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I l . U ’S T K A T K I) F K A T U R K SK( T IO N 6 De<«-nil». r I 1 1 ‘»20 InrO This Week’s T rue Story -------------------- r N A l.I HI> lilt* th e re llUM licv-li Imt one Kl'ent «lenire o f mv • A lo r elea»lini mi am ount of Im a I h e a rt. I'v e h op cil am i y e a rn e d fo r th e chance to te ll lattllrucav h r rejoin«*«] T o E v e r y M a r r ie d W o m a n C orn ea n T im e W h e n h e r H u s "talli only era tirr-e li I; d o n i » o r- L to the vvo riti HomethiiiK »b ou t my e a rly life . Since I am T h is is a D a n g e r o u s P e r io d . In i ry »boni you raelf! ll i.i l will to- b a n d B e c o m e s I n d if f e r e n t . only a w om an, my maul I ihm ita o w n aecret c o rrid o r« Inni)/ m ou iili fot m r." th e L ife o f th e s e t w o P e o p le it R e s u lte d in a T r a g e d y . H e r e vvilh p iciiires th a t only m em ory can u nveil. In tim e , th e T h en . In li lari-ultar Unir hi added d ra b ones fad e. Hut thoae th a t re p re a e n t m y life ** moat j "Y o u m ay boaet of having spleii- is a T r u e S to r y th a t w ill b e a W a r n in g t o E v e r y M a o v iv ili mom enta, pulae w ith ntr«ni|f«T colora y e a r hy y e a r. a n d W if e . iliil roolm-aa." I I ! t i t i l l i lami loudly: Now. I am olii I Iw v r n> I Hier chU-qcalleU Uir M aw -ray. an d a l Dir n - "IT W hy? G*> Ioree lañ an r I go a iro n i his fe e l lar lore I could real ire a m i noi r r la lln « . 1 leel Ir r r lu Irritar n u t war a niella' (Hand lu ll lai to kill stanar an im al th at lute rialrrrd Iqu err to-n ight. C h a r le s " lie m urm ured I « h a t had really laapprned r r la lp lo u h i U w In r i m i ami m ust a r n ie alad floating gras*. our fa rm ? W hat a r r you thinking "A s you «-ish.” I fin a lly . 1 m anaged to «-cover my • MttliiK rrcoUrotloo o( my ) Jun g F a r taut tan dar rdi<r o f III, « «de iaf a n y w a y ? ” last - .«ruses I stood ab ru p d y and saw ,lfr In ni Itfr ! lu n > berli «mieli larei dar elm titi m y liuabaiid lawnrd H r e m n rd restless and did UOt kneeling on top o f nun m y m aid. Ini n i ; I Iw r r n itrii, m yarlf, Im rd. a am ali Im i In w ltlrli lar Cani lieti And wr rem ained silent and an ea r r but turned around, and I una vrry I n iK U iil 1 m ay auy durlliK I I » hunting M-aMaii rllngiriK like a fox «ilia «iesperate looked up amt down like mar entri ti . nun able. energy, hla m ustache lillà Ui-ilay a la n i my b ran i) la*» Aeldr inani dar u n llu e n lln r of Ing a latau.se for a preclous jttwrl A t the tearuiK rn d of approxim ately h an alf d Are you sure liar anlm nl will )>*ss the skin o f his fa re lu actica lly lanini Hul In Unaar day» arrvant*. I hai! a cham berm aid aln i an liour. I Mild in a low to n e: i wblcla h r lar 111-ve» undlsrorrnablr. Hus »ayT ~ j T h en , as If another Idea b ad taken lovr lo m r a a» a iiror a r y Uilug A» I nanaldrrrd mare U lan a arrvan l. I sa t un d ir r lia lr and watrlard bis C h a rles » inched as If I had bitten hold of lier. she got up and flinging atr «ivi thè llfr « I (lar body, a» ami M ir alte paaeilianalrly a lia i lin i ita j itcllons All dar wbllr, I kr|>l my lovr llir ligi il of iti v Mani WlUiout m r I liad boriatili lir r la.uk froiai r y r ii | h > ii bini luid, noi m y r y r alone, him . and. with Ills mouth close to herself on the corpse, she threw her j arm s around the head o f the dead Ila a a rm ili I «aulii noi ra r ry on. Uà- Woel aev rral y rare b rfo