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By RUBY M. AYRES
totAer 0 "7A Fnrtmn HunUr," "A Bacheler Hutband," (c.
(Copvrleht, HH, hu VfhceUt Newtpaccr Hvndlcaf)
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1? THIS BBOINS TIU6 TOB
k CSdtcflrd Sv itrupelt upward. He
fA ESS tMi Mellu. DanatrMi. repe-
t.C!i Wi ffreuiiac. fitfcrcMc Mm.
rz'tf daphler 01 a inrtncis.
' -- flniifiian. wne no
S!iaenHeman. who hat a Inrer
"i.7i I tmnrf.ii nr n
iajmmt "ir."i -v." --.
ntarei lieti
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if net
SwS"' SS&S.'Aif'K tf
timtalely bj Harden. Iter
AjAtrij nrrt fimtiMfl
Wt&tJ?lUird?nV Zhi'e Kind, te a
jmeIWM merrfja pi "-
awi-
WfkT.'fl bVf levr-ll ."CM remrc a iiilre
Ittfrlm IMUh avina that her huiband
th" vn MEHE IT CONTINUES
CfTARDEN bad loved Llllth loved
jH v.. .tin rtevnml that fact. alie
I'MA ece nothing, realise nething: but
u ... there before her mind like a
W'i .rrt
yHe had married her for some reason
Wei his own. net in the leant because he
i;Sfd for her: net in the least because
W had wished te have her for his own.
I r .i.. niih1 hnr nrm.
if .'."" r.r:: v..:; -;vi.si,i i
,, iShe looked up with wild eyes. .
V"I want te go home; let me go home.
' I. can't stay with you. I must go
mi tarn hnrrlcned. He frowned.
' "You're talking nonsense," he snld
Mu'ihlr.' "Please remember that you
''ate W wife. I will talk te you direct
ly, rieaie be sensible."
But Melly was past reasoning with.
ghe realised that it was net no much
the telegram as his reception et it that
bid reused the slumbering suspicion in
her heart. She followed him into the
ketel mechanically. She steed by In
1 tie big lounge while a porter brought
'in their luggage. Then Harden spoke
''igatn, and she found herself moving
with him across me aau unu up mc
A smiling maid met them. She looked
at. Melly interestedly. Melly wondered
if " one knew that they were newly
5- married. She glanced down at lrer ring.
It teemed te nang jikc a wcigac en uci
She went ever te the window of the
t6em into which she had been shown
1 and looked out into the street. It wu
a quiet, ugly street with rows of houses
that ull looked nlikc ; their high reefs
' shut out most of the sky and gnve
everything a dreary aspect.
Harden came into the room behind
ber. He closed the deer and followed
ler te tba window. '
- "Mellv." he becan. She turned. He
fctts looking et her Hnxleusly. "Well!"
he said with a smile. " Whnt nm I te
' 'say te be forgiven? What can I de te
.coeUnce jeu that there is nothing t,u
.very terrible in my life after nllV"
; The banter of his voice hurt her. She
understood new tbnt he had nlways
treated her as a child, never as u wom
an 1 She bad grown very wise during
the last hour.
' Fer a moment she did net answer,
then suddenly she found her voice.
"If Mr. Fernald had died n month
age, ou would never have married me,
'would jeu?" she said.
The het bleed rushed te his face ; his
tjres fell.
.Melly turned away and groped for n
ehatr. She felt as if seme one had
struck her., She dropped into the chnir
and hid her face en her arm. She looked
. a forlorn llttle bride sitting there in
' the wedding finery of which she had
been se proud.
Harden walked n step away and came
hick.
"Melly." he said gently. He knelt
down beside her, and tried te make her
leek up. "Listen, Melly, and I'll tell
you the whole truth. I should have
told ?ou some da imvwnv. It's only
'that jeu will henr It a little soeuer."
He took the band .that lay in licr lap ;
the hand Hint were his very new rlnc.
. "I knew Mrs. Fcrnnld years uge be
fere she wa'i married! I lie we
were engaged just for n little while, a
few months. I was a peer man then,
Melly net rich enough te buy her nil
the frocks and pretty things she wanted j
and te se she threw me ever."
He Hopped, and for seme moments
there was sllcucc. Then he began once
mere.
"I never saw her from the day she
jent me nwny (111 I met her with you
Ib Llttle Helpten, when 5011 were look
ing ever tlm lieiiHc next jeurs. Yeu
must !mc seen that the meeting was
net a happy one for me."
Melly made u llttle convulsive move
ment. She knew hlie had been blind
miserably blind net te have guessed
then.
"Meeting her like that," Harden
went 011 with difficulty, "reopened nil
old sores. I I Btippose 1 cared for
her mere thun she ever carrd for nic:
Many mte, when I taw her ngaln, I
new that I -had never really for
rotten. Melly'H hand was 'tern suddenly from
". She (lftf, her head and looked
athltu with wild eyes.
