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;2H CW UNWANTED
" ' ByRUBYAYRES
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Auther of "A Bacheler Husband," etc.
Covurteht bu Wheeler Syndicate, Inc.
'THIS BEGINS THE STOKY
Rally disappointed her jamlly, who
Janted a hey, and she teas enli e
lamia!. L'scnpndc lend te shipping
xKiuAied tcift her new surround'
hat and friends, particularly Mark
iUcrten, a gentleman fanner, who
fain her when she falls through the
lit though he is gruff with her for
" lJW te safe place as she is
uU Then ha lightens the rebuke
M a kiss. II er father visits her,
Irineina a lig.gdod-leoking man, in
troduced as Lionel Champien, who
,imi curt when Mark's name is
uttitiencd. It seems he holds the
Horieooc en Mark's estates and had
nintd his father. Mark proposes te
Rutin, and when the farmer's wife
?!.'. it the is much disturbed.
.Mark tells Sally he is net vet in a
Mtncial position te marry. Mr.
rkamvien comes again and' is sur-
Irim at Sally s engagement, tshe
ifnfi that c ln'0ht release some of
le mortgages he holds en Mark's
..Arrtu. He agrees te de se. en
I! nniitien that if her engagement te
V Hark it broken, she will give him a
I chance. Later Sally is shocked by
K i nole from Mark ( stating that he
ntrry. When she sees him he says
Hit lest they forget each ether. Then
lV teas gene. Disillusioned, Sally
iteides te return home te Londen.
The last daV '" Deven passes
Jitavllil- She meditates en her dis dis
tffdiien in love.
OlND IIEKK IT CONTINUES
l tiTmiT llre for rears vet! And se.
I I ... . i ... . .. , WHS L'nlnP! Iillf T Itnnn- (linf nit T ..-n
1 trhv theulcl i net I nvc us goon u .. in 7 'it "-", ,"" """
Irtmeas possime; nuui uit uru ui hnnnlness uv behind me. in thnt slre.tr
.rnally wearing the willow for mun little town.
who cared nothing for mc? rifAPTF.it vvvi
But just for n minute I shut my eyes . .. . . .
nd theucht of Mark ns he hud looked; ... , , . . . ',, .,
gne nuufc"L " It f-cemed ti long, interminuble rule,
when he first kissed me ; of the feel though I wns quite warm nnd comfort cemfort comfert
f bis arms round me nnd the touch nblc, nnd the car was the last word in
of his lips en mine. 1 1" "r5., im, , .v. w.
Bat it was only for n minute. The , ,ewnsi f,w whlntiAn.i wAriV
nit I was en my feet, trying dener- 'ngaln through the closing afternoon,
itcly te think of something else, te leek I "Are you tired?" Mr. Champien
forward, always forward, and never I nhKen once, and 1 shoeK my head.
.. i,i,i,l i,0 uiuiiK you ; uut i sneuiu imnK
onto Bcmna. ,irivim ..n h (,e
I crept into bed nnd lay facing the1' "j? Qh. I am used te it."
rlleht till I fell nhlcei). But I could , We seemed very formal, both of us.
nlr have slept n little while, for when ","'1 f wondered what he hud heard
J i. .l,l. H.nrf .!, -rnmlfnlW "1,0,,t ,nC Uml wl,at 1,e WnS thinking.
,t .n, ,.. ,i ...oe :i,i., , It wenicd like a tangible presence
deck outside my deer was striking ,iplwwn ,1S( tIlc conscleusncb of my
ljren, and I sat up in bed nnd ceuntei. broken engagement, till at Inst I could
tie slew strokes with a swiftly beating "tund It no longer, nnd snid defiantly :
. t , "Well, jeu ran de what you like
F6? It was net the Heck that hud ei" ' '
vnkened me nor any little sound in The color deepened in his face, and
tin house; but the instinctive feeling for u meinent he did net niiMvcr.
.!. l.n.T .,n,i ... ' Dl'l .von liear?" I asked. I felt
I clnsncd my hands tlehtlv in mv
lap. We had te pnss Xlx. Andcrsen'B
nouse uetore we wcre quite, but of the
village, and I felt the bleed rising te
my face, and I did net dare te turn my
hend as we sped by.
A moment and it wns ever! And I
gave n long breath of relief. I hoped
wildly that I Bheuld never bee him
again, and yet all the time there was
almost a prayer in my heart that I
might see him once mere before Lang
ten was left behind, perhaps forever.
Well I did, for Mr. Champien, it
appeared, had left something nt the
hotel In Langton where he had stnyed
overnight, and he stepped the car te
fetch it, and I wns left outside alone.
Langton was only n small, straggling
sort of town, but the Albcrrys always
fpoke of it as if.it were of grout im
portance, and I was thinking hew enor
mous Londen would eccm by contrast,
when I heard the clop-clop of a horse's
hoofs, nnd half turning in the seat 1
saw Mark Andersen riding up the read
behind me.
