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...to HTARTS THE STORY.
JajJ ortJ tfa'ty fttilert) lake care
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KVjj Jul tiit ;eci i(ik " ,
vSJ .Her Hcfce ire a burden to
it'Cvrut Talientyre, fV 2;
ttfiS&'Jali revtal hit to truly telfith
MpopmUrt"
",; rUal ihe rejeott him ana
m. i";',n
KTiWe" now m l .wtaW
2Sv aMenoe. JI haw her pretence
ITuVmouIM ornc. Jill.
Zuthe him on the ttreet not day
ZaJ remark: "I've juti been io
tZLuh. Eath. and the told mo the ,
i Sj I mutt eonorawate
"- S!touBh J realty thought i,ou had
C ttgagei for ever io long
AND HERB IT CONTINUES
MfilQ, something 1 the matter, only
J ytm won't tell me?"
"My dear f Iri-rr:.
tlli frowned ft littio.
I wpposo Ifo this encngement
nn' worVled abcu'. Don't bo nnfcry
E?k . when I wy that I know you
SSittwtor hew W know It: urn
rm i?rr?; but " he laughed
iwhUtflT "I've ben through It my
tSmmr, d after the ttrst lit tie
Sfia you get used to If, M used to It,,
3I?nd you don't mlad."
TUeBtire sat very UI1. as If ho hnd
atlTrdS ho knew that she meant to
rVT-j t.nf hr KTirinathT cot Mm on
SI raw: It seemed so much Hlto au
'5i,faT0wal of tfty, and men hoto to
ftesintly he rowed himself, he moved
JotS that her hand fell to the
tatt between them.
'lon're very kind," he said lightly.
"Bnt this time you're wrong-, quite
lu, By dear. There's nothing the
,atS-i I'm quite happy, us happy as
we can hope to bo In this God-forsaken
The' taxi stopped and put an end to
the 'conversation, and Tnllcntyre fpU
lowed her Into the houw with a feeling
of relief that tho tete-a-tete drive was
His hots, a well-preserved woman
a the wrong sido of forty, greeted him
wtraly.. ...
"Bo Ulna or you to comu; pvupic uro
M Nrssome ai a rule about making up
to oblige. And, after all, it wouldn't
MTt mattered if we had been a muu
thtet as wo're going to piny faro after
alll' Tm, I know It's perfectly shock
1 " an Mrs. Macben gavo a little
Klamation of pretended horror. "Uut
rtally' one must do something, and in
oat's own house, don't jou know I"
She led the way acrosB the room to
where a group of people were laughing
tad talking rather noisily,
Tvlltntrro knew most of them: be
atJum hcl,l cirl with nsln hair
fid, pile eyelashes; she never expected
Mmjto talk, which was why ho dellbor-
tl chose to sit beside her tcnignt.
He looked round tho room for Jill, but
she was not there.
Be almost hoped that she would not
MM he almost hoped and then he
heard her voice, and saw her coming
lattfthe room.
4 ice more the old sensation of un
ty came over him ; sho was so mar
Ttloutly changed; he could not believe
that she was tho same little dowdlly
dressed girl who bad fainted that day
in the stuffy office ; who had been hi
asrrous when he took her out to tea.
He remembered her work-rouiilienwd
handstand tho bole In her glovo. and the
wty she had tried to hide both from
hba.
The gulf between them had been so
sbiU then that he could have bridged
It with a word i but now It had widened
Into an impossible chasm.
ni tasted the bitterness of utter de
feat M he sat there and watched her.
When at last she met his eyes she
lied and bowed in a little friendly
way u it he were nothing more to her
than any other man ; ai if he never had
been anything more.
Ihe did not avoid him; when pros
atly they found themselves together she
Wan to talk in the most natural way.
"I've never played this dreadful
fawl" she said laughingly. "I'm just
taring to learn ; it'e a dreadful gamble,
tart ft?"
"It'e an absurd gamble," Tallentjre
ewered. "I hate It myself."
2flt n piari"
"let. I play for the same reason
Oft I do a great many other things."
"And that reason Is?" ahe asked.
Xo WU time."