'And 011 never cared for me: you
Juet made use of me. Oh, why didn't
I tnctit Why didn't I guessV"
CHAPTER XXV
The Beginning of a New Life
Melly pushed him nwny when he
would have touched her: she rose te her
net and t)Cgnn pacing the room.
I suppose I couldn't ejpect you te
"illy care for inc after her," she said
sp ngly "i kuew I'm net pretty like
v.i . 1 !i VJW ,ll(lt wc aren't aren't
55?..' Tll wer(ltl ""no with little
J,' 1 ' " between them. She
wrung nor bunds In anguish.
!.,,rilcn ,took 1'er by the shoulders.
rJnTe, '"'J ?" -,l? 'ruth, hoping that
eafe for uV. 1- , , V1 V" I
But. ytL',..", " '";c fifiyins. it.
Obe C0II d llel lirnnL- iiuuv fr,M 1,1,
. ' 1 ""ii.. 1 hHl'iir in vnu
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lim . " " u,r "rn'l "wny with n
alvnl f uWet, PlMleii. He had
dutf nfCl ". tl,n,t. f1,p ,mi1 hu much
tan - -11 " . "; ! wiiju lie,
InTh V!l?pf, ?f. th'' PMlonate woman
and lnttl0 8lrl Ue b0(I E0 JiBbtly wecl
ili,lJipw' J?.1', bnen' T ,lke'l' y"."
yeuZ .OI,'rSOb.binBV V1 bunPS0 X ,(,t
H,n..LV ".-,. -,u" imeu me
- .-ev t, v,( iiiiru iiii inn. 1
dlrltM U"' ' (1,1 thlnk "0
I dld-l
ve!rrV,,,i' u &?,,, ""en sharply. Her
8? SiiiSt,ii?trbw forward bcli'
Sun. l!!Ld.l,,eribnck !'! ,be bP cI""'" nml
&n,i "Window wide. He bathed her
ad hlmsei; us he loekpd at her white
hcr,(fr!!"d W hfr (Iint lie taking
lreflivVhb.n,l0W,N lnte wnaUIne, and
ftS& stdew! l'r0Ugbt "Cr ,U, ,be
bH knpw. t'"Jt he had been unuttcr-
hC.,Jly...,,,?,,Kl't only of himself; that he
u EV,n,B.Klrl te protect himself
-"ins 00 for another
woman. It
fu.wrcu nis imin'n wv
ce.i n -1.1 i " . WU: "" l,ttU saerl-
lie hud sacri
'tiriu'' iJur :v"m up .uiu net care
7nd 1 imm efL". eman wbe" b0
JiSi,ff"b bl,,.(whel? heart.
Jf ' i ..(I '
irtnd
v.""
W Kibiit remt Wlti Frtrnaia, u teyign
f VLIhed known Miirrtcn n the unci. Du
' U married another .tnan who waa hew
izSilv "Ml, MeW . fetjfcr dire Mi&icnfv
iP'ETM "income with him.- Marine Kn
fcJSlltf nnl(9 Ofld.iellh e htilBltf.
W&k'&p'u Iff f
riaiiii rainiiBi v "i "'j-'
wandered ever him vaguely: then she
laughed feebly and tried te rnlse her
self. Harden npoke quickly.
"It8 .all right! Lle Mill! Yeu
fainted I" Hut she paid no attention
te him, She snt with her hands clasped
in her lap, a leek of such utter misery
en her face that he was struck te the
heart. '
"Well?" she said Bhnklly. "Well?
What arc you going te de with me?"
The childishness et the qhcstlen hurt
him. ' He would rather; she had -raved
.and cried.
"I suppose," she said. "I suppose
you wen't.Tct 1110 go home?"
He breke out agitatedly. ,
"I can't. Melly: hew can I? Think
what people wetild fcny ! De you want
tbcm nil tnlking down nt Llttle Help Help
ten? I'll make everything as easy for
you us I cnn. Yeu shall de just whnt
you like. We'U travel. Yeu shall de
anything you wish. I'm a rich man.
Yeu can have what money you want
if you'll try te forgive me?"
He was surprised at bin anxiety' for
ber forgiveness. He knew that until
he had wen it he would never lese this
sense of shame nnd self-contempt. He
felt an if he had brutally ill-treated a
child incapable of defending itself.
She shook her head.
"I don't want te go abroad. I don't
rare where we go. If you think we
had better stny here. 1 don't mind."
She spread her hand1 with 11 gesture
of helplessness. "Anyway," she said,
"I'm glad I knew!" Her voice broke,
but she controlled it instantly. She
looked up nt- him, nnd the ghost of a
wnllc curved her Ilns. "Hew you must
have hated it nllr' she said. "Belli,,
engaged te me and today!"
He breke out in vehement denial.
