JWifflMWWSrT " 'wftl'5R rm?. y.si "'' rar.'' . .... t ' a,''"' . V f - 5.r-r' "?' 'VVartf5Rtn'(M''J'- '"&&' rfiffi,if:r ''" V-i'fffjfjJ EVENING PUBLIC LEDGER PHILADELPHIA, SATURDAY, NOVEMBER IV, 1921 A BACHELOR HUSBAND By RUDY M. AYRES Auther of "Richard Chattcrten," Etc. CovvrleM. 1110. ij W. J, Watt 4 Ce. THE GUMPS The King Is Coming, Prepare the Ambush TZZ. ..in I. lingered. IIe longed te BTI I Bill r nut his arms around her nnd speak ,i. many wihi. i1"""'""' -T' nn,i grief thnt trembled en his T' but the new Inexplicable nloefncss Tt'httt glrltsb figure held him back. t''eu are quite sure you don't mind filnit left?" he asked ngnln. He longed ,1 her te ny that she wanted him te ' but Marie only shook her head. 'I shall he quite nil right," she said ,nnthetlcnlly. lie left her then, nnd presently from rt window Marie saw him driving .say down the read. ci,e was free for a little while nt last free from the possibility of lntcnup " She crewed the room and opened tie ioer. The little Inn wn very quiet, M(l nobody teemed te hear lier step as ihe crept down the stairs nuil across tic narrow, uneven hall te n closed deer. She knew what Iny behind that . ' ( fcr a moment she caught at tie banisters .i .., wish before biiu cm ehuuuj v... u.m lu,ned llic handle. CHAPTER XXV m h.art thnt nellher bents nor heaves, iht endrkneilylnir iitlll . .... Whit hew fr thee my loves FrcBi wiur rth. line cb the eunahlne wenvca?" C. D. Ileisettl. Or th Ine Altin had never seen death, but 111 there was no fear in her henrt ns ike softly closed the deer behind her, wd went forward Inte the room. The cotton blind nt the window fitted hdly, and gleams of sunlight found their way through en cither side of it, Kerning te concentrate in a strangely deliberate manner about the silent figure of the man who had given his life for ler. A white sheet covered him, but Ma rie's hand did net tremble ns bhe gentlj drew It down nnd looked nt the nimble uhltsness of Feathers' ugly face. Death had been kind te him. It had nlpcil out the hatd lines, and lefc him Tdtk a peculiarly noble and boyish leek. But ccn the waters of the treacherous titer had been unnblc te smooth his tough heir, and It steed up ever his lead with jutt the same obstinate un tidiness that she hud always known, ind with sudden impulc she lutii her land en It, smoothing It gently, ns a mother might smooth the hair of a ileping child. Were there two uajs of loving, she m asking herself desperntcl V and was It possible te lee two men nt the nunc time, or hud she indeed ceased te love Chris? Feathers hnd gien he? first iiinnN Iks of passion. In his arms she iind first known complete happiness and it seenvd n entile Impossibility that she would ncxer hear his voice again, that lis ejes umilil nevi r open any mure te leek ut her with their faithful adula tion, And it (nine home te her with bitter truth ns she steed there that In her wltiihaeti nnd self -nhsni-nl ion kIip night lnue caused him treat MifTciiuc. Last night, ilaht from tlie lirst me ment of tlielr liicetini- nt tln inn In. td thought only of her, never once of lunself eu'ii down te the eiy end. Jtiien wounded te death, he had given lis last ounce of strength te save her. pent nis i.ist breath en weids of cheer Hid encouragement. And what had she given him in re turn,' Little enough it seemed new. as the looked nt his mnrble fnie about Tdilch the niitiiimi sunshine lllekeicd. lie liml eei jer he completely, and new she would never be able te tell him low much she honored him, lined him! ler .Mane felcste knew that she did me him! Net perhaps with the roman tic um-1eii with which she had once lereil Chris; net perhaps as she would tome day love Chris again but with the emcrful, tiiistlng, Imperishable love yalcli (me must feel for n friend who la iicut failed. Her henu ached for the sound of ills Twice te hear him say that he under under under lloed and forgave. Ills last kiss en the lrk mad that night would nlwajs be one of her most cherished memories, JM knew, ns she steed tlicie. lier cjch wnl en his face, while her heart niuilc Ian fnrwell. He hnd told her te re back te Chris he knew that it had been his earnest lsli, nnd she knew, tee, that some iv slie would obey. Hut net et! eh net yet! She must haie a little time first te herself te get tck her lest courage, and te forget the ectness of a lest dream. !he took the little sprig of white "atlicr