Ttoor man I"
nllentrra set hU teeth : he hated
t Mar Iter sneak so fllnpantly; it
Kouiht home to him acutely what
nany, many miles they had, traveled
apart since that day when she sent him
May from the little room in Acacia
Terrace. Miles which he could never
traverse to overtake her again; that
would be there, stretching between
them, until the end of her life or his !
ftisently they nil went into another
won, where a long, green-covered table
a almost the entire length.
fllla eyes sparkled a little; every
tag was new to her; lately she had
ealoyed every moment of her life.
The first shock of Henry Sturgess'
M bad never cared for him and she
u young; but she always thought of
m with grateful affection, for it had
" his hand that had turned the
lolden key in the door of life and let her
""loi ner prison.
. Bhe was given a seat onooslto to Tal-
wtyre's at the table ; some one told her
ttswles of the game.
.. Jve never played before." she con
JS. wlth n ,lttle "Cited laugh.
An knowledge that Tallerttyre was
.i?2'n'; Der mad n reckless.
4 by losing," Mrs. Machen said
warnlngly.
Jill glanced down at the money bo
Ma her.
-j"Aim I winning?" she asked sur-
c?u?'ei1 hcr money she was amazed
io nad that it was nearly double the sum
ww which she had started.
A hftrn namfilnii M Xf.H n..JJ
whlipered to her neighbor. "It's for
tunate that she's rich enough to be
aol i to afford it."
was very interested In Jill ; she
v". r for her own Impecunious
Ei.ber.V,ah6 determined to Invite Jill
w him at an corly opportunity.
was early morning beforo the
EJJtT.owke up; Mrs. Macben had lost
fretful luw" WBB tt rrown on uer
Bhs went over tn TnlUntr
i. 1?' yu 5n,nd ' I drive home
1. v 8 Lytons?" she asked, nervous
jnahe did not look at him as she
!,enlJrc, Bal(l that h? did not mind
WP1 , nouveau rlche, who- had been
M r a long time to wedge them
u? ,nt?. the roaK'c circle known as
Ar.ly' H,u,know qulta well why Dora
iK.cn. w,8,'p', lrlvo home t with
fc Vi'il"'" .thttt al, "t lout Intended
i? 0 ilI:clr persuasions ani) take
Stll imHcot,M8.
them under her Wing for a considera
tion. In spite of a large income, she wax
always hard un) mnnAv iltaned thratiah
her fingers like sand J there was a Httlo
cynical smile In Tallentyre's oyes as
he watched her go out of the room smil
ing down Into Mrs. Dayton's vulgar
face.
He know that Dora really bated the
Laytons ; ,he thought it extraordinary to
wnat itngtns a woman would go ror
money. '
It gave him a shock to remember to
what lengths ho himself hnd gone: to
remember that he was engaged to Elrlca
for the samo reasoti.
Jill went Avay without saying good
night to him, and ho walked home
nlone through tho spring night
The future- stretched nwny long and
uninviting; there seemed nothing to
look forward to, jiothlng to hope for ;
and tho fault was, his own 1
He had had chances, many of them,
and thrown them b'nhy : he had held tho
greatest gift of all In his band and al
lowed It to fall.
He could see Jill's face there betore
him in the darkness ; her eyes sparkling,
her cht-pkn flmhAd na aha had looked
when she took her winnings from the
green-covered table; he had bated to
sco hcr there gambling with the wpmen
of his set; hated the way the men iookcu
at bcr and vied with each other for hcr
favor. He let himself into his llat, and
abut and locked the door; he turned on
the light and flung himself into a chair
with a feeling of utter weariness. To
night bo stood outsldo the locked gates
of what might hnvo been, looking ncrosa
tha wall of eternal ncrarntlon at tno
happiness which be had lost forever.
OHAPTEIt VI
"I'm not inch a fool to o on crvtnc (or
tho moon tor evtr. Th rih ti qulta sood
noush. It one only wlpta tho tears away,
tnd ttkti sood care to daep the eyes looklns
downward."
A week passed away uneventfully.
Tallcntyro hardly knew how the day
went; they were all bo much alike In
length and boredom.
Ho danced dutiful attendance on El
rlca Hewing; escorted her to social
functions which bored Mm unutterably ;
accepted congratulations with a smile
and walked through his part faultleaaly,
in the same way in which an auto
matic figure moves and speaks cor
rectly, but without conviction.