He did net sec me till he came
abreast with the car, when he casually
turned his head nnd our eyes met.
I was as pale bb a ghost, I knew, and
I saw the bl6ed rush te his fare as his
hand went involuntarily te his hat;
but I gave no acknowledgment, nnd
the next moment he had passed en.
Mr. Champien came out from the
hotel, climbed in beside me, and turned
the car about.
"New for home," he said lightly.
I nodded ; I could net trust myself
te spcaK; lie might call "home" Lon Len Lon
eon, nnd my own people te whom I
that bome one had called my .nnme.
nervy nnil en edge.
I listened, but I could hear nothing. "i i,n0w that you had broken your
"A dream, I thought, unci lay down i engagement, he answered.
.ln nnd closed my eyes. , T , , JO" you juiew wrong i snap pen.
Hut almost immediately I was up in ; r H.lnn., t,, ",,'1.. ' lsfi tlmt. hu:
bed once mere, breathing fust, for I 1 tell you se that' you shan't blame mc
knew though I had net actually liei.rd for for nnUliing that happens."
any sound that seme one was near I.T,i;M,0k?(1 lnw" nt .-. , t, .
m-i . ,,V(inf it vnti ,11mm i AtivHmif flinf
me, trying te attract my attention. imn,K,,ls
Mark! My first thought Hew te him. ' "If I marry any one else or any-'
only te be dismissed. What could he .thins. 1 cxplntnid llippurit'v.
want with mef JHit alter it niomeut 1 ' , 11 you marry mi ler instance, iif
Icrept out of bed and ever te the win- siil.
Idew. ' t 1 moved n llttle further from him.
The fire wns still burning brightly,! I didn t mean thnt at nil," I inl
and as I drew aside the blind te peer , severed, but. of ceunw I had.
out its light must huve bhewn up my 1 "I hipe you will marry me," he said
THE GUMPS-Hei Hum!
BU Sidney Smit
tirurc distinctly te any one outside
It was a very btill night and star
light, but I reuld sec nothing down in
the garden, suve the queer shupelqiH
bushes beneath the window and beyond
them the irregular line of the stone wall
that divided the farm property from
that read.
But I steed thcre until I was trem-
Iblingr nith cold, and then I crept back
te bed.
It mu6t have been a dream, that was
all! And by and by I fell asleep, nud
only wolse te find my room tilled with
daylight.
CILVPTEK XXX
One Final Encounter
Mrs. Alberry breucht mv brcakfust
upstairs that morning.
"You've a long drive nnd you'll be
tired out," she snid, when I objected.
It s urly yet. There's no need te get
up for another hour or mere."
Uut I diesscd us seen as I hnd had
'I hops very much that you will
I inusjhed hstericnlly.
"What en earth would mother any
If she could hear you?" I said.
He made no answer, 11ml I went en.
"I'm going te behuve like my sisters
when I get home. I'm going te spend
I'eunds en clothes nud hnve the time
of my life, nnd get myself talked nbeut.
nnd enjoy myself nnd " and have
ny phetJgrwh in nil the papers, and
:ind set the Thames en fire generally."
lie looked i'tnused.
"I think you are quite capable of
It." he isald. "Uut if, in the mean
while, ynu can find a moment in which
te consider me as n posslble husband.
I shall be well, te put it mildly,
extremely grateful te you."
I looked at him curiously.
"De men like you always propose
In this sort of way?" I asked, and I
thought of the way In which Mark
Andersen had taucn me in lus nrms
my IpifMkfnkt' mwi wn,wn,i , m and kissed me before a word had been
die farm. The sun was shining ngiiln. ,8ai'1; , . . , -., ,, r,l
and I wished it hnd been raining, se 1 !n what sort of way: Mr. Cham-
ijai 1 sneuw net nave minded leaving i""" '''
. w vwu.i.1. mi iiiiii'ii. .ri. 1 mh v .11 lib
Cbenner. at T enllrrl Vilm xnmn mmul
tbe farm with me. I think he was mere
mrty thnn nil.V ene thnt T wns pntne
ltiJ' llH ewl,8n eyes were quite wlst-
'u., unu wuen 1 gave him Hve .shillings
a parting present I tlieught he wus
joint te cry, ns he backed away from
, biiuHing nia head
w.i .,(len l wnnt " money from you,
Was, lie said. "Anything as I've done
Mr jeu I've been real pleased f de."
"ui luuuu 111111 tal:e it, nnd we shook
Mndi, aud 1 felt the beurllkc grip of
"tterwanl.
, lr- nmmpien enme punctually in
:, I aw hi-, ear boine dlstnnre uwnj
one tin. read, and my heart tank Inte
r beets.
ints was really the end. I had get
"Se, and without seeing Mink.