rr T here jb u t I « a lc lir d « Id i m y hraart also m y ear he said - Make no m istak e' I am p o sitiv e !" j m an. kissing Ills eyes and Ins m outh; A l flret j 1 luul a l« » )» b en i vrry syiiifatU irllr I ao u lil h a v r p i r l r r m l d ra lli U> alar a a e a d r a n ir d rb lld And u m e more there was silence, j opening his dead lips with her own, ( a llfr w ithout eomrbody to alw ays tglance mar wiaild m istake her tor I «ridi bis chlldlshiw -v T o m r nani a r r 1 believed I was about drowsy j ll£e she » a * tryin g to find in flicm ta rn tor m r M any « u n irli larrtrnil a ID I* ) tallii her dueky «kin. larr i tmt overgrown bablra rv.-r deprikd- fu lo ir but oner a uh all liar eirrm tda < black eye*, am i her thick hair, alw ays , lu x U|wn so m e iu- to Idoli/r tbrm se ' » lie n m y husband pressed m y arm breath and to recall the. long, long I And tils voice changed to a hiss, said : 'k is s which loaers alone can know o f liirlr brutta, am i souls, « la ir lor tigltUv clustered to larr fo rrlirad Mat rollo 1 ir rors "D o you sec him tfaere under the | C h arles, getting up as carelessly as ine It lias often h ap p rn rd so violent- « a s at dual d m r llfln -u years old. tre e ? ” u .ual, gazed a t me. as it he u nder H onestly, I looked long but In a am stood. F a llin g on hia knees h r said: I could islinguL-h nothing save the I "D e ar, please forgive m e; I did tr r r in the distance. Slow ly C h a rle s! w as cockUag the trigger of h is gun. nut understand. I had been th in k I, too. was m aking ready to tin ing lie was your lover I had su - * ben I saw som ething as It m ade j spoc trd you and I have killed this its way in our direction. I looked .. .... ,__ . . . and beheld In the fu ll light of th e ^ 1 U she '* ho d w i ' ed moon a m an who cam e 111 rapid ,ne * nd n0' V°u O f course It was wonderful to have strides In our direction, his body bent as if he were tryin g to escape , him understand, but th is did not __ afra id He continued to v o lh th e anguish of m y maid. As n d ian ce, I becam e stupefied, and u t - ! 1 *lood leaning helplessly again st tile d a cry. As I turned there was **»• la r t',e oak 1 COL*ld not help lopk- a fUutii before m y eyes, a den fin in g Uie d<*ad lo \er No one mould report and a m an r lied on the have conceived of such a deep love, ground like a deer struck by a keen so ' tee and fa ith fu l and so much arrow I stronger th an death T o me. her O vercom e with fra r. 1 scream ed 'Obs and kisses were secret exp res- T lien a heavy hand It was C h a rle s's don* of th at sou l-grief of a stricken cau ght me by m y throat I « a s heart, thrown around, then carried aw ay I husband becam e a new man by h is strong arm It I rem em ber He becam e more interested In me in lig h tly, he ran. holding me up. till ic v e ty way- lie reached the dead body lying In 1 T h u experience has colored m y the leaves; he threw me on l p o f . en tire life. It w as a m ere turn of It violently, us If he wanted to break *n ,c that I. as innocent as I was and lin y neck l believed he intended to aiw avs have been, did not suffer the , kill me He had ju st put his loo; , consequences o f the u n falth - l upon my forehead when. In his turn. I hul wife, he was cau ght gripped, and knoc ked the w d I j a m b a ’s D aughters « .l.llm .