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tluMT PAGE! INDEPENDENCE ENTERPRISE, INDEPENDENCE. OREGON. NOVEMBER &, WO. PAGE TWO Tine Fighting' ance ROBERT W. CHAMBERS Copyright. 1901. If the Curtis Public bin Cotujaiiiy. Copyright l0fi. by Robert W. Chamber. (A eouUnut'd story.) "Men of my sort sometime detunud lu vtlieni what tlioy ttunnwlvfs tire ln.kliiK III." jWtlil Slward. liiiiKlilntf. "Sylvia, look at thU Jolly mJ! I.00U at all thoao table! It seem an aw alnoe ! have done anything or this sort I feel like a ly f eluhteen--the 111 ini funny, quickening fuaeluu tlon in mo toward everything jmy nnd brUht nml alive!" He looked nround at her. lauKhlnjrly. "As for you." he saM, "you look about sixteen. Vou certainly an the moat beautiful tiling " thl lioautiful world ever aw." "SohooltHiy courtship! she mocked !i!tn. llnp'rinK aa ho made his slow i ay through the crowded place. "Mr. T'lank," a they arrived and eat i themselves, "Mr. Blward haa lust admitted that be owe crutches only because they are ornamental. Lei la. Isn't this atr delicious? All sorts of people, too. aren't there, Mr. Hunk? Such curious looking women, some of theni julte pretty, too, la a certain way. Are yon hungry, St Mr. Sl wardV' "Are you, St Mr. Slwardr mimick ed Leila promptly. "I am," said Slward, laughing at Sylvia's significant color Knd noting Tlank's direct gare as the waiter filled Leila's slender stemmed Rana. And , "nothing but apolllnarla," lie said cool ly aa the waiter approached him. Hut, though his voice was easy enough, a dull patch of color came out under the cheek bones. "That la all I care for. either," said Sylvia, with elaborate carelessness. Vlauk and Leila Immediately began to make conversation. Slward. his eyes bent on the Klasa of mineral wa ter at hla elbow, looked up In silence at Sylvia questioning. There was something In her face he did not quite comprehend. She made as though to speak, looked at him, hes itated, her lovely face eloquent under the Impulse. Then, leaning toward him, she said: e " 'And thy ways shall be my ways. " "Sylvia, you. must not deny yourself Just because I" "Let me. It Is tfie happiest thing 1 have ever done for myself." '"But I don't wish It" "Ah, but f do!" she said, the low, ex tilted laughter scarcely fluttering her lips. "Listen, I never before In all my life gave up anything for your sake only this one little pitiful thing." "I won't let your he breathed. "It in nonsense to" ' "You must let me! Am I to be on , friendly terms with with your mortal ' tin am V r She was still smiling, but , now her sensitive mouth quivered sud denly. -:., lie sat' silent, considering her, his restless fingers playing with his glass In which the harmless bubbles were breaking. ! "I drink to your health, Stephen," she said under her breath. "I drink to your happiness, too, and and to your fortune and to all that you de sire from for tune." And she raised her glass in the starlight, looking over it Into his eyes. "All I desire from fortune?" , "I drink to your ue repeated sig health, Stephen. " nlfieantly. "All almost all" "No, all," he demanded. But she only raised the glass to her Hps, still looking at him as she drank. They became unreasonably gay al most immediately, though the bever age scarcely accounted for the delicate intoxication that seemed to creep into their veins. Leila excbanj.'tid glance after glance with Tlank. Slward, al ternately the leader in It all, then the enchanted listener, bewitched, enthrall ed, felt care slipping from his shoul ders like a mantle and sadness exhal ing from a heart that was beating strongly, steadily, fearlessly as a heart should beat In the breast of him who has taken at last his fighting chance. He took it now under her eyes for honor, for manhood and for the Ideal which had made manhood no longer an empty term muttered In desperation by a sick body and a mind too sick to control it Yes, at last the lifelong battle was on He knew it. He knew, too, what ever his fate with her or without her he must always go on with the battle for the safeguarding of that manhood the consciousness of which she had aroused. All he knew was that through the medium of his love for her, whatever -f SVSLJ to 111 him of the eplrltmil -villained o had Uvn geiii'tut-.Hl, wan now nwuU alle, Ktroiig, vital. liulextrtHltMe m liimalpuMu current tlouiiut from i mine Intotllgi'tice, through medium o hor, luti'k to the eteriinl truth, return lug iilwnyn, hIwiijh. to tti dcathlcNi source from whence It eniue. Lingering over the fruit, the chain piigsio breaking In the glasses stand Inn on the table between them, rim rim, I-cl! Hn.t I'lmik hud fallen Into H low, desultory, yet guarded exchange of words anil silences.. Kvlvlit HiTiinu ill) aud Hushed h chair Into the further corner against the balcony rail, where no light tv tx.