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Kami t,ltlt vfssr .. 5!Jt .a, itf twTnotleMS ri dff S?id Vhy I had been fetched away flrif'l d!d net understand. I Ji had 00 "I1 experience of life. WJSt U delightful te wear my new t'S.V.and recelve a great deal 01 ai ?n I liked the boxes of choce- telHOn. .. ".V ". ..hlAh worn &ff .? 2T Ttheu ht It ki ndne; &5 when Mr; Furnlval, the red-facrd '"-i. k.n intervened en my behalf ? tat WBO "?."-". - .1J knirn. Are n BMt. KttVO ran EImTa larec ruby In a hcart-sbapea rtften I have wondered elnce what .taued my father from Jho casy-ReInB, Siected country gentleman he wa Kswearlng, drlnU-levlng, gambll3 imt The afterward became. Wt ?.." t ii.i fnnp of the five JJ'Irt lie I iea tMI Vlvnsh'B CK iScnt en the Continent, In some ii tfrineli town, where he liven en SSreeeed. of Mmilnr gambling tabic. ttHew he managed te escape the police in Londen I de net knew te this day. Seaatlmei I have wondered it he Such thlnga are done I thing nntred them. tawT.', mfter nlaht the kame trait en. Youtha with mere money than bralna were enticed te the house . a...,,! lawa nnn in that back M? .k. lin hllnrln WCre alwilVS JTpt drawn day and night. My father Jnd Mr. Furnlval seemed te hue a kind of partnership, of which Mr. Furnlval was the head. He was, I believe, the only person who had any control ever my father. But for him , I should have had a far harder, time thm I did. Mr. Furnlval was kind. He often gave me presents, and some times took me out te theatre or te SSSeV. I was a little afraid of him, but entirely without reason unless one can call a woman's instinct n rea rea en" until ene night nearly three years after I came te Londen. 1 My father had been 111. He was eften 111, and when he was I had te none him. He would net allow Miss Itnnle in the room, nnd only agreed te have a doctor when he felt se bad that he began te be afraid of tha con- THE GUMPSr-MMs Entry Gees te the Pest X S.tfJ i 'BySidhWSi u had seated himself, and thes sudden Jelt Kent him lurching against me. He laughed. "I beg your pardon I" he wld, re covering himself. I laughed, tee. "It does net matter." I said. Then, looking up at him, I saw that he wea gazing at me. The bleed rushed te rer face as I eaw u puzzled expression fiu hit ores, then: "De you haven't we met before omewllCreV,, he asked hesitatingly. I could net answer. Memories strong and vivid were rushing through my mind, nnd I answered shakily at last: "Yea, I think we have. Don't jeu remember? Yeu weie angry because I threw stones into the water and scared away tue fish jeu wcre trying te catch." It was Richard Tempest I It It twenty years age blnce that summer morning when Richard Tem pest climbed en te the top of that old yellow bus and sat down beside me 240 wcarv months I And vet. somehow. it seems but yesterday as I eit here and remember and write 11 down. I can even icmember the hat I was wearing aud the pattern of his tweed suit. I cun recall thn round, humorous face of the old bus driver, who turned nnd looked at us with twinKitng eyes across his shoulder. Twenty cnrs! t was eighteen then; I em nearly forty new. And yet if Richard Trmpcat were te open tne doei behind inn and say "Hulle, kid!" as he used te when we wcre boy nnd girl to gether down in the country. I believe my heart would respond in the old glad way, and I should jump up ana lollew him wherever he wished. It's inexplicable, this thing we call love! Hew can a woman explain wny it Is that a man may walk into a room or climb en top of an omnibus and just leek at her, and perhaps only pass the tlme of day or shake bands, and yet rIie knows Instinctively that, were be te ask her, she would leave everything else and fellow him? These lfncs In "Hiawatha" tell it mere truly than can any peer words of mine: "Come a piper through the village, With his flute of reeds n stranger I Cheeses nut the fairest maiden, And he beckons, nnd she fellows, Leaving all things for the stranger." But hew if the piper does net beckon? 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DOT BUT SIAICE yer fibT ANON OR wnftitvcK itEV V I VKM VE.R CAi-L LA si r Vjwat A POSITIVELY AVAiFUl- MEA1U R'SOUE - SCALLOPS -J GrVeaJ TURTLE- LOBSTER - AJOT A THING n iv i"',,1I.e: AWO I CAWAIT 5AY 1 Llf- I ItW - " T rl I UPM HEAD WAIT&W ie e - a uu )8E5L7 HAVE MIAA acrev v.e VfUji- r L XVft j 1V J V t l. I M -k JKlaw V ' CfO I CAM TAKE YOUR ORDER . AAADAAA. BUT T CAVAiT f SERVE YOU. HUH' ISTHAT SOW vjell-3et READV- WRiteThisDeva- W -gBBK ' V-. 