rr? -:v,lf- ? t " '.A" i" b 7 jv 'L P "t .Uyf! "V PI ; P MHW IJJU4L. WW xmmWtK I . i . ' The Woman Hater; By Ruby .ita RTATITS TUB STORY Ten years prior to the opening of the mJru Miles Faversham suffered a .orv !ry.z...A i n inv affair from aspvs?rsa rtcnrt, vronier, Jjaul woman sa?UTr,:.r.: BwbSs SqjSSsSSS M Jill, jo Prevent the mar- Jwrf and they wagtr together that rlZersham wilt pre'enf .. (L.miImo Jfr Duitdn. Miles call on Sand" he telle Mm " Mm He fends Tier on until h Hfcu Tranter; and he delights in his .Snncance the breaks an engagement .nui rwnfew -to lunch with Paver fham ram ! seeks out Philip and uilT'himoTseting Mrs. Dundas oml Faversham n ihe"eafe Tranter tries to force a confession from LaMe.tgt lh fareuu angrv and evasive. Philip -M?"-Se out Lallle, but she outs Mm off and then phones to Fay. Znhamto call and see her. Faversham tills her she must cnoo oeltcwn Mm nnd Philip. Again she tells Faversham ?,? Mhi Uvea him. He expresses the Hka ahe leave Newark. She Swim Sim a clever letter that she will ?to the little seashore hamlet where tVu seen "so many happy houra to JltLrvcarsano. And prior to leaving Hi writes Philip that n cannot .ZJShim lie learns that Faversham ESTa the station with her in the wlU morning and frantically l' for Mm- Faversham. Staring Philip in atraloHS rage will go after LaWearxd cause trouble, starts Sor the scaihore. irt. inlet telephones Mm to return "town at owe. hallie sees him off on W train and when returning home ,hc encounters Philip. A scene tnsuee, i..j hriells her of the tlOO bet Favcr 0 "rf. ''e'8i" ihbnWu-'that within a month he would make you throw mo over for Mm." AND HBHB XT COSTINUK8 I don't bellevo youl" Tho words were almost a cry. "I don't bellevo youl l'vo known Miles all my life" Her rolce caught on a sob. "Oh, I've known him all my life, an he wouldnt ho couldn't do such a thing 1" "All your llfol" Tranter stared at her Incredulously. "You don't know what jou'ro saying 1 You never mot him till that night at Marnlo'e." "I've known him all my life." she said again, a throbbing note In her voice, "lie loved me years ago, and I was BUch a Door foot I could not soo how well worth having he was. I threw him over and broke his heart, but now " her brown eyes shone through the r tears as sho looked at Tranter's white face "now I'd lie down gladly and dlo to lave him a moment's pain." Tranter caught her by tho arm: his fingers bruised nor soft flesh through the little woolly Jacket, but sho hardly felt It He peered down Into her exultant face uncertainly, and there was a poig nant sllcnco; then he said In a stlft, hoarse voice? "Then It was you you! the woman ho told mo about years ago I Tho woman ho mado him hate all others Lalllo!" TTpp hmd ftnnk. "Oh, I know, I know," she said In a shamed whisper. "I ought to have told ou. I wish now that I had, but that night when ho came to dinner I never thought he cared, and I didn't know how much he was going to make me care. Don't be hard, Philip. Try to forgive me. I can't help loving him try 10 forgive me." Tranto.r laushed. "Forgive you for letting him fool you is ha has? I tell you he cares nothing for you. You think ho means to marry iou. I tell you that ho never will; that no's just playing his own game, and that tthen ho has mado nure that you'll never come back to me ho'll turn and walk anay. Where Is ho now? I was told ho was down hero with you. Whero 13 he now? Tell mo that" "He had to go back to town on busi ness, ne said. He had a telegram bhe stammered and broke off. "Iluslnoss ! Have voti nver bnnwn Faversham to have any 'business' that mattered more than his own pleasuro? lie's gone, I tell you. You'll never sco him again. It's tho end of tho story as far ns he's concerned. Lallle, for heaen'a sake " She was striking at urn wiin impoieni nanus. "Oh you liar! You cruel llnr!" h gasped, sobbing In her pain. Thero was ery rem