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THE ONE UNWANTED
' ByRUBYAYRES
Auther of "A llachcler Husband," htc.
5 Corurleht lu Wheeler Bvmtlcale, Inc.
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THIS HKOINS TllK STOKY
jp-i.i ,thaipelntal her family, who
K, Ysca'imdcs lead te shipping
iX'Wle n bevan farm. Xahy i.t
ilS friends, particularly Jlark
lZfaien. a gentleman farmer, who
iZl her ichen she falls through the
L .'though he is gruff with her for
'"! 'keeping te safe place ni she is
Jut Then he lightens the iebuke
S a kU Iter father visits her,
utaiiwa ig, geed-looking man, in-
"B , Lionel Champien, iehe
Jt curt trhen Mark s name is
entiencd. ft seems he holds the
ZTrtaaacs en Mark's-estates and had
ninti his father. Mark proposes te
?'.!'. I nhni the, farmer a irin
1'iVrl of it she is much disturbed.
Ihrk tell' """ hc " ""' vcl '.'.
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.(niMtet position fe mnr
.i.t-.nieit comes again and i
triiii at Nellys engagement. .SJ.e
f :.. thnt he minht release some of
i lit ))erti)ancs hc holds en Mark's
tentrty. ttv agrees te de se, en
audition that if her engagement te
Murk is broken, sue urn fii'c mm
th. t.ater Sally is shocked by
nnelc from Mark stating that hc
larti her but is in no vositien te
inarfv. N'',p' )hc CM '""' ,IC "'',
ui.lhest then forget each ether. Then
I At was gene!
AND 11KUK IT CONTINUES
CHAPTER XXVII "
A Clean Itrcah
MRS. AMU-JUKI wan nlone in the
kitchen. She had liml her break
fjt flic told me, nnilAvnH keeping -enc
ket for me. l'oer "'1 m'l Nhe "voided
C.Hncr nt me. Mill, l mm, in micur
vretched deperntien, I said :
"Mr. Andcrhen has bpen here. Iinmi t
le?"
SH colored In distress as (.he an
ile eanie'te ask
teu were all right. lie said lie unw
roil eiit In the tnln last night, and was
ifrald yen might lmvc taken n chill."
'Hew kind of him!" I said.
with n reckless hnnd I nut fix lumpn
r .nenr Inte the tea which I knew she l
w Duh. . i i ii i i i.
kail already Hwceieiieu. iimv iiiiivu iiu
Wmc and ask if I wan nil right?
I burned with shame te think hew
fatally I hml given myself away last
jljht. Hew I had begged him net te
leave me. Hew much I bad let him
tec I cared.
"Vve ent some news ier you, .urs.
get somewhere up in my tUrent and
was choking me; but I kept en tell
Ing myself that I did net rare thnt
it was nothing te me any mere if I
had te pnsi him twenty times a day
thnt nil feeling for him had gene.
It was a liej of course! Hut for the
next two dnya I tried se hard te cheat
myself into the belief that it was true
that there was never nnj; ether thought
In ii'y mind.
I just lived for an answer from
mother, and it came en the third day
the kindest letter I had ever had from
her. She said she watf pleased I had
asked te be allowed te return and that
she would be glad te welcemb me.
"1 shall seen be losing one of my
girls," she wrote. "He come home and
try te make it up te me, Snlly."
I wondered if she wan thinking e
Lionel Champien when she wrote that I
And I laughed ns I thought of his
strange proposal te me. Well, hc would
in ver be called upon te keep bis share
of our contract, anywny. lie would
never be asked te wipe off the mort
gage en Mark's farm en our wedding
day. There would never be n wedding
day I The" stupid tears rushed te my
eyes nt thai thought, but I brushed
them angrily nwny.
I would marry a rich man. Perhaps
even, if Mr. Champien asked me again,
I would say yes!
Hew Mnrk would hntc it If he heard!
Or had it all just .been pretense when
hc had snid he was jealous of Mr.
Chnmplen?
I went en rending mother's letter
with mlty eyes.
"I nm writing te Mrs. Albcrrv bv
Ibis same pest and explaining matters
te her. Mr. Champien called in last
night, and when told him ion were
coming home he offered 1e meter jeu I
up. as It appears he lias te go te f.nhg-
ten which is. I believe, quite near you ,
en the Friday." I
Tlic color Hew te my fnce. A faint
spark of interest woke in my heart.
lie liked me at any rate! I Imped
passionately that Mark would see him
drive through the village. It would
show him that I was net quite dp.selnte
or unheeded.
