Nitschkan's tale was true, called off his men and
rode home. "The cuss ain't important," he remarked, "and I guess
Gallito'll be glad enough to make up Nitschkan's loss to her and keep
her mouth shut."
* * * * *
It was evening. Pearl and Seagreave sat in the door of the cabin. Her
head drooped, her hands lay listlessly in her lap, and her brooding gaze
was fixed on the soft, dark night. "Oh," she cried at last, "how can I
do anything but leave you? Look at the mischief I've done in the world.
Look at it!"
Seagreave clasped his arms about her and laid his cheek on hers. "Let's
forget it all, Pearl, forget that you've been a firebrand and I've been
a quitter, and begin life all over again. There's only one thing in it,
anyway, and that's love."
"Just love," she answered softly. "Well, love's enough."
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JAPONETTE (The Turning Point). By Robert W. Chambers, author of "The
Common Law," "The Firing Line," "The Fighting Chance," "Iole," etc. With
26 pictures by Charles Dana Gibson. Inlay on Cover. Cloth, $1.35 net.
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"Japonette" is one of the most delightful stories Mr. Chambers has ever
written. It is the romance of a bewilderingly pretty girl and a young
New York society man. Just as they come to know each other, Fate steps
in and renders them both penniless by wrecking the great firm in which
their fortunes are invested.
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