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rffi1 FORTUNE HUNTER
By RVBY M. AYRES
Auther of "The Bacheler lluebanJ," "The One Unwanted," etc, ,
Copyright hit Wheeler Byndteate, Ine.
miia nKOINS TUB HTOBY
.' f.una and oeoA-toekino tu out 0
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Jim'l llfftCOtil
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AUD HEnB IT CONTINUES
. .11. -u-. linrl hcen In nn old
FUl hZV bolenslnjc te her nursery days,
fcffT.tw with e number of ether nnclept
'AtMlHlfil nYi i.. had never thought
Xm tin til hi" aftornoen, when It
f,'".Ji7i Uldenly that n calami-
? thins hntl bcfnllcu her.
Bhirin dewnstair eRnln am past
ik. stud? deer. . Hbe kn.w tflt Oceffry
Ut SlUIIJ ""'"V,,, ..". M,I in Imp
Toiler was . ,",," "nd out Inte
tmeie, ana "" -
LrXlr like en InHldleuu volce, nnd
Anne quickened her pace te escape
-Tht irdn gate steed open, nnd she
w-ked UP and down t he renil. btinln
lrVl. i H.miieli the darkness In n
.tin attempt te see.
HUPpeuni no n. j jR- --r , : ;
Srest and "he, wrunj her hnndn te-
(..-. Snnnes ne he had walked out
Sf her life en suddenly nnd unexpectedly
m ha had returned te It. I'nnle tlesed
7....i i... i,isnrt. Klu lieuan te remem-
Ut the many hard things uhe had trnii
te him. ami It seemed new thnt all
along aha had been tee critical, tee
?fu hlid Buffered In the pust mere
cruelly than phf, for mere becaime he
hid paui a pennuy vram u u m--deaerved.
IIe was net guilty I He had
dld her e with his own lips
and yrt euld he bcllove it
wia the truth, when she knew that he
lid ie often lied te her since?
C m,. utt inmlntr buck Inte the garden
hen she heard n foeiattp a long way up
Hr heart seemed te leap Inte hci
threat as she steed, strnlnliiR her cam
te listen. Was it he? Tim steps came
nearer and nearer, nmi wncn u wnn
ut a little distance oil nlie called his
name, "jenm
Th footsteps qulckencd, nnd .with
ridden passionate relief, tthc breka into
a run te meet him.
"Oh. Jehn!" She was in his nrms.
dinging te him ns if she could never
let him go, everything forgotten but the
relief that he wee with her ngnlu.
A sudden break in the clouds ever
head let through a glimmer of pale
moonlight and showed the Fortune
Hunter the face that lay agnliibt hlx
(heulder. There wcre tears en hrr dark
lathes, and her lips were nulvcrinK. Ills
My uDeut
I arms tightened mere closely about her.
Had something happencd that hIic had
coma te meet him like thin? He wiih
afraid te nsk, and after a moment she
breka eut: "I was afraid I theuitht
yea. had gene I thought "
Then alie turned her face away nnd
brelte Inte bitter Bobbing.
.The Fortune Hunter held her clovelv.
and liln fnce was gray with pain in tliu
tnoenllrht. If tliU wan nnt tlinlr r-niwl.
by, it would seen have te ceme, he
knew; nnd he looked past her bowed head
ie wncre tue read wound uwny in tu
pbenlisht like n white ribbon the read
by which he would Dresentlv ea nut m
ner 'ire rer ever.
When presently she rnlbcd her hend
w wipe the tears uwuy lm bent and
kilted her without-, wnenlllnir. n Innir.
Solemn klis. Innltlntr liitn lm. nvim nn (l
hi were trjlng te remember their
sweetness for nil tlme.
'I IOVB VOII I levn Ten!" Jin snlrl
and ahe answered trcnmleiily, na hu
had answered him ence befere :
"And I leve you with nil mr linnrr
and soul!"
lit tl!lf lllfl llf.n.1 in 1iMV n tlm, el...
could net ace his face as lie answered
fc'flarse y :
.ilV dear mv dimr If nnlr T wai-i.
worth loving!" She hardly caught the
uru, nnu would net have undcrnteud
their niltblniinln veipi-nt If k!i Imil tir
thi moment she wns iiultii Imppy ; hln
had forgotten everything that had
cjUMd her Benow; he loved, her, ami
tht knowledge ut IiIh leve wus ulNeutll-clent.
Tomorrow M Rlin nnlil n..cntati
her Cheek OCalnst Ilia "tnmnrrmv vnn
Had I She broke off. fenllnp lilu
armi relax n little. "Wliy. whet 1h
wl r fche naked npprehcnBlvely.
ne snoeu hiu iien.i
"Nothing what wcre you going tej
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But In Mm lirnrf .Lnu .ill .!. ....
t the world. Tnmnrrew ! Who knew
that there WOllld lm n Inmnrniw f,... i...
wlth her, lit nil events?