Thnt letter enme en Wednesday, nnd
for the npxt two ilnys 1 went out boldly,
net enilng whether I met Mr. Ander Ander
eon or net.
J came fnce te fnce with Xlnn once,
nnd. though I think she would hnvc
pitted by, I Mopped her.
isn C It n nice morning? I said.
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Albcrry,:' I said presently, when 1 had I ' Shrwreed ,v , me." '"""""" "' "''
choked down, ii iiieui ii mi i w hi. ..It mnk .. .,..,. of . ..,-..
HbC I0OKP.I up. linn ! e,i- .-i.-I v, ..,., ..VnnMI Inve IW.,;i.l ..
. '" flin unrli.n M!..e Hint.. 'I
It wns the opportunity I wanted.
1 slum t be here in the nirlns, I
and ncr eyes
,,11 nf kimllv nnxletv. "I'm net
Mrnl nn mere." 1 went en with linrd
reckleiMie's. "It wns n mistake, nt
jqn told me, se last night I told Mr.
ndrrSOIl 1 WOUIIl hoc murrr linn HiiiT
'SAnnrrSOIl 1 WOUIIl liut raum uim iiiii-i
iSn."
IJ I nislied through the lie nnyhew.
l"Ui(l 'ip tell ou when he wiw here jus
jltewJ" I nsked ficracly.
'u She "Ihhm her head. Her lips were
trcmblinu.
"I'm sure I don't knew what te mi.v.
Miss S.il'y," she urn wei't-il. "In spite
Of what I've snid In the pnt in -nj
heart I was glnd te think thnt you
tnil hlin wis going te lie 'e hiip'ij. Sueli
mice ;ent'eiimii ns he is. w "
"Oh, ke miii think he i, de jini?" I
raid, mid I Inughed.
"I'v. nlwnAs tlmuslil se," vhe In In
tited enrneMly. "Hut. nil tli" aii'e.
I Knew lie was net n fit hubiind for n
feun; lady like jeii, nnd if ns ou hne
nallv come te see it from the same point
I
lilt IP i been uwake nil nniht. .mi
iHheil I I'A (! if lie would like te i e
jen, .e didn't answer nt nil. but ju-t
dienk Ms head .mil then - '
''He !;ie I wouldn't see Mm, tluil s
uhy," I vnick in shiilh. "And he
knows I inn't evi r want te mt luri
n pa In, vi if he comes- here or jmi Knew
l('s eninlii'!. nlense tell me first, se that
l i an keep eiu of the way
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The Yeung Lady Acress the Way ,
Mild. "I'm ai'iig'heme en S'lturdav.
I bin k te Londen."
1 She looked astonished.
"1 'heusht you were going l. stnv
for ever e long." she .said.
"Se I wns," I admitted. "Hut I'm
I tired of it. It's dull ifter town, se!
i I'm seiuif home ie have n geed lime
ignln. 1'here are let ()f dances nnd i
j things en new In Londen, jeu knew." I
She looked faintly envleii". i
"Yim, I suppose se." I
j Thcie wns ,i little silene tl.cn I
linde her goed-hv. She would tell Mink, j
' 'if course; which wns jut OMutlj what i
I w ibeil her te de. I
i I had a note from Lionel Clnunpien i
1 mi Friday evening; he wa. at Luifgteii.
, '' snid, nnd believed thnt my mother .
I nd told me be wtis eemlinr exer ihe'
tif view, I'm sure I bene it'll be fei following dm te lake me luiek te town.
.ir h'liniliievM. mss, iii;it i de, umitgn " s,.,n 1)(, tllrl :iijut 1(, e",.0(.v..
