BMKMfli SwrtVB .t. UC ."V rl H'rf' t.7 . & y .r. jr . y. i 0 wamiz',mmwmmKm.wmm f mmmmsmmmmmMmiwsmpmimmm m$w$m EVENlNGr PUBLIC 'LBDaBR-PHIDADBLPHIA, WEDNESDAY, FEJJKUAKY 55Z, ias 4 Hr.'j"vs ff V'BifWfSrMIKBl v-jr-wsa wap A MAN'S WAY By RUBY M. AYRES x fcVV -i t "Thm Fertun Hunter." "A Bnchtlar HathmniJ fc. ?A i-w . kM w& vni4A ,. VVVn mwmmt ww "nun. ..-,. , BrnWpvHi f rlth Mell; i drtim the dreamed about Jehn Har- tnn the day W "" .Mm ; dreamed that he looked Ith kind eye, and that she was XlXand then the dream changed, !. once mere In the strange Ta the hotel where they had spent tittle nenejiu" " -i at her angrily, and ahe could gf TOlCe impaucui, mm i;uu ;. .Liuuh. hehavlnt like thin. te you that It's alUver and done :tried te take her In Ms arm, but :L7..i..i umlnst him struggled Kru"u r. ' ,.- r-, ttelr: and tnen sne went, weke t l.Ii1iiu tvllli n ufrn. .,",- hA thrhnt. Unit the of some one, hammering at the v.j . man's voice mad with t crying out Just as Harden had i. htr dream : Molly-Melly T' ,M,.lf gtarien w -- "...., ... .. ..... . hin. It was real, only u. una net here, and that was net Voice, ami the room, was full of !'..i,i n rrr out. but her voice strangled In her threat; she knew what had happened : the house was T.,.,M hi windows the dark- re. wywv T- ' .. m . . iii lit with a yellow gare; tne -. i.Aitinir. but thcre was an Mend mingled with It a-tcrrlfy- oily Struggled te the deer her head swimming; she felt as If her lungs bunting; she fumbled for the key, ir hands felt useless; she thought " i.j m,t hut he could hear no .1 .. I A A..tl F i, ana men n hj i n weed ; some one had broken the - - na Mal1tnM , 1.AM in; some one ... ih the smoke and darkness. P.u.Mnilv!" Twe hands grinned -and caught her up as she would L f.ll.n n thi fleer. VM..1. rin.1 nh. thank Ged!" That iir Afliiu vw. - I - Ml Whlrten S voice, ""- reuisiiuni rthreufh the mist that seemed carry -it.tr -way with it; she clung te him Zetrattly; they were out en the land Ssrshe knew, near the staircase. Melly mi stifled hcrenm and hid her face. The stairs weie almost gene; the tide hall below looked like n seethlnij hrasce; she shuddered and tried te i ba. iVr wa- some nn screaming tee; Mta one I.lllth. .The seutld of that rill nysiericni veire uecm ie uruig 11 ycV In liorcelf. -Rh freed herself from the arms that held her; she panted eut: "Milth veu must take her firi.t: she deMit't knew the way ; I de. Take her -the ether stnircnc ; "ilnllr. for norm snkc Tf. There t Is- 3 1st than m A great billow of smoke burst up ird from the hall bolew: It sent them heart choking and staggering. Melly LI....1 ,ll1u Inn'inl l.llllll h "SSfcpaught her, piiBhed her into Wharten' trnii. . "Save her. save her for Jehn's !iak!" The old wheel of thought una sturtcti fqce mere in her brain. '"If it were net for me Jehn would marrr Mlitb: If I were out of the way Jehn would marry Llllth " Over and eer again, ever and ever agaln--eTcn when lier senses began te nil, tneae werui sioeu out in ncr urain dearly as if some one had stamped thtm there in letters of cold. (ugi sue bad tauen new snu wan lying w)H lice, downward te try te escape the Itneke and choking breath of the Uamcs. She had forgotten all nbeut the ether atalrcase; she had forgotten every thing; the dream was coming back; it ai all a dream, and Jehn was with ttr, holding her in his arms, kissing her, telling her he loved Irer; Mich n wicei arram, suen a wenucriui uieam 1 only one need nevcf awaken ! Then suddenly there was a crashing, rtndlnt neunil : nntairle in the xillil jlfbt even the wind seemed te pause for a moment te watch the ruin of the grind old house, befere it went madly en Its way again, helping the flames, addias te the completeness of destrue- .. .-... .. iron; and tecn a mass of names nnd arks shot unward te the hVv. nml elly's dream faded nnd went out into I iMittr darkness. CHAPTER XXXV A Premonition Half X rlnvpn tltiiaa hrtn'nnn fnnn. Wke and the ntntlen Harden almost tainted his mind wnd tnrni.d hnnlr SSuB",'r ," wh' was be running away? f'iu niuifscir. jMOlly was his wife he was behaving 5 a tool In WHk nut nf her lift, nnd Iave her te another man ; he ought te IVe insisted that she enine' with Mm; 1 !Xi ought te have taken her abroad it I u i, M&U m, m IJU 10 yen rlT.' fur tut-1lh PUT Ruby Ayres at Her Beat! You'll be faicinattd at the tkitl and tttnpathv which tM favorite ieriter nf love fiction