Gall! Look," and he stretched up his
sm
saili*i**a rfc he alreadr
1 Vltftf.iwwswiti"5ai5ffli iwfj
held tne reins of the mighty empire he
was hewing out for her. "Love is a
thing of strength, of pov.er, of desire
which shakes, and burns, and con
sumes with fever! Do you suppose
that, with such love driving mo on,
any objection vhich you may make
will stop me? No! I set out to at
tain as the sumnlt of my desire*
the only thing in this world 1 want.
and will have!"
Again that great fear of him pos
sessed Gail. She feared many things.
She feared that, in spite of her deter
mination, he would still have her, and
in that possibility alone lay the other
fears so gruesome that she did not
dare see them clearly! She knew that
she must retain absolute control oJ
heiself.
"I shall not discuss the matter any
further," she quietly said, and walking
The Hand With Which She Warded
Him Off Was Effective Now.
straight towards the door, passed by
him, quite within the reach of his arm
without either looking at him or away
from him. Something within his own
strength respected hers, in spite of
him. "I have said all that I have to
say."
"So have 1," he replied, coming
closer to her as she stood in the door
way, and he gazed down at her with
eyes in which there was insolent dp
and cruelty. "I have said
that I mean fo have you, and I will
Without a word, she went into the
hall. He followed her, and took his
hat
(TO E CONTINUED.)
WOULD SERVE TWO PURPOSES
Proposal of Miss Butterfly to Go as
Army Nurse Met Little Opposi
tion From Mother.