terror growing in nor heart --or had It always been there and only b"n brought to llfo by this man's words? Oh, I hate you, I hato you !" sho said frantically. "Let me go oh, lot mo fo- -" She broko away from him and fled down tho road In tho darkness. Tranter stood looking nfter her stu pidly for a moment. Then ho followed nd caught her by tha arm, holding her In snlto of her Btrtunrlirs. uiiip, listen to mc listen to mo Just Or a momont! Oh. mv dnrllni- ilnn't cry llko that!" Sho was sobbing wildly. He b not worth a tear not worth a thought. I swear to you on my word of honor that all I ha-e told you Is tru. He carta nothing for you. It's tho truth nbout tho bet. Parry let it out in front of me ono night He wis irlghtencd aftorward : ho did his best to recall it, but it was tho truth, and I atlo him admit It." Sho repulsed him fiercely. "I don't bellevo -you. It's a cruel, icked llo to break my heart!" It's tho truth I swear it ! Forgot nlm he's not worth a thought." . He is your friend," nho etld krokenly Tranter flushed. "Ho was my friend," he said In n narsli solco; "but If ever wo moot breiltl " H ttr0l0 Qtt' drawlnB tt nar1 "If ever you meet again, ho will tell jou to jour face that they nro all lies, what ou have said," alio broko In pas loiutely. "I don't bellevo you " "It's tho truth." Sho began to walk on rapidly, hardly "noting what sho did. Her limbs wcro BnuKing, and there was a terrible fear ut her heart. Was it tho truth? Would she. In oeed, never bco Kavcraham again? p, no. sho would not bellevo It! It ould kill her If she wero forced to bo lleo It Her steps wero leading her away from tho village and toward tho sea. Tho sort Bound of tho waves reached them "rough the chill ovenlng, and Bho broko out again In despair. Oh, I will kill myself If what you Jiy Is trun!" She turned on Tranior "."y. "Why have you come? How aid Jou know whero I was?" "tester wioto to me " . LeJter!" Her volco was broken, In credulous After a moment sho said Wln. sobbing: "She never liked Miles. i, allv,uy said eo. Oh, how could ahu hyje done such a thing!" duo Knew mat Miles was foollnc Jou. bho Is fond of you. Bhe wanted Vil. bf 'M'W. and sho' knows thnt I --min u iry ground you tread." ' neer want to sco you ugaln." Lai o ciicu "i:en If what you nay Is """-ana i aoivt admit that it Is there m never bo nnother man In tho world lor me ium, ! p.Jut Jlslen. T-alllo." Trnntcr urged, i ".a.verham told my mother, years lien. r... " eJver no ,ln(l a rhanco ho would bo hil 9cd ,on tho woman who had spotlc.l lim l.'j J .8aw ,,or yesterday, and sho BdI"'ul that she had begged Favcr- Wnt wt.hrvout brea" " ",y C"Eae- , I was noyer engaged to you." .. 0U WOllM I1.11.M h.an 1.,. fn.. Xrtla luu n'pvUld hnve lePn marr'ed nuw If ho tnii"? ho tnith, and Bhe knew It Sho tiv.; : "'I'raieiy to think, to look back robe. iii ' .' i'sPPV days, to I nd cor I,01'0" of this man's story. MilVr i.Bhoi.wno mld becn th0 lover i VX.,1raYerhaml The thought was llk Vent on SM ,' ller hea"t. but sho cni on ruthlessly, fo"eaS'heBhfc,v,!'.ho ,hnd 8e"t 'or him to vTd tn Llhat ?!bM' not h0 w,m had Uleai led ?i "il u was Blo who hnd n hta4"1 W. t ho who had been heart nB iVf. 1om9 man wl" hrak your 1,MJ have broken mine" brain rUrt stoIa "nbldden Into her hchfg n'l'iniS,1""1 come t'uo- Bho was ' mS "p. vl J",r wh"t ?ho had done In ln order' tS iS?m hai1 wo" ncr ,0V vsSSn s w 0B' ycnr8 aE0 forget him. Lalfie, and come btc to Ayrea me. t lovo you I ndore you. Ill make, you forget him. I'll take ypu away.' Ths man beside her began his broken pleading all over again, but sho was not listening. Tho presentiment that had racked her when they parted had been right, after all. He had trono out of her llfo forever. And she. had to go on living Oh. but sho need not do that Thero was no power pn earth that could forco her to live, now all hopo of happiness had been taken from her forever. In