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A DAUGHTER of TWO WORLDS
t Slow of Stto York TAtt
Uy LEKOY SCOTT
Author 0 ".Vo. IS Waihlnoton Square." "Maris Jltgan," eft.
THE GUMPS Welcome, Uncle Bim
Copyright, 1010, tiy llio Trlbun Co.
By Sidney Smith
Jrinttd Vv npcrtnl arrnnoetneut iU(h
I Uoujhton Mifflin Co.
CopurloM, into, bu Ltrov Scotl
WITHOUT rciuntk Conway reached
fop the desk telephone, mul after a
minute lie was talking with Mr. Hnrri
Ron. "Tills is Sam C'onwuj. I want
Harry lldwards's salary lalscil to
seventy-lite h week, the raise to date
back to the first of the month. He's to
be imt ou some things I'm specially In
terested In I'll tell jou just what when
I sec jou. Uood-bj."
"Whj, Sam " began the astound
ed and gratified llarrj.
"Cut out the thanks. I take care
of my friends when theve proved tlint
they aro my friends utid when thcj'te
proved they can do the vvoik. You'ie
worth the laKc You'll got jour 01
rlcrs-later. That's all there is to that.
So let's forget it."
Hurrj's lips did not speak, but his
soul was eloquent. It was woudctful,
this straightforward i big man's method
Conway had of doing fuir and generous
things and then 'instantly dismissing
them,
"And here's another thing jou might
tell Mr. Ilnrrisou," Conway went on,
"T think there's a good rhanec for this
Mur'doek matter to blow over. Some
friend') have arntnged for us to meet
tonight and we're going to have dinner
together; they think if we're bi might
together we may patch things up."
Mr. Ilnirison will be mighty glad
to In at- that, ' said Ilarr)
"Then lodny ought to be a good daj
for him," said Couwa, "this coining
on lop ot the engagement in his fam
ily." "What 'engagement?"
"His son's. Didn't jou sec it in the
papers this morning?"
"I've hardly hud a chance to look at
todaj's pnpeis. 1 suppose it la to that
Miss llaymond."
"No. That wasn't the name in the
paper. AVhcn I lead it I had an idea
It was thut dnik girl we met that day
out at Hairison's place HereV the
paper it was in" taking n newspaper
from his desk "and here's the piece
nbout it, Millri Jennie Miller is her
name. Vi'h, what's the matter,
Harry?"
Harry bad risen, his face suddenly
white and haggard. "Give me the pa
tier. Sam!" he exclaimed huskil.v. and
seized the newspaper from Conwin's
bands. "Yes, there it was in print! His
feverish cjes took in the main facts:
"Mrs. .Tames Harrison announces
Kenneth llanison Miss Jen
nie Miller marriage nt early
date "
"What's the matter, Harry?" re
peated Conwaj
Harrj swayed so that he caught hold
of Ihe dck to tave himself "It's--It's
I just suddenly feel sick, Sam.
"Will you get those messages ocr to
Sir. Harrison somehow anu ami ten
him I'm sick. Good-by."
"See here, llarrj "
But Harry was alreadj swajing to
ward the door and did not piuse. Oui
on the sidewulk bo lurched uloug lik"
n man in liquor, save that bis head
was up and bis ejes weie wildly star
ing. For seernl minutes be did not
know what he was dning, or where be
was hit walk was wild, purposeless.
His brain, his soul, was lierj, ngoni?ing
chaos. So Jennie was to be innrricd!
His throbbiug chaos did not lessen,
but prcsentlj out of it emeiged a pur
pose. At 11 o'clock he entered the
apartment house on Central Turk West,
pushed by the Japanese v.ilct-butler
who nn'jwered bis line and strode into
llnclo George's bedroom, closing the
door behind him. Tho old man, propped
up in bed with mnuv pillows, was hav
ing his mornins coffee.
"I say, Hairy, what's bioko loose.'"
cried the old mn, staring nt the frnntie
fluiire that had stormed his bedroom
"ou know about Jennie Malouc's
engagement to Kenneth llanison.'
