"Ah!" And straightway he forgot. "Mel--what's--wrong--with me?" Mel's face was like white marble and her hands on his trembled violently. She could not answer. But he knew. There seemed to be a growing shadow in the room. Her eyes held a terrible darkness. "Mel, I--never told--you," he whispered. "I married you--because I loved you.... But I was--jealous.... I hated.... I couldn't forgive. I couldn't understand.... Now I know. There's a law no woman--can transgress. Soul and love are the same--in a woman. They must be inviolable.... If I could have lived--I'd have surrendered to you. For I loved you--beyond words to tell. It was love that made me well.... But we could not have been happy. Never, with that spectre between us.... And, so--it must be--always.... In spite of war--and wealth--in spite of men--women must rise...." His voice failed, and again the strange rush and roar enveloped him. But it seemed internal, dimmer and farther away. Mel's face was fading. She spoke. And her words were sweet, without meaning. Then the fading grayness merged into night. THE END _There's More to Follow!_ More stories of the sort you like; more, probably, by the author of this one; more than 500 titles all told by writers of world-wide reputation, in the Authors' Alphabetical List which you will find on the _reverse side_ of the wrapper of this book. Look it over before you lay it aside. There are books here you are sure to want--some, possibly, that you have _always_ wanted. It is a _selected_ list; every book in it has achieved a certain measure of _success_. The Grosset & Dunlap list is not only the greatest Index of Good Fiction available, it represents in addition a generally accepted Standard of Value. It will pay you to _Look on the Other Side of the Wrapper_! _In case the wrapper is lost write to the publishers for a complete catalog_ ZANE GREY'S NOVELS May be had wherever books are sold. Ask for Grosset & Dunlap's list. TO THE LAST MAN THE MYSTERIOUS RIDER THE MAN OF THE FOREST THE DESERT OF WHEAT THE U.P. TRAIL WILDFIRE THE BORDER LEGION THE RAINBOW TRAIL THE HERITAGE OF THE DESERT RIDERS OF THE PURPLE SAGE THE LIGHT OF WESTERN STARS THE LAST OF THE PLAINSMEN THE LONE STAR RANGER DESERT GOLD BETTY ZANE LAST OF THE GREAT SCOUTS The life story of "Buffalo Bill" by his sister Helen Cody Wetmore, with Foreword and conclusion by Zane Grey. ZANE GREY'S BOOKS FOR BOYS KEN WARD IN THE JUNGLE THE YOUNG LION HUNTER THE YOUNG FORESTER THE YOUNG PITCHER THE SHORT STOP THE RED-HEADED OUTFIELD AND OTHER BASEBALL STORIES GROSSET & DUNLAP, PUBLISHERS, NEW YORK B.M. BOWER'S NOVELS