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toil tayM next deer be lenjt."
u (ertunate she wen net loexing
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mil mil. ,.N f tnft.
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ijten waa n little Bllcncc; Jnne come
Imt m'lBtrcbs wants you,' Miss
ill aprenf tip. .
V!l must go. De you miner ' one
lu Inte Lis iravc face. "I wonder
haawrrew will ever reaiiy come, aim
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lealc her hand and held it.
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M auddtn emotion. "I am going te
mu tbe happiest little gin in an
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ftiuln beast when only the low hedge
iJbM. him from bia yeutu ana tnc
IVHiinhe loved.
CHAPTER XXIII
A Strwia Wedding .,
MsUy eke that morning with the
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Her weauing ny ; one went iu n-
l... anil onenrd it wide te the dewy
Mrdn. bne aisseu ner nanu in vnc
JJreetlen of Maner Dyk; ahe wmi
JtM if Jehn were awake tee, and if
kl were as bnppy nnd excited as ahc.
BM WIS arcsKCO ana uopnniuire uc uc
te Jiim'ii aleeny head had left the ull-
tewi tba morning seemed te fly.
, Tktre were the bejB te dress In their
rauiuanu Clean ceiibtb. mrs. i-ran-aM
fa dreu nnd te nremiade thnt
Joemey te Londen would net kill
tflr ke'et her temper wonderfully
aWvih It all i she never had a moment
IsVYbIcb te' think of herself. It wna
Inly when Mrsi Ashford arrived that
I TtnemDereu tnai anc was me unut.
iheyw Have .been tee center ei
Isttctl6n. . . ..
iTBt) vicar is very crpas wiui ir.
Rlrdtn for net being married here, or
'At lull In . .hui-nh ' Mf' AcliCnr.t fnlll
M6II. "But nil the same I am coining
ap'te tee you safely married. New, mv
iHt, run along and rett, or you'll be
reni out. Leave your motber ta me
'U manate her yes. and the boya."teo.
Tike Jane uitli you; you muut want
HM one te help you uresM.
Melly nccr remembered hew she get
Irtaied at all; the time secuuid te tiy
In a whirl ; It waa only when tliey
ri all in the train and en their way
te Londen that she began te think.
What a mudilli IK hail hwn ! Sim
laew that people in Little Helpten munt
bt.tllklnt about her unconventional
weddlef, but she did net rare; 8he sat
beside her mother, and tried net te leek
at the boys; they looked se uAcemm6nly
clean and Well bchuved. She loved tliem
all se much ; bow the would miss them
ia the future. She made up her mind
tut she would always have at least en?
of them staying; with her at Maner
tye.
Mrs. Danicrflelil nm tcnrfnl And
;Snalnlecnt.
oeiy your ecar latner naa dccii
Ujrii she said ever and ever again.
lam SO ill and inrnnahlrv T aluill nivrr
OjiBaae te apt thrnncrli thn nArpmnnl
Without breaking down, Melly."
. !'pn, yes. you will," Melly assured
Mheerfully. "U will be very short,
nUAhthnnptftp tlmn U UA l....n l.k ...
caweb?' " uu uuvu " "
. s tee excited te be critical ;
'H.AarulV renllril Minf ahn u-nu lz.nl.
. li! ,bcht '" ,he K'niple cloth frock
"" "i" in wnieii iie liaa chosen
'ec mnrricil.
Jehn Ilardi'ii met tliem nt PaddliiL.
'I. He were an unllnnrv lenncrn mill
a Seft felt hilt, but Whnrten nt IiIm
LWas Immiii'liliilc In n t nil crut nnd
y hpat; hr. Krliincil at Melly iiur
ISlT flllrl klirm!.' I.i..Il.
He had nccr been merp surnrlsed In
life tliAn wlicn he had been asked te
belt mnn.
VI haven't a friend In l,e 1vn-l.l t
w te ask." Harden had cxnlalned
trwnedly. "And it's only a matter
after all; be if you don't
Wharten did net mlmi ut i,n ,.
that hn looked fttr mnrn IILr. !,
iroem than Harden did.
ne,t 'n he least like a wcd
UCent for Wlinrtnn,i ullb k. e...1
inch of flowers which Mrs. Danger-
I -m' ,trar s '" toxlPiibir-Wlierton
Y7"'-" ' c nieuy nnu ner
II, Vll '"' Ja"n ,,n'1 th0 b0yS
-. MBiiiunj pacheii into n tnira.
