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By JOHN HUNTER
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h bud the Uppr Tem" W"
IrWS,tinf tune floated across the
IfffiK 30PlUan crowd which
IA"r Terrace and ent te
firm10"
krUln en the balue-
AX A. ihelter of a clomp of whl.
" tmi aed reuna ner appre-SjJ-hS:
a fair, place built
SttaHeUB, towered the Casine,
L;. in the sunshine, Inviting. Be-
. terrace, a Tlvld ka-
ISTef color and movement filled
l"v ..i w1t-dressed men and
m of their talk mi
it te the lilt of
... f .lull Insist
!5w.rt the white marble the shadows
AW?" -i lit ns silhouettes.
Telllnf, well-dressed men and
..STium of their talk made a
tfMHi " " .i i.n At..
Trfercurrent te tne n
V.i - mnnotene of dull In
of the
Insistence.
u.a .1 clear-cut as silhouettes,
jj shimmering haze obscured the
uact' .... r,.'!. .nM Antlrer.
r- Tittknesa smiled down at her.
f,tiTi been here many times," he
aid ftelttlr. "Dt I have never en
(ued a tIs" se much ns I have this one.
S' reed fairy must have been guiding
M when I went te the hotel at Lu
JiiVwhere you and your aunt were
tUftnf
iilMr razed reflectively at the prom-
dlDf crowd through the trunks of the
lilm trees.
She and Harkness offered
stranie contrast. Audrey was siignt,
Urailte, with a girl's freshness
dUSeut her and a girl's Innocent can
to in the level glnnce of her brown
VM. Harkness towered ever her,
giadlng between her and the sun
IkU, e that his shadow darkened her
turned face and dulled the light in
k eje. He was n well-built man,
Ipnf with the easy strength of the
jutlier, et indeterminate age, perhaps
tlirty or mere, his face bronzed tfcr
Wntly by a Hfe spent much in the
ten, big sleek black hair brushed back
ml innocent of parting, his eyes stnr
tUnfjr gray against his swarthness and
cpld, despite the Fmllc which lurked
fa them as they regurded Audrey.
lj cad met tne gin at Lmccrnc in
Is iirst nlacc, where she hnd been
itirlni with her Aunt Ella, und n
Hendihlp had sprung up between them
which was rapidly premising te become
femethiDg stronger. When Audrey and
ttraunt had announced that they were
taring for Mente Carle, before pro
ceeding te England and home, Hark
mm made the discovery that he was
Medtd In England the reasons he gave
were extremely vague and he had
tarried with them.
"I suppose you will be glad te be
iemtand tee your mother again," ob eb
Krrtd Harkness after a lengthy sl
1mm, "despite the fact that you have
nwra jour neuaay. '
'Te." Audrey looked un nt him.
IT; mother is a wonderful woman,
TW, knew, at least I think se. She
li er se beautiful and clever, and
Pd te me. My father died when I was
wr tiny I don't remember anything
of him and se my mother hns been
JMt everything te me all my life."
Hirkness caught his breath. Her last
tcrdi echoed In his brain like thun
jer, and he felt his cold senses swny
ui at the repetition. "Everything te
mill my life! The felly of the thing
wicn In the days since their meeting
M gradually taken held of him the
PreMble wickedness of if u-n l.nr.iu-
ceaildered. He only realized the girl
tad her setting. The blazing sunshine.
....' b.,ack "hadews, the dreamy
win tune, languorous, subtly stirring.
lay crowd, nnd the murmur of
we s-irl en me distant foreshore, toss
U. ii "P'ndrlft like jcwels Inte the
K, S3 Ml tla cn,i e yuth te the
heritable miracle of its life, and all
lit Mrs nl hi j .vn..l... ... ..!..