1 went up te my room uud put en
IT, . and ce'l, 'rilt,ru wn " kerr'il
f,,uP.? ,uy tlll't, nnd my eyes wcie
l L. 1 teftrs us l loeI:etl etind the root .
inn.i. i"?PVSr b(!e,lll;l1 beautiful, or -.
cu hk ,eme. Kven the uclv nle-
wn en the wnlly beciiuie dear u.i ul
n'ient U1 t0 the one (lf !laude Duval
U& a?"?1 ",' lhc ma"- V-,s' ' was very
twU, K Ani''n, but I haled him
waute something in libi flue brought
ffii Ht ik,w1nte feeling that I
Tl "vvcr he happy jy mure.
11. l".rnc,l away mid went dewiiKtnlrs.
hlr n"")l011 wa" ,n lllu bt'st l"rler.
M nM. r. ". "re J1?" Mfij Ht f".;
tUW n "'"in. mm no loeueu round
W a bwiu when j walaj(l inle iil
ini t,W !ie ?"" ,le?" ll,! ,,1,l(l gravely,
Suit, f 8,"", ,1!1",lh- "Well, lire you
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ftt'th.';!' V,"!l'p,l P? It's cold In spite
Wte " ,,0Bi!, ! R,l,ll('11' "Vt's
S,111'11 jeu," nitnlii. It wns nli
tate,1! for",al ,,lul unfriendly. Then
"I'd nnl ,K00,'-1I'- -Mrs. Alberry
i ' - iii'itriv run iiu 1 hem tin
hVti!".c,r.e n.:Lhcc the"'
S I W,."?vvr kpen tM l'"Pl).v anywhere
Odd. ,, 'T"er."'. ! ,0,(1 h"v bllt ,li'1 "t
, '"''t truthfully luivu done,
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,t niVU'
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ttetheV V. 1 :uucrry, tee (I dnrci sny
9d then ?"la U?va 1,ec vandalized).
AY men I get Inte Km en- i,nui.i.. M-
lmFnn,:iWith mT box trapped' In
vav '.i.n.. PWMntly we were driving
bC .u:" no uneven lane te the
j t"1, DHew the farm,
bend m-1 LaSkw'cn we reached the
t the linn. "'" rn. Alberry were both
Uo,r,"':lt''tw..degH,
ti iM -" viu ua u eiur ier iue
vis, n my eyca.
jr-p' ,aP aniI Inte the inlilttyeaa. '
In this well thW matter-of-fact
sort of way," I explained.
"I imagined that you would net care
for me te put ray arm round you or
kiss you." he answered gravely. "But
if you would prefer it "
I cried out in alarm.
"Of course net! I never meant that.
Don't be' se silly!"
IIe laughed again.
"I can mnke love quite passably, I
premise you," he said.
"I suppose you've had u let of prac
tice," I said cuttingly.
"A fair amount," he agreed
"It won't suit me ut all then," I
said. "I should like te be 11 man's
liret and last love."
"The day of miracles has pawed,"
Mr. Champien siiid dryly.
"What de you mean?"
"Only that few men marry their fast
love fortunately."
"Fortunately for which of them?"
I nsked.
"Heth," snid he.
Tliern wns n little silence.
"We'll, you eut'lit te knew," I told
him.
IIe laughed nguln.
"Seme dnv you will agree with me,"
he said. "Hulle! These ar0 the lights
of Londen. We shall been be home
new. Are you cold?" for I hud given
n Htf'-s Silver.
"Ne I'm net nt nil cold, thank
you," I said. I turned and looked back
nleng the long, dark rend by which we
hnd come.
Fur, far away In the distnnce were
twinkling lights, nnd I knew that miles,
many 1111101 beyond them ngnln, wns
Langton and the Oable Farm, nnd
the man I loved.
Teavs hwiiiii Inte my eyes nnd I
blinked them nwuy furiously. This wnF
a line beginning te my firm resolution
te forget.
"What nre you thinking nbeut?"
Champien said.
"Nothing," I said sharply. Ilut I
was thinking of the leek in Mark An An
dereon's ejes that morning when for n
moment they met mine, nnd wonder
ing If I should ever see him again.
There wns 11 dinner party In prog
ress ut mother's house when wu ar-
"A dinner party!" I said blankly,
when the servant told us. "Vhy thej
knew I was coming, didn't they?"
"Ycb, miss, I think be, miss at
least." The girl looked uncomfortable.
"Your room Is (pilte ready for you,
mlsH," she added npolegetlcnlly.
Mr. Champien wns frowning ungrily,
uud I laughed as our eyes met.
"I'm still of no Importance, evi
dently," I said, trying te speak lightly,
but tucre was a iuhui m m? imuiu.
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DOLUNtf HERELP
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Copyright. 1921, br Public VtSter Company
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