Men looked out of , the window into
..my sirect; no wa very pac;
wan n 1 11 nu. 4.i i.. iL 1.1.
chek -.- jvinuiK hi 1110
aB,'t:!'RLB.t' n1"'" .
'"?!. think it J wi...i.. ..1
Hy, though thcre wns net a cloud
v y, una they both knew It.
riDn una rellevf.il 1,.,n n, .1.1. .
(OdO(; he theiicllt it Wll tlin mm.
w,y. arettlusc mdrrlcd he had
""r",i ,: he felt rather sorry for
I1' IIHIC Or Ue. He roil d net
tand Harden nt all ; from time
e he looked afc him with puzzled
' registrar's efDce was In n aide
iiJJSi net Rarl,tfulttriy cheerful r a
urehing gathered around the deer
V. ' ""v lne cal" Pulling up;
I r1 ". weddings, but tJiey
(0 Htnre Ull llm unnm Tl... .
I loudly en Wliarlnn'n ernv kinitu
y Innl. It . .- .1." . rt. ' :
iUij 'v ! iiucu i.nni ne was
Lridegroem.
P reglhtrar himself was a mourn.
S.f K0."'' '.'? ?,L"1 "J Melly.
'rkij . " . '" B'1 """ii. im tern
1.09) H tO BtOn tallllllV ! IlA nfTr.rn.1
"Danierfield chair.
I room waa dingy and smelt of old
luu1 tih?r? WM .empty jgretr
Tr GUMPS Waiting at the Chutch
ward phe could net remember the ac
ttial ceremony. It'wSs se vacua and
unreal, but there came a moment whetv
she awoke from her trance, and feuml
her mother kissing ber and crying, and
the boys demanding te see ber ring.
8he raised her eyen te Hnrden's face.
He waa net looking at ber, but
Wharten was, and thtre waa something
in his expression that made ber feel na
if she wanted te run away and cry ; he
looked somehow "aerry," ahe thought.
"And se I have lout my only daugh
ter." Mrs. Uaugerflcld was wiylng hys
terically. "It secina only yesterday that
she waa a little mlte in white frocks
nnd a blue, sash the prettiest little
thing you ever saw, I assure you"
this last te Mrs. Ashford, who was
vainly trying te seethe her.
, Melly bit her lip te keep herself from
a hurst of teara ; ahe touched Hardcn's
arm.
"Oh. let us get" she said in a
whisper. v
He turned at once, and presently he
and Melly were driving away.
Hhn planner! Iier hands nervously in
her lap; her heart waa beating up In
her threat; what was be going te say
A.. t... I.. . . .HAM.lAl.tHMV tA t.l
10 ner, bnq was ivuuucriiij 1 nc uw
hardly spoken yet.
This was the wonderful moment ; she
was his wife. Nothing In tbe world
could undo that fact.
She .thought with sudden heartache
of the church nt Little Helpten, where
the sun shone through the stained glass
windnwH and butterflies flew nmena
the graves in the quiet churchyard. She
wihiiue buc uau eecn married mere , bdc
wished, eh. she wished a th6usand
things thnt come crew dins te her brain ;
like hits of gossamer, touching her, and
yet always eluding her, never letting
her quite grasp them.
A sharp turning in the rend flung
her against Hardcn's arm, and for the
first time he. necmed aware of ber pres
ence, and looked down at her.
"Well, my little wife?" he said.
If the Words were. an, effort, Melly did.
net realize It'. ' '
"Oh," she said with a sigh of con
tentment. "I am se 'glad it s all ever r
uten't'yeu?"
He laughed with e sort of relief and
slipped an arm round her.
"It was rather an ordeal," he ad
mitted. "And new we're just going, te
begin a long holiday" he put a hand
beneath ber chin, turning her face up.
"Mar I be allowed te kiss you?" he
asked.
She raised her lips unhesitatingly and'
kissed blm with all her heart.
"I'm ob, he happy!" she said.
