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EVENING PUBLIC LEDGER PHILADELPHIA, MONDAY, DECEMBER IS, 1021
By Sidney Smith
THE GUMPS Even the Ship Captain Has a Mate
77 ONE UNWANTED
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Auther of "A Bacheler Husband," etc.
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h. fat-Sarah Elizabeth Slater
''''"r.i-j f..f nttim. inin iiinfrl
i'i and uat en,V a mbay.
nSSaitt lead te shipping her off te
j niten farm. On her arrival the
'.till. ,kn it in leir a wheel and the
ttritcued by a handsome young man,
u.rk Andersen, the community farm'
tiSiipnaie. Sally is delighted with
Ztu) surroundings and friends,
mtkuUrlyJlark.IIe fayes her
V.'i, Luff with her for net keeping
-ZlftilMi the rebuke with a kiss. Sally
"teVflici then she loves Mark. Her
"x3m iMtr visits her. bringing a big, geed-
hiking neiii "'- "
rktmpien, who seems curt when
lttrk's name is mentioned. It neems
teit the mortgages en Mark's
'.'J? ..A had ruined his father.
ItuWUcrk proposes te Sally, and when,
iMT.'Lmtr's wife hears of it she is
;,ci diliurbed. Mark tells Sally he
U net Utt in financial position te
marrv iff- Champien comes again
t U surprised at Sally's engage
utnl. he hints that he might re
Lit some of the mortgages he holds
,n ilark's property. He agrees te
in se. en condition that if her en
iumtnt te Mark is broken, she will
cite him a chance. Later Sally is
thekei by a note from Mark stating
Hit he loves her but is in no position
U mtrry.
ml'AND HEUE IT CONTINUES
CHAPTER XXV
The Last Meeting
e lantern which Ned had left en
the bench flickered nnd went out in n
Ljden gust of wind, but I did net care.
at en in the chilly darkness, prnying
itt T ralcht seen wnke up nnd find 1t
ll a dream, although In my heart I
new It was truth, horrid, storing truth.
hleh I had get te face.
.He did net love me ! The only kind
hbg that I could wish for either of u
that we might never meet again.
The time crept en, nnd presently 1
urd Mrs. Albcrry calling tnnt sup-
it'r was ready.
Sunncr! This, then, wns the end
f the wonderful dany te which T hed
eVed forward be passionately.
Jxhe sluggibh bleed stirred in mj
eln, and a sudden Heed of anger
ept through me. I would net accept
Ihla letter. I Would see him once ngnin
r diet If he thought he could threw my
Tt OBlde se easily he was mistaken !
nd presently I found myself out in
he cold night, running through the mud
nd pouring rain, hatless nnd ceatlcss
s I was, saying ever nnd ever again
etftr-my heart: "I hntc him! T hate
tel"
I never stepped for n second till I
is tt the deer of his house.
I steed still then, went through, nnd
asking In every limb, the letter clutch-
i In my hand.
.There was a light In the parlor
Indew. where n hnrt hnrl ten tliet
IRM'st afternoon, nnd I crept nleng the
$ni 01 me oeuse, trying te see rjc
eitb the blind, which was net nulte
MWH down.
- But beyond an edge of white table.
:pu ana the glow of the lire I could
ft nothing.
was ae mere? II he was net, I
ade UP my mind thnt I wnnlH unit
III he cnnie home, even it I had te
ait an night.
I think T milsl- hnrn linnn ii llltl.
Q rAV hp.lrl. fnv rifncnntlt T n.nn,l
mmPZ na"d te knock at the deer.
fi teeraee. a Jeng time before my
sock wj3 answered, nnd then It was
7 "la nerseir.
fe I00"? se pretty and composed
alnfnllv. t v,,, r :..."." '"
led object, nnt thnt m fc..
"ftl7, tbut T m net en.
,. ,,'?w.w y" arc! Won't you
we in? she asked, in concern.
1 heard what she sniri hm t ,iw
nswer. ' w "'" "ut
I want in Kfe tr An.!...... t.
be at home?" A voice, which, of course,
nnmi.Ti.'i B'Kca lfie QUMtlen. but It
eupded like a stranger's.
m t .' ?no sa:d l '" "erry.
verr 1SS ?" l den,t ,,,I,,k hp efl"
I tried te steady my eice.
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Fat lS!lcr-tel1 h"U whcn he C01ncs
.SJW . 'eM, nnd
U,,"; - uuu upen aoeruay oekine
Tl rS'J'JS fewn th Path.
J I cahed "Goed-byl" te her na if
5? '.!! n.0t5lnL8 th" atter. 'but as
fSkC awn? 8but th0 deer r 4
' 1 Te get te the hniiKi. T t, i. , .