which he had sent her from i,0. i " lenR ng0 '' seemed and Jhieli she had always worn about her . and laid it between his folded MM". Then she kissed him ns se short time age lie had kissed her his hands M his closed eyes, his tough coarse 'lr, nnd the lips that felt like marble Mneath lier own. She was sobbing new cruel sobbing tint brought with it no relief of tears s sue wluspeted a Inst geed-by, nnd J"r and 0er ngnln "Oed bless you ed liless j ou always nlwajs. And it scniied te her distraught im pnatinn that new thcie was a little "we of contentment shadowing Fcatli !' cold lips, where before no tmlle Mu been, and something hcemeil te nap en her hcurt and brain as she cried ia mime in anguish through the silent "Feathers! Feathers!" .nd the woman who kept the Inn we running swiftly nt the sound of a J'1; nnd found Mm ie Celeste lying J!.; ," 1L'1' llrl"a filing out toward the n who, for the first time in his life, f.ii.i net, ,anr l unswer when bhe "lied te him. Was He Toe Old te Leve? Charles Shirley was weary of her prettified face and ways. In fact, Brrthn, forty and anxious te leek thirty, simply get en his nerves. Ciinrlcs was no spring chicken himself, but felt ro mantic under his forty-seven years. And Mnreerr Marc- e,ry stirred the romance te fcr. vor. no wns Jlnrgery J-iiey re nil in "The Man Who Was Tired of His Wife" ON Tit IS PAGE TUESDAY CI1IIAPTI5B XXVI 'Whe1!c.I,02'1 ttt th6 Proud man's ld And A ' ! ,hf fHU"? Accui' It cried: , tone "'ai1 """wiei '" bumbled 1 cannot ucmse the fault la inlne own:' " tmi'i'1' EOt bat'U te M' t'hestcr'b de ll"" ,0"'J heuse te find young At Cniui1 lllu l'"ei step, staring with "wrrined ejes at the drawn blinds. u in, hn.,,1 ..e ,1 1.1...... ". iikiii ,71 11 u ULL'IIU'IIL .11 Ben tafe. .ncrl.ii. i. . """. off in appeared, ami nail' rusiu . . v iisMire II niLn r liii m.i.mi. . mi .. ni"ll llllll t'ltll i- nun Chej. '." "lm sneelted te lieur of Jliss I ..ii. """"I llllll HIS JOIIIIK HICK led ns lie followed ut house. ttns eiy bejibli and slncere tL i Cliris had for him, he i Vae ,i , ,"'ii, am .Lb,r 'nte the silent .He Wl,lm,l,,l nl"1 tl'"Bl ," ei urn bjmputhy JOun. il.'"."""i ter, ieiii, .. ,tH awnu, jeu Knew I.. J.K111S Nlid IlL'lmst. ".Miss riies. r n,,,i . iihiiiiei, nir.n iil'?.- heckiiL0?!',01'1,1''''"8! 1 "If. what la .i'5 "'.'.'S ! And what n marvel- Hil.Pe Mrs' Mt .. huwlcss must lmve nd Imi(crs 8,nvcd IlSr." sn'J Chris, "Wn e uiB prCBCnt dQlcultlc of hew Impossible It wns te bring Mnrlc te Londen. "I've get n sister ' young Atkins mnde the suggestion eagerly. "She lives close te Homcrten. nnd she's n nurse, but she's net doing anything just new. I'll run down and explain te her. I've get a meter-bike. She'd love te have Mrs. Lawless, if you'd eare for her te go." Chris was only tee glad of the sugges tion. "It's most awfully geed of ou," he said gratefully. "Yeu see hew Im possible it Is for me te bring her here?" "Of course! Well, this will be nil right, you sec; I'll run down there straight away." He turned nt the deer In his Impetuous fashion. "I saj- " he said ngnln, "Peer old Feathers! Isn't It nwful." Chris could net answer, nnd young Atkins went en blunderingly: "I say. is it true what they say In the papers, that when they found him some one told me both his legs were biekenV It must hnve been w-ftiui the car turned ever my Oed, whnt an awful thing! I. r.iu't imagine hew lie kept up as he did eh, all right, I'm going." We went off hurriedly, nnd Chris put his head down en Ills arms nnd cried like a child. lie blamed h'msclf mercilessly, and forgave ills fiiend everything, If Indeed there had ever been nnj thing te forgive. IIe felt thnt he had grown into nn old man during these hours of agony last night when he waited outside the closed deer of his wife's room. She was living, but she cared nothing for him, nnd he could nlmest find it in his heart te envy Feathers, who, al though he was dead, had once known the happiness of her love. lie hnd steed beside his friend that morning, nnd held the hand he hnd re fused, his heart nlmest breaking witn grief and remorse. He could trace everything back te his own selfishness nnd neglect. Hut for him, this tragedy would never hae hap pened. Ne wonder Marie hnd loved Feathers the most unselfish, the kindest lienrtc.l lie felt lii-t own unwertlilness keenly. He mode what nrrnngeiucnt lie could in town nnd hurried back te Somerton. and the woman