The luncheon pasted off merrily
enough ; Whnrten wes.the lite and soul
of them all; be made several funny
little speeches and Kept the boys in
fits of laughter; even Mrs. Danger
field condescended te nut her handker
chief away and smiled ; everybody waa
looking cheerful when at last, It was time
for Melly te leave.
"I shall be back seen, very ae6n,"
she said ever and ever again as she
klnscd the boys. They objected te being
kissed, as a rute hut this waa a great
exceptien. "And I'll bring you ail lovely
presents," she premised.
But there wan n Itimn In her threat;
she had never realized bow well abe
loved tbem until new.
8hc was elad that Harden had agreed
te a honeymoon in 'Londen. Londen
was net very far from Hclnten. and
she could run home if she wanted te;H
ajie whispered te ed that ahe would
have them all up one day seen and
take them te n theatre. She kissed
Mrs. Dangerfirld many .times; she even
kissed Jane in the general flurry and
confusion.
Harden looked en' with a smile ; it
was nil unreal te bin.; it arcmed im-
nntHlhlft that nttcr this afternoon tliere
would be no getting rid of Melly again
that she was his wire for tue rcn-er
his llfe and hers.
He wns relieved when thf goedbys
were snld and he nnd Melly v,ere heated
In the tnxl that wax te take them
away. The boys Hwnrmed round the
deer; he knew that Ned had tied a
whlte shoe te the bark axle. Wharten
wns distributing confetti from a bag
which he had concealed In his ceattalm.
A generous dose of champagne had
made him flushed and excited ; he called
loudly for three cheers aa the taxi be
gan te move away.
t A telegraph boy daahed down the
steps of the hotel and after the taxi.
The driver stepped.
Harden took the yellow envelope from
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"Congratulations, I suppose," be
said.
There was a moment's silence, then
the paper fluttered from his hand : Melly
grabbed it up and rend the message.
wiinrter watcning, saw tee laat
cnnvnlnlnn that crossed her face saw
the way she looked at ber husband j.then
with nn effort uaraen reused himself.
"There Is no answer drive en !" The
cab started forward.
CHAPTER XXIV
Disillusionment
Melly was Marin at Iter husband's
facp. She htlll held the mesHncc in
her hand ; he forced himself te meet her
CJC'"
"Mr. Fernnld Is dead." she paid. Her
voice was almost expressionless; her
fnce white. Suddenly she leaned across
and gripped his arm.
"Why dens nhe teleijrapli te you?"
she. naked shrilly. "What does it mat
ter te you if lie Is dead or' net?"
Harden tried te Inugh. lie wan
cursing himself for his momentary Iesb
e( self-control. He leaned forward,
nnd. taking the fnteful message from
Melly, he crushed it Inte n pocket.
"Why arc you looking se tragic?" he
usked. lie tried te put hta arm around
her. but she shivered from him. There
was a sort of frightened leek In her
eyes.
"She nccdnit bave telegraphed te
you! What's It cot te de with you?"
she asked him again. "Oh, leave me
alone, leave me alone; I am net a
child te be put off with excuses and
excuses. I knew all along that she liked
you ; I knew that she hated it because
veu wanted te marry me." Hhn steu
ped, breathless and panting. "Did you
want te marry me" ane asucu tragi
cally. She flung her question at him ; it
was impossible te avoid the cartnest-
ncss of her eyes.
Harden tried te answer. At last
"Let the pnst be, Melly," he pleaded
aattntcdlv. "It's ever and done with:
wp nre married, you nnd I. Fer Oed'a
sake don't let us start like thin."
Mhe hardly nenru mm. u seemed as
if the suspicion that had lain dormant
In her heart for weeka bad sprung
suddenly te life nnd real existence. A
hundred little Incidents which had passed
almost unnoticed came crowding back
te her that day in the woeda when
she had found Lilith and Jehn together;
the afternoon when she haif seen blm
standing looking Inte Lllith'n garden
with audi sad eyes; the night when
he bad conic from Lllith'n house and
panned her at the gate. Hhe hnd been a
feel net te guess before a feel !
He misunderstood her silence. He
thought he had convinced her that
everything was well. He tried te draw
ber te him ; but she resisted fiercely.
"Oh. leave me alone leave me
nlenel" She hid. her face In her hands:
she waa thinking fastdesperately. She
felt aa It an all-enveloping cloud bad
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