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Auther of "Th Fortune Hunter," "A Bacheler Hu$barult" etc
fVOF"1 f "' W " ntwfj'Hr DunuKuii
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THE GUMPS-Advlct te the Lovelorn
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KfSfmhn hi a new mew fir.
W AND HBRK II i,uiiii.'K
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11-8 beautiful, the wAy ah leres
" Melly told her mother In a
Lt of Illumination. "She leeks nt
1 .. .If-g If If he could iit
JFfEt'' r)h finished prosaically.
!,.' nfj. -fir .meiiv i .uib. tmiiiii'-i.
'&'.. ..j ewIimi will you learn net
.i the term of .exaggeration?"
P'Wrili he dfS" Me,,y declared.
rthnk it must dp just Dcnuuiiii te
'"?-.. en much as nil that."
Jni wu thinking no new as she eat
, P? j ...Ml. Iia hnva 10YV wunli
i we0' 'v .. .ir.r'K. ..m ivci
king wwhuuj . "".."";";
i mm ie linns " iiiuiii.ui ira
vr.n.1,1 theutlit of I.I ith that
"would like neine man te call her
' in JUSI IHO lunt: 'l vuitu III
I'll aneke te his wife.
fBut I'm net beautiful. I'm net
ting e ,enK "u ur .ii iu
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Ptt picked a blade of grass and be-
dramas ii uuac.inj " "-
PSnVr, tailor, soldier, sailor, rich-
rrnroncleusly she had been telling
tie little neicncH uiu mi "w
ii: W te "rich man."
.??.&" .L.f.1.1 herself dis-
git wrambled te her feet.
"If jeu nave aone nuii ici mn v
. .- !..... el, nnltiwl tn th hOVH.
irk un the things and be quick. '
I.Sbf steed by while they shoveled the
Hand plates anynew nuu iu " h'
rbirtet that had se long nge seen Its
dim that It wns new held together
h itrlng. nnd wondered wnat jenn
Einlen would say If some day she
nred up uer courage miuhtiuhuj i
him te come out picnicking with
a. She reuld picture him with his
. i... mirlxri un in Htenlficd dlscem-
1 trying te pretend he wns enjoying
Keif; ana liming u nu mc hi k
, tit
iv. cmlllnir nn she followed the
ni down the narrow loeipam mreugn
,rwnAil! se narrow lt was time uiuy
I in walk In sinele filn. se narrow
it the bushes nnd brambles caught at
.m. fh.v wpnf.
"I'll yt vnu Jumbo couldn't walk
lewn here If he tried." Leslie declared
rlti a grin. "I'll bet he has te keep
,ti, main nntli.
F-"I like big men!" Melly snld quickly.
And Mr. Harden Is a very big man,
The boys guffawed
'"Melly's keen en Jumbo," Ned con-
m in tin hretner in a stnae wuisper.
Unfertunatilr. lie doesn't reciprocate
i pent passion, and se eugn:
Be dmlged away as Melly tried te box
ears: ne toeic te ins neeis ana ran,
ul fnllnn'fiil hv Mn hrnthm.
"Little wretch!"' Mellv said nngrily.
a she laughed: after all, what -was
n te mind? It wns only fun: what
lid it matter what they said?
But her cheeks burnt uncomrertaoiy ;
m wished she had net mentioned liar-
vtka even while she wondered what he
,'W Been like ten years age, wnen Airs.
wrnild knew him.
CHAPTER VII
The Shadow of the Future
Melly bad questioned Mrs. Fcrnnld
let or twice about these days, but had
dned very little.
.Tie boys were out of sight new.
tteufh she could hear their shrill
nieea calling te one another through
till woed: the afternoon sun was set-
tilt lenft eelden shafts of lleht nlercnl
the thick leaves of the trees in dazzling
nwince.
Melly steed still for a moment tn
leek back ut) thn nnrrmv nnlhwnr lnvvn
liklch she had ceme: a felrv nathwav
it loeked: slip wendiri!il wlmt It wna
Ilftl out here in the moonlight ; some
iht s!ic would come for herself and
nhe had mOCPil nann tn trt Immn
btn suddenly she heard The sound of
tiled sobbing close at hand ; some one
la disttess a woman !
she listened for a moment, then set
w quickly In the direction from which
lie sound came.
The narrow path curved, here te an
'nd. and ut she rounded the curve she
w Jehn Harden nnd I.illth standing
leirther in the golden sunshine.
Hirdpn'n hark wna ,iin&rl mi1.mm.
(was steeping towards Lilith, speak -
urgently, and Mlith was crying,
Ting bitterly, her fact hidden in her
Melly huidly dared te breathe. The
Mt raess en the narrow path deudenwl
'' footfall, und neither Harden nor
wjjta knew she was there.