SSi P vm,' the (,ark w.vs through
yesri ffohrgeUeVrUVClC1 lUtlng thSC
tti . j ' "" ""'in lingers ns
d..entAc,.bn,utrade,
deredsV tl .. "',"e.l. ,m?" w.01!-
Ikb Telce '""-""J wnicn vieratea in
Pt te withdraw her hand, nnd In
5 X'.1. WBB a, 11ht wllch Harkness
"W never seen In a woman's eyes be-
bei7..Wn? sa-vlnff J-0"'" mother has
l"ea everythine te vmi nil vn,lr iifn
THE GUMPS Te Have and te Held
H.VlW1"' T0U a" your Hfe
trembled as he snekr. "Tn v,
at anybody else could ever be
Iev.f , 0U tnlnlc tlint if I
T0U nrl in.A.l - i
tfctnH VT. "" ui jeu unci pre-
tl?SVn??uM CV" nC Il,y Fay
t meant It. He told himself that he
annt it every wen. A,i vn n
(SShin. f '"?!' he was cenVe eus of
ili " i.. i . " )uu ii iiiiie
k .tealvU(n y S Vel0,e WftR vy ,ow ,ew
i hew yL. lhr, cySs 1,0,(1 l"p. nd for
ilenVhe h. , , 0l ,8Darae nc nlmest
CloeV ..Cn0uldTread "n accu.-tlen in
''?, ilD,ut l Audrey falter-
B.mSIi c2 love mc. -Tl'n?"
their iim u pa"18' ln the shadow of
e a', m'L,,sway,n t0Ps. these two
la th J alene u Peeple can h
'W creaVater ?f tt vast self-lnter-t
iSt i' u,aln though they
TaPt4r,(S.a! t h.m-tep. .
Pttl M...V. L ,uat Plaintive nn
ftulen nve:,.us " ".
tkenghtr Jrin'IL lrAuey's innermost
l the i Pped 1Iarkness and crush-
W lllennlrenl!,UntS 0f h,S Self-COIl-
In him nfi.the ve,ee wlUch Jeered
tad I h ,5". " ? arm went about her,
ier hMr hlJ ,ant.nt him, with
"i ' i!f. brU(,,llB his cheek.
t erd.r! ."nnesa whispered
'' le'e , " Wa" ,n the utterance.
ctlrmi VOt ?a .I?"10 a"l e me dl-
"In ,1, ei:k;
for that 2.de"' reat. I shall live
'Wit -"' ', meeting."
U;V'V.0U kIR mc. Jim?"
PtknenPLnTW0 offered h'ra. and
l'4 held ftK.ln.te':. Something
finable feelf X"?!i "!..,"
ill
Lm ,."3 mvlelabln imiikI I.. .1..
frthJhafSSW u. 8be PprccJatcU
y.".uau net effir,i i,i..rt. !.n
VBW.K. A"5tBS
pabl tag ,ILawrt' Ady flushed.
li Mr tow' ?ycsl. hcr8ef- 1,er white
Int i J0T?! "arkness afraid for !
ra. et wersV, J?'! rcck,ess life'
t Itttiil'Jl' or fw moments.
" net wn:,i.Harkne8 sad aeftly: "t
Amrelyn,,L "' engue failed him.
! up SW ,'" and h
Ei a ibLhe.r 7W 79re fllmy-
fBekneas ,n "" rac whIcb
HAWS" u re." h. wJ,i..,i
l5S.wHI'.5r. IarSenTy
Impulse te take her once mere Inte hit
arms. "I am almost tee filled with
wonder te be happy wonder that I
should ever have kissed you, wonder
that you should ever have kissed me."
Audrey smiled. "I believe girls have
kissed before, Jim. Why should I ntt
klsa you? I love you."
Harkness turned, and, leaning en the
balustrade, looked down at tne prom prem
enadlnc crowd. He hnnlil til tht
girl what manner of man he was. The
tneugnt repeated itself insistently. It
was unfair, a sacrilege, a theft of the
worst kind, te take Tier love, te kiss
her. And yet, when a man is given a
glimpse of Heaven shall be blind his
eyes deliberately?
Fer Harkness things had always been
easy, for he had drifted with the cur
rent of events as he found them. But But
new he was racked with doubt as te
what he should de. His eyes rested
en a little, frail woman, quietly dressed,
wandering en the edge of the vivid
stream of humanity which surged be
low. , "I can see your aunt," he said te
Audrey, and felt thankful for the he
spite which must new be given him,
the leisure te consider whnl lm Inrt
done nnd whnt he should de.
"I will go down te her." There was
the slightest note of disappointment in
Audrey's voice. "Will you come?"
Harkness hesitated. "I have my
train te catch. I will Just ceme along
and say geed-by, but I mustn't step.'1
"All right. Jim you did mean all
that, Just new?"
"Audrey I mere than meant It. I
mero than love you. I "
"I am hnppy," said Audrey sim
ply. "Come along into the sunshine."
Hut Harkncsa felt like one who hed
stumbled ever the edge of the night.