"Whv, I suppose I do, Ham "'
Tlnclo Geors" s't his tun ou his break
fast tray. "But what's that got to do
with thiR calling out of the tire Uc
TMirfinpnt.?''
"I've always loved her! I've alvvnvs
expected to mnrrv her ! and I vc simply
got to see her!"
I ncle George blinked his lashless eyes
nt this passionate outbreak. He spoke
(lrawlinglj, wun puiposn in ms uu-lltippHtion.
"All that being so. why do jou Imist
In here like this, milking me spill coffee
on the handsomest pajamus in New
York not owned bj n womnn?"
"Because I know vou've got some
safe wnj of getting quick word to Jtn
nlc. I've got to see her, and it's up to
you to arrange it."
"Sorry, Harry, but you've spoiled a
first-class cup of coffee and ruined some
ne plus ultra pajamas all for nothing.
There's not a thing I "
"Ob. tcs, ou can and you will!
J don't 'want to do utiv thing that'll
liuit Jennie God knows I dou't! but
unless jou fix niatteis and give me a
chance to see her and argue my side
of this case, I'll smash evcijthing. I'll
tell all I know ! That maj be u lottcn
thing to do but I'm rrnzj over tins -and
I'll do it, Umlo Geoige I'll do
it!"
Ungle George perceived that mere
words, however adroit, would not avert
this danger that this grief-muddened
young man would coit.iinlj act, if not
propeily haudhd. Uulv n few nights
before, down in the 1'cMii, be nnd
Black Jerrv had said that their great
plan had b"en brought to a triumphant
finish; that henceforth tliej weie to be
out of Jennie's life But there had been
n proviso tlint thej were to onie to
Jennie's aid if she should need them
AVell, she certainlj was now in danger
And this was not a situation where
Black Jeirj could help; I'nele Gfoigc
perceived that he. must plaj tho cnids
for both Black Jerrj and himself.
"Suppose jou have u talk with Jen
nie, and suppose she still sajs no
what then?" demanded I'nele George.
"If she still sajs no, I'll swallow my
medicine mid never say a word."
"Itemcmber, Harty, that's a prom
ise." Silently Inile George reached for the
telephone" beside his bed and called a
T.ong Island numbc-. Theie was a
long wait- it teemed interminable to
Han J ; then I'nele George said in pre-
else, businesslike voice, totally unlike
his ovv n ;
"The office of Taylor nnd Johnson
wishes to speak to Miss Miller, tilcasc."
There was another long wait; then
Uncle George's voice of n chief clerk
spot." tignln. "Hello. Is this Miss
Miller? This is Mr. Harper, of Tnjlor
. Johnson, Tho firm finds it necessary
to ask j ou to conic In to the office some
time this afternoon "
A miuute passed with Uncle George
listening. "Hold the wire cue moment,
please," icquested Uncle George's cleri
cal voice. He looked up at Harry,
covering the mouthpiece with his hand
"She sajs .Mrs. tiarnson uus ur
rauged a party this afternoon especially
for some people to meet her; she enn
nrtt possibly break that engagement.
And this evening she wus going to be in
town with Sue llanison to have dinner
with Kenneth and "
"Let her get out of that engagement
with Kenneth Hairison!" cried llarrj
"And I don't care how she gets out
of it!"
Uncle George considered ; then spoke
Into the telephone again. "The linn
nnuests me to ask you to call up Mr.
Tajlor at the BUtmorc nt 8:lfi. He
may have news for jou. Thank jou.
Good-by." ,. ,
"Well?' demanded llarrj as unric
George hung up.