PabSleillltl" U'nrilu ...-.i ... 1.1. II-.. I....
ft. lm - '-'" ..- v.. ..in .III."., uui
Iha dare net utter them. IIe Jiut held
ucr and kis&cd her her hair nnd her
JJ" nnd the hands thnt clung te him
vismuwtiBiy.
The 80Ulld nf vntneu In fl.n nM.lnn un-
hV01!,"11 them Mr. Harding's volce
K 1 Gee.ci'y Fester's mid Anne itnve u
'ie stilled cry.
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J-lie lerd.nn Hunt.... ..... I.I..
lewn f ni1 ','reW l,er U 1Ut, f,lrt,lcr
pester say gped-nlght and walk nwnv
me opposite direction.
Anne sueki Hum. ti. i m
f KA !Z7M 1-J-s be
I fie nilSucrnl linr. .... I... 4 .ll.
"H'h ,,i.n;: iV"'.. "B'",,:,"f .
Feurs! 1 i i .i. ".,ny "'"' ncver
Km IfH 11 i,,,,,ns" 1,ftv? R,me wrrtn-
tiSESL -r,c,cm,,er .thnt. Whatever
r"i'- whatever
uil I lOVfl vnn l
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fe
nuppens I love
llf. !?. lBck from hlm. trylnB tu
'WllV iln ... ..11. in. .... ..
kmim,i . ' lB,K ""0 Hint r Yeu
fca",?!'"'1 " y. were going
hls ff .i'nT' ?. w''J-u.lesS-
iflen It will be iiqvit.'" el,. ...i.i
hyBllent '" a tl.ne, thw.Ue
Jehn. il .. .i....
Dttn nm. "" mm" every one who
r s ""c' weq,s nnd -k-
I at don't knew."
ml. r face "P t0 ,,ls nil kissed
t-wea!i3on?.11Rrre,1.,nK w'"' yei ,
?m Twas 2 n,f,Cn,1Iy I"""1' ' 0V"
It ae ma '.ffi W'AU Un, veI'
braHir1116''
.m.ntr",i..!,0tlsr. ."Hefore
i.wme i uwi7"'.i .,. V0'ore. you
1 alwnvR i. . '"'" 'iew "co
tynk of
te
(vnn, of eUHin Yi.i. Ji.M,r Hed te
(Was ni.n,.. ..4, tried te sten lr.
OT fflUnVl1!
ley
'ne went m, '.?V,nt been '"y
ent en, 8lgbluK. "Sema-
tlmen I've said cruel things te you,
Jehn "
"They wcre pnly whnt I deserved."
"I ought te hnve trusted you I
ought te hnve waited for you te ex
plain I wish new, eh, I wish I hadl"
The Fortune Hunter could net an
swer, and she said ngaln: "Sometimes
you've looked be unhappy it's almost
broken my heart " '
"Oh, my darling "
She wiih heaping coals of fire en his
head. Ills very soul wag full of shame,
knowing hl own unwerthlncm. He
silenced her llpn with kisses. Presently
he took her back te the heusa, Thcre
was n light In the drawing-room, nnd
through the upon windew1 they could sac
Mr. Harding Hitting in his favorlte
chair reading, Everything looked Just
tne snme nti usuni, and yet the Jbertuuu
Hunter knew that nothing was thr
name, that he walked new In very truth
en the cuge et ruination. A day an
hour ! what did it matter? It was thcre,
Irrevocably watting for hlm. Jiist before
they went In, he drew Anne ngnlrt Inte
his nrms.
"You've been happy tonight have
you been happy I" he asked desperately.
IIe longed te hear her say se juat ence!
It would be one sweet memory te take
with him into a sunless future.
She raised herself en tiptoe and put
ner arms round mi nccK. "t ceuui ni
ways be happy with you If you would
let me," she said.
He sent her into the beuse nlone, nnd
presently followed.
Temmy was half-way up the stairs',
and he turned nnd grinned irrltntingly
at the Fortune Hunter.
"Anne'u been looking for you," he
sold. "I be. leve she thought you'd
bunked her for irnnd!" IHx irrln widen.
ed. "She'll tle you te her npren strings
insi ciieugu wncn you nre married."
He went up another few Btcp, nnd
added meaningly, "If you ever arcl"
The Fortune Hitnter'n fnce flamed;
he went tin the fctnlrn two nt n (Imp
and caught the boy by the shoulder.
"Loek here, you llttli-- devil!" Iir
snld savagely. "If jeu'vq get anything
te say te me, sny It nnd have done I I'm
writ of the wny you crawl about the
heUEC, grinning nnd sncerlnc. I'll wring
your neck if yen don't step it."
Temmy wriggled free of hlm, his
fnce was livid, nnd his eyes cowardly;
he limped off ct top speed.
"Yeu flint! :ny for this," he said
under IiIh breath ns he rushed for safety
te his own room, anil looked the deer.
"I'll make you sorry you ever upeku
te me like that."
