Motion Picture Story Magazine (Feb-Jul 1912)

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30 TEE MOTION PICTURE STOtiY MAGAZINE .;..» ',.<■"■ "Eric! i oh, why ' dont you speak out of your Keartf" she repeated with quiverin lips. "My brother loves you — and I love him!" he said. The lids of her eyes came toge t h e r, and she looked at him fiercely. "Your brother ! ' ' she whispered, panting. "I would rather a toad loved me ! I loathe him ! I could spit upon him ! Ss-ss-t ! And who are you, to close your arms when I would lay my head upon you? Are you a man? Does your blood burn as mine ? Behold me as I am! Am I not fair as women are? In my heart, I know you love me, but you are a — coward! I dare you to take me in your arms ! ' ' Eric, with drawn and solemn face, gazed at her, every fiber of his being quivering, still with a fear in him that sickened. She stepped closer, and started to speak again. Half sobbing, clumsily, he reached out his hand and put it across her mouth to stop her chatter. The touch of her warm, damp lips upon his palm made the earth swim round his head ; the clouds in the sky seemed to descend upon him, and he took her in his arms! There was a sound of crashing steps, and in a moment the hand of Dagban had torn Eric from the girl and sent him spinning away. The infuriated man, who had witnessed all, clutched Chloe by the throat and shook her furiously. He