IniMiiens it 11 go riuel liurd for lilni. . .,,,,1 ml. jt will net be tee enrlv for
Shu wip'il nw-iy n, tear nn-l lieinn .,,." i,,, .,,.,, "i si,nll hrl ti.n 1.1,.
frrniisl folding her apron into plaits. ' ,.. m VH, ,.,, tQia nie.-t 0f your bug- '
I IIMMIIM JIT 1UMHIMI IIIP IIIKWIIII J1 gC Will 1 S
n if sen-eMiln,' hud hnppenel te up-," ,tl'-t 'tll',nv nv n)11(.h SKnK,. .
jet him. vi, went en m the g.u inleu- thought I hud, or if he wni judging my '
hililen v,i bdeved of her Hn -Ln. 1mm! wnr.lrebe In the hivMi stiiiiduid wlii.-'i
my sisl-rs affected, but all nij werldl.i
I iivses-lnnM were centnlned in me geed- ,
duel I tiunlt, whidi wns ieii(l jinckitl
end stripped. '
Mrs. Albcrrv cried most of thnt day.
he seei.ied te think Hint she hud
.ailed in her duty as I, wns Icm Jug se
n, .1 ml once or twice I was almost
tempted te tell her the tiilth. se that
she need net feel se sud about il
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THE PORTLY PORTER AND THE NEW-FANGLED DUSTPAN By FONTAINE FOX
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C1IAPTKK XXIX
She staled nt me liureduleusl , mid , " shall ceme nnd stuy with you
hecoler ieve ; her face. often." 1 said sexenil times. "When
And 1 m sure Mr. Andersons the ,), fin, Wenther comes I shall conic
inti ns w(.;n(i ue tercing ills cempanv I ,(v m stnv n ienth."
Mere It wasn't wished for," she said Itut I knew 1 should never ceme
MfMlslvelv. (iLMin -w Innr ns Mnrk Anilersnn lltw.,!
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i uiirst our inugiung. new ironical n niinwher
ill was! When t had IevpiI him and
llthrd te marry him. tliex lmd nil
ww Jin. lie wns net a sulfilile hi,. , ,, ,u.uvv wm, Ht.Kf(,t
pil for ui New thnt I lmd lwen ,. ... . .
Irecge-l re.in.1 te their wnv of think. . ' ll0I'J. was a terrible len.i en my
ing they w-re prfpnre.l te tnke up the ,""'t n" V1!1.! dny,i . , a
cudgels In lis defense 'H-Mles tplrit tljnt was hems tern from
I lnni.i mi .1," ' ,i.. tin- only plac en earth where it hml
r cheeks, and nt Inst Mrs. Alberry '"""'" !"'I,Pi,lcwj and yet surely I
tint tr .-.v.,,, . r . hn,l k'nmvfi ns rnur-h nvwilfliiOLs iiu lintml-
""II uii in nign uuigeen. iinii i wus -. V" ....,....,,,..
left nlene.
I sat at the brenkfnRt tnble wondering
Mat te de with myself the whole day.
nlmt was 1 te de with myself for the
"f-t of my fe?
Last Illirht.'s rnln hfwl nlnnrntl nwiiv
ind the sun shone, but I wus nfraid te
et for fun- 1 should meet Mark. I
J'ftjcd in the house, wandering round
"Ting te help Mrs. Alberry, nnd only
meeecded lu getting in her" wny.
1 linil ,w,fn.. 1....... ... ...t. n....i.i.. i
,,, ,:,--- i' .ii n mint', mm- in 01
'HO, U hen iivenlti .fimi. T ilirn,l.f r
would go mad if l had te go thruiigh
annthPr Ml(.h ,llly-
riieii suddenly I mnde up my mind I
yeiiM wiite te mother and ask her if
"nun go home.
I had Het loeeli lmnn thnt tin, .,.,.1,1
converit. but uiiything wrn. better thnu
"V's ieii down here in the country,
nllCll I h:lil nli-en,li. ,.r.. ., ... 1......
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Winll' t lii.li tit, . I l. ...... T ... !..!
tlrnl il -... .Hill IIII-II-. L 1ISHUII
"Km out if 1 could come home.
WW (luilruilifully) thnt I had just be
' ie iea I is-.,. n i ,d thrown -away
"J m foellslmess, nnd If she would let
tome back te Londen I would be
Keud n geld, de what she wished,
tl!,'.?';1'" 11,(,,l' ml l"l M my
,(-"".'-IWlL"S.
1.1,1 i ,''ni ""' engaged any mere," I
de-pe.ntely. "He hadn't any
r""' "e what was the use? Let me
wne I,,,,,,,,. muti.,.( all(1 l ,V(! )u my
iilh , "m ,ou sllu,l,t bp "appointed
I hIiiieil out and down te the village
The young lndy ncress the way
snjs jeu really can't blame the
peer coal miners for objecting te
the check-off s.xstem, but they must
remember thnt they're net the only
ones whei are having their wages
reduced since the war.