J meant te stay them nil nii,- ......
""0 came.
stay there nil night or until
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The
rf H."in ''?d "topped, but the wind
U m i?i hf'P tl,,i"' ti,rntcd slippers,
Jreck chln. T' ,,IC thl" "k0" f my
SSn fe.t0 m- ltl a he.-rlble
, i heard u pln.v et.n... :. ... .
f ,UVh?'"d mc- nml l wondered what
Slwa thlT V,Cre thl"ling, and hew
That happened; """ ""' laUBnt
1 heard thnt nit. ..n . l, ..
ne hut .mi . ." nir" nau-pnst
b iif Btl l nbely "rf come alone
me" ... """'"-"'y a thought came
.awIe'LT? H. L h'l rcted of
no? Sim! i ""," i "m gene te see
it tfcB8X5 b0"na waiting for me
bin hcrci " ' us ' wns n'nK ler
liilr9nf,!.rl0n llope Penctrutcd the de-KnS'i-.
I 1'W" te run back
lar hli """. niinK i was sob-
hi v.wi .1 , l rnn- l crePt '"te
iM"' the .(ier of the heuse was
upen. nml I ..l.l t
It An. . ."iim rw-ij .ur. unu
ifkine 7 t,0Kctllcr 'n the kitchen,
arlf wa 110t .i.Pf,i ,, T ,,n,i
id Mm.' b?ck ''epelly the way I
V COine, I must see him thnt nlcht
I. "3 tO llPlIP thr. I.. .11. .. II. "
Un t. , ,,u """ '"'" '""
np i,.,. t ..:. ..!.... .Pz i
Ifdln i , ""t" irucueii nun gntc
r4lll, I Ipnniwl nnltiu If ..11. Ml 1
p and bobbing breath.
hBtp,i .i0? '!e? 0h- wll(,re was he?
Juu the darkness that hid him from
Perhnmi ! I.-.! i .. i.,i.
Ioelit.hu . , "J" K"" ln wnue i went
EL'S1?0 leek. r him at home; I
i mi E0 n.Rllln te tl'e beuse. I was
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ftOUht .":" '" " iy ei. uivin
khn ii ,mu uniatcnea tne gate,
fun UlCrO WOS a Sten 111 thn flnrbnnu
ina me.
l'taa MnrV I l, i - .. i
tint i. r ! umi ler mi in-
&80,ut0 fcnp of lllll nl"l what
Rn nl Bny Paralyzed my tongue,
id 1. . no, t,,ee me- Anether moment
"tt 00 Would hniTA iiiiil ...!
'cetf ""i66- Vl,t t'lnt I Btrctclied out
LWnand nml rnnr.1,1 n, k- n." i
arkl" -"" " "i me wuui.
1iyi?reuni1 n8 e d been
. na I heard him catch hla breath
your death of cold. Hew long have you
been here?"
I lnughed wildly.
"IIeuis nnd hours. Ever since your
nete came. I should hnve stayed all
night If jeu had net come."
There was a tragic silence ; then he
said reughly:
"This Is mndncss! Yeu must go home
at once. It's pouring with rain again.
Let me take jeu home."
I etruck at him when he would have
laid his hand en my arm. I am sure
that I did net knew what I wnit doing.
Alas! hew many "times slnce have I net
been nshamed of myself! Of my want
of pride! Of my low of dignity! But
nothing mnttcrcd then, except thnt I
was losing him nothing except that he
did net love mc.
"I'm net going home till you've told
me the truth!" I said, and my voice
rounded old te my own cars. "This let
ter, why did you write It? Oh, Mark,
It's only Inst night you wild you loved
mc. It Isn't true that you don't wnnt
te sce me nny mere, Is It? Oh, say It
isnc truer '
Yes, I pleaded te blm like thnt! I
would have gene en my knees te him If
l natl thought It would hnve done the
least bit of geed ; I wns se young, and
he was the first man I had ever cared
for.
It seemed ns If I could feel mv youth
slipping nwny ns I waited for "his nn
swer, and when it came I think some
thing in my heart died forever.
He speke se harshly, hb if he wrre
angry with mc, as perhaps he was for
iurnng sucn an unpleasant scene upon
him.
"It's quite true," he said, and then
nflcr n moment he went en. "I'm
sorry!" nnd te my despair his voice
teunded as if he wanted te crv, only,
of course, that was n ridiculous thought.
I in s-erry but the best thing we can
de, you nnd I, is te forget that we
ccr met."
CHAPTER XXVI
The Dregs of Lflve
When Murk had finished speaking 1
leaned ngnlnit the gn(e, feeling ns If
ciery bit of life nnd hope had gene out
of me.