ono month, he had said, ho would make her lovo him. Ono month one day had been long enough t "I will not live, I will not Uvo with out him." 8ha spoke Ahe words aloud un consciously, and before he could atop her she broke away from Tranter's detain ing hand and ran from htm into the darkness. That the woman was light Is verv true; ....... But suppose she soys never mind that youth What wrong have I done to youf" 4 Favorsnam reached New York In the early hours of a pouring wet morning. Ho was tired and irritable, and ns there was not a taxlcab to bo had he was forced to walk to his rooms. Greyson was up and a cheerful fire was burning. "How did you know I should be on this train?" Faversham asked, irritably. "I knew It was the only ono, sir, as ou did not como In the afternoon," tho man answered. He busied himself bringing coffee and breakfast. Miles kicked off his boots and sat lown hv thn fir. "Well, and now I'm here, what's ths nowB?" no nskd. "What's happeneu to Mr. Trnntcr7" Ho slfikrrt thn nnpnttnn rnnllilllv. hut his heart was heavy w'th dread. Tranter unci always Dcen an cxcitnoio root tie Wai lunt tha nnrt nf man In nut a. bullet through his brain. ureyson Dcgan to pour out me conee. "Mr. Tranter went down to the coun try yesterday morning. Blr." he sa Id. comnlacontlv. "Whnt?" Miles sat up stiffly, his hands grasping tho chair arms. "What tho hell ure you talking about?" ho asked, hoarsely. ureyson cnangca color in puzziea confusion. Mr. Tranter called in eorlv vesterdav morning, sir,'1 he sa'd. "Very upset, he seemed. He said that he knew where you were. You and Mrs. Dundas," ho said, "begging your pardon " "Wll. m nn ! ' "He talked a lot of nonsenso, sir, nbout shooting you, and things like that Very stranire he seemed In his manner, and so I thought the best thing i couiu ao was to wire you to come back. I was afraid what might hap pen If you and he were to meet, sir." Faversham got to his feet slowly. His faco was the color of ashes. "You fool 1" hfi Haiti, thlrljlv "Vnii damned fool 1 You've brought mo back here, to Bave my precious skin, when nil tho time " HIb self-control gavo way. He cursed Oreyson passionately from the depths of tho despair that was clutching at his heart Tranter was down thera with Tallin Tranter In the frantic condition that ureyson aescrmea. For a moment Faversham went mad, How much did Tranter know? How much by this time had ho told to Mrs. Dundas? Faversham thought of his last gltmpso 01 ner. ui inose iragic Drown eyes above those resolutely smiling lips: and ho struck his forehead with his ciencned tlst "l'vo got a feeling that something horrid will happen if you go that I shall never seo you again " That was what sho had sa'd, and all tho time perhaps sho had been right. Perhaps tney had said their good-by and she hnd not oven kissed him. "Oh, my God !" said Faversham dully. His own helplessness appalled him. What could he do, all these miles away, separated from her by n seven hours' journey. e couia navo Killed ureyson In Ills rage and despair. For ho knew ns he stood starln? ut thnt man's white. dumfounded face, that Fate hnd turned tho tables on him once nealn with bitter Irony, and that, now it was too late, ho loved lvalue l.mnaas witn all his soul. There was a chill wind blowing, and a gray, angry sea lashing the shore when Faversham got out of the train at tho little vlllago lato that afternoon. Ho looked haggard and unkempt He had not eaten anything for twenty-four hours in spite of ureyson s frantic ap peals. Ho had not once closed his eyes during the Interminable Journey. Greyson was with him. Ho had not the remotest Idea In what way he had failed In his duty, but In spite of his master's savago wrath he had refused to bo loft behind In town. Ho followed closo at his heels now as Miles almost ran up the; street from tho station. Tho sunshlno of tho past week had gono; tho little