« l fr-aa. P»|w l . . r | 'th in g I did WBS to put U K * Wise, that she had been wearing like a l a n d besides, -dies one o f them cool _____ jstra lt-Ja c k e t. S h e laughed h eartily sisters. A in 't no danger o f her lasing through the strip of woods to the j her eye* looking Into the old wom an's her h ead ." ly that I thought It mould lant for* j but upix-uml to be twenty, ledge of the forest I t was fa r Into »'•«' spwrkUng m ischievously “ W ell, all A h asks Is dat yo' keep ever: however, like a fire without • fuel, it «lowly died amuy leaving ho The fall came and me bntMii hunt the night w hen h a lf of Ule world | “ I b e' you were a gay one yourself an eye on site fo r me, a n ' e f trouble m ark of It* presence mg. som etim es on neighboring es- was In slum ber. Lookhig buck at ■ once,” sh# said. " I 'll bet you know breaks an y tim e let me know. Ah Is Now I eliall tell you of my ftrst tales and som etim es on our own the house It w as Impassible lo see » h a t It was like to lilt the celling on ole but A ll a in 't no fool a t ta k in ’ gif-mt exp erien ce- In mhtch I W M jE w ly ln Ute .season I hud noticed i * hum an form or to hear the slight* a big night—eh. M atim a? rare ob m y ch illu n ." "T h a t's righ t, old lady. I ju st bet indeed very Innocenl. but w hich. In | a stran g e young m an . com ing around i S M r c d 'w jr t boa u t lfu l'fr o m ^ h e dto- ^ L lv 'n w a i shocked M am ba had a very hum an w ay led In m taiin d'r- the place In the m orning as well as tanct . Uae full m o m gave It a love- !'* u g h t her to treat age witla great you alnt no fool But there ain 't goin' atatadlng ........ . tint ....... I*, .............. .. respect. But to her am azem ent she to be no trouble." at night His visits were very__fre-| ly yellow m ade ............. the old ....... rusty M am yean um > w hen i Uvcd m quent, especially a i night That nx>f sparkle m U it iigiit o f the nigtir I saw that M am ba was pleased L issr cam e in then, an il the throe Kieili in kslmri'. the \er\ i|malnt unit he ceased h> conn- 1 lim iight no B ut. it was u cied night, and a sad I S h e answ ered v.ith her surprtoing- rlaatt'd for a few moments. Then hom e-loving settlem ent ol M aryland, fu rth er about tt. but I perceived that m elancholy numbness lay heavy all a m an whom 1 1 lid j my 1— ‘— 1 com w pletely M d | changed •--------* — I ‘ was m arried lo u husband In 1 |around. ' ’ ’ la u g h : IC tr d ln la took her departu re ove. 'D T rue not love u e love nerds, needs, at any an y Ills dem eanor tow ard me | Tin- night was so suggestive It re- ! " T in g s was IlfT'rent In dem days. | 'D at's a good gal yo ' gots fuh rule, freedom and linjaciliment hi He seem ed ra th er pre-occuplrd und minded one of the ta ll w hen all an ' If Ala Is broke loose den dere frien d ." M am ba said w hen the girl I lie sam e time. Nome i<eu)ale snv tacitu rn: lie refused to klaui m r and ubiwit to slowly ebbing, giving up Its i . ui .. i „ i „ ii .a, i,„ a .„ . , . . , . , " alii t nobody libln to tell on nae now had gone. And Li.ssa stood w .n d erin g that love which Is Imimsed. sane \ |eesLsiat to come to my room. 1 had life to the sum of m atter tla,neil by law and ble-wed by tin- ' I Insisted insistcd on separate walked ¡B u t now adays gals got.