There wns something te final in the
Uinklness of his voice; something thnt
Mcmed te tell me that if as he hnd
Mid he was sorry, It was only because
he knew he wns hurting mc, and net in
the lenst because be W113 hurt himself.
in my heart a veice seemed te b
Jirging me te go away and leave him.
e summon nil my pride te my aid. 1
longed te be able te tell him thnt 1
been acting, but what was the use?
If I had net cared, should I have
j.tajcd out In the pouring rain In the
hope of seeing him?
And then, ns I tried te speak, hr
broke out again: .'cun, nr
.. ''rhlmusvso,!eme- . Il'h madness te
reM r ' h ieu 'L Sntch our dcath et
cold. Ge home, Sallv, and I give veu
my word of honor thJt I will come and
we jeu in the morning." """"
-n? rilhtd .""""ring, and perhaps he
ins eicc hurt mc unbearably, nnd 1
broke out like a fury.
"Your word of honor! Yeu haven't
any honor! I never wish teee you
"gain. I thought you were n gentle
man. I wouldn't believe Mr. Cham Cham
pien when he said the things he did
about you. I thought you were the
best man in the world, but new I hate
ti?e,',i t t0 ."iyscIt because I cvei
thought I cared for you. I hate mvsclf
because I let veu kiss me "
.,'S"Jll!i" He. cul,sht my wrist in a
Grl.n that hurt, but I went en madly.
v ,,T,flhew Jeu hew little I care for
'" ! J. V fy the rtr8t mttn wbe ,.,.
mc. If lies an old as Methuselah, I'll
marry him, or If he's ns ugly ns sin."
bally for Ged's snke "
I struck at the hand holding me.
Leave me alone. Take your hand
iwny. I hate you te touch me."
He let me go then, nnd there was n
heavy silence, broken only by his quick
breathing ; then he said again henrbcly :
Let me take jeu home I bee of
you.
I was shaking from head te feet
with passionate anger and pain. My
voice was nil queer little staccato note
as Ianswcrcd:
"Yes, te get rid of me that's nil
you enre for. I suppose you're going
te marry your cousin, that's the truth,
and yeu're tee much of a coward te tell
mc. Well I'm sorry for her. that's
"ll-, I don't like her; I never did, but
she s tee geed for jeu anyway. Anj
woman in the world would be tee geed
for n man like j-eu "
"Sally!" He spoke my name new
with a cry (with n nete se strange
that It seemed te check my headlong
passion), and for a moment I forget
everything except hew cold and wet nnd
tired I was.
Then I sold In a quiet little voice
that did net sound in the least like
inlne:
"I'm going home new. Geed-by."
lie did net answer, but as I turned
awny I knew thnt he wns following,
nnd though I never once looked around
I kuew that he followed me te the
farm, and steed waiting te sec mc safely
indoors,
Mrs. Albeny opened the deer, and
she gave a loud cry of horror when
she saw my wet, draggled condition.
"Oh, my peer dear; my peer dear!"
she sold, and her veire was se kind
and motherly thnt I felt ns if 1 must
threw mjsclf Inte her nrma and sob
out iill my misery : but 1 set my teeth
and turned away.
"I'lcnse leave me alone, I said, nnd
she steed back, nnd I went en up te
my own room and shut the deer.
I lay awake all night, -unable te close
my eyes, unable te shed n tear, my
hands clenched tightly, snjlng ever nnd
ever ngnln ln my heart, "I hate him!
I hate him!"
I think I did hate him ! I think, had
It been possible te de htm any mad
sort of injury I would have done it
that night.
When the morning came I dreaded
having te face the Alberr.VB as if noth
ing had happened. I took an long ns
I could ever my dressing. I went slowly
downstairs, feeling ns If that one night
hud chnnged me from a girl Inte an
aid woman. I wns just at the bottom
stair when I heard a voice in the
kitchen that seemed te step the beat
ing of my heart for it was Mark's!
Why bad he come? T ara ashamed
te confess that, in splte of all that
had happened, the frantic hope leaped
through me thut pcrbeiis he had net
men lit what he suid that he had ceme
te ask me te forgive him, and I con
fess that had he done se I would huve
forgiven him.
I steed there clinging te the balus
ters, trcmbllug in every limb, waiting
for the deer te open and for Mrs.
Albcrry te call me: but the minutes
passed, and then I heard his veice dle
awny, ami presently his step ln the
jard outside.
He had gene. I rushed up te my
room and tow him walking away down
the read with the same easy tread
and easy carrlage that I had always
se much admired. He held his bead
just us high as ever. He did net leek
as it he had spent a tortuous night of
wakefulness.
watched with burning eyes till be
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