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Book Excerpt: n easel. He turned up the lamp, opened theenvelope, and read the contents: "Dear Jack: --"Good-by forever. You will never see me again. Forgive me and try toforget. It is better that we should part, as I could not endure a life ofpoverty. I love you no longer, and I am sure that you have tired of me. Iam going with one who has taken your place in my heart--one who cangratify my every wish. It will be useless to seek for me. Again, farewell. DIANE."The letter fell from Jack's hand, and he trampled it under foot. Hereeled into the dainty bedroom, and his burning eyes noted the signs ofconfusion and flight--the open and empty drawers, the despoiled dressingtable, the discarded clothing strewn on the floor."Gone!" he cried hoarsely. "Gone at the bidding of somescoundrel--perhaps a trusted friend and comrade! God help my betrayerwhen the day of reckoning comes! But I am well rid of her. She washeartless and mercenary. She never could have loved me--she has left mebecause she knew that myRead M