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E0UCftTlOHA. CARToeN NO 1 . SP
ness since I cnnie te the CSnhle Farm.
1 Ijiek-'d out of my window toward
Mr. AndiTsen's farm twenty times dur
ing the dny. , The weather seemed te
have taken a' turn for the better, and
there civtuinly wus a touch of spring
ii the ill a faint, indeliniible some,
thing t lut t mnde my iieurt nche.
1 had se looked forward te the spring
and the tlewcrs. It would have bu-n
hi liven 'e 'nive been down here in the
sunshine with Murk
I would nut let myself think of it.
1 had den" a it Ii him. My only anxiety
new was te forget him.
I hud net Men him since thnt morn
ing when I sny him walking down the
toad, and I don't think he bad been
ne.ir th" Allien j h at nil.
I went .ill round the f.irm with Mr.
Alberry tu.it ntternoen. ineugii i imil i
I ecu ther- such u little while, it cave
j me u feeling of homesickness te be le.iv-
nig u.
"We shnll he lonely without jeu,
missle," Mr. Alberry said once, his
kind es wistfully upon inc.
The tears ruse in mine.
"I hute going," I snid impulsively,
and 1 took his big. rough hand and
gdve it a siiuecze; "hut you won't ever
tell any one I said se, will jeu?" I
ndded in a panic.
"L keep my own counsel always,"
he answered stolidly, and for the first
time it occurred te me Hint pernnps
he knew mere than I gave him credit
in, I ' . " """ l'i I lie Vlliugu i ....v.. ......v. r. -.,...,.
be J',''1 tl1' Uu'v ms('lf. h0 " tolfer k,,ew"; ' ,. , T
ce iru tlmt it went. J Had Mark told him anything? I
wY'nt "i'' '""Rest wny round, se 1 1 IeiikciI te ask, but was afraid.
an 1 "et '",VL' te l)llss Murk's farm, Wu had u silent ten, though 1 mnde
hUvni I v ""' "'"'" l neiiril
me ,, i . " tnt' InrknesH coining toward
"" "lu the sound of his stee.
ClIAI'THIl XXVIII
t'haiiiplen (e dm Itcscuu
ed ipilte still. I felt us if I
(He n., M... ..i .1 .
Hiil ,..,. . ' 1111111.- uieiig ine renu
"".Missed (Ml It., ,.leso til u-hi.ru 1 stn.wl
dli n,.!Ui wilh """Hut man. whom 1
be imiLi!0W' ""ll l ,,cnrd I,,m N"J' HN
Anvu,.llfr.ni'1, 1,n n blt f Pessimist.
Aane'," . '2n L Wl ' '" te
Them ii-nVn .. H..1.... ... ..
TCMh ti. " , ""l in i no ceuniry
We tie ' M ll(' wM ml l'eibly
liii tii., V. '. """ iil 'is "e passeil l
Ihalf.i,. , lmt,tur tl10 Binullest second be
Knee 'n''1, ,"" ,f renl"'" W
I " I dn '" 1,B WPnt " "Kllln-
Hew" ii, i"l. '"J hick ie cuange
it' . hat had he meant bv thnl ?
rent .i!?."! was buatinjf se llunlas I
Wn flewly en that It Bcemcd te have
snnsmedlc nttempts at conversing. Mrs
Alberry had baked my favorite cake,
but nobody ate much of it ; nnd, though
1 tried net te think, I kept telling my
self thnt this wus the lust time I should
eer have tea in the dear old kitchen;
that tomorrow I should be at home in
nil the pomp nnd grandeur and formal
ity of my mother's house-,
I went te bed enily. There was n
lire lu in) room, ii nil I sat down en
the rug in front of it, wrapped hi my
diessiug-gewii, and looked into the
llnmes.
I had fallep in love and suffered n
bitter disillusionment.
Could I ever leully forget it and be
happy again. I could never really for
get, I was sure of that ! Willi the pes
simism of youth, I believed that I
should never again love any one. Hut
I meant te try te put these weeks
behind me and make something out of
my life.' ,
CONTINUFiD TOMOimOTV
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A DeZEki Pairs of sfocKiMtti-ep-
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