W n 'St&;tX;irrf&,r EVENING PUBLIC LEDGER PHnJADELPHIA, SATUBDAY, OCTOBER l) A A BACHELOR HUSBAND THE GUMPS Taking Ne Chances By RUBY M. AY RES Auther of "Richard Chatterton," Etc. Cevvrleht, MO, tv IP. J. Watt 4 Ce. rttrH Tt i 1 .. "" ' ' " "1 ' ' " ' ' ' ' -' l WVt- J W TO- I TH WK ; Un IT IF 1 HVtT0 I J r-HAPTEIt I The had always adored him. ty - , ilm mi linn nt tvu -- . - . . cBepiBw. - -.- - w.-i, Chester naa 4lnw Mm the m'eBt wonderful person W wirW. BhewMe4 or him In' n we .,.. w.. his willing bend- W.'l net mind at all when "'-'in an unusual flt of eloquence, t.J VnHdcd In him that she thought fr ..! loveliest tune en eurm w " aI lather young Christopher an baTeJ riSest brutally that she "talked jrtrvTyfnd that sister, were a UW SSkrfnt her with a sort of con cen con .iVfer a moment, then added: "Bo "Be K wVre net brother and alster, "rhey'werc net: but their fathers had waWelenir friend-''. " when Geerge Jflfr'8 wlfe Inconsiderately or se ft," husband thought-died without " ?.!.. him w th a son. and almost ttfte t,me young Christopher MwleM was left an orphan, Geerge farter promptly adopted him. l will de Marie geed te hrtTO e Wither." he maintained, when his BSrteaa C,,eatcr' Zh1, keptte,! for h m. w18 ,nn oWectlen. 'Wb ?Li"iz!-i,.i(inrlv bdeI ed and a boy Xut the place wllkneck off some of hTeu Silitffi certainly did that mneh. If no mere, rer in n ieruugm nc hid terned Marie, who was naturally rither hy nnd reserved, Inte a tomboy -he climbed trees with him regardless of Ifllary te life and limb, who rede a eeb barebacked round the paddock, who eH In fact, everything he dare or ordered ner w uu. Jdlaa Chester protested te Marie's ftthr In vain. ... T "Christopher Is mining her I can da nothing with her newl She is qulte a different child slnce he came te the home." Marie's father chnekled. He was net a particularly refined man, nnd the dilntlnws and ehynesa of his little Atnrhttr had rather embarrassed him. He was pleased te think that under CJristepner s guiding nana no was what he chose te call "Improving." "De htr geed I" he uald bluntly. "Whire's the harm? They're only children." But the climax came rather violently irhen one afternoon Marie fell out of tialeft into the yard below, and broke he arm. One of the grooms went running te the rescue and picked her up, n forlorn little heap with a face as white as her frock. "I fell out myself!" she said with quivering lips. "I fell out all my own Yeung Christopher, who had clam bered down the ladder from the left, broke In violently : "Ehe didn't! It was my fault! She made me wild, and I pushed her. I didn't think she'd be se silly as te fall, though," he added, with an angry leek t UCt. OMU UUU . JUU UVUUIO W ll'll lien about me." The groom said afterward that she bid net shed a tear till then, but at the inrxy words she broke down suddenly into bitter sobbing. 8be did net mind her broken arm, 1st ehe minded having offended Chris Chris telhrr. It wnn thi c-intnt- ft-sti.M.. i.A J hid ever known when as a consequence vi ic atciuciu unnstepner was Rent away te a bearding school. Hereafter she only haw hlra by fits and etarts during the holidays, nnd then he lecmed somehow quite different. He took but little notlce of her, and It generally brought n friend home with Mm from school. He mes getting be bo be yend the "boy" stage, and developing a wholesome contempt for girls as n Whole! rfSi r,aJcp"he went te n pbiic jenoel, he forget te ignore her, nnl tee te patronizing her instead. She waan t such a bad little thing, he told 3" nw term if she liked the might Marls knitted hinr two which he mX?'!1 LSh w0,,,d ,mve Weckwl tie slightest wish for her te de te. Then. lMer .tin i, . MA.. ..Ji 7 1 .. .w-"1 " '-am-W4w and forget all about her. He nardly ever came home ilnn vni w0ri.w"k"eIu,s; h0 hl "nny WWtts, It seeme.1, and was In great de Band amensst them nil. Marie rnniM n..i. u.ii .. -. Wif.. . i ...''""'