- to behabe ¡ju s t wdi.it th e definition fo r good sa-palate rooms so I 1 could i I M y husband and 1 I w alked on ♦ latvlne Is the only tiling And vet t live , n r a a little liltir alone, alone, but but In In the tlie cjuli’ nulet t | | As As wo wr stood stood under a tree. Ire«-. In the “ S u re ." Q ard ln ia agreed, as she could be In M am ba's lexicon, f tlie - iisc of a legal klas Is never us ginad as a i hours hours o of Uie night night I I eoiild could hear hear foot- foot- ' large large open open s)iacc s)iace a a m sense o f Iresli- fresh - 'took a seat an d let her adm iring gaze • « • stolen one slr-|». draw ing near mv room d o o r 1 ness cam e over me, I could s m e ll;. M y Imsband. u lull m an with the and then withdraw ing a few m in u te s ' the rustic odor o f fallen leaves M y | 1 take In the cosy and tastefu lly fu r- m an n ers o f a gentlem an, was e l e - . later And. m y window being n e ar j husband said nothing at first, lie was nished room, with the sunny garden an opaque sky and a red sun burn- gunt B u t lie lucked Intelligence He the ground fimir, I could easily h ear sim ply brow sing about In Hie shad- show ing beyond th e window. "S u re . | mg through It. Underfoot the pave- alw ays spoke In a blatant lnalegant sonieone prowling uhoiit In th e d a rk - ows; startin g In one direction llk e | antj ,)on't you worry about L lssa. If m ents stream in g w ith condensed fashion It an a Ills gn-ntest delight ness, stum bling over tilin gs at the someone possessed with the p a s s i o n . . - . . . . . . . , . .... . . . . . . _ I . _______ . , „ . of Hie house I • ii.-ai asked my hua- 1 lhought was HtniiK going, | * 11 lo me •'M ' a moisture and Hinging back reflections to utter a foolhardy opinion that cut I side t'i> '*• a • *v“ » »■ atov yi h it ••<ar>- l for ixn a n chase t im e r . i. tn 'M ip ii; lie IU' WIW like Hie blade of u k n ife hand about It, and he. a lte r looking to watt fo r sonn-one. but when lie food time and she won't get Into no o f houses, shop windows -ky. In col- He tried to create the Impression [ at me intensely for w'tille. a n -¡d e c id e d to move on I gave up Uac j tro u b le " jo u rs soft and wonderful to see. Sutn- th at he had a mind filled full of swered : . , , I , . ,, . ... I S h e looked around for her frien d 1 m e r a fa g end. with Its spent ardours ready-m ade view s which had come " I t s nothing Nobody s going to W hen we reached the edge of the . . . , . .. ___ _ , . T .. . . ^ . .. slu rb you " ¡pond. It was fully one o'clock 1 had but L ‘SR“ l,ad l*0,le lnU> ,,le n e »t |behlifc It, an d au tu m n around the to him through the n atu ral rhann el o f gen eration s, from his m other and Now one evening. Ju st a fte r dinner. | begun to wonder why he should go room to change from her Su n d y i ' u’ xl. . ‘'orAu>r And f<‘r Jo-d ay nothing fa th e r who had them xelvcs received mv husband. C h arles, who appeared so fa r aw av; m y nerves were strained, dress. At the sam e moment M am ba JW th e Negroes to do but to be glad, , ' f 'o 0 " harves, the bakerle-. them from th eir noble ancestors. to be extraord in arily happy, with I looked around me. everything was also noticed th a t they were alone and still Not a breath of a ir caressed Im m ediately took ad van tage of the ! building of the house-., the stok- W hen In conversation lie never a sort o f sly gay ely, said to m e: hesitated to m ake onr of his narro w “ Would you like to spend about the tu fts o f rushes, snve Uie slow I opportunity, JnK o f ^ ' 1lrllt4l; t Si' " ?