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SmTiev. Eteapatti Jtai te ihtpplne
vH.Sm a Imen firm. Here Ae
"'.ilmnH tamer. u6 prepeies
R? ni eppwmtlv HU her,
ilfl tftfll fcB roenoi afford le mnrrt.
7&mI (7AomBei( en elder man, t!t)
Saw J.8 .'''I' '' i
KM. Sfllfv returns Aeme te Aon Aen
2i ieitmintl id plunge into loelal
AND 11EKB IT CONf 1NDK8
, OlfAPTltR XXXII
I 'PALKRD Inte the morning room
nd turned up the light there was ft
j(j burning nnd the room hked cesy.
Mex can bring u seme supper
inf.." I said te the mMd, who wn
'I "ring anxiously round. "And yen
iM net tell nny one wc him come.
' ibtwent nwnr, nwl Mr. Champien
j,tt the deer and cnme ever te me.
t'De they ftlwaVn treat jreu like .thlsl''
ViMkcil, and then, n I nodded, he
!Jdl rthemetttly, "It's h MUfeundcd
1 . " v
. .-eh. thet'B nothing," I wild. "I was
M8l te come home. 1 Mipjiese I
Hi ?w S tlKt. I "might have
bon I heul,l n,Wjre ,thei1,l,M
Mated one te the end of the chapter.
There waM a little Kllehnc. Than Mr,
Chimnlen Bald: "Marry me, fSnlly. and
2'11 ihew them wc .ien't cftie- wlmt
Sir th'nk. I knew you don't belltve
ftWyeu. but I de. i'dglve anything
In VM world te make yeu.hnppy.M
I looked at him. The teara were
JalnfdeAmy face! I don't Ui Ink
l hid ever felt se forlorn In my life.
' 1 had expected audi a different wc
ttmt, and the kind earntrtniM of hla
J! waa like a toething touch en my
"whTnet marry him? Why net? I
U) Sd myw.lt rccklcably. I mipht go
6 for the reat et my life long ng for
fh ImpeMlble, hoping ,that Mine day
llirk Andersen wedld come ImcU into
By life, and hoping In vain.
v..j, n.imt me nt home. Why
should I refuac thla chance of hnppl-
"I don't love y"l you knew that.'
inld. "Hut If you are willing te ink"
the'tlxk I ncui eui my iinnu,
"leu'U have te teke It for both of u,'
IMed .. .., .
BO we were cning ; ""- -?
uther that nght, though, after 1
vii in bed, she came Inte the room nnu
cke my name wftly.
I pretended te be aaleep, and after
I moment khe went itwny.
t was awake all night the room
imcd e stiff and unfriendly after
the old-fanhlenrd celnew of my room
it the Alherrya. Though I tried net te
think af It. or of them, there seemed
rem for nothing else In my thought.
W'lint were thcV doing? Whet'wan
Mark delrtg? Did he knew thnt I was
neycr coming back any mera?
care1
Did he
"lie 11 marry iinn, i ;uui..
told myself. ''And I don't care if he
"ifu'll mtirrv Nine, or course
.I..1:
Mr. Chamiilen wah much better look
ing, or te 1 tried te pretend. Se much
richer, ah mb wue i '" ""'
fir belter time of It, and yet nobeilj
knows hew I lenpcd te b! bark in Di!v Di!v
enkhlrc, hew 1 lehged for the briet
hipplnew I bad known there
t unf dnweRtntra the following
morning te find my father In fcele poa pea poa
KMlen of the breakfast room. H
looked embarrassed when he kaw me.
nod mere embariaawcd ntlll when I wsIU
eier and klased his check.
"Here 1 am ngalu. you sec, ; i sam,
and he amwered, "Be 1 aec. Well, rtre
yetk glad te be home
"Yes, I suppose se," I sat down op
posite him. "Where Is everybody" I
silted.
"Every one has breakfast in bcu nut
pli," he ssld rather grimly t and I said,
"Uh, or ceurHt". I imu lorgeucn. e
slwsys had It at 7 o'clock at Mrs.
Alberry's."
. '-He you've sent mt eung man wj
tb rlsutabeute. eh?" my father said
sbruptfy.