"Hhe 11 meet us. iNow. jou go nuo
my front room, nnd let an old man
think about our end of the how and
where "
While llarrj strode rrstlesslj up and
down the llviDg room, pausing now and
then to gaze with unseeing ejes out
upon the midsummer greenness of Cen
tral Turk, Uncle George lay consider
ing. Where should he arrange this
meeting? which at the best would be
dangerous. Ho could smuggle the pair
into his apartment for an hour. But.
no; for them to meet nny place wheie
they were not seen or observed might
remove all restraint from Hnirj ; in his
present frenzied mood, despite bis
piomise, be might lose contiol of him
self, he might do almost any desperate
net If they could meet in a public
place, the veiy presence of others would
impose tclf-fontrol upon Harry. But
thut also was dangerous; such a public
meeting might lend to recognition. And
thus on and ou Uncle George thought,
inensuiing danger u(.rtinst danger, ad
vantage against advantage
until an idea came to him that com
bined tho good qualities of both privacy
and publicitj though even in this there
was lisk. He thought of the little al
cove on the Grantham roof garden, a
part of the big roof and vet screened oft
fiom it. It could be privntelj' reached,
he lememhered, bv a tinv elevator which
had been installed bj the former owner
of the Grantham for his exclusive use
when he had made his home in a smal'
tower that reached two stoiies above
the roof, fnclo George knew all men
along Broadway; therefore, he knew the
manager of the roof garden of the
Grantham, and after two minutes on the
telephone the screened alcove was his
for that eveuing.
Arrnjed in a purple ilics-siug gown,
he told Harrj where the meeting wns to
b reached. "IJe there at S:"U. son,
and wait; no telling just wheu jinnic
i un show up. And wear your evening
gown."
"How'll Jennie, get theie?"
"It won't be ensj But you leave it
to her; she'll manage it. And also leave
it to jour Uncle George."
T'h- afternoon wns a period of burn
ing suspense uud seating misery to
Harrj .
But at Si.lO, using un nlmobt un
uoticcable doorwaj in a uide btreet he
utcred :i small halhvaj of tho Grant
ham, and was shot upward in the little
eevator, run by a wrinkled little man
with the quick, furtive look of one who
bus ben schooled to sec cverj thing and
tell nothing. Un stenuini: out ho found
himself in the secluded corner Uncle
Geoige hud described to htm Theie
was a table set forHhree. Through the
barrier of foliage at Ins shoulder, he
could see the big roof beyond filling with
earlj dancers.
Hardlj conscious of the light-hearted
world curtained off from him by only a
few leaves, ho sat at the little tabic,
tensely waiting, and striving to gather
his forces for the approaching scene,
which wns to be tho supieme crisis, the
greatest light, of his life.
The Great Ciossroads
IT WAS nine o'clock when the prjvnto
door thiough which he had enteied
opcued again uud Jennie appcand,
Uncle George behind her. Uncle George
immediately stepptd back through the
door, it closed, and Jennie camo for
ward alone. She was u bit pale that
first moment, but'she crossed easily nnd
gavo her hand to Hairy, who had risen
uusteadilj.
"Good evening, Harry. Shall we sit
down? Soirj to be so late. But 1 was
with a partj of people, and it was hard
to get away. 1 managed so that we
didn't go to u theatre; thcj'ro ull nt
another loof garden. I went out us if
to answer n telephone call I'd iixed
that un with Uncle George and I sent
back word that I'd had a message from
u frieud and had to sec the friend at
once for u little while, and they vvcio to
wait for me. So here I am, Harrj."
She was speakiug almost liguiust
time; she wished to get control both of
the situation and of hciself. "Uncle
George said j-ou wanted to talk to me,"
the went on. "Be as quick uh jou cm
about it, for I've got to burrv back."
She bcemed more beautiful, more de
sirablo than ever, to Hnrry's eyes; with
a tilmj scarf of red and gold over her
black hair, with htr coat falling buck
from her white shoulders. He could not
speak for lookiug nt her.
"What is it, Harry?" she prompted
him.
"That announcement of your engage
ment to Kenneth Harrison is it true?"
"It is."
"Jennie!" he cried, and drew a sharp
quivering breath. "Jennie, don't! For
my sake, for your sake, don't!"
"That's ho reason, Harry,"
"Well, hero is u leasou, Jennie;
down in jour heurtj I'm the man jou
really love!"
(CONTINUKD FRIDAY) -
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