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1BT went some Httw r in alienee,
:' Harden aald abruptly:-
M'tfive you rr thought of sUlag
ltd, or " w- ,--..
felly rsliM unwa eyM.
Sitting married!" she echoed
iJSfi .s If her childish rereU
laTef hi quettien annoyed him.
Fnt is whit I ,," he answered
fmirrieil even when they are only
elf. dVt they?" '
Wetr-W fwJ5?IK?.J .- .
It ICIC Siupia, ucr "u "
, was he asking her thee qu'es-1
I'-. ... .. L.-l.ltll.lJ.l..
It looked up m mm nan airaiu ;. no
I staring down, the read, a little
w between his eyes.
E'liuppeM. he sua presently, "inac
Met twenty inn w "
Sewn age, eh?" He looked down
I Mr. I HUppeiC tliat u n man any
,. ... " fie Drene en; running
Btr evening ; a hrcathless voice
fl lfter them urgently. "Melly
?!: . I .....J T...1I. Dan.,.
(Oily Turncn ruuiiu , "" y"""
l) wax rncing Blier iuni , u wn
Kcand breathlesa; it was eeme sec-
ri . 1 ......1.1 aak&ail niNAH It at
Dtrere no ceum 'i"--" ".
ltd them. Melly ehoek his arm in
miittT. '
f?'What la it? What haa happened?
i there eern an ncciueni- mm
It? Ob, why can't you
kl"
Ifjehn Harden had a restraining hand
H Per IQuuiucr
W'Ore him time have n little pa
titet It anything is the
SVeilie found his voice then he broke
Mt isiplngly. "It'a the guv'ner
rYather he's dead
heard a telegram
et te come back, un,
W't Just
- you've get w
.lut Melly had broken from Jehn
inia's uetsinmg nann ana was rac
Blkaek up the street like a mad thing.
.TmiIU followed with Harden ; the boy
ifll very wnice, ane ue wow as iic
attke.
i'Hr. Ann't knew hew it hSDOSned
jfe i v - . .
f i ' the wire eniy just ssia mac ne
Mljtld. Oh, it can't be true it can't
lttres "
Plirdn did net knew what te say:
fi. V. . . .. . .A
Muted scenes; ne knew tnac it ne
irsit te the White Heuse he would be.
tt ler semetning unpieasani, ana yet n
Mi (mnesslble te leave Melly te' bear
Ai'Ju'the gate Leslie lift him and rushed
HUUQ.
I'i-:itrt
tBe front
went in
Un followed siewIt: 1
ter was wide open, and he
Want bsina askad.
i'.'Hart everything was shabby, tee; the
Lwete waicn cevsred tne fleer was
Mrs In some place into belea that
sMtitl the beards beneath: the one
sre ornamenting the walls bad n
;n (lata; the batrack had leat a
ana been prepped up witn a child s
NCK.
em upstairs came the sounds of a
Mll'i hvitrrlral Trrrfntr and anh.
MM. and Mellv'a voice raised In an-
mm. -uh, it can't be true it can't
;trui."
: Rirden did net knew what te de ; he
nii into tne ainmg room, wnere tne
ll was Still ifrawn with th ten
UiaSS. hut It vaa AtrtA. anil hi mn.
Mm out into the kitchen. "
NebOdv there cither, and h vaa lutl
Jsadirlng whether it would net be bet-
NT te Pn iffIT aftPi- all vhan Mnll
Mm down the stairs.
. Hr face was drawn and tear
5 ! ahe was sobbing quietly.
""!" i"ne saw naraen, sne uid her
M In the curve of her arm with n
Mh gesture; she looked a helpless,
Wthttle figure.
Hjrdly conscious of what he did,
Hirden went up te her and put an
" areuna ner soeuiaers.
T In an tnrrv tnr rn.i I (I,... I.
UytMijg I can de knythlng I can de
lp you please ask me nlease let
LP if I can."
Oeked un at. him .h ,,n.
aewn ner face her voice
was
a he Id if I c.n.
oeked up i
wn her
?! with, sobbing,
"W lj.n.J 1.1 It -i. ...
Iia.-.ii,u"? 1,n, ,ue 1( broken breken
lWtedly. 'Tye all loved him theurh
lla IJ iLl . . -. JTZ
- ctaiu ininn annnr h m mm
K
M didn't knew blm as we did."