bring into action in "A Loveless Marriage It'e the qbterblnff ttery of woman' htart, and begin , Friday en This Page BCr the nnt ,niil.l hn fireAnun 'here Whartnn rniild npvir fnllhu. nnd SWf their happiness. ir.ven wncn the I,onden trnin came f and the chauffeur was waiting with m m net, naraen turnea ana looked ck tewaid the village. "It WAS OR if lie didn't want n n the man informed his fellow servun'ts irwara. "i he leve lie was in two ilnds about missing the trnin even hen she was just off. Talk about in met. I believe the master knew that unething would Iiuddeu if hn wnnt way." ut Harden went nil the same; lie AS 111 l.nndmi tiafn.n ..!!. In. ..... J "'" "rlVIU IIIIUUU, 1VUJI- ering whern nn ..ir 1 1. in -,. n.,,i !..., 0 kill time. u "v" Of Llljth he neier thought; it is f?"84c.,er'8tlc of most men that once J'"'0 ' a woman they very cldem pre Kr thought, even of remorse ,? f0 Mhat 8nei lt is c-,ar-in.! k l,cJ.ef ,nest mtn ,lmt enr their Z dIed- ,hcy indignantly will ii i8ncar that il vtT "ally lived, u. n'n ",BS no exception te the rule. In I n S g tbese '"tcrmedlate hours -1 ini... L ".' "'" ,u1 low years must jJWave been a bad dream. SI." was stninee hmv Atniir. .. ;n i,iu hA t'8. "J th? timc-) Evc,y moment SiUW hi,n8,,f thinking of her, re raembcrlng some little incident of the heu,..r"Jn,.J:B.,L,PP5,L.,'m-. Thc SJntr0UML-'ft,i, '."fturcd him. She had ftlMen 80 rhidshv nlenned nn,l nrn.,l tie thought of 'the letters she had writ-' it..ii 'J'"1' thi: w?y Bl, lia'l told him TOnh . new irecKh, tne surprise with I" IHCll SllC llflll rnrn in.l I.I. k..l. .k. in. i.i ... "kUHcu in: ciicck, me ' whleli she had looked forward thaw I " t0 Bhew hlm her Pur ul . I'!"1 net, cvcn troubled te meet ncr at thu stutlen.' He could remember - uiui no nau tneugnt it quite sum. ili ii l iihe,na. """rten with his apolo apelo apole SiK.H;, hV' fr?m that 'day, t0? H mui. .v" -U(!tween . .tl,e8c tlT ,. i ,uu' "u ule"u was te eiame. Pent the nftnrnnnu ...n.l.l i.-... meng the fc " n,...".',""'"?...","0. fravL"1!'1 n ,man wcre looking at d eri".M W'nd0W a"U t0,k' B?rdLB'ir1' w,as 5un nn(l Pretty, jeung tee. He Blghed and turned Dial" IJever t?kpn n woman shop shep shop U'Weuldahn B,trukk h"?,wflat n lcUht WnT b? tot J"te Melly here with ?.'re new te shnw hflr nif .. ..;:.. asSA JBsr' .ceu,d ''"- ilfb9hi1"i,rUly "pe, anv mney en h'er-Kl-A? ' Bw.'. e d net believe she ftlarM i . Dta ,no feoereua sum lie had 7liftk & 5W! the bank, " '" mHtYiTKSX jSmZSVJW r desk where young Wharten wai sup posed te be at work, chattering away, asking a thousand and one questions, laughing, joking. Or at dinner, with the rosy light from the shaded lampa falling en her face. He would never ait at table with her again; he had cut himself off from ber: he had given her her freedom. She had known that he never meant te return home, and she had said noth ing. He thought of the way ahe had let him go, never a tear, net a word of farewc.Il. She had" been glad te aee the last of him. Maner Dyke bad been her prison, se ahe had told him, and he her jailer. The afternoon dragged. He called te see his solicitor and briefly told hlm the state of affairs. "I am net blaming my wife," he aald. "The fault la entirety mine. She Is te have everything she wants, but If ever she expresses the desire te see me, you are te let me knew at once. 1 shall always keep In touch with you wherever I am yea, 1 shall probably go abroad," he half smiled, meeting the concern in the ether man's eyes. "I am afraid 1 was tee old for her," he said whimsically. "A girl like that wants a boy te laugh with her and play with her, net a stay-at-home old fossil." lie went awny feeling as if he haa signed his death wurrant. There was nothing te wait for In Londen. He might ns well cut his visit short. He looked up trains and almost de cided te go that night, but It was a wretched nftcrnqen, there was a gale blowing. Londen seemed the most desolate spot en earth with the driving lain nnd furious wind whistling round every corner. He went back te his hotel nnd sat ever the tire. It was the same hotel where Melly hed stayed for these few days with Mrs. Ashford. He wondered If any one In the hotel remembered lier. He would hove given anything for some one te talk te him about bis wife his longing te see her again, was unbearable. She would be dressing for dlnneg new. he thought ; perhaps she was making herself leek prettier