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W.'!5er!:i I.. Wk.
think of It oil day nnd every day,"
ffiiughed brokenly.
Pind I absolutely rciusp m ii"
Anr. . -ii ft t.A .lrl ttln tn
3b (Irmly. "You're going te live for
Sind'yesrs nnd leek after me. and
Wluibeard till ou are an old, elil
II t
0fi.etln.cs I think It's net such play
sa tell me." lie W Jealously.
La .... i hi hand away.
V..Y ... unfnir meat; unfair Just
ttV I m little civil te Mr. tfar;
I, I nave Known nun c;i ixj ....
i'i .Yii' as: ' Ui;
M BOUlClllute n.viun .-. -b
librl" She slipped a hand beneath
iSdVllng h cheek .te lita. "loer
Hf I Wntt W0UIU PIIO Mill niiu ...u..i
you? Xou don't pay her much of
imDllmcnt. Alec, If you think that
LMmnllmnnt
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abqut me, when
Ai. A. fnnprv llr.ff
iH loekeil away from her frowning.
k"Htn nave mnrrieu, nn n nniituuiu
L .l 1,. .nl.l AhutinntMv. "He
It putting Melly ob a barrier be
m himself and Heme woman who
"beyond his reach."
r.Llllth laughed.
s"A
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rv nice exn nnai en. nne rnia
i a llgntneBB the was far from fecl
"Ainl new we're net going te talk
it him any mere. Loek nt these
t roses Airs. Asmern oreugat. i
put them In water.'
I careiuny aveuieu mi rcicrcncc in
and Melly for the rest of the
lag, but there was a restless 1 ni
ece In ner ncarr. it fine ceuiu see
the vanity in her craved te read
i the unwilling passion of his eyes;
I would have given a great deal te
i been sure that Alee s explanation
l the true one.
'it a man'a way out of an Imnessl-
I.Mtuttien. Was that it? Just a
ki'i way of saving his own Bkln, of
King a step te any possible ftcandnl.
vim rernaiu was asleep mat cve
t the threw a wrap ever her bead
I went out into the garden.
like heat of the day bnd turned te a
m, lull evening ; there were myriads
kUra in the dark skr : as she crossed
I' lawn te the gate an owl flew
tth the darkness, booting mourn-
41ith shivered; she' stepped and
ltd back at the house, and the win
I with its subdued light behind which
t husband slant.
IffWhen I am senc!" Ills werda
in her heart with dread fore-
uer.
lie loved him; this weak, irritable
a wis tne' one perhaps net ery
It paiden of her life ; she could net
tore a future In which he hml no
ieej could net think of herself living
uui nini.
II went en toward the crittv her
It iteps making no sound ever the
t grits; when she reached it some
I mefed ahruntl in fh lindim-.
F,kMnf t0 ct iway unseen.
IvLUlth caught her breath..
Ia "Whft la It? .Tnlin t" .h ,l.i.n....l
ItHiMtn came back reluctantly; he
rem sianaing in tne warm dusk Ter
Bl tlm(. Innblne nn at- . Ill.i.i
w, and thinking about thin wem-
-infl tlARP hKa ma. 1... I 1.1. l.t
4iJ?M.V1,e,w.rden next deer COI"e the
mti of MeUy's voice, anxiously raised.
l?y' leu're te come In nt once,
lieu hear? If un Hnn
Sftni, T0,Ce answered cheekily :
-. ; Huiceminj anu u we don't
Wcin't make ual"
i. 'Cln't I !" Melly eundl r.n.n.r.
. i BLha.1.1.-1 8h11 te Mr. Har-
Al&:z.M ed
thLS"1!!"18 of derisive liughter an-
rd her.
i fti"K.''!!i-:. ?'
irrled t kim'i.T ' lul ou- l0,y.
iii'Xl!.r?n.be 8 err.T hh teii like."
Mfflftn'lW.-'W!
Perfect dear!" ,al,uu,-,li JUSt
lS'. iTeke mere like an nfrecilen
Rkl. V.. .ai woman ,n love, but the
-I niiue iip . irn ,,j i..,i
SnfrSlth.e..??leA wy from the
taotatle i hn ou uierc' aw"y ""
.Phlm 2," J??""' "nee had
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1 CIIAPTMW. .
