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By Ruby Ayres
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ttorV' &mJn in to "e from which
53 iirl TrcMtr, nHfUjr,
" , .i. wife lo ,jrw tnor
iMptortt ,fJc(J5,tVn parry, o clutt
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r"Iw2 Jfr flumw. Miles call on
VnZ'iSJ l itSndutou when tho
f! I'm tkat ihiltlU Uv$ Mm. JJ
ffiLhtr l Tron
5?. and A dipt " t)nflMiwy.
rrknurcni, Faiereham Mv tom oJ.
Tk! on n"men Tra.hr ;o
pA meei TronttT" and IJ Mm
J7?tio"tr$. JDumfcw and Favyreham
?lsliate. Tranter trt " or)0n
dui fnv yywa
But, well 5 when you .care
bout some one I ought to
nave remembered that there Isn't a
woman in the world you'd crow the road
to Bee." .
. "Ves. you might as well have remem-
oerea mat." bum Faversham dryly,
Something In tho tone of his
THE GUMPS City vs. Country,
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By Sidney Si
'mm
in the cafe.
.i"r.i'7rom LolU. out the I
"""."'-j ! flni her eves ww
Wr ni the room Mm, to avotd
it., hut at latt, a it ooolnt their
('(. the erV drauni oach io hi
anx'tout face.
AND 1IKIIE IT 0ONXINUB8
ICtTrHAT did lie ay? Wliat do you
"mean? I don't know! We had
lunch at Marino's. "
"I know I don't mean that I mean
lnet night."
She moistened ,her lips nervoualy, She
gnewered ,wlth an effort.
"Ho camo because I united him to.
You you had told mo that ho hated
m..that he hated the thought of you
Earrymgme. Wen I don't like
belt waVft "feeble reply to hl question,
but he eled upon.lt eagerly.
Nobody oould hate you. Mllea Is a
euter chap, but Mb one of the best, l
'ant you to like each other. I hope you
will but don't make me Jeal
cu. lUle." ,. ...
She frowned ever.eo allghtly.
If vou'Te going to be eo foolish, how
tan I 'help It?"
He kissed her handa.
"I love you eo, I am Jealous even
ef your shadow." .
"I don't like behe loved In that way.'
the answered.
Ho asked on eager question-
"In what way, then? I can lovo you
.it ,v Thar In nothlnir In the world
I csnnot do for you. Aek me anything
She forced herself to smile, but there
was an angry Impatience- In her heart.
There was only one thing she wanted
of Mm, and that was that he would go
orav and leave her. She had been al
most happy before he came, lying there
by the Are and thinking of Miles, and
of the queer, direct way In which he
looked at her with the. steady eyes which
iho knew could mean so much.
She nerved herself to speak again, try
ing to forco her voice to Its natural tone,
"If you had my headache you'd bo
In bed, find In the dark."
He was all contrition In an Instant.
He made her sit down again on tho
couch. lie put cushions for her head
end a stool for her feet.
"It's my fault. I've mado you worse.
I'm a clumsy brute, not fit to be near
you," he said humbly.
The adoration In his eyes made her
aihamed.
"If you wouldn't mind leaving me
alone," she faltered. "I shall be all
rlfht tomorrow. I can t talk to you
EOW."
He put his arms round her, gently
sreaslng her head to hla shoulder.
"x win go now, mis minute, it you n
y that you've quite forgiven me If
you'll let me kiss you, Lallle."
"There's nothing to forgive." She
hated herself for every word. She tried
to amlle at his wistful face. "Don't look
io lid, Fhlllp. I deserved It all, per
haps more who knows?"
She shrank from htm a little when he
kitted her. and her Una were unresnon-
sire. .
' "And now. as vou're no lonirer nlavlnsr
Bluebeard," she eald lightly, "I like you
much better. No you mustn't come
back." He had turned on hla way to
tie door with eager, outstretched hands.
"Yes!"
"Don't tin or suiv nnvthlnir Hrtfoiilmiu
wten you see Mr. Pavereham."
"Is It likely I" He was quite happy
Win. It was pathetic that &he could so
easily lull his suspicions to rest. It wan
a moat natural explanation, he thought
she had only tried to propitiate Faver
iham for .his sake.
But, out in tho street again, away
from the maglo of her presence, the old
moodlneSR returned.
It was not Faversham'a place to go.
wviiu iu ncr uytbruucill nu law ut illgub
as he had done, anyway. He should cer
tainly tell him about it.
It was strange, too, that Faversham,
.confirmed and avowed woman hater,
enould so soon have swerved from his
oustlnato opinion of Mrs. Dundas.
He begun to remember that Lallle was
beautiful and Faversham only human.
He hated tho thought that these two
had lunched together. And why hod
"he made a headache the excuse for
not seeing him wherf she had been well
enough to go out with his friend?