>rld T ell me. sh. begged In 4 lo w e re d , ¡'« w good a th in g It to to be alive, minded suggestion« w ithout show ing two hours out with the guns? So m e m ovem ents which were scarcely per- ccptlble upon the w ater Freq uen tly I voice, "w ho dls vnller 'n igger” L lssa j h a v e laboured, and now to claim a an y em laarrassm ent and without thing to stealin g our lien s." I was surprised. I hesitated, but Its su rfa ce w as stirred and ligh t clr- goln roun w ld? S h e won't* tell me respite, realizing Unit Hiere .night be other Meptemner w eather w ays o f looking at things. T o hear as he continued starin g at me with eles gathered around like lu m in o u s' n u ttln ' bout urn, but Ah Seen tin t'other day when he come by for she. Down In tlae white residential him register Ills narrow view s was much persistence, i replied: w rinkles en largin g indefinitely • • • a n ’ Ah wouldn't trus' 11111 la r as Ab J streets, block a fte r block o f closed "W h v, certainly, m y frien d .” to set one to th inking how sad It could t'row um ." * m ansions sleeping aw ay the hot hours O f course I h ad alw ays hunted m ust be when a m an cat. live In as W hen wc reached live hunting ” iix i r u r i« i v t v n l l i s n Mat M a .v l V------ O nrdinia said, “ P rince atnt so In garden s vvlfrre N ature -pent her It w as quite n atu ral cabin, m y husband bade me go In great a century as this and yet fall like a m an beauty w ith oj)*n hands, and still had 1 Imt he should suggest th at to me first; then hr slowly loaded h is gun, bad. He's too sm ashed on him self to to adopt u single new Idea Hut Ills ap pearan ce had now changed and th e dty crackling of powder last long with anybody else. B u t he more each d a y .to flin g over deserted Wo Uved 111 a cottage out lu Hie from Uie guy and frivolous to the produced a strange 1 tTcel on me He flin gs Uie long green high and far, piazzas In a foam o f clim bing ro es, to pour in pools o f oleander bloom All th e evening saw rural section o f the e lt” In an a l curloualy nervous th at I w as shuddering and amt h e’ll shew he. a good time " M amb.. leaned forw ard and said between m oss-lning live oaks. On m ost Isolated tract of country called lie seemed feverish, stan ding around ask ed : K in g S tre e t the fashionable stores confidentially, "Ala 'fratd lo r m y gal. lllle y Illilge T h ere wi re m any en or like someone Intensely agitated T h a t "D oes this trial hapiaen to be too S h e ain 't like yo' a n ' me, Sistuh- • dozing behind Uvelr d raw n blinds. mous m elancholy trees with tu ft* of uichl at eleven he said m uch for you ? I f so. go bock.' U iat the w inter "A rc you reiu iy?” moss nil m l. them resem bling the I was quite surprised but replied ¡sh e a in 't seen n u ttln ' ob mens, a n ' Here . . . w as a . . town . ------ d a l ya ller ‘n igger’ gets w om an-chas- j tourists would not recognise, a town 1 arose, and. seeing th at he had -o >11 y white beard o f an old m an Ju s t Not a t a ll; su rely we did not 1 er wrote all ober u m " |claim ed for the d ay by Its d ark er ^ over the way the wood*, n typical fetched m y gun. I a*ked- "A re you to loud with bullet or conic here to return without aeeom -1 " D o n ! you worry. M am n a," O ar- h a lf. Its pavem ents sw arm in g with fo reit, which some referred to us a ¡p u sh in g our purpose Y o u seem v e ry 'd ln ia said reassiulngU y. "the first .('•■llaa*g •• p «|r s i u grove, » n s enclosed In a deep trench scatter-sh o t?” " O n e r t m ii t u ju%( j* flr r d in n e r , m y h u th n n d , ('lia r lr * , « h o a p p e a r e d ‘ W o u ld you lik e ( o sp rin t a b o u t t « o liou rx o u t w ith t h e g u ll» ? M (« h i e ilr a o r d in u r il) j h a p p y . • . iw id t o m e :