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The dark, ainst a section of the old wall that edged the lake--the figure of a ht be in vain If she came, all was over

He was not armed He had thrown his revolver away a week before His only desire noas to learn the extent of her duplicity If she obeyed the call of the letter then there could be no doubt that she was co at the call of the lover His hands twitched and he shivered as if with a dreadful chill His heart was shouting a warning to her, but his head was urging her to co before the hour named in the decoy His eyes never left the sidewalk that ran past his own home, but a short distance fro across that dark border, through the circle of light from the arc lamp and far into the shadows of blackness beyond It was very dark where he stood The lake had battered through the sea wall for many rods at this particular point and no one ventured out beyond the bridle path for fear of slipping down into the cavities that had been washed out by the waves His station was on the edge of the piles of stone and cement that had been tossed up to await the pleasure of the park commissioners

For a while, he tried to take Jane's future into consideration, but it was is David Cable was not the kind ofwith a faithless wife for the sake of appearances He was not an apologist Time and circumstance and the power of true love would adjust the affair of Jane and Graydon Bansemer This was HIS affair Tiure hurrying down the street The wild, eager hope that the light from the electric lamp would prove it to be other than that of his as quickly dispelled His worst fears were true, His Frances--his wife of h all those days, was false to hi seeroan of e and anguish, he watched the hesitating approach of the woman She stopped at the corner and looked up and down the Drive, peering intently into the dark shadows by the lake The sky was overcast; no stars peeped through its blackness With uncertain, halting steps she crossed the boulevard, still glancing about as if in search of someone He ht a gliure He was not unlike Banses trembled and tears of despair flooded his eyes