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By RUDY M. AY RES
Auther of "The Bacheler Husband," "The One Unwanted," etc.
Copyright by Whaler Syndicate, lne.
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QflR-PfflLDELPHIA, TlffiBDAy, JANUAlfe ' 31, 1922 .
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N OLD, old man J" Pernie fount!
(he words echoing dismally
l J-' through hl mind ns lie went en lili
W way. That wag whftt he was an old
l mn.whem noDeay wbihcu .iuurri
I? i .ems old busybody his son had called
' Mm,, and he chuckled softly, te himself
A jie rccaueu me ii""iu "uui"
nn
words.
Jr imtl never see him ncnln," old
fcmle theujlit, nnd his dragging step,
.came- again te u standstill, nnd once
mere be looked back nt the beuse behind
I the trees. He knew in bis heart, what
neither Mr. Harding nor Anne Had
gUCSSCU, innt 111 lu ... m ---
...,.. titiniVp would have cone vanished
from their lives us strangely and sud
denly as he bad entered them and with
sudden determination he begun te re-
L1. ...... l.ia teeth crlnncd tluht-
M ly ever the stem of bis pipe, his brew:.
tnectlng In a shaggy treww..
"'He shall ?iet get m nei uuve my
... . ... ... it Im'il done SOU1C-
, ten kickcii out. u 'i ; ---
" thing te be ashamed of." Se the ej.l
man argued, llleglcally te himself, will-
fully blinding himself te the fact Unit
, the Fortune HuuUr ld. dc.ne many
things of wlileW he must be ashamed.
,' He went round by the reed, keeping
" .s much ns reuble te the shadows ...id
i out of the moonlight until, he rcad.nl
the gate of Cherry Ledge garden.
" Then he looked up nt the house
, There was n light 1" oe window am.
ene In the -.tedy dewnBtlr. lut a
. .. i.i.i i.iu hnnil en the lntch of
'the gate te lift it the downstairs light
flickered and went out
Anether
Ruby Ayres Serial
Admirers of this popular
writer of love storks will
find one of her choicest in
"A Man's Way"
Hcglns tomorrow en llils page.
.. . .. It 'Clint lull, n
I Wll Iia peu 1(1 wan. -
! n hnd been up nil night mere times
bVfere than he could remember, ami to te
night the game was well worth the
candle. He fumbled In the pocket of
his Jacket for .Urtaece nnd matches,
refilled the empty plpe, and leaned back
ngalnst the closed gate, his eyes en the
light in the surrounding trees.
Then the church clock en the river
truck twelve. Old Ferule coughed
v,nervously, rammed the tobacco- mruicr
down into the bowl of his pipe, but he
never .uu-cd or altered his uositlen
r.gainsl the gate.
Seme one else besides old Ferule had
" I . ...I. .I.. I..M .l.ti. l.ltrr llllutV
V SCPt WUll'U II1IIIIIH lli.il. ." "
' night, nnd, when the Fortune Hunter
dropped from his window into the gar
den below, Anne saw him steal uway
across the lawn through the breaking
dawn.
alie had net cleKd her eyes ull night.
In her heart she hud known that this
would happen, and - illieht a moment's
hesitation, she ciiut,..i up n wrap and
went out en te tliu In mil
There was no sound in the heue,
but as she went swiftly down the Hali-a
home one moved In the shadow of the
study duer nnd -Mr. Harding came to
ward her.
"Anne! Where nrc you going?"
She bleed i-nlte Mill, warning him
oft.' with shaking hands. Hit veire was
wild when the uuswered him.
"He's gene; somehow I knew he
meant te, ami 1 am geiug with him.
l.et me go- oil, If ou ever Invttl
me " Me rnught her linuils i'l liK :
1 i cheery fare wus full of hard (lis
tless. ".My Jeur! Think what it means!
It's the best for us nil te let him go.
He knewi that the whele thing is im
possible. If lie stajs, what hnppliics
can there be for you with n man you
can't trust n man who lias lied te
jeu, and "
She. broke, In passionately : "1 love
him, uml he loves me. If he gees, I
v fnnii never ue nappy again.
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".Tehnl"
llic Fortune Hunter did net move
for n moment, thru lm tnrnpil Mimtrl
nlewly, nlmest ns if some one had laid
nanus en ma shoulders and compelled
him against his will.
His face wns rimu-n nml linctirnnl . nil
ts gay carelessness had gene, nnd ha
looked years elder and sadder, she
thought breken-hcartcdly, as she lifted
ner arms anu put them around ills
neck.
"I said If you left me I should fellow
you te the end of the world." she said,
and her voice was quite steady new, her
eyes met his unfalteringly. "I love
jeu; tnere in no happiness for me
without you."