-ent the rn.l Inure of tile stars. He! Slward Joined her, dragging hla chair around so that It faced ner as sue leaned back, tllud against a shadow) column. In tho diirknesa hla hand encounter ed hers on the wooden rail, and the tremor rf the contact silenced her. She freed one finger, then let It rest with Its Blender fellow prisoners. TitK wna no use In trvlna- to stx'uk Just then utterly useless her voice Jn the soft, rounded throat Imprisoned by the swelling pulses that tightened and hammered and tightened. Years seemed tu fall away from her. slipping buck, back Into girlhood, into childhood, drawing not her alone on the gliding tide, hut carrying him with her. An exrulslre languor held her. lrlftlng iMIrlously. her eye some times meotlni: his, pnmetlmcs lost In the magic of her reverie, she lay there lu her chair, her unresisting fingers looked In hl. ('Odd little thoughts came hovering in to her reverie tliuughts that seemed distantly familiar, the direct uncon scious Impulses of n child. To feel was once more the only motive fot expression; to think fearlessly was nnw more Inherent: to desire was to demand unlock her Hps, naively, and nsk for what she wished. L"ndr the spell she turned her Wue (tue on him, and her Hps parted with out a tremor. . "What do vou offer for what you ask? And do you still ask it? Is it me vou are asking me for? Because you love me? Aud what do you give- love?" "Weigh it with the other," he said. "I have often every moment since I have known you. And what a win ter!" Her voice was almost inaudible. "What a winter without you!" "That he Is en Jed lor me too. syi- vla, T know what I ask. And 1 nsk. I know what I offer. Will yon take it?" "Jes' stjs snjd, :.ii,:.-.'5r;? ' ' lie rose, blindly. She stood up. pale, Wide eyed, confronting him. stammer ing out the bargain: "I take all all, every virtue, every vice of you. 1 give all all, all I have hoon nil I am. all 1 shall be! Is that enough? Oh, if there were only more to give! Stephen, if there were only more!" Her hands had fallen into his, and they looked each other In the eyes. Suddenly through the hush of the enchanted moment a sullen sound broke, the sound of a voice they knew, threateningly raised, louder and loud er, growling, profanely menacing. Airhast thev turned in tne aarsueHa, peering toward the lighted space be yond. Leroy Mortimer, His race snoc-K-Imflv OTI i?fsted. stood unsteadily bal ancing there, confronting his wife, who sat staring at him In horror. At me same instant Plank rose and laid a hand on Mortimer's shoulder, but Mor timer shook him off with a warning mth. -Von nrt I will settle with each oth er tomorrow!" he said thickly, pointing a puffy Cnger at Plank. "You'll find trie at the Algonquin I rust. JJo you hear? That's where you'll settle this natter -In the president's office!" He stood swaying and leering at nam. reneatintr loud .v: "In Quarrier s oince: Understand? That's where you'll set tle up! See!" Leila, white face quivering, shranK as though he had struck her, and he turned on her again, grinning: "As for you, you come home! And that'll be about all for yours. "Are you Insane to make a scene like this?" bp Id Plank. But Mortimer swung on him insult ingly and said: "That's about all from you' Leila, are you coming?" Hestepped heavily toward her. but Plank's sudden crushing grip was on his fat arm above the elbow, and he emitted a roar of surprise and pain. "Don't touch him! Don't, In heav en's nameP' stammered Leila as Plank, releasing him, stepped back beside her chair. "Can't you see that I mnst go with him? I-I must go!" She cast one terrified glance around her, where cure of nlmtige faivs met liera, an at every tnhlo (wople were tniiilu( up to e tx'lter. flunk, who had lropwd Mortimer' anu aa lh littlor emitted hi bellow of atuftaeim-nt atepped toward litui Mk'Ulu, dropping hla oU-e aa hi Hke "You iio! IK you hear?" Iiu mil quietly. "I'll do w but you ask uie to morrow. I will do what you 'ask Jf you'll gii now." "You come! H you hear?" miurlei Mortimer, turning ou his wife, who had already rlvn. "If you don't I'll mnke a row here that you'll never bciir the cud of n long as you live. Am there'll U nothing to talk over In tyuarrler'a itHY if I do." I-Ua looked at I'lmik, rose nnd mov ed swiftly toward the veranda lei, her head resolutely lowered, the bum Ing shuiiie thmilug In her face. Morti mer c-tiM one triumphant plitiico nt I'lmik. then waddled unxtcndil)' after Ills wife. "Hold on," he growled; "I ve a cur here! I'll drive you back-wait! Here It is! Mere we fire!" And to (Juar rler'a machinist he said: "You got Into the touui'iiu. I wuiit to show Mrs Mortimer what nhjht driving Is. IK) you hear? I tell you I'm going to drive this machine and show you how!" Leila scarcely heard him. She ols-y ed the Impulse of his hand on her urm and mounted to the sent staring straight ahead of her with daned and straining eyes that saw nothing. Then Mortimer clnmtiered to his seat and without an Instant's warning opened up and seized the Wheel. Unprepared, the machinist attempt- d to awing atHNtrd, missed hla foot ing In the uncertain light and fell sprawling on the gravel. Plank saw him from the veranda and Instantly vaulted the rail to the lawn below. You d n fool!" yelled Mortimer. looking around. "What do you think ,WII HiT1 Ami ha rlnnru'il nn full ' " " - - i - speed aa Plank made a leni"Ifor the car and missed. Mortimer laughed and turned his head to look back, nnd the next In staut something seemed to wrench the steering wheel from Its roots. There was a blinding glare of light a screum, and the grent machine bounded Into the air full length, turned completely over and lay across a flower bed. part ly on one side. (To - be continued.) Spend the Summer at NEWPORT YAOUINA BAY The only beach In the laclflc North went wberw the pretty .Wat. r Aate. Mosa Agates, Mootiaumoa. Carnellniia. and lUk Oysters can be found. 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