Surely it would have been the most
Jtaple thing in the world to hv told
aim of that luncheon candidly, ven to
The night seemed eudCenly ally with
juiplolon and doubt JU hastened hla
Ups and went back to Faversham'e
room,
.Jiler? W IWt In the window that
overload the street, showing that some
ono was there. In answer to his knock
wersham himself opened the door.
i here was a moment of silence j then
Miles said casually! "You, is It? 3rey
sn told ine you had been here. Coma
?.. JAa 3uat 8ent nim out for some
c'Karettes."
t.I1-. Bl)ut tnJ dor, and followed
Tranter Into the room.
"...iii.K uuwr- no asitea casualty.
?Jir".u,Now he wa" with Faversham
!?,,li ns 88emed to tell him that his
suspicions were unworthy. This man
m his friend.
with an effort he turned to him.
je,Pu"d. "Sho tells me she wont out
hi.,uvnch.wl,h yu today." He cleared
ti "f,oa'T, nervously. "I'm much obliged
?it,u' rP sure- old It's lt'8
too of you' LaI11 w8 P'886"1'
frBrSk1"1.", had.. P'okd up a paper
om the tahlt. n .11.1 nn ..1 .
eyes from it, but a olose obsen-er might
,,sfen. a little flloker of someUitng
MHO nam that r.rr, hlo .,
i1i7i'v.t nolr"f .to thank m'e for," he
i. rather shortly.
iuk.bytj nave" Tranter InsUted.
ZmV5 fellnf very light-hearted. Ha
"iln nv nature maMil.l
afur.h"1' 'twas Jolly decent of you
ttr.MLyou ve 8tt.l(1- I opo it means
nv.,i.&" 1? Blns to be oa rvo oi
ravrLYfaIUe, er2- l mtan that you and
?alt7d. re bo rood fricn(l8'" IIa
nii ;'eared hla throat.
ik?da5 U?iDun,laa ,hRt7" Mlle
!1YJ do you mean?"
Weniraa-'she ??? R? . .V8 ooa
Tranter laughed nervously.
N t1' no 6n didn't say that exaotly.
atyh?.UCJl," A"-". . ?J4 PPeaIlngly
was .mTn .Lu ". inscruiaoio race. "She
'WnMtotnn.'.'11 r"ht nW 6MB M
to'the'Sw? hrew th0 paPr down on
What thlnirs?" Vi m.A,i,i t..i
eredn;:nl!!hod, n'fvously. Ho won!
seemed nv,.,, " ao. U.1 al easc- K
seen ilk. 9krt:uIIe ttnd Paveraham had
SS " brothers for years. "Why.
Srui&8vn?,,,tht'" ff"wkwaVdi?
that she yi,lUI',and " '"rth. She said
Mei 0f I!8 tapw you disliked, ths
omanliker8h0'Sn' ,. K10.-?
6C ' wli notaYyo-u
a l.f "7. ot in two men met.
Ih?,r m it i".whait Bh toId yu- flld
I Thrial.d J ftversliani evenly.
. as 1,. SJ5..WBJ 5?J!?. 'tween his
voice
arrested Tranter. He looked up quickly
and he took a. fn hm,ni
"And eren Lallie Is not an excep-
uun w maiT no a He a ratner nreatn
lessly. "Kven 'Lallle,' an you call her, Is no
exception, I promise you," he eald.
flo'f? "ar 'lory approaches the erid,
,, Which do rou pity the raoet of n three?
M?t,L,r or th mistress of my friend,
with her wanton tyee or me?
. When Tranter had arcne Miles naced
the room restlessly till midnight. The
whole affair had suddenly become in
tensely dlstastoful to him. He hated
anything mean and underhand, and the
evening had shown him Ms notions In a
"" wu pieasant ugnt-
He had Tieen a qulxotlo fool ever to
undertake to dial with the situation.
for mat moment lm fnnnl that nn Iran
flf hla own had been thrust Into the Are,
ana remembered only, that Mrs, Tranter
had urged him to prevent PWHp'b mar
riage. A Philip, was hla friend, nnd Philip
trusted him trusted both himself and
Mrs. Dundas : and Faversham knew that
neither of them was worthy of that
trust
Miles smoked Innumerable cigarettes
as ho paced up and down trying to nee
a new solution to the tangle.
was tho game worth the candle? How
much better oft in the end would nny
of them belf the rupturc botween Philip
and Mrs. Dundas became final? What
ever happoned, his own position would
bp Intolerable, though It. waij not of
himself that ho wan thinking so much
as bf the betrayal of 'his friend.
She was not worth it I What were
a few kisses and heartaches In compari
son with years of faithful comradeship?
Once'oho had done her best to ruin his
life. Was ho again, for her sake, to
loso all that was left to him?
"It's not worth It." said Mlleo aloud
as he flung a olgarette end llreward
and went off to bed.
He would clear out of New .York to
morrow and leave things to lake care
of themselves. He loft a note for Orcy
non telling him to call him early and
have his portmanteau packed.
Flight was tho only possible way. He
smiled grimly at his reflection in the
mirror as he struggled with his collar.
Lolllo would think he was running
away irom ner I wen, wnat uia it mat
ter? But the wakeful darkness was haunted
by tho memdrv of her honey-bee brown
eyes, and tho wnverjng sweetness of her
smile.
