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KmWC BRBNT Audrey" meHier. III!
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FTJkST .ih wm iurfrti Hue.
issziss zmrMMir?'J&
'luiim riant te takt Auareu jrpm
iBKHBiaHa HaM-htarttd but tlnetrt
lSam(itu ttar, who l lout wtl
Dcrellet
JMjj.daji passed swiftly, and grad-
fltlly Constance ucgun iu rcjum "
(ner spirits and beauty. aenra
stripped from tier in tnese
M days In the garden witu AUdray
"filunt Ella, with no haunting secret
guard, no straining 01 enra ier me
tettrs of every chance passer-by.
He word rame from Lord Conning-
Stea one day Audrey posted n letter,
I after It had gene she seemed very
.tot.
K leemcd te Hnrkness that an ctcr-
bed passed since no una driven
kdrty eway from his deer with nil
jr hopes shattered.
Ximt aud again he looked back en
Interview, and wondered dully hew
bid compassed It. He knew that If
igaln she came te him he would
her. But he also knew ehc would
come. Even if she discovered the
th, she would net coine again.
it had left the Arcadian, and was
In the rehearsals for her new
Already its preparation wne well
nay, and preliminary announce--
ti were appearing in the papers.
wu being boomed, nnd Leis was
boomed with It. Hnrkness rcnl
tbat the girl might de greater
i than she guessed if success at-
the venture.
e occupation of Leis, her evident
ilete absorption in her new work,
Allied te him the emptiness of his
life. Even Leis, the butterfly,
folded her wings and ceased te
In the hunvliinc.
!l planned many things Africa nnd
,amc, tlic Himalayan, uuinn, I the
:en uui tie rejected mem an.' lie
that at the ultimate moment he
Id net leave England whntcver his
int.
Wemctimes he thought of his father,
It only with resentment. One day
lelejratn rume from Sheffield. It was
nlraest llxe n Ictter.
"Your father collapsed. I'nnble te
iderstand anything, nnd confined te
bed. Serious trouble at the Trny-
Feundries. Men almost out of
id. A strike threatened, which
fttend te the whole of the steel and
trades In the country. (Jevcrn-
it Intervention refused by mens
lets, uhe lrtblbt en dealing direct
your father. ! uillnc him. nsk for
led renrc-cntntlve. Arc you willing
aecent responsibility? Hilary."
Hirltness laughed when he read the
am, and then used It ns a nlpc-
t. What did It matter te him If
tie engineering werkeis In England
in work.' What did it mutter te
If his father's giant buMncss was
inr? His fatlier had no Interest
; se It was natural that he Mieuld
no latercst In his father.
it did net knew whnt made him
of Leis at that moment. He n-
ibcred something she had bald te
wnea he lind discussed his father
ber something nbetit his father
famished. 9he. had uskeil him
itbia father had ever had in his life
buiinebs; and when he had retorted
bis fatlier hail asked for nothing
Wis had pointed out that borne
never ask for what they most
. Suppose his father Hnrkness
himself surmising Incredible
i. Once mere he thnueht of his
er, just as he had thought of her
leaving Ids father a house. Ills
bit must have loved his mother.
eun had come Inte the old man's life
. i And Audrey had told him en the
. t be bad renounced her that leve
T3T, "
jitiirknesa puffed at his pipe 1m
L tttly. He was tern by a tremen-
indeclslen.
t next day brought him a letter
me beveneaks postmark.
:nes stared ut It. The hand hand
en the envelnne. wns Aiidrev's.
imed lmnessible. Surelv shn was
coming te see him agnin!
ui iremnung lingers lie ripped It
me sang-ireid geno, his eyes eager
boy's.
rkaess hmoether! th letter nut
. His notions were delihnrfitn
Zacchantenl T-Ta . .1.1 l.n.lln
Jk of what the letter miitht contain
tOnlV Ihnt All.lrn.. I.n.l .... !,,.. U
I(fe WaS IIO mlflrftuq nn rlntn tiA
rture, only a few lines written
unit arrniu u Mn,,l- ti,t ii-i.
P'R?lt,n!m with some bewilderment.
Ta'ts. C.B.ave .a tltl0 a3 Kui-riten
Kin . Kn'E'it who tlie leurnev weni
fi'W ' name te lil eldpst enT
. I?JFet whttt ,lln klni.- h-n i!enI
in hi Am i '"' nrBl Knat l,tl9
''n nv CAIltul nil! u m.ilv ii .nt.i.
e mere llnrlc,ii.i.a I I I ,.
l e a glimmer of rruliutlun lit
In hit brain, He remembered having
seen the lines before. They were a
quotation from a poem celled "The
lnnentance.'" wny should Audrey
hava sent this te him?