. u'eve it. one was WV7; Xa,",0 ,V,cbe unknown wfc,.nd lndrientalJ- of the tirters wch the was sure some of them must AtbrV,' h00,,Jle". and UU Si, V" hnJr wns tlwl in n p's- vV, m iarse. bow at the end. ... .I.eu wen have te nut veur hnir & ,?wlM ffl8t. Marie," Miss ? :At0 her rathir sadly-w1"-" BhVwfinned.n,t,hr',e, ,n the 8'a- r.V !flr. tytrem conceit she could xenebeautv In h n.i. , j " . atogether'with'hernamee KreSmehher.,lnd InhCritCd frm ilaSii "kc ,,7,,n.t!ler- A"ntle Madge?" &?? .urn'ether'n ryes." "xV'PJ?ekc1 reflection cnin. hV.i i . very Pretty, wasn't . e.Was very pretty." t Marl. Blghed. ''Of ,?;.. t .,. helidT"?t'y:'.'I.,?.,ri8 "n'HB these Mlaa Cheftp,. shoel c'her I.ph.i Knights!" S t0 Seetla"(' with th.- Mttrln A..,.!.. ... . the ,.m "..".'. 'J!"tf the Knights." ttem bun . "?: .T"' ""I ,PV',' "" one and i.vr,,i ' . '" "",0" ('Nri'y P from b?rlh,,,B wll leek Chris'--The follewi,:. ,.nr Mhereherf. ' ! SI"1",' nn(I whlle 8l,, A X ' fl,tilcr Jl('(1 suddenly. ' "d "ffri rrem KnK'"'"1 '"te nn ''Mke?'.",,;'"' 10 her. thou!! i. ,h VnB Rr(,nt Brief AVnen te u, , , ,"" "ne "u" , fr he hi," drB 'r fl,,i fr H that she 'lev .),. . ,"."fnp for her. hut nnv .1 , !.. " Ulllllt lint. 1, , , : .- """Channel L 1? "u,,ftK l,,bln "" "w tn ei XI,? r ""' Hli te the " Wm te eemVV ? mi tUy wlreil wai? Mme '"""e 'rem wherever 'pent h Vi ' ;? doing or hew he f ? ay in i V "U net knew. All Jew een "l e XL,'ll him- wondering ?'"r diramni ?u'fW, M,! hlm' b"t he rn, and the ,ii 'W",(l meet tl, "W flattenn CM,1"B deH" ,1,c Una. ... v??y .n" and verv much lxtr?St .Tery chlldUh and insignificant t.i ."'8 "nagnlflcence as shu walked with Mm te the waiting car, for the house ln the country had long slnce been given up, and Geerge Chester had lived in Londen for nome years befere his death. "Have you get your ticket?" Chris Chris Chris topher asked, very much as he might have asked a child, and Marie fumbled in ner pecxet wiuj lingers that shook. "I nearly lest it once," she volun teered, and Chris smiled ns lib answered: ics, that's the sort of tiling you would ae." He looked down at her. "Yeu haven't altered much," he said condescendingly. "You're still Just a kid." Mnria did net answer, but ber heart swelled with disappointment. She was eighteen, and she knew that he was but six years elder. Tears age that six years had net seemed much of a gnp, but new. looking up at him, she felt It te be an Insuper able gulf. He was a man and she was only a schoelelrl with chart sklrta nnd h.r nair down her back. They sat opposite one another in the car. nnd Chris looked at her consider censider ingly. "It's a long time nlnce I saw you," he said. "Yes, eight months," she answered readily. She could have told him the date and the month and almost the hour of their last meeting had she chosen, but somehow she did net think he would be greatly Interested. "It's rough luck about Uncle Geerge," he Bald awkwardly, and Marie nodded. "Yes." She wondered If he thought ahe ought te be crying. She would have been amazed If Bhe could have known that he was hoping with all his heart nnd soul thnt she would net. He chnnged the subject abruptly. "Aunt Madge would have come te meet you, but there Is se much te see te. She sent her leve nnd told me te say she wns sorry net te be able te come." "I don't mind," said Marie. She would Infinitely rather have been met by Chris. Her dark eyes searched his race with shy adoration. She was aulte sure there hnd never been anybody se geed-looking ns he ln nil the world; that there hnd never been eyes se blue, or with such n twinkle ; that nobody had ever had such a wonderful smile or such a cheery laugh ; that there was net n man ln the whole of Londen who dressed se well or looked se splendid. As a matter of fact, Christopher was rather a fine-looking man, and perfectly well nware of the fact. He had mere friends than he knew what te de with, nnd they all, mere or less, spoilt him. He was generally goed-temperod, and nlwnys geed company. He waR run after by all