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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
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