;tsraen knew the kind of things that
r'a father:
Id Am list
true and merited, but In the face
:iron knew the kind of t
fit. ft. .iq "" Meiiya father:
Mw that the majority of them had
WB true and mrUrA hnf ln !.. ...
af'thia Vi.i. rrJ;lc'' J'Y? 'a lD0 "c.
til ik." ,f,v "" ",l angry wun
rti,e ?cepL6 who liad criticized and
gwwing te leek for redeeming quali-
.And new there's nobody te leek after
. OlOIIV vrent nn ituiupii.l i.X'.
leek after mother and the beTs
An nUa .! .. - '
i
fB2S,0?!fed from hcr trough the
Pdoer te the street beyond, and there
Sta !neM?0U 'ndclIen In his eyes,
jSnl h.! i.Dce,,be took hl" urra tram
atad h.uiV,dlr8Va?d flndln her
JW. Md it in both his as he said
Sir j
'I HAnJ4. 1 ...
lif 6u in u ,ou -C0UId tru" m
KlAy?'11 h,ve ma for-for a friend,
n.8i5-?But0?tdlBtr"ed te realise what
I sW.'iut hef 80bbn lessened.
kind" k,tTw out B "e wa very
....a'.J.hat Bhe was verv Bratefnl hi.f
itfers h?fI! uMa': Bhe had neve?
with fdaVth" -SSyfJ?' nt, actual contact
ft'se0eUh1a,.,i0.t.i.b,neve,'tbat ahe W
Ud n?f..im' theuJlh ,n er heart she
SiSaSbfiTO him, but it seemed
WTta J&I Bbe,.1weu'd "ever again
tit.1?1 3,'"' of his Jovial laugh! or
Meaie of him..i.er,t? explanatiena and
BUlble. b,mielf when no defense was
W ihih0ht'.ni.d,'.,ela.t.e " A'"", in
Mether, hv'. .?.R,,i ""tenlngr te her
l.li'v It Was a n ahtmaV. ihl. I..
4r.reLwl''"s..'f'j
Wb,ted tedlea; he would
Sy Impossible; . ",Df w"
l&Wrelfevedn.h.V the en the
Urffcld dihUn,,Jeni they were
gralti.c.,i ".! .fwred-leklng: there
pniiewT;: 7.11" y. . be
CS beTweufi K "S.SSI
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kept
a sob
considered un
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struck ' Ned with In awful' sense of
less that he would never again" be able
te
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TBJBGUMPSQh These 4fn
ava till
boxed bv-tha irata. narental kaad.
'Mether wanU you, Melly I't.he acid
abruptly. . "Jane la with her. but she's
no use,1' be arfded with a tart of con
tempts for the geed tempered, cheery
hialdref all-work. who had stuck te the
Dhnge rfleldB Inr seite of small and ir
regular wages, aid ever-work; ,
, Mellv.went upstalw witWut answer
ing; all her lift aid .buoyancy seemed
te have gene; and 'Harden looked vafter
her with comnassienate eyes, -'
Ifwaa IrrlUUag'te-feel wi helpltaa:
ha wishtd there were something he
could' de te be of real. use;. he gave a
quick .algh aa Melly turned' the sharp
bend fn thestalrcase and dlappeareu.
t She went .en across the landing te
her-, mether'a room ; the, deer wai wide
eped,., and Mra.. Dangerfleld lay face
downward en the couch where ahe
passed most of. her useless life, aebhltig
hysterically.
Jane, with cotton sleeves rolled uy te
her. elbows, waa standing beside ber
with tears in' ber eyes, and a cup of
tea in her hand.
v "Don't take en ae new," ahe aald
ever and ever again. "He's better oft
where he la, peer dear it'a net him
we've 'get te cry for "
Melly went forward ; ahe waa always
a little constrained, with her mother,
but she knelt down beside her, and put
her .arms round her .with unwonted ten
derness. "Oh. -don't cry don't don't!" she
said with a sob. "I'll leek. after you
I'll take care of you." ,
Mrs. Dangeraeld'thrusi her daughter
aside; she raised a flushed, disfigured
face.
t ''Loek after me!" she said shrilly.
HOW can VOU leek after mi. 7 Wa'ra
ruined ! We haven't cot a Denny any
thing your father had dies with blm.
Tuere'a nothing for any of us. Oh, my
peer boys!" and she began te sob
again.