"It's net fnlr te say that. It's net
true. I nm proud and plcnsed that jeu
should should think enough of me te
wish te marry me."
"Hut but you don't love me at nil?"
she added for him painfully, ns he
stepped.
lie tried te say mat 110 did, nun te
make her believe it: but he knew that
his voice rang insincere. He knew that
she did net believe him that she never
would believe him again.
There was a tragic silence. Then
Melly laughed ; the saddest little laugh
imaginable.
"Well." she said, "it's a geed thing
you're rich enough te be able te keep
a way from me when jeu want te. Why
why, we needn't even even live In
the Mflme house unless we like."
Hu flushed.
"Yeu are trying te hurt me". Yeu
arc doing nil j-eu can te make me feel
what fl cad I've been. MeUv, if you'd
try te meet me half wny ! we've been
f;oed friends you told me ence you'd
Ike me for n friend. Can't we stnrt
from that and make something of our
lives?"
She shook her head.
"Ne," she said. "Ne, I'm afraid
I can't de that." -All her tendcrest
hopes nnd dreams were down "in the
dust, and out of their ruins this mini
whom she loved hew well she never
knew till new was .-ntmly nsking her
te turn her romance Inte friendhhip !
And down in Little Helpten Alec
Fernald lay dead ! The barrier that
had kept Jehn from the woman he
loved waR no longer there. Llllth was
free! It was Jehn new who was tied.
She could net bear it ! A wild long
ing te get nway, te be nlene, seized her.
She felt ns if she would burst out sob
bing if she stnjcd nnether moment.
She turned blindly te the deer.
Harden followed He prevented her
from turning the handle. He began
pleading with her.
"Yeu must tersive me! This is our
wedding day, Melly. You're net going
te be angry with me today. I'll de
anything in mv power te make you
happy. Mrn. Fernald will never come
into either of our lives. I swear te you
that I will never see her any mere. She
went out of my life tedaj', when I
married you, Melly!"
She shivered nwny from him. '
"I suppose I suppose I've get te
slay with you," she said. "Se se we
cnn just pretend te he nil right. If
that s what jeu want. Ill I'll stay
here. And nnd " Her voice trailed
away, only te go en aguln passionately.
"Oh, I wish I'd never seen you. I wish
I could go back and find m self at home
again just Mellv Dangcrlleld !"
"Yeu mean thnt j-eu won't forgive
me. Melly. I beg of jeu "
He put his arms nreund her.
"Kiss me, Melly."
Melly covered her face with her
hands. He wns treating her like a child ;
he did net yet understand that she with
a woman with a woman's breaking
heart.
"Leave me nlene, eh, leave me
alone," she said wildly.
be breke nway from him, nnd left
him standing there alone in the bllent
room.
CHAPTER XXVI
A Daring Step
After thnt night, though they lived
In the same house, Melly nnd her hus
band weie nlmntt strangers. She
never nsked Harden whnt he did, or
hew he spent his time, nnd she ncer
gave him nuy dctniK of her own life.
Befere they had been home a week,
people wcre tnlking; they bad known
all nleng that the marriage would be a
failure, se they declared ; what could
ene expect when n man married such
an unsophisticated girl? Ne doubt he
had wearied of ber befere thp cud of
their brief honeymoon; probably ber en
tlrn family were continually sponging en
him.
They felt themselves particularly ag
grieved because there had Jecn se little
entertaining dene by the newly married
pair; the Little Helptenltcs would have
given a great deal for n chance te be
nblc te poke nreund. nnd see whnt sort
of n home Melly had; they would like
te novo been given tee opportunity te
see hew she played hostess, and inci
dentally the opportunity te criticize and
sneer : it was preposterous, they said
thnt such a rich man should de nethlni
for the vlllnce
"Mr. Harden has done n great deal
for the village," se Mrs. Ashford pro
tested when such things were said in her
hearing. "Ueenuse he does things un
ostentatiously it mukes it all the better;
nobody has any idcu of the way he hns
helped the peer of the village."
Her defense of him was met with
silence ; the peer of the vlllnge bad net
been in their neighbors' thought at the
moment.
"Anjhew," Heme ene declared after a
moment, "Mrs. Harden might te meke
herself mere ugreenble; hhc isits no
body, and I'm sure we all called after
her murriugc,"
Mrs, Ashford thought it was quite
obvious why Melly had net returned
these calls; every ene hud Miubbed her
when her nnme was Dangertield, and
she knew Melly well enough te under
stand that she was glorying in her
new position, und the fact that new she
had it in her power te snub them in
return.
"And the wny she gees about every
where with that jeung Wharten is 11
positive scandal!" se some ene else
protested. "She really ought te be
spoken te about it; uury one is talk
ing." Mrs. Ashford hud noticed Melly's
friendship for her hus-hiind's young
secretary, and bceu a little disturbed
ubeut itt but she was net geiug te dls
cum it with these iweplt.
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