Ten minutes later he found himself
alone en the Upper Terrace wandering
past the ODCn doers Of thn crput f'nxlnn.
with tumult in his heart and a great
accusation in his head. He lingered nt
mc ( entrance te tne palace of chance,
nnd the cries of the croupiers came In
a iew monetono te nia ears.
"Faitcs ves Jeux, messieurs!" "RIen
no va piusi"
The words were Hke a tocsin tp his
old self. He began te view the thing
in in true perspective. A stnr! He
nnd reached te pluck n star, and the
heavens must be laughing at him. He
could net tell what drove him into the
long, brilliant rooms, with their encer.
strained plnycra nnd cold, bwift
croupiers. He only knew that lie
urutea in, ns always he hnd drifted.
And se he played. The time of de
parture for his train passed unnoticed
In the click of the ball, and the monot
onous drawl of the bored, whltc-facml
men who presided ever the tables. He
staked carelessly und with varying luck,
and it was net until half an hour be be be
fere dinner time that he rose from his
scat nnd made his way te his hotel. He
inquired from the hall porter, und was
told that he could catch another train
an hour after dinner, and then he
sought his room.
He examined his money cursorily,
and without any actual Interest. He
hnd wen a little, but such nn Insignifi
cant sum that It was net worth con
sideration. The knowledge seemed te
strike him like a blew.
The hours be had spent In the crowded
uusine had been wasted; squandered
mementa snatched haphazard from a
wiuandercd career. They did net even
offer him the excitement of winning or
the perverse satisfaction of losing. He
hnd left the sweet company of Audrey,
had lest the train he had intended te
catch, for nothing. The whole thing
hnd been futile, nnd in It he saw typi
fied his life. He thought of his father,
controller of vast commercial interests,
working day after day, employing thou theu
Hnnds of people, hard, wealthy beyond
drrnms. He could have been even then
helping hln father. Hut instead lie
chose te drift. And Audrey
There were shadows in Harkness'
I'jcs as he thought of her. It was un
fair te her. He was a waster and
worse. Yet he had his cede. This thing
mut net go en. The betrayal of that
kiss, of the words he had spoken.
fastened Itself en his imagination, until
lu desperation he tried te excuse him
self. Ged had mocked him. That was
it. Ged hnd shown him what might
luive been, and in the showing had
found u Jest. The bitterness In Hark
ness' heart was reflected lu his face as
the realization came te him. The Jest
should net go en. He would tell Audrey
everything at least she was entitled te
that at least even he himself was en
titled te It. He would go te her Im
mediately she arrived in England. And
then And then he would give them
something te laugh at.
All through the long Journey north
ward te Londen he did net sleep, but
thought hard and bitterly.
Yet still in his memory lived Audrey's
eyes ns they had looked up at him in
the moment of her kiss.
CHAPTER II
Lord Connlngten Cemes Heme
Constance Hrcnt carried the news
paper with her from the taxicab Inte
her house in Seuth Audley street, and,
going straight te her boudoir, spread
the Journal out en the tnble. Fer the
twentieth time she read through the
paragraph which, though It was tucked
away beneath a long account of a grout
International conference, was, te her,
the only item of news In the paper.
"Lord Connlngten Returns."
That was the headline and she whis
pered it te herself ns her eyes followed
the words. She read the rest ln si
lence. "After sixteen years of wandering,
broken only by three short stays In
England, aud culminating In a highly
successful mission of four years' dura
tion, entailing much travel through
Southern Egypt and Central Africa,
Lord Connlngten. cufecbled In health,
hns ceme home for geed, leaving be
hind in Africa a name which history
will couple with that of Cecil Rhodes
There was mere of It, mostly a re
capitulation of Lord Connlngten's serv
ices te Kngjaud In various parts of the
world, followed by a tribute te the no
bleman's wonderful work for the em
pire, but GemUance Breut did net
rend It.
She was remembering that in this
very month of his return, sixteen years
age, Lord Connlngten divorced his wife
after four years of wedded life. He
had married the daughter of a county
family notorious for the recklessness of
its men and the ultra-modern behavior
et its women, and though a daughter
had ceme te bless the union, Lady Con Cen Con
nlngeon found the restraint of wedlock
irksome te one who was nccustemed te
nbsolute freedom. As usual, there had
been a man willing te pander te her
desire for excitement, and the Inevi
table divorce followed,
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