. , " - "UIUCII WHIT IIIUI
wen he hud found her with Mm,.
"maid in the empty heu-e. and tlierc
Ml ft rtlt'lnnti nnniiidntii I.. I.n- -. '
lk 1a1 I I I " lr lV,-i "S
-. .uvui'i, ill llllll.
we was se tall se bread
litjc sigh eaught her. She was a re
nun iirtin i....A.. . I ,i ..
l.-.. . .""."- i"inuu; hit men et tne
mat into her life ind nlwnjh been a
much elder thnu lierwlf -a man
E:.t !!t,,rn f,lC(, "n(1 certainly with
Jf that as turning grnv.
im '"lfl,,M "'I these- qualities.
Mellv . i?e,lt. n. PanK,ef J'nleusy te
Wly a heart, te sec the w In which
, " ciuiinuiE ever 1,1 1 1 Jriiiilii.
nere was semethine In !! niM..,i
""uig n spite et the obvious
tlaualr it... . "" lulling .upon
K.J?ot.le,n Melly wns vaguely con -
M Jtait u V' ' wgh ?"? reul(l ,,or
CuAV10 herself, nnd there was a little
"pwelng sensation in her thmnt i...
mer a mr.,... ,i. ..... r ......
ttladM.iV. k. l"rnP(l nn went
f im l y acl! low" t,ie "arrow path.
Jiv ah.h knkwn 'T01' Hnrdcn years
M il. f..eme,,nbwyd Jne "tartled leek
bem a C? when h;, had C0I" hcress
Ce thflf"0neX?cted ll in,tbe e,nPty
4m : hiS 57CB,n-the .wlft agitatten
&ta hlseenvesttnd fded agaln
whrKr1" ,evc w,tb L,,UhT
Ulith was married she i.n.i n i,0.
u WIlO was llevnte.l tn.l... . ...'i..
wwassatisuedv ' ""' '"'
,.,?" indeseribnhls
"n en Meiiv-. ,:..r,k,.'i,r.u".. "?u
I iiAm. .r. i ""'". u'"iie8; sue
depression had
Inikeit w- 'V H,us,,ai Drightncss; s
I ft7S,Jl swly nnd thoughtfully.
.-- Uill Iinf tvanr !.. . -
&y a
fsWetKr w,de and
"mSemW0?'!?! U8?l"y. deserted,
S0S.ttteh.,r0US.Wt0tar
Z ft"d emern7- vhehnd" n'em
&m,Ma ' ''" alJctSSt fro"
ri'tien. B,ruck M0Uy w,t"
raniCn!'l.h,r B,l" " p window
s .iJ.: ".',,."J, at me gray. I) ne skv
here nil ent'g life-
had cnujlit . such a flying glimpse en
her way home, from the French con cen
ent; her heart stirred with resent
ment, Tt wns all her father's fault that they
hnd comb heVe te be "burled nllve," as
the toys en I led It; sbe knew that they
hnd rieli relations'; ah had heard of
her uncle's fine heiisa ,ln tewrf knew
that he took his wife tc Paris two or
three times a yenr that they -had n
l.etiMibnal eh the Thames that they
vent te Ranelagh and Ascot.
It was unfair hatefully1 unfair, she
told herself with a new bitterness. '
8he was young was she never te
hare rtny fun, such as ether girls had':
never te go te balls or phrtlaa?
There were dances given in Little
Helnten. but nobody, ever' theniht of
licking the Dfingcrfleld ; even Jehn
TTntln am 4A aitf Ana wtiAn Iia
iiiihviii via me uwviwiviie if ticii uc
reused himself sufficiently te fend out
Invitations for a dinner party, hud nut
thought of sending ene te the White
Heuse.
Melly hnd only laughed then but
new, eh, hew she would have loved te
gf. te the old Maner Heuse te sit at
Harden'; table te wear pretty frocks!
A-iudden mist of angry tears blinded
her eyea: was it their fault hers and
th6 boys' thnt her father had played
ducka and drakes with his life? even
Wharten, Jehn Harden's vecretnry,
considered lilm3elf tee geed te, Isntfw
tnem.
"Hateful creature!" Mellv Btiiil nleml
vehemently.
She "br.ished the tears from her eyes;
nfter all, lt wns net worth crying
about; what did it matter bemuse a
handful of country people and a few
narrow-minded village folk put their
noses In the air when she nnd the beyu
passed.