He laid his hands en her wrists,
trvlllC te Uticlnsn tlin nrtna tlmt linlil
him.
"It's Impossible think what they
)'..! i1" "ay what the world will say!
Thlilk what I am what I've been.
Let me go let me go!"
"If yeij can say truthfully that yen
tlen t vynnt me that you don't love me
She liegan, tlien her veire broke.
Oh. my dear, de you think I wire
vihat any one says? I've thought of it
all, and it means nothing te me netti
ng! I can forgive the past, it's noth
ing any mere, because I love you."
"I've nothing te offer you; It's im
possible. I "
"De Seu love me?'
He tried net te meet her eyes, bur
they seemed te draw him against bis
will ; he tried dcsnerntnlv te ilpnv hrr
even men.
"Leve isn't everything If I"
Then suddenly he broke down ; his head
fell forward till It tested en her shoul
der, nnd she turned her face nnd kissed
his hair.
Fer n long time neither of them
cpeke, then the Fortune Hunter bald
hearsely: "Anne, you must go home;
jeu shouldn't hnve conic if any one
taw you fellow me '
"They did see uncle nnd your fath
er." She spoke calmly, she pu-n Miu.t-d
Inte ills troubled fnre. "What can they
my? I nni net u child, and 1 have
clnihcn for mjM'lf: I have ehen-u you.
Wherever you go I shnll se with you.
Yeu tell me te go home; 1 can only de
that If you come with me, for my home
is with you."
Shu Meed bnrk from him n little,
looking earnestly Inte his face ns it
willing him te understand that every
word she spoke was spoken fiem her
heart, and net en the impuNe of the mo
ment. "Yeu say yen lmvc nothing te offer
mp. I don't mind thnt. I have some
money no, dear, don't turn uway. I
want you te be glad, net sorry, be
cause It menus thnt we can go uway to
gether somewhere" she faltered n
little "and begin life ngaln. Yeu
can work, and I shall lie there for oil
te work for.
"I don't mind where you go, I don't
mind what .von de " She broke
down into sudden crying. "Oh, IfVeu
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'The man's worthless. He's taken
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'the, best wnv out. AhIt nnv mm ulmi
tlwy think. .My dear, I'd cive the win Id
te fee ynu lieppj, but (IiIh way is 1111
PQfsthle." She hardly seemed u hear; "helimke
frum him nnd r.in .0 the front duer.
dinning back the holts with trembling
lingers.
"You're k"pplug me; you're wasting
time. Oh. 1 don't care what you say:
it make no difference." She Hung his
hand off when he would have detained
her. "Let me go. unless you want
me te hate von. You've all been ORalnst
him evei-hlnee lie came you nnd Tom Tem
my you've both tried te ruin im Imp
pincsi." Anne drnggei the deer open ami fled
Inte the gurli'ii. the white wrap lljing
I'llllnil lli'r 111,., miulv ulnnc
She -cached the aie hreaililcM and
Mbblng. It wiu shut, it'll for n few
seconds she bungled with the latch.
Which way bad he pone? Which
ny? Was Mie tee lute alrcadv? She
Murtcd te run down the reail away
from the village, then stepped, sobbing
teaiicssly and wrlnclnir liec lunirlu
There was 10 sln or nnybedv or the 1
long, barren read, and. half disti ted
with dread, she had tuinrd te go n-l,
mnuru uie vinige wuen she saw r
nle. His old fare looked jndrd nnd ue
In. the mei-ning llnt, and lliere ia
Bemcthlng pathetic In his eyea a- he
tpprenehed her, hat in hand.
S Anne broke out piteeuslv: 'h.
Which way did he go? Which n"
Old I-crnle pointed up the read It li
the stem of IiIh pipe.
xr."nT, tlVJ"Kll,t. .' (,l,,"'t "'' !'''" R".
Miss Harding," he mid hearseli ' ut
thats the way he went." He "laid his
"band 011 hoi- arm. "llrlng him buck,
bayk " P implored ; "bring him
Anne could net answer. She tl -n en
Sf' p,deserted rend and through the
little village.
Toe Inte! Toe late! Something srened
!f,wi,l'C,,v,eri!8 mockingly at 'w
Whv inV,y,,"ul.she net bce nui.-kM-?
