by me in I'll have my hands full elsewhere.” ‘They rose and walked on to house, On the porch Jack Junior |f was being wheeled back and forth in} Vv his carriage. He lifted chubby arms | to his mother as she came up the | steps. Stella carried him inside, | hugging the sturdy, blue-eyed mite | tm | U Te | tood resting one hand on the back | f her cha “I got word from my sister and her usband, in this morning's mail, person, | They will very likely be here next | week for a thre days’ stay. Brace Let's try and keep our skeleton rom rattling while they're here Vill you?” “All right, Jack, T'll try.” (Continued in Tomorrow's Star) opyright, 1616. by Little, Brown & Co. All rights reserved. p. nan, It ten't] Then he came up behind her ana|Witchhazel and Camphor Relieve Eye Strain | Common witcbhazel, camphor, | hydrastis, etc., a8 mixed “in. 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