Melly sat back en her heels; the warm
sympathy in her face seemed frown;
she stared at her mother with blank
eyes.
Aa yet she could net realise that this
noisy sobbing waa net for the less of
a husband, out because there waa no
money. She bad believed that her
mother and father had always been fend
of one another; new, for the first time,
ahe wondered. '
Waa there no such thing as real
love in all the world ; no such thing aa
love that can live without being con
tinually fed bv the thinca whlrh menn
en buy? Hhe rose te her feet, shiver
ing.
Jane, set the cup qf tea down en a
table with a vicious bona.
"Such carry Ings. en !'r she said in an
undertone; ahe cast a sympathetic leek
at Melly and went out of the room.
Mrs. Dangerfleld dried her eyes, and
smoothed out a tumbled pink ribbon
In her loose gown; the sight of that
pink ribbon seemed te touch a fresh
fountain of grief.
"And I hate black ae." she wailed.
"I leek a sight in black ! Your father
always said se himself."
Melly turned away.
"I shouldn't wear It then." she said
shortly. "I shouldn't make yourself
leek a sight. Just because because
father father. is dead." She bit her
lip hard te keep back the sobs that
stifled her...
Mrs. Dangerfleld flushed.
"You're a rude, undutlful airl!" she
said sharply. "If your father were here
you wouldn't dare speak .te me', like
that; if your father 'she broke into a
fresh wall of grief,-and new there was
some sharp pang of realisatien in It;
something in the sound of her own
words that brought home her less with
all its reality.
She would never see ber, husband
again; never aubmlt te bin rough af
fection and alternate bullying any mere ;
abe rocked herself te and fro helplessly.
Melly went out of the room; she
knew It waa useless te try te offer
comfort; she knew that ber mother
cared less for Tier then for any of the
ethers; ahe went downstairs again te
where the beva were standinr nllent.
and a little afraid, grouped round Jehn
uarden.
He came te meet Melly when be saw
her.
"I wish 1 could help you," he said
earnestly.
She shook her head.
"You're very kind, but there isn't
unytblng te be done, thank you."
ane tonewed mm tnreutb the encu
front deer into the garden ; ahe wanted
him te stay, but wen afraid te say se :
fh dreaded finding herself alone in the
house 'with 'nil the responsibility en her
shoulders.
At the ante Harden looked down at
her hesitatingly.
I don't like leavlnr you here alone :
if you would rather that I stayed."
nil eyes wandered ever ner flushed.
quivering face.
jueuy pusnea tne gate te between
them with a little Jerky click.
"Ne, no; you're very kind, but but
there isn't anything you can de."
But still he hesitated.
"If you want me, you knew where
te send. I will come at any lime."
1 She nodded ; she could net trust her
voice she fled back te the house te
bide her tears.
CHAPTER X"
The Spell of the Enchantress
Harden had only gene a few ateus
down the read when he heard some one
calling him; he wheeled sharply.
Fer a moment he thought it might be
Melly; he could net quite distinguish
the figure coming toward him in the
cray evening light ; then be caught his
breath, for it was Mrs. Fernald.
Bhe came up te him flushed and
breathless.
I saw you leaving Melly's. Oh. noer
child! la it really true that ber father
la dead? I've heard all manner of wild
aterles. De tell me."
"It's quite true."
She gave a title cry of pity.
"Oh. what will they de. these dear
boys and Melly?'"
He made no answer; something in
the soft tone of her voice waa treach
erously waking that old pain In his
heart, leading blm back down the al
most forgotten paths of bygone years
when he and ahe had walked together
os levers.
Ever since Llllth had come te Little
Helpten he had been telling himself
that it waa Fate that it was useless
te trv te struggle against the tide
that had brought them together; that tt
waa meant te be that be and she were
Just puppets, playing the parts allotted
1. tnm. nAVr ms 1.0 reaiac.
"If what people say is true," Mrs
Fernald went en, "they haven't any
money at all except a small Income that
,ilf with the father. I wonder if Melly
would like me te go and help her If
there la anything I could de."
"I think it weum be kind 01 you 10
eiler," Harden said. "I have done my
best, but a man ia no. geed in a case
like this." '
She raised her beautiful eyes te bti
"I aAytyi remember you aa the kind
est maSHj.ever met," ahe aald.
Ilardefluahed.
"But even se, I could.net heM you
wlth.all my kindness,' ceiM I?" ha
said with ' teueltar .Irony ia his velca
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