Wh?f ,im "h" J'wHnted n. meme.r?
matter if the bad lest him? Her I '
sirnn8irnB CI,,0,l?h ,0 t0X&V '" P".
sirene enough in rn ...i... ' '
Itlng her In the fuiiue. "UCL' '
with .1,1 1)Sy Yrnp Ui v,ero w danp
Inst ne f,0r" "," mI"t'. nl1 "hen sene
5!U.n.ct .tur.ned her flying feet tkreurli
nf fh 1 bra"l,Ic's nnd bare twis
U thfllndfwwtl, caught her nml I cTe
Rh' .ut ?he .went 11 imhccdlne till
.Cam, t0 the 8ln"ll '"learlug en tbe
rtI5i,Wlan,l Bnw th0 fortune Hun"r
H.ilnflr. by, the "ve-barred gate
ndri.. t00c Bt"1 thu"' ronicleua of a
nn.n we"kn". her breath coming In
fS i,.f',",V' t,w rcllcf "f 1 "vl g
0 steed T it0 cr0at t0 b0 &'
xie steed looking out across tie
hi. n... "-""" "im. uuen se
cheese te sweep a crossing I nhnll be
only tee happy te stand beside you
rather than be left alone!" she sobbed
between tears nud laughter. "And after
that don't you dare te tell me I 11111M
net come with you !"
He steed for 11 moment net answer
ing, his e.es en the barren field and
the indecision In his face seemed slowly
te change te 11 strong determination null
resolution.
Then he turned and took her in his
arms, looking down Inte her tear-wet
face with something like adoration in
his eyes. "I'm 'net worth it. 1 eurrht
10 tie down in the uust at your feet, but
I can't send you away, my dour, I
can't! We'll go away together nnd
begin life again, and you shall never
regret it ns long ns you live." Then
he bent his bend and kissed her.
He took her back presently te Cherry
Ledge, but he would net go in with
her. and she smiled 11 rcmlv assent ulimi
he said he would go down te Leng Knd
Cottage.'
There was no longer n doubt of him
in her heart : the last cloud and mis
understanding had been swept awnv
forever; she knew that he loved her n's
she loved lilin, and thnt nothing could
sepnrate them again.
She went into the house with mic!i
happiness in her eyes that Mr. Harding
could find no words with which te greet
her when they met in the hull, hut she
went up te him at once.
"L'ucle. I'm L'einir te he innr-rlmi
Soen, 1 think In n day or two and I
v; iv fciiniK iiuiumi Beiiicwnere,
Clem Harding gave a stilled excla
mation. "Uh, my dear; I beg of you for veur
own sake I went jour happiness
beuven knows, mine than niijtliliig en
earth-,--"
She lifted her face and kibf-cd him.
"If you de, then., (en will conic and
see me married." she said. "There Is
enlj one man in the world for inc. i
don't enru about the past; I think" I've
forget leu it already, but I knew and
he knows, (oe -that the future Is going
te be ull right."
Old Ferule wns en Ma lunula n.,.1 '
Knees trying te coax n smoky fire te,
, iMirn In the kitchen at Leng Knd et-
tage. when the Fortune Hunter lifted'
meineur mien anu waiKcu, in.
Fer 11 moment his bon steed wnt.-Oiinn.
him unheard! then he went forward and
leek the buiidle of chips from the old
faun's wrinkled hands.
"I II de that," he Mild: "I'm used1
te UKIIIIIIR ures. Lid l'crnln ,11,1 .,,,,
f start; he just rose Mtlfily te hl,s feet
ami stoeu watching while the Fortune
Hunter coaxed the fire Inte a blaze and
added some pieces of coal. He looked a
llttle dazed, but utter u moment he drew
his armchair up te the tire nnd touched
the Fortune Hunter en the shoulder.
"Sit down nnd wiinn yourself," be
said. "We've both been up nil night.
I'll make seme coffee."
He cniue back presently with some
cups and an enrthenwnre jug.
"Se you're net tired of Somerton
et. then?" be asked with n twinkle
In his eye. ns he had nsked the Fer..
tune Hunter once befere when they met
en the bridge one morning. The For
tune Hunter looked up.
"Net yet," he said, nnd then, after
n moment, lie ndded : "And. If I may,
I'll tnke back the refusal of heln von
made me the ether night,"
He rose te his feet. "If you'll give
me a hand, I'll make geed yet. I give
you, my word of honor." Then he
flushed nnd laughed almost npologetlc npelogetlc npolegetlc
nlly. "I suppese you think that sounds
queer?" he ndded.
Fcmle held out his hand. ."She's
going with you?" he nsked bluntly.
The Fortune Hunter looked nwny
iruiu iiiii uki iiiiiii a wnnsicu race te
where the sunshine hnd chased nwny
the river mists nnd the golden iiiitunin
tints made a wonderful background for
the river, nnd his henrt was full of a
great thnnkfulncss nnd humility ns he
answered :
"Yes. 'hank Ged!"
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says that even if it should turn out
te be true that the Hermans have
learned hew te mnke synthetic geld
nnd they manufacture it in such
lnrge quantities thnt it wouldn't be
worth anything any mere, we'd btlll
have paper money, which is lnore
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