5 SI OME HARD 801 LEb E.G& y HaywardeQ 1S It I V i r-7 ArT.'- r -v" . n -'rVSk Jayu fv 'vv'swn '- !? -N VE.'HAM'VAAf? e( ?A ft. yT.i t Uui.C. The Yeung Lady Acress the Way I had been with him all one fcet summer's day, and lelt utterly wretched and worn out. I hated the Hfe he forced me te ttd; I often lay awake at night, and racked my brains te think of some way te escape It. but somehow I never had the courage. My father had fallen asleep, and I steed for a moment looking down at him and thinking hew much he had aged and altered since that day he came te fetch me from school, aud all tt once the thought crossed my mind : "If he dies what will become of me?" There was terror in that thought I had no friend te whom, I might turn; nowhere te go. I never had any money beyond a few shillings. Anything I wanted ray father bought, but I never had any large Km; perhaps be was afraid that if I d I should try te get itway, because he knew hew I hated the life I had se often begged him te let me go. I went out of the room feeling worn and weary, and as I was going down the stairs I met Mr. Furnlval. It was quite late in the evening about 0, I should think and he had evidently jubt ceme in, for he were an overcoat ever his evenlng clothes. "Hulle, youngster!" he baid. Un still called me "youngster," though I was eighteen. He steed en the stair below me, and barred my way with ene hand en the banisters. There were tears of sheer weariness In my eyes, and, try as I did te prevent It, some of them trickled ever and splashed down en te my frock. His smile faded suddenly ; he put his arms round my waist. "What's the matter, kid?" he asked. My heart began te thump nervously. I laid a hand en his chest te held him off. "I'm enlr tlrA nnt.1" T nM. "Plensfl let me go." But he would net he drew me closer te him I could hear hew fast he was breathing. Suddenly he bent his head and kissed me passienatelv. I had netcr really liked him, though he had always been kind, but new lu a flash, ns his lips touched mine, I knew that I hated him. I struggled llke a mad woman, but he held me fast. "Don't be silly!" he said against my far. "Didn't you knew I loved you? Didn't you knew that I'd llke te give jeu everything In the world? Klsa me, Marjerle; kiss me!" I don't knew what I should have done had net Miss Llnnie crossed the hall oeiew. He was forced te let me go then, and I turned and fled back te my room, nnd locked the deer. CIIAPTER IX I looked at myself in the glasi my face was white and ray eyes blazed. Suddenly I seized n handkerchief and scrubbed my face where he had kiwed tat till the skin ached and bumrtcd. Miss Llnnte came te my deer nnd sked If anything was the matter I suppose she had seen my hasty flight Jip the stairs but I said I only had u headache, and she went away. x could net sleep that night, and as aoen as It was light I get up and eressed, and went seftlv down through the house and out-into the street. I bad never been out in Louden se srly. A sleepy -eyed pelicemun who had been up all night looked at me wjth a pathetic curiosity, and a lean cat cleaning a thin paw paused for a moment nnd regarded me suspiciously as I passed. J.,.I,felt 8H if x lnust wu,k and walk till I dropped; as If walking were the only means of outstripping the memory of what had happened. I mUSt hflVA irnnA fcnmA mllaa tinfA. I realized that it was time te be getting DSCK There were a geed many people about then men and girls hurrying te work, and the omnibuses with their tlrcd tlrcd tlrcd loetlng horses were beginning te creep down the streets. I had a few coppers In my pockets, and I climbed en te a yellow omnibus whicn'weuld take me some dlslunca ou my return reud. J lnT H'"1,1'"8 lhp' t,int y fret ached; ami (hut I uns hungry, inn. CHAPTER X , But there was only gladness In my heart as I sat there en the Jogging old 'bus with Richard Tempest, listening te all he had done since we parted. He told me that he was twenty-two that he had just left the varsity and was trying te make a living. Old Mr. Tempest, with the pebble glasses, was dead, nnd he had net left enough money for Richard te have his heart's dcslre and go en the Stock Ex change. "I could make money at that ; I knew I could," he told me eagerly. "But well, It's net te be ; se I'm just leek ing out ter a job, and. It nothing tuins up well, I'm oft te