"I don't believe he'll ever marry
her," Katby told her husband again
when tfco subject was under discus
vlon. "I feel so sorry for him Ralph,
can't you see how 111 and unhappy he
looks?'"
Hillynrd laughed.
"I'm afraid I can't 'you're
imagining it all, little woman. Cig's
ail right ho never did look particu
larly pleased about anything; he al
ways wears that bored expression."
But Kathy knew better ; she was very
sorry for Tallentyro. and tried to con
vey ftcr sympathy to him in little ways
whon they met.
But Tallcntyro hated sympathy; It
was the one thing be could not stand;
be had a morbid drrad that neoolo
would know of the muddle he had made
of his life; ho avoided all the tiousca
where be knew there was a possibility
of meetlne Jill if he saw her out Hrtv.
ing, or in the park, he deliberately kept
out of her way.
Sometimes he thought he would get
'married and so raise an Insuperable
uarner once ana xor an between them;
many times the Impulse came to him to
ask Elrlca to marrv him nt nnr. hut
something always seemed to hold him
DSCK.
"Why don't you KOt married and st
tlo down?" Hlllyard asked him one
night whon they mot at the club.
"There's nothing like a home of your
own," he added with the superiority of
one who has but recently got married
uimseii.
Tallentyro laughed.
"I'm In no hurry and, after all
you're married a long time," he added
cynically.
"Old pessimist!" Hlllyard looked at
him affectionately ; tfcey were very dif
ferent, these two men, but a very real
friendship existed between them none
the less.
"Comu round and have some dinner
HN.,.,8 ton'tati" he said Prtsentfy.
Nothing formal Juit ourselves, and
the wife's sister."
"Mrs. Sturgess?"
.. 'yes Kathy seems to like her to be
there now; and, of course, I have to
caUrrnSSr&h " kn0W J n
thanT, LI" CaD't "
wlKUf WOn,tT" H,,,y"d "kttI
Tajlentyre shrugged his shoulders
"Won't, If you like to put it tJ
that
.It. "" me 80me other time."
fn(.ra DOtTy. oecause there's a man I
rather wanted you to meet. Jill picked
him up somewhere the Lord nnw
Knows where and Kathy has asked him
to dinner. The follow seems rather a
--.,. rrum wnat i can make out.
I should imagine he'n after Jill's gold
?!! , J 1lcnr thot h0's fiecn everywheru
with her."
.".?e'W Tnt?" did not sound
particularly interested; he lit another
cigarette.
"Rigdcn, his name is," Hlllyard
went on. "I met him once very good
looking chap."
Talientyre moved restlessly,
.u Yo know she's got too thick with
those Despards, too," Hlllyard con
tinued. "Rotten, gambling crowd they
are. I folt inclined to give her a
friendly tip when! I first heard she'd
been there, but you know what she is
uruusirunz as rnev milk A 'm
sjfiw"'' ..!!,": &?!
of mine; she must please herself."
"Is Rlgden one of the Despard
crowd?" .
"I bcllevo bo I know he is, In fact
my sister has spoken of meeting him
there once or twice. Not thatltra any
recommendation to say you know the
Despards or my sister either, If it
comes td that " ho added cynically,
Tallcntyro laughed.
"Brotherly candor I Aren't you a
bit hard on Mrs. Macben?"
'She's such a butterfly," Hlllyard
said, with ft touch of Impatience. 'tYou
ought to have married her, Clg you'd
fiave kept her in order she always
Iked you, I know."
"Rubbish 1" said Talientyre; he
looked annoyed. He rose, stretching
his arms wearily. "After all, rfl
change my mind, if I may. and come
along to dlnnor. I've nothing to do
I'm off duty tonight," ho added with
a wry little smile,
"Kathy will bo delighted; I want
you to bavo a look at Rlgden; I don't
trust the fellow myself."
"I daresay you're prejudiced."
Hlllyard shrugged his shoulders.
"Bee you later, then," he said, and
went away.
Tallentyro went back to his chair ; he
felt tired ;' It was very fatiguing trot
ting round at the heels of a smart
woman all day, carrying her sunshade
or hor lopdog following her in and
out of shops and motorcars; standing
still while she talked, and waiting
about while she choso hats and ill
peiucoais. i
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