The Fortune Hunter steed looking
nftcr hlm, breathing hard. The little
outburst of temper nnd done hlm geed,
find he knew new that his feeling to te
ward Temmy had been smoldering Inte
trouble for noine tlme.
IIe lit n cigarette nnd etoed nt the
open deer Hineklns.
He thought of the.e moments In Fer Fer
ipIe'h cpttnge. and wondered whnt their
result would be. That the old mini
hnted him he knew well enough, nnd he
was positive that the fact of their rein
tlnnhip would In no way lessen his
hntred.
II thought of bin mother, and out
of the past litt'c Incident!" of their life
teRcther before she died came erecplnc
back te hlm.
He remembered hew rcldem (die had
spoken of bin father, suve te ny hew
bard nnd cruel h wns; he knew that
k he had adopted n different nnine after
wie lei; hlm, se tin te be entirely free of
n innn whom she had loathed.
Se lila own name was really Fernle!
It seemed odd that it should be thnt.
nftcr all the m.-uiy he had assumed dur.
lnjr the nnft fifteen jpiuh.
He weu'd nevnr nrient If. irhni....
hnnpencd; he was net proud of the ro re ro
IntlenMilp. Then he wondered whnt Mr.
Harding would think when lm !,
iuii ivniin weuiti inintc sne had al
wnvH bated Ferple. .
Mr. Ilnnllm? rnme Intn td i.nii k.
uuii uini.
. ','l8,.t.h.nt J'eu Jebn? Has Anne gene
te brd?"
"Yes. Is It Inte?"
"It's nearly eleven. I'm tired lock
up. win you",
"Yes. sir."
The Fortune Hunter threw hl rlrn.
rette Inte the gnrden nnd Bhut thq front
deer. An he was fastening the be'ts
he glanced back nt Mr. Harding. He
wiih Rinnciing nt tne root or the ntnlrs.
and for n mement. befere he turned
nwny. the Fortune Hunter cnught a llt llt
t'e glint of triumph in his eyes that sent
his heart beats racing.
"IIO kllOWH. tee!" WAR th ni.lM,
thought that leapt te his mind, and
then "Tomorrow ! where shall I be
nt this time tomorrow?"
The Fortune Hunter wns dressing the
following morning when there came n
tan at his deer.
In spite of the many emotions of the
night befere, he had slept well nnd
drcnmlcssly. Hut his nerves were
slinky, nnd the bleed flew te )i I fare un
he turned nreund, one nrm in the sleeve
of his wnMtceat. '
"Come In." lie paid. .
There wns n moment's hesitation,
then the deer wns nncned and with great
difficult v Temmy lumbered Inte the
room, the huge white bearskin in his
nrmi.
The Fortune Hunter stored nt hlm.
his month tlchtenlinc ns Temmy flunc
the hkln down en the fleer nt his feet
and enve It n contemptuous kick.
Ills thin fare wns penked spitefully,
nnd his eyes 'nrcl ns he gnld slewly:
i!1, ,ln,n ' .wnnt tlie thing you can hnve
It back if it ever belonged te you."
There was n mempnCn mni.i.
Hllenre, then the Fortune Hunter
Inughcd nnd turned his back en the
boy.
"if you wcre worth It, I'd break
every bone In your miserable body," he
hald. "but as It i you'd better get 'out
while you're snfe."
Temmv needed no second Invitation;
he took his donnrture hurriedly, nnd the
Fortune Hunter pat down en the side
of the bed with n sudden feeling of
wenkness of which he weh ashamed.
"A geed beginning te tie day.'- lit
thought grimly. Hut he went down dewn
Mnlm whiHllliig, nnd found Anne alone
In the brenkfast room, looking out ever
the garden.
IIe went behind her nnd put his
arms round her, and she turued her
fuce upward te be klased, "Still
hniin.v?" he asked rather lmnkiiv
l. " " t 1 !.., .! ..!. ,''".' "V
in: iriviiei'i ii'-i, linn mil) 11111.110(1 nnd
smiled. "Still quite happy," she an
swered. Them wns n flower In her frock and
uhe took It out uiid plnned It In the
rurtuue uiimer s cnac.
"De you remember a rose I gave
you eli. yenru and years age?" she
paid, looking up nt hlm shyly. "What
did you de with It, Jehn? Yeu nlwnys
culd you would kcep It for ever."
He evaded her question by asking nn nn
ether. "Hnve you ever kept a flower
that I gnve you yearn and years age?"
he asked.
She noeded, her eves dewncust,
"J kept that llttle bit of Ind's leve
you hnd In your coat the llrM time I
ever saw you," bhe confessed. "De
you remember? It foil out when I
wns miking te you ever the playground
wall, and whpn, you'd gene I picked
it up. I've blllPget it.,r There was a
lillle alienee, thou ute seldi "When
1( ever we hnvp our own garden, dear,
I'm guliis ' hnve :m extra special little
lied wii'jre i mini only row your bid's
love." The Foitune Hunter turned
nwuy.
CONTINUED TOMORROW "
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