America or some where." lie looked round at me with theemlle I remembered en well, but new without its condescension. "And se you've grown up, tee?" he said. "My word, hew the time has flown I De you remember the way you cried when I told you I was going home?" There, was a half-shamed mirth In his ej. I flushed hotly. That was still a sere memory with me. "And the rude way you turned your back und walked off?" I retorted. "I've never forgiven you for that!" "Well, I felt pretty sick about It my self afterward, " he admitted. "I've often thought about you since; you looked such a forlorn little scrap sit ting there In the grass by yourself 1" "I uas forlorn!" I agreed. "I wept all night, and in the morning I get up about 0 and went out te make qulte Mire that you'd really gene." "Did you?" He colored, meeting my eyes. "I was an awful young asa In these dajs!" "I ate all the chocolates," I reminded him. "And I've still get the letter you wrote roc." lie laughed, tee. "Weil, I'll behave better this time," he 6aid. "Yeu don't knew hew glad I am te see you. Where are you living, and rau I come and see you?" "I'm living in Bloomsbury with my father," I told him. A little shiver crept through me as I thought of the house which was new my "borne." nnt mere was mere te tell Hew could 1 admit that I was just kept as a go) v THE LITTLE SCORPIONS' CLUB Bu FONTAINE FOX M-z-rt ';; " - .lF- The young lady across the way says nearly all the prominent poli ticians employ publicity men new nnd, while it must be pretty ex pensive for them, she supposes they feel that the public must have the truth at any cost. i ft r? 1 a. a U i I f ff m. v mm r i r. .m m i vm aY j . T " lip n flUf nil WW X & rV""v " - SCHOOL DAYS nu vwie -ftc C.US TffEASUftEftWHesa Fel.Ks Ht1lH 6iVft HM A CftMT. f ogsfcftVge aufiMa A vHefcc OiME.s ( ;., tfeRTH op OWey Fer THAT GiRL Ht's GOT SO SUDOfiMLY CRAZY ABOUT. iT VV ifflHAKiKL - SVww tSfiunl )c ec TeVW$ W war wow XxmUBw)z SpRlK " l ktnfccett PiTfolTeh. fi) V irt PETEYAt Palm Beach By C. A. Voight decoy for boys such as he? "Oh, well, I'm net far off In lodg ings!" he said cheerfully. "Se I shall expect te see a great deal of you. What's the address?" I did net answer, and he looked at me in eurprUe. "I'm I'm afraid you can't come and see us." I stammercd. "The fact is, my father has been 111 very ill and he docs net want visitors. But I'll come out nnd meet you some afternoon, it I may?" I added. Ills brew cleared. "Oh, well, se long as I see you!" We were ncarlng the corner where I Dad te get down. "This Is my turning," I said ner vously, "I must say geed-by." "I suppose I must net ceme with you?" he asked. I shook my head. "I'm afraid net. rathcr'B rather se vere; It isn't all roses living with him," I added, trying te smile. "I'm sorry." He took my offered hand. "When shall I see jeu again? Can you have tea with me somewbere tomorrow?" "I'm afraid net tomorrow." "The next day, then?"' "I'll try. I'll wrlte te veu. If you'll let me have jour address." He tore a leaf from a pockctbeok and scribbled something en It. "It's net really fair, as you won't give me ours." he said. "But if you'll premise te write te me" "I premise," I said. The bus had carried me long past the turniug, und I had te walk bark. At the corner I turned and looked after the bus. Richard was bitting sideways, loekiug back at me. CHAPTER XI My father took a turn for the worse that night, and we had te have a doc tor. I wondered if he would see any thing suspicious about the house, and asked Miss Linnle if they were net afraid, but she only laughed. "Bless you, he's been here before l We bad a sheeting affair once, and he came and saw te It for us. Twe of them get quarreling. Oh, he knows all about It, bless you, and it pays him te nhnt his eyes anil held his tongue!" The doctor. whneur he was. snnkn cry giaclv of my father, and for two Hhll ucvcp seX Ikl Vim TRcse. SoeeIV Stt?DS 3XMM LIET3E 'CAUSE toOOOuTKMfAkHOWTeHAHDCE EM, HtSHT 10U VAttWUW PIAYVHE -SAME ffAWE. IHEY DO - IWBr "M-tMvtt,liTT 'CL, lCltT vrti in i-t mmm -tST -1 3cc Parden r Si 1- ' . VHO ARE Nbe Noe Poof? BSH-" I NOO U a ' ' it-: 1 "IwtkiNoe'u. 1 I I . - V.. w-. . - N. I i f umw i-iwi wiiujilu. i .cn i l rtrvm - .-wr,,r . mum. . i vir j i i ajv v.. li.. - i i ! i - f I HrlEKTOO 'new i wTvi'eV'- Jr7fii& H, A ) nsrrr-TJ"' J r i-jr. $i mvmhu mg a -- i i iww wi I'll. r a-- s;v? 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