I .u. .inn
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1 lf. 1 l. - ziMiicn
Lmm 'irf 5-J. been right when
Ittirrln in t.V.i 'iVV "nrden would
i few ?diraLU.t,.1ncI,)ten' for wlth
IhmIL. y a0.. the nnneuncement of
n thil .1. ,l .f cemran knewl-
WRt tile Wftdtllnt ,..n,.U .i
K Quietly Len,,-,,. andunt"c
WlbLI,i.eipt0.li1,cs wer dl"PPelntcd.
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i-i"w uncnaruaDie.
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L. "V0 Ix)"ln nd tied the
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tl i7 J. .' . " tuur',Bi no nan
i2L iwllS,ft '?mllyl Already It
1 rumored thnt ha U.i ,.a. '..
5dKtnt.'i,er,n t.h8 bJ-8 ,0 Se te a
".n, cool, and had paid off the
ii5? en lhZ Wh,te "e"8' 80 that
(1 mrt LVrfle,,d. ceu,d 1,ve "'"e tl
HUJ of hr f. .,! j.i.i. ... .....i.
ul .. - -; ":f mini un iiiiiuii
W "? he liked at his expense.
iuii.Zi 1.11""0.10 Knew new they
HICa it," sad t,n iKnnnnln.n.l
W 2f "L".9 duhtera. spitefully.
JHJ course, he's been hadl"
"T. Ainrnpii iii.i .Mn.
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khi.j . 'i r. imrcien is nt ait
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1 .3-R." '.Bwef"y Ana really you
MMffVln'fft.M0,,jrl'tW0rt,,,trac-
u'if1" ' eloquent, If unladylike,
went round tli vienmuA irtrtn-.
Reniti1 M' Asn'erd changed the
.'Hey were se lealeus thev dd net
What te de with themselves," she
her husband nftcrwnrd. "Peer
I It must be rather imllliiff nfrer
y, they have always fuiubbcd
r aUll nifet fnn.ll. huBIIIA A... nl.
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jb quite Uie first lady in Little
" x wenaer nnic attmnm hn
wilt like with them when she Is mar
ried." But Melly wai net worrying her head
in the least about anybedy: th wai
much tee busy and happy with her own
affairs.
Harden had given her a great many
present, and had had a marriage set
tlement drawn up In correct style.
"Yeu really needn't have worried
about itt" Melly told him when he tried
te explain It te bcr. "I shan't want
much money te spend: you can buy
all ray clothes, and If I might have
Errhapi ten ehlllrnts a week te spend?"
he made the suggestion apologetically 1
ten shillings seemed such an exorbitant
sura te have mentlend.
Harden lauched. he lauahed much
mere frequently lately, and Melly's
mother declare that he was looking
younger already.
"And he really Is a most distinguished
looking man," she added with a shade
of condescension.
"What n modest little girl you are."
Harden said, laying his hand en Melly's.
"Ten shillings a week I Why, whatever
will you de with It all?" he a iked
mockingly.
Melly' flushed.
"I can give some te the boys '
"I'll leek after the boys, ne told
her. '
"You're such a dear," Melly
answered.
He looked away guiltily,
"I was telling Mrs. Fernald this
morning hew wonderfully geed you had
been te us all," Melly went en simply.
"It all seems like a itrttam tn maVm
still afraid that some day I shall wake
up and find it s never been real any
of it."
"Yeu won't de that," he said.
one moved rlnmr tn him th ....
!,.." ,Vcther in the garden of the
White Heuse a garden tidied new out
of all recognition, with a lawn smoothly
shaved and paths Innocent of weeds.
T.. V..iiJJ .U iL.i v
lucky eirl." hn nM him "HI,, e.l.l
that she wished she was hslf as bsppy
as I am."
Harden mnde no answer.
Her IniNbnml linn hepn lit ..in
you knew," Melly went en symna-
ineucaiiy. "Hue was up with him all
InRt nlsht nnd vht Inntt.1 null. ....
out this morning What did you
'Nothing I didn't speak."
Melly leaned her chin in her hand.
"Wouldn't it be awful If he died?1'
she snld In a hushed voice.
"Whatever would she de?"
Harden row te his feet.