I felt the color rush te my face at
the Unexpected Challenge.
"If you mean Mr. Andersen, yea," I
inwered. "We found out that we
didn't cam about one another, after
ill'
"There ars nlentr of better men In
the world."
"Mr. Champien, for instance?" I
liked.
Hb did net nnnwer. and I went en
calmly : ''I dare say heMl be coming
t tee you this morning. We're en
Htffrd te be married."
sty father stared blankly for a me.
meat, then he wild :
"Geed heavens! UleRs my soul!" He
tot up and cnme round te where I sat
md klctd me. "Geed girl! I was
ifrsld you wouldn't have him! Thank
goodness! New perhaps your mother
will be Brttlsricd."
"And," I went en, "I'm going te
ltry him as seen n possible, se I
insll coon be off your hands for geed."
.JIe ald again: "(loed heavens!
What will N'ell say?"
I diil net care at all what Nell would
Hy.
After hreakfast I went Up te mother's
toem and broke the glad tidings te her.
?.u clM mc her darling girl," and
m mie wbb no igiitcn. Hhe tela me
jw vasiiy i nnd Impre
I lice.
, , 'We must think out a
ZZv"rVi rer ?0"' Hlly, he
Something entirely original."
Bhe talked like that for about half
hour, till 1 was only tee triad te
.fip'v The b"1"1 tfld me with Its
itraetphere of artificiality. I would
BlTf lrH n.u .,miI .. 1..... 1..- L..I.
iPir,cm",,.lr aa,n' ,n h ""'ddy lanes
il fields, in the fresh sweet air.
Afttif Serving Five Years
ftr tltaUne i 100,000, theuld
Dave Jttndtrttn relurn tt te e
man toae rfessn't tttd itt
The love of n iramnn lefuet hit
prdbtm In a gripping dd(fy leWal
negl'iullne Baturday
"FROM NOW OW
en tkt ttrtal page of the Evening
Publle Ledger,
"I wanted te make sure of you," he
hnaweted.
He put out his hand nnd took mine.
"De you think you'll ever get te
care for me, Sallv?" he niketl, And
the earnestness of his voice surprised
me. He was looking very young that
morning. The "man of the world" nlr
about him seemed te have vanished.
"I like you very much new," I m
swered,
It was true I did Ilka him, but I
knew hew vain tt would be for him te
hope for anything mere.
I will de my best te mnkc you
happy," he said.
I nodded. "I am sure you will."
It was all forced and unnatural, nnd
against my will, my thoughts wsnt
back te the day when Mark
Hut what whh the use et thinking? I
had mnric up my mind te leek ahead-
always.
"la your mother pleased?" he asked
and I answered thnt I supposed se, as
she had called mc her "darling girl,'
and said I could have aa many new
frocks ns I liked.
He frowned at my flippancy.
"When you talk like that you nfr
Ike your Bisters," he said.
, "I want te be like them," I anld
hastily. "It'a much better te be that
sort of a girl. I think people arc much
happier when they have no heart, no
feeling
He caught me by both arms.
"I hate you te folk like that, Bally.
I hate te see that hard leek In your
eyes It wasn't there the first
time I saw you dewh In Devenshire.'
I frepd myself with nn effort.
, "Oh, but that's Hges age," I said
breathlessly. "I'm much elder new an'!
wiser. you ought te like mc
better as I am new." t laughed nerv
ously. "I remember hew dirty and un
tidy I was thnt day you arid fnth'ei
walked In I Whatever must, you have
thought of mc?"
"It was the day I fell in love wit!
you, he answered.
I did net like him in this snrhvt
mood; it made It terribly difficult f"
me te play the part I had set myself.
"Well, we're engaged nnyway,'
said. "And I hope you won't ttgx
It." I moved se that the width of the
library table was between us.
"I told mother that we are gelhg ti
be married seen very seen." I sol
feverishly. "I hope you don't mind?'
"Mind!" He laughed. "Toilierro
will suit me. I can get a special li
cense It you like."
There was a curious Arc In his eyes
"There Isn't nny hurry," I xnld
Somehow I was beginning te be ufrnlil
of him.