And in the morning his chains wets
forged afresh' by a letter from Philip's
mother.
For the last two days Philip had been
more at home, she wrote, and there had
been no mention of Mrs. Dundas.
"Have I to thank you for It, my
dear Miles, and does It mean that I may
really hope at' last? I know you will
think I am a worrying old woman, but
you do not know vhat It means to me.
All my trust Is In you and your prom
ise." Miles frowned over tho letter. Tb,
ho had given his promise. How was
It possible to break It?
uroyson camo to the door.
"Shall wo be out of New York for
long, sir?" he Inquired. ,
Faversham raised his eyes from Mrs.
Tranter's letter; for an Instant tho
whole of his future hung in the balance.
Then ho looked away from Qreyson'n
Inscrutable face. ,
"I've changed my mind. I shall not
go after all."
"Very good, sir."
If Orcyson was surprised ho did not
show it He unpacked the portmanteau
again and went about 'his business as
usual, but at the back of his discreet
mind a big wonder was growing.
It took a definite shape when later In
the morning Faversham told him to get
Mrs. Dundas on tho Phone. There wan
distinct disapproval in the man's face
as he went to obey.
r Modeling himself on hla master, Qrey
fmn wrui nenuaAmd that he. too. was a
woman hater. It had been a proud boast
of his that no women ever mterrerea
with either of their lives. .
Apparently things were changing.
There was a noto of stlffneon In his
voice when ho returned to Fnvernham.
"Mrs. Dundas is on the telephone, sir.
Faversham said. "Ah thanks." very
casually. He put down the paper he wan
reading nnd strolled ucron to tho re.
Qrey&on was too dignified to listen. Ho
went away ano snui me oiviuiug- uourn
with great deliberation.
Across tho line Mrs. DundaB'B pretty
voice sounded a little nervous.
"Is that you, Mllea?"
"Yes. I am coming round to see you.
Shall you be In In half an hour?" There
was tho faintest hesitation before sho
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"1 have an appointment for lunch,
but "
"Isn't it possible to break It?"
Again the llttlo hesitation, then:
"Miles, I promised Philip. He cume
yesterday, and " ...
"I know. I can't discuss It on the tele
phone. I'll come round." He rang off
without waiting for further reply. Ho
waa frowning heavily oa he went out
The old weary sense of distaste was
upon him again. No woman waa worth It
Why. had ho started to Interf eroT
Mr. Dundaa received him nervously.
Her brown eyes shot a timid Inquiry Into
his.
Faversham'a first word were:
"Have you told Tranter you cannot
tunch with hlmr . .
The blood flew to her cheeks and her
'-'No, it's Impossible. How can I dis
miss him Jlko this without without
aome tangible reason? Two days ago ho
believed that I was going to marry him.
I hurt him dreadfully yesterday."
Faversham looked at her steadily.
"I am not going shares with any
man," ho said.
Sho raised her eyes qulokly, then aim
laughed.
"That might mean anything or noth
ing," sho answered.
Faversham moved over to the win -A,.r
tt or rsinwilouft of unlustlflablo
anger toward her. In hlo heart ho waa
blaming her for this position in wnicn
ho found himself, although all tho time
he know he had only himself to thank
or 't. , , . . . ,
"I don't know what you said to him
yesterday," he began with an effort. "Or,
rather I do know, for he told me. You
led him to bellevo that you lunchod with
me yesterday as nn offorlng of friend
ship, for his sake, That Is not the truth,
Is ft?"
Sho answeaed rebelllously:
" don't know what the truth Is. How
can I If you won't tell me?"
Sho Btood twisting her fingers together,
her eyea downcast.
Faversham came back to where nho
stood.
"You made a fool of me once,
he sard very quietly. "You are mistaken
If you think I shall allow you to repeat
the experiment." ... ...
Sho looked up at him. pale to her lips.
"What do you mean I"
"YouMtnow perfectly well I came here
torn niirhm nun becauaa you sent for me.
and for nn other reason. If you sent for
me In order to play tho oia game, you
aro wasting your time."
Sho caught her voloe on a sob.
"Oh, how daro you? I wish I had
nover seen you."
Faversham turned to the door.
"That la easily remedied," he said.
"You need never see me again."
Shi let htm go out Into the little hall.
She Btood listening to his departing
footsteps, her handa tightly clasped, her
wholo attitude ono of Btralned atten
tion. Then suddenly' eho moved; Btie
flew after him and. called his name.
"Miles Come back 1"
Faverahfcm stopped. Ho smiled with
,n4n irvv na hA fnnttAfl nt her.
"I think It Is useless, my staying
now. You had better think wings over
and let mo Imow what you deolde."
Deolde? What do you meant"
"I mean that you must ohoose be
tween me and PhltlD. I am not playing
neoond fiddle to any one."
"Have I asked you to?-
"Not tn so many words, perhaps." He
waited a moment, "flood-by." he said,
and went out. , .... ,
Mrs. Dundas went back to the, draw
ing room. Hor cheeks were flushed and
her eyes bright with nervous oxclte-
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