vlllago looked entirely changed, Even tho cottage soemed to have assumed a deserted aspect as Faversham strode up the tiny path and hammered at tho door. Nobody came, and after a moment of fevered Impatlonco ho beat on Its wooden panel with his clenched fist. In tho next cottago a curtain was drawn curiously aside and a woman peered out After staring for a mo ment, she came to tho door and ad dressed Miles across the low paling which divided tho gardens. "There's something Btrangn there." Jhe said suspiciously. "But the maid's Insld; all right, if sho chooses to open to you." "If sho doesn't, I'll smaBh tho door In," said Miles fiercely. He would have suited his words to ac tion had the door not been opened that Instant from inside, nnd Lester stood there, palo and disheveled, nn eager hopo In her eyen, which turned to terror whon she saw Faversham. Sho fell back from him with a low cry of fear us ho pushed past her Into tho cottago. Crcson followed. Ho was at his wits' end to understand what was hap pening, but ho meant to stand by his muster, whatever came of It. "Your mistress?" Ho heard Miles Jerk out tho words from between his gray lips, and saw tho girl crouch away from him as sho answered In a terrllled whisper: .... "She hasn't been homo all night and then sho screamed, aa Miles selied her roughly by the. m 1st. "What happened? Tell me and tell mo everything. It's no uso screaming and mnkliig a scene. What happened nfter Mr. Tranter cumo?" His volco was labored ..... ,. o. "I don't know. I don't know." Sho was sobbing with sheer fright. "Ho went along to tho stntlon to meet Mrs. Dun das. I know which way sho would bo coming back " Sho screamed again as Miles shook her In his Impotent rago. "You shc-devll, you," ho said hoarse ly "If It was only money you wanted I could have paid you as well as ho Well go on! What happened? ' Sho shook her head from sldo to side, moaning over and over again. "I don't know, I don't know. They haven't olther of them becn back since. ?a.: ..,!.' , nil nlirht. When you knocked Just now 1 thought It must bo Mrs. Dun- Miles Hung her away from him. "Sco she doesn't get away." he said to Grojson, and ho went on up the steep. ..;..,. ..tniroian in tha rooms above. There was a desperate hope ln his heart that Lester was lying, and that he ml Kilt yet una lvalue buiiiowmcih Li.,., nut every room was empty. One, which ho knew most be hers, was ovldently exactly ns sho had left It on the provlous day to go with him to tho station. A little pair of slippers wora kicked off nnd lying against tho fender: her silver brushes wero on the dressing table. A coat of hers hung behind tho door: and the wholo room carried tho faint perfume of violets. Faversham ra mombered dully that he had been with her tho nfternccn she picked tho big bowlful standing now on a table In tho WlSheVhad not been homo all night. Ho looked out of tho little latticed window on to the gray, angry soa, and a shnrp terror shook his very soul. He went downstairs again Into both ,.. nnrt then back to Lester. Grey- son stood guard over the closed front ' Knverliam went straight up to the girl His faco was set In hard lines of ' EYENING' PUB,LIO LEDGEIi-rHlLADEIHIA, WEDNESDAY, THE GUMPS Andy Is Back Again, Disposition and lifU TMACT TeRRJBUE NIGHT ISLAND AS HE SfcOVa 6ROVS fcOVCHtER. OOFFEE MM VOV P'PHT HfcVE YHE R& UHOER. mS L.ONG ENOUGH LL rNj? THAT OKT' MAU THE SOMEBODY'S STENOGCam Was a Lady of Fashion r4 SCHOOL &AVS ' 6feE."7HE r TrIIMGS A alRL DOES ! THING THOOH, AVf IDEAS HNDAMB.TIOAIS VA?UPToDATE: Tho Young Lady Across the Way Tho younc lady across the way says some people never seem to realize the danger of writing letters nnd alio no tices that In almost every divorce suit a correspondent Is mentioned. (iit 7& W PETEYHe Ought to Raise the Landlord mmm m i m-m - . mw,wmm.i , in i i mi ! 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