There followed n week of gaiety thn
swept me off iny feet nnd allowed me
no time te think,
I apent my mornings tit. the drcRS
maker'a and the afternoons and ere
dings being taken round te halls nm.
parties anil theatres.
Nell had gene nwny te stay with
setne peeple in Scotland. I suppesi
that her prlde, it nothing mere serieu
md been hurt by the fact that I hn
aken Lionel Champien from her.
"Nell could hare had him if she had
iked," my Aunt Allisen assured im
when she cntne te the house. "How
ever, there ere ns geed fish In the sea
as any that are caught."
Bhe looked at me with resentful
eyes ; Nell wna her favorite and I dare
say she hated mc for having cut her out.
"I auppesr 1 shall have te give you
n wedding present," she added nastll)
I flushed ns I looked at her.
"I hope you won't," I said. "II
you de I shall threw It away or give It
te one of the servants. nu nlwayt
tinted rae. se you need net prelcm
anything different just because I'm go
ing te marry a rich man."
Bhe looked a little taken nbnek.
"I don't knew thnt I hate you," she
snld after n moment, "Perhaps 1 tievi'.
troubled te understand you."
"Well, you need net trouble new," 1
answered. "You'll all he rid of mv
seen forever and n geed job. tee.".
I turned te stalk out of the room
but she called me back.
"Come here, Sally."
I hesitated, then walked across le
her.
"Well?" I said defiantly.
.s U
improved In appear-
beautiful
said
CHAPTER XXIV
A Fairy Godmother
Bhe held out her hand te. me n
white, UHCless-loeking hand it was
ind nmetherrd with rings, but after n
tfecend I put my own In it.
"Well?" I said agnln uneasily. I
had never known her like this before,
the was alwayn hard and unyielding,
"I have heard a great many sterle
about you and a young mnn down lr.
the country," she said. "I don't knew
the truth no! 1'eu need net leek si
angry, I don't want te knew-but If
you really care for him, don't make
the mistake of your life by marrying
Lionel Champien. Years age I did
wmethlng et the same sort and you see
what 1 am new I A sour old worn wern
unl Thcre! I've never told anybody
else, nnd I don't knew why I've told
you. Hun nwny," alie added sharply,
aa if ashamed of her confidence.
But I steed looking at her with eye
that really seemed te see ber fur the
first time.
Her voice hed been se gentle when
she spoke, and there was semethiuc
quite sweet about her face new If
haralineHM had gene.
Itefere I wns aware et it i nan tat
tered eut: ......
"Hut IfIf he doesn't care
for mc? Wllat then?
Otlt nil mv hn, li. ..... li . ."". "..,i " "...
Mm rV. ...'.'LSXi-'r "T ' , . ,II,B' . . .. - ....... .
te tli. iii,.. . A, ""?' " uwii Mether cnme inie idb room ana
"iiis library Mr. Champien was there, i pnil(, hv no merei but all day en
fetllnr n , imf. i , i"1. . tlie ,'$a,"u, her words haunted me.
ri?.1.,!L'it.il'1',t 1,g,lt .U,nd made the; Are you sure that he doesn't care?
Are you sure?"
Of course, I was sural Had he net
paid se himself?
Hut I wrote te Mrs, Alberry that
afternoon and told ber about my en
gagement, I knew she would tell Mnrk Ander Ander
eon, and then, It he still cared for Ine.
ever such H little, surely but h
did net enre.! 1 was u feel te try te
cheat myself with such a hope.
When Lionel came that night and
pressed me te fix our wedding daj, I
sold I did riot clire When It was.
"In a fortnight?" he asked. I drew
back.
"Oh, ndt tulte se seen In a rueritb
perhaps." .... .. .
"A month today, then," ha said, and
I answered, "Oh, very well."
A month, or two months! What dif
ference did It make?
CONTINUED Tf'piOTXtlOVf
CHAPTBH XXXIII
The Swift Current of rimlm
I haj net seen either of my sisters,
I was net anxious te de set se I
"SO Ptlt en mv hnf In ir. . .nil... .
t1"' "Ftl"takn of my HfeJiv accepting.
h n effort and wnt downstairs.
kA ii,. ir IV ' " . i'.'"" w,n miner,
M they both were looking very pleased.
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