"He won't die." he said roughly.
leu knew what they say about creak
ing hinges he'll live for
years and years and then die of some
thing else altogether." He took off
his hat nnd inn his Angers through his
hair.
"Se It's settled about our wedding
V.0.?' ?9 (,a,d w,,n a change of tone.
leu think the twentieth will suit you
quite well, de you, Melly?"
Melly nodded nnd her eyes shone.
' I cnj't believe It's true." she said.
"That I shall really be railed Mrs.
Harden and have te manage your house
De you knew I shall be sim
ply terrified of nil your servants?"
He smiled.
"You'll get used te them, and Mrs.
Barnes will help you with the house
keeping; there won't be mueh for you
te de except amuse yourself."
8he laughed happily.
"Oh, I shall be able te amuse myself
all right. What did Mr. Wharten say
when you told him?"
"When I told him? When I told hi in
wnat"
"About us you knew."
"Oh ! I forget eh a matter of fact
I don't think I told him at nil but he
knows everybody knows by this
time."
"Yes. I suppose they de." She walked
beside him te the gate. "Hew many
mere days te the twentieth?" she
asked suddenly.
He made a swift calculation.
"Nine, I think and, Melly, if you
want- any clothes perhaps
ou had better run up te Londen for
a few days. Mrs. Ashford will take
jeu, I nm sure, If your mother doesn't
feel equal te the journey.
Melly mode a grimace.
"Mether never gees out. I should
like te go with Mrs. Ashford."
And se It was arranged, and Melly
went off all" smiles and dimples one
afternoon with Mrs. Ashford for three
days' shopping.
Harden nav them off at the station.
"Take cure of her," he said te Mrs.
AJsbferd. "SIie'h hucIi an excitnble
young lady." He looked at Melly. "And
don't lese your purse or get ruu ever,"
he admonished her teaslngly.
"As if I should! Oh, are we really
going?" Her gay voice dropped; she
steed up, leaning out of the window.
"Geed-by," she said.
It was Impossible net te kiss her.
Harden touched her soft cheek with his
lips, and a moment later she was out
of bight.
He walked out of the station with a
fe.ellng of relief. He was free for three
dejs at least.
CHAPTER XIX
Melly Gees te Londen
Melly had the time of her life' in Lon Len Lon
eon. She lind never stayed at n hotel
before, nnd had never hud any money
te bpcud. New she had te much that
she did net knew what te de with it.
"It's a dream, of course it is," she
said tlfty times a day te Mrs. Ashford.
"I knew It's ten geed te last. I'm a
sort of second Cinderella, and I shall
wake up one day in rags."
Mrs. Ashford laughed.
"I think It's very real." she said
kindly. "And I hope it will last all
your life."
Melly wrote long epistles te Jehn
Harden. She was a little doubtful hew
te begin them; she was net sure what
manner of address he would prefer.
Finally she left it till Uie end and added
it with n rush:
"Dearest and Best "
She theuclit thnt was a lovely way te
begin; she had copied it from a book
she had read. After all he was her
dearcht and best the most wonderful
man in the world. She told him hew
many frocks kIie had bought hew that
they were nil cither black or white, and
thnt she hoped he would like them; she
ea Id she had beugnt ever se many
beautiful shoes, and that she never
knew until new hew nice her feet could
leek. She inclesed the menu of their
first night's dinner at the hotel, and
marked it "glorious" ; there was only
one thing wanting for her complete
happinesB, sue teiu mm suyiy en me
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THE TOONSRVILLB TROLLEY
By FONTAINE FOX
J66S AtU AKO Of CevKSB. HBATS ALU
jsgg' I 5e ip Yeu tivt the. Village, iri
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GASOLINE ALLEY Financial Futures
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and that was that he was
her!
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letter; she was se young something
in its wording, with Its childish delight
in everything, made him ashamed.
He was net treating ber fairly he
was deceiving her, leading her te be
lieve that he loved her, whereas he had
nothing mere te give than a man'b
affectlonute toleration.
He put the letter away In his desk
nnd answered it briefly.
He was glnd she waaenJeylLg herself
she must be sure te let nlm knew by
whnt train fhe would be returning, se
that he could meet her he signed him
jelf Yuurs ever It seemed tin easiest
rt'ay out of it, and entirely noncom
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