who kept the inn told h'm hew she hnd found Marie uncon scious in the room downstairs. "l.'nconseleus for nu hour she wns," she said distressed. "I put her te bed and sent for the doctor I don't knew hew she came down without my hearing her. 1 wouldn't lime hnd it happen for the world." Chris' fnee whitened. Although dead, it speiurd te him that in the fu ture Feathers would stand mere effectu ally between ill in ami his happiness than ever he had done in life. A fresh punishment upon which he Iind net yet icckened. lie wns net allowed te cc Mji-ie that night, .ind it wns two dajs brfeie the doctor would consent te her biing moved. She looked se white nnd fiail that Cluis' heart sank as lie cariled her dewn te tha car. She wiw like n ihild in his arms, mid it hurt him intelera- t'ly te see hew icselutely her eyes imddcd him. She never spoke during the short diive te the villns1' where .wiling Atkins' sister liwd. She risked n. ipiestiens, seemed net te caic what was te become of her. "If you would rather I stored with jeu, of course, I will," Cluls said hoarsely, when he bud'' her geed-by that eveninj. He longed with all his soul for her te ask him te staj , but she enh shook her head. She seemed ipiite happy t' be left with Mil'lcent Atkins, and Chris felt sure she Mould be safe with lier and well car.d for. "I '.ill come nnd see von every day. Marie Celeste," Chi i" said again, and she said: "Yes, thank jmi." but lie had the curleiM impicsslen nil the time that she hardly he.ud or under stood what he win faying. It was only just as he was going and had impulsively raircd her hand te his lips te kiss It that a little leek nlmust of horror crossed her white fate. "Xe 'ie please!" she snld. She tore her 1 and from him and ran from the room. "She will be better seen," Miliicent nssuicd Chris, seeing the pnin in his eyes ns he bade her geed-by. "If you take my udWce, Mr. Lawless, you v. Ill Irine her alone for n day or two. She lias hnd a terrible shock, you knew." She ves a kind-faced gill, with steady, capable ncs that had teen a gieat deal mere than she nod been told. Chris would lint listen. He must ceme down the following day, lie said he could net rest if he stajed uwnv. He felt desperate as he dnuc back t" Londen. AVhnt was the poed of living'' There was nothing in the futuie for him. IIe made up his mind that iie would stl! the Londen lieue and iverj thing In it ns een as possible, nnd take Marie away and make a fresh stmt ; but would she go with him? Semchnw he did net think that she would. He liml left it te Miliicent Atkins te break the news of Miss Chester's death te her, and It was with nn un happy hc-irt that he went down te the lottnge the following nfternecn. Miliicent cntiie te him in the garden, as she aw him diive up. Her ejes wi-re compassionate. "I am se sorry, Mr. lawless, but she will net see jeu. Somehow, I felt sure tills would happen, and thnt was why I asked von te stay nwny for e little while. Oil. don't leek like that," she added, as Chris turned his face away. "Yen must Jiint humor her a little," she went en gently, "Tilings will come nil right: In the cud, I am sine " She hasittted, then: "She usked me te give you tills letter." she added. Cluis took it without a weul. lie drove away again along the dusty, sunny read by which he had come, with lieie nnd there n glimpse of the livei ipnrklini; like diamond in the sunlight bitween its ijreen banks. There was nothing crtitfl about It to day, he thought. It was all smiling and icclucthc, and he shivered ni he remem bered the feel of the wet. slimy r-eds and realized wdiat Ms friend's death mtibt have been In tha mist and dark- JICOB, CONTINUED MONDAY faABtC6RJvj5 AKRWEV AY ZANtER ANT QOMP ANNOUNCING WT AM tWCCE MJt FROM FN AWW AVJStRAUA 0H "THE OH MINI A CABLEGRAM FROrA UNO.E IM Ht'S ON HVS WAN- Mt'lU 66 HERE W ABOOT THREE VjSEKS - WOUtAr&- W UNCLE BlrA "IMMTT 0M Ut?t CVA5TM& PV WOVLD ra OUr umj HEADLINE W I 3AHTK C KEw3?KPEfcS- jevej?'- HtS is one WAX TXE CABLEGRAM WAS REtEVEt? r 0 MAMA-" UNCLE. BWS COMNb- TTT' m Ha IS THE OWE- rMU ?sn un Ort HVS WAN tM? THOUGHT rtivr iCTtce VMOUL& QCtNCj WrA - "nt. KMG OV or viHAVsce- vm MA 4uK a MOWtX A TA5 WTO VAVATE.r TMA A ScrTp 15. -fi. cAMMjy ftlRX- 'TYIAT BAMV i A HOUSE OP WOVIASYUP- NtLL- COME ON OSva TVtt 5RAMA- LET THE CORTAm QO P THP BV615W0W 15 OW- I'LL BE L ciwit. 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