Perhaps some day she would get a
chance te pay them back in their own
coin ; perhaps some day nnd then
nil at ence the thought- broke with n
little excited snap nsethe garden gote
clicked, and, glancing down, Melly ay
Jehn Harden standing there' looking up
at her.
CHAPTEK VIII
A Bitter Disappointment
"Oh," said Melly wiftly.
The color flooded her faec her eyes
shone 'through .their mist of t recent
tears; she leaned forward.
"De you de you want te see any
one?"' ehe asked In a flutter of eager
ness. "I want te fee you," tald H.irtpn.
His voice was quiet and imperturbn
blft; his eyes searched her face im
partially. Melly caught her breath.
"I'll ceme down."
She only pnusejd te give an anxious
glance at herslf In the mirror nnd te
smooth, her ruffled hair.
HerV-'nd rnn.fiet In eager 'expecta
tion; what did he want with her?
WTiy had he come?
She went into the gnrden feeling as
If she were treading en air.
Harden was standing en the Ill-kept
pathway, looking about hlra with dis
satisfied eyes; Melly followed his gaze.
"The garden leeks awful, I knew,"
she said defensively.
He turned at once, smiling.
"It is rather a wilderness; if you
like, I will send one of my men down te
tidy up. a little. . A day's work would
make qll the difference te the, place."
"Yeu are very kind," there was a
touch of dignity in Melly's voice; she
was net quite sure whether this mnn
waa trying te patronize her. "We
should have a gardner ourselves if
we could afford it," she added.
"Yes," said Harden nbsently ; lie wns
looking ever the low hedge that divided
the garden of the White Heuse from
Mrs. Fernald's. "My man did that
garden up, you knew," he added.
Melly flushed.
"But Mrs. Fernnld Is an old friend
of yours," she said, with a. sharpened
note in her voice. "Of 'course, von
could de' things for her that we could
net expect you te de for us."
I have known Mrs. Fcrnald a creat
many years, certainly." he admitted.
Helly frewned: she was stand nc
iwifuiiK ner nanus, uer eves nent en
the grnvel path. If. was a very weedy
path and the border of grasi that
divided it from the flower beds was
several jnches high, and rank.
She wondered why bhe had never
noticed before hew very untidy the
whole place looked ; she wondered If it
would be possible te smarten it up.
She raised her eyes te his face sud
denly. "It must be lovely te live In a beau
tiful place like you de," she said. "I've
never been in it. of course, but I've,
heard what it's like from people who
have." ,
"Yeu must come and see it some
day." Harden said politely.
The girl flushed.
"Oh, I should love te!" she said.
She waited a moment, then :
"What did you want te ki mn fer'''
she asked.
Harden looked down nt Imp.
"Merely te suggest nbeut tidying the
garden," he said.' "Mrs. Fernnld said
It was un eyesore. I beg your pardon."
Melly hud turned crimson : hr limn
sunk with u horrible sense of disnp-
IIUIIIIIIU'UI.
lie had only ceme te please Mrs.
Fcrnald! It was net she whom he
wished te spe nt all, except thnt he
wanted te ask about having the garden
tidied te please Mrs Fernnld !
There wus n hurt note in her voice
when she spoke.
"Yeu nre ery liiid--lmr vif like the
garden untidy. The bevs must have
somewhere te play, and If Mr. IVrnnld'
doesn't like It, she need net leek ever
fhe hedge, need she?"
Harden laughed. '
"Yeu are very young," he said; his
eyes searched her flushed face inter
estedly. "Why did you think I had come, te
see you.'" he asked with a change of
voice.
Melly raised her eyes; she sought in
vain for dignified words with which te
answer, but she wns net naturally in
the least dignlHcd, and she was horrified
te feel the tears smarting te her eyes.
She tried te brush them away, nnd his
face softened.
"Hew old are you?" he asked.
Melly found herself answering quite
meekly.
"I'm just twenty." she said, with an
ignominious quiver iu her voice.'
"Just twenty!" said Harden. He
echoed her words slowly. "Only just
twenty," he said again regretfully.
"Yes,'.' said Melly. y
She had brushed the tenrs awav, but
her long lashes were btilt wet. "Hew
old are you?"
He did net answer at once, then :
"Guess," he said.
Melly looked up thoughtfully,
"Forty-two?" she hnznrded.
He shook, his head.
"Net quite be bad as that. I am
thirty-eight eighteen years elder than
you."
He turned abruptly.
"Walk down the read with me," he
said.
It never occurred te her te refuse,;
the bejs hail seen them from the dining-room
window, and were watching
eagerly, but .Melly took no "notice of
mem; no mi as u rae were walking
in a dream as Mm went down the de
bvrtcd vllluge btreet with Jehn Harden,
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