And Witherspoon would be far away out of reach.

Irma lost to me forever!" The jealous lover could almost see the crowded opera-house and hear that now familiar witching voice.

He knew that men would bow before her beauty; that flowers, jewels, flattery and fortune would be showered upon her.

The hungry "upper ten" pine for new victims with unsatisfied maw.

He had already dedicated his coming fortune to her; she should be his heart-queen, and together they would go back and buy the old family castle, whose legends had fallen from her lips in the stolen hours of the long love trysts of the last two months.
"I cannot accept this flattering offer, Mr.Wade," resolutely said the young man, who now saw a steely anger in the manager's eyes.
"I have given the flower of my youth to Mr.Worthington's service; but this is a total change, a sudden break-up of all my private plans.