than usual beruiiRe he was net there te sec her and Wharten was. The thought drove him te his feet: he could net rest. If only he could have get out of Londen tonight! While he was se near home he would never knev any peace of mind. The only way was te put miles of distance between himself and her; perhaps that way forgetfulness would be wen. Years age, when Llllth sent him out of her life, he had net suffered an he was suffering new. That had been a small pain compared with this a boy's unreasoning passion compared with the love of n strong man. He could net sleep. When hn closed his eyes he saw Melly's eyes against the darkness, nnd there was nlways that heart-broken leek in her face that he had seen there en his wedding day. It was lone after raldnlaht when he dozed eff: the wind wns still raging outside. Hardcn's last thought was te wonder hew it sounded down at Maner Dke, whercthere were se many trees. He knew just what myriads of voices must he clamoring round the old house new. He woke about half an hour later with a fast-beating heart and a choking sense of fear. 'He sat up looking wildly round. The room wns quite still, though outside the wind still swooped through chimney Macks and around corners. He groped for n light and turned it en. Nothing had happened, but his crew wa ciampy ana his pulses jerk ing. Seme one had called te him. He was sure that he had heard his name. "Jehn, Jehn!" It hud been Melly's voice, tee, but se changed and altered as te be almost unrecognizable. Se full of fear, se terrified. It was a dream, of course, it could only be a dream, nml yet he could net shake It off. He lay nwnke till daylight, and till the raging of the storm died down te a whimpering wall, like that of a child who. nas dene wrong ana is afraid of punishment. ' When the room wns filled with gray dawnllglit, Harden fell asleep. He slept heavily, and only reused when some one came hammering at the deer with strange insistence. He woke then, and for n moment his dream and the old blind fear seized bim. Melly something had happened ! He hastily threw en Heme clothes and opened the deer. A servant steed there apologetic ana embarrassed, "I big pardon, sir. but there's a gen- tlnmnn tn epn vntl. ITn'a hnnn line, hnlf an hour, but i didn't like te wake you before. I did come te the deer, but you were sleeping se heavily; but he says thnt It's very urgent. Here's his card." Harden grabbed the card up from the tray. He glanced at It and for a mo ment his bleed nccmcd turned te lee. "The Kev. Kebert Ashford. " CHAPTER XXXVI The End of the Read He Btoed staring down at It stunidlv. He knew why Ashford bad come, of course. Melly had gene, that was it. She and Wharten had (.notched at their liberty and gene away together. He reused, himself with an effort. "I will dress and come down at once." He tried te hurry through his toilet, but his fingers felt stiff- and clumsy. It wns nearly halt an hour before he went down te the deserted ameking room where Mr. Ashford was pacing up and down. He turned when Harden opened the deer. Mis kind face was agitated and full of distress. flAf. .Inn. Ta..!.. VAll nlat 4KImI UJT UVai 4.UIMVH. JVM IUH IUU this a most extraordinary time for me te visit you, but the fact is" here the peer man hesitated and stammered "I hardly knew hew te tell you. It's all se terrible!" Harden Interrupted ruthlessly. "Yeu need net bother. I think I knew," he said, in a voice of atccl, The ether man stared in amasement. "Yeu knew I Hew en earth " Harden laughed drearily. "It's no news. I assure you. I left Maner Dyke because I knew what was going te happen. Yeu will be doing roe n real Kindness it you de your utmost te slen nn.v uncharitable talk In th village, I knew what I.lttle Hclpten Is, but If you tell them from me that my wife Is quite free from blame and that I " He .stepped, struck by uiuciiuug i' luiiuiucr nan a fact. THE GUMPS Tit for Tat By Sidney Smithy I'M JU3T tittN6 K) CVU WlftA or mt Fiut et he "own ami it M0 VeVMHCi WTH HM Ca AM WW in mv tTO OHE wk, ;imnw K 0Jt- ucitn CkHat- 3rN V60 Vtvrcfttie- WI6 WsVk 1HKT tSRNeW VIEW. HWIH6 Uf THl wuKYAte win Ttrrwww r t Nee TAKtH& Him TO- A -kii, Xeuft auHDMcnweft t net VWTIN& VOU " WtttftC te YOU 6t? THAT MeiM.?t tefct Jvrr ttivNft MUt MOMt 0M tUGtt 9CHO0L JUT CVUCIC- TAV Att- VIM ME FKlWt tOlU I ME ua AC A4AH CHECK BOCK? A? 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