the women with marriage able daughters, though, te de him jus jus tlce, se far he evinced very little In terest in the opposite sex. He looked new at Marie, and thought what a child she was! He would have been amazed could he have known that beneath her black coat her heart was beating with leve for him, deep nnd sincere. Faithfulness was a falling with Ma rie, If It can ever be cnllcd n falling. There was something deglikc ln her devotion that made change imposslble. Her best friend at school hnd been un kind te her manr times, but Mnrlc'H affection had never swerved, and all the tyranny nnd bullying she had received from Christopher ln the past hnd only deepened her adoration. In her eyes he was perfect. There were many things she wanted te say te him, but she was tongue-tied nnd shy. It seemed all tee seen that they reached home nnd ChrlsteDhcr handed her ever te Miss Chester. Miss Chester took Mnrie upstairs nnd kissed her and made much of her. She took it for grnnted that the girl wns broken-hearted at the death of her father. She wns n sweet, old-fashioned woman who always took It for granted that people would de the right thing. and she thought It wns the right thing for any daughter te grleve at the less of a parent. "Yeu grew se fast," she said, os she nnld every time the girl came home. "Yeu will hnve te put your hair up." Marie turned eagerly. "Oh, auntie! Tonight, may I?" Miss Chester did net think It would matter, and se presently a very self conscious little figure ln black crept downstairs through the silent heuse and Inte the dining room, where Chris topher was waiting Impatiently for his dinner. He turned quickly ns Marie and her mint entered. He was a man who hated being kept wnlting a moment, though If It plensed him he breke nppelntmcnts without the slightest hesitation. Conversation wns intermittent during dinner. Naturally there was a gloom ever the house. It wns enlv as they were leaving the table that Miss Ches ter said. Rinlllne faintly : "De veu no- tlce that Marie has grown up, Chris?" "Grewn up!" he echoed. He looked at Marie's flushing face. "She hns put her hair up," said Miss uneaier. Christopher looked away indifferently. "Oh, hns she? I didn't notlee." The tears started te Marie's eyes. She felt like a disappointed child. CHAPTER II "All men kill the Ihlnic they love, l)y all let thin b heiml. The coward rtoen It with a klm ' There followed n terribly dull week, during which Mitrle hardly went nut. Miss Chester believed in seen days' un broken mourning, nnd she kept the girl te It rigorously. Christopher came and went. He iecmt'd very busy, nnd was constantly shut tip In the library with men whom .MKs ( heater snlil were 'lawjers. "There nrc u cent many tlilnas te settle, vmi knew," she told Mnrie. 'J our fntlicr hnd large properties and much menev te leme. Marie snfd, "Oh, hnd he?" nnd lest Interest. As yet money hnd net much significance for her, but shu watched the dosed library duer with anxious cjeh. Would it never open? It wiw quite lute tlint evening before die saw Chris again, and then he came into the ilrawing-renm. where she wns trying te rend nnd trying net te listen Fur his step, nnd, cinsslng te where she sat, steed looking down at her. It was getting dark the June eve ning wns drawing te a close and she could net see Ills face crj illstlnctlv, iiiciiiKn sue ten in some curious way thnt there was a different note in his elee when he spoke te her. "Hew old are you, Mnrle?" She looked up amazed. Surely he ' "Hem in Knew ner age wncn tney had grown up together? Hut alie nnHwered nt ence: "I was eighteen last May." "And n kid for your age, tee," he sulci abruptly. She closed her book, a faint sense of hurt dignity In her heart. "I knew- a girl who wns married nt eighteen," she said. ClulMephur Inughed. "I can't Imag ine jeu married, nil the same," he snld. "Why net? I don't see why net," she ebjected, effendedly. 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