And then he understood suddenly and
completely.
Audrey had learned Whn ahn wnn. Rha
had perhaps learned also that he was
nircuuy aware et her Identity, and she
thought thill knewledrn Jttnml hfwin
them, Her prlde would net allow her
te come te mm agnin, but she had
written these lines te tell him she under
stood, and was prepared te Ignore the
false glamour of an Inherited title and
position.
If the fact of her being Lord Con Cen Con
nlngten's daughter was the barrier
between them, and Harkness really
loved her, then he would understand.
Whereas, If he did net care, no harm
would be done. She would net have
steeped again te ask him te coine te
her. The childishness of the reasoning
robbed It of all cemblance of over ever
subtlety. "pod i-t va th drt srfit tltl
Whan tie called ma almply a mint"
The words re-echoed In Hnrkness'
brain. He had flung that title back at
the feet of Its Olver. He could net
even go te Audrey nnd claim as great
a title as that of her father, lie could
net stand before Lord Connlngten and
say, "I am a man, ns you are."
Ilut there wns a way. There was
a man's work te be done In the North,
where the factories scarred the beauty
of the earth und men tolled aud sweated
that his father might rule as a kins.
AfterwnrdI It would be time te
think of the afterward when be had
proved himself.
He secured n special te Sheffield nnd
drove out te his father's house, te find
the old man In bed with two doctors at
his side.
"He wllf live?" he asked. One of the
doctors, a famous specialist, nodded.
"Yes. But his working days are
ever."
"Over?" Harkness' perturbation
sheweil In his face.
"I nm afraid se," answered the
specialist gravely. "This Illness Is
net se much of the body ns of the brain.
He Ik n man of iron constitution und
will seen be about, but I fear you will
find that he has lest his grip of things.
His brain Is very tired. Yeu knew If
you drive an engine nt top speed with
out an occassienal overhaul something
breaks In the end. Your father has
been driving his brain for years. The
result wns Inevitable. We shall save
his reason, but I must forbid him te
deal with business nny mere."
Harkness felt n touch en his nrm,
and turned te find Hilary beside him.
He followed the secretary from the
room.
Harkness Faces (Facts
"What's all the trouble?" he asked.
"Why has my father collapsed like
this?"
"It's the Trnywerth Foundries. The
men wnnt mere money, shorter hours.
nnd n general overhaul of the housing
(jiiestleu In Irnywerth. They cny the
town i.i unhealthy, and wnnU rebuild
ing." Hilary smiled wryly. "It Is a
pretty tall order. Te carry out their
demands would wipe out nil the profits
en the ycnr'fi working of the whole
combine, including the United States
factories as well. On the ether hand,
the men see in determined, and nil our
ether places, the factories and ship
yards en the Clyde nnd Tyne, threaten
te strike in sympathy. If that happens
nnd it seems Inevitable there will
undoubtedly be. a general oteppoge of
the engineering trades throughout the
country.
"What de the rest of the directors
say about It?"
Hilary shrugged hla shoulders. "They
say nothing. In plain language they
don't count. Your father's holdings
are Inrger than these of all the ether
shareholders put together, nnd he Is
the one man really ce'nccrncd. It Is
Hnrkness versus the men. Rcfore go
ing any further I should like te em
phasize the gravity of the situation.
The matter is rapidly growing from a
mere industrial dispute te a national
crisis. The Government has appointed
a commission te Inquire Inte the whole
affair, nnd at Its head Is one of the
most fnmeiih men In England. He
has sent one of his secretaries down te
watch events. Your fnthcr refused the
services of this commission before his
seizure."
"Who is the leader?"
"I.eul ConninKten."
Hnrkness's breath came In sharply.
Yet, he was hardly surprised. It wa
natural that England's ablest diplomat
should be asked te handle this delicate
situation.
"All right I" There was a hard
decisiveness In Herkness's tone. "I'll
deal with this, and take all responsi
bility. Get rac a car net my father's,
It's tee well known. I want te drive
round Tfaywerth."
Hilary stared at him for a moment.
This was a Harkness he had net
known. Then he went away te order
the car. Harkness drove off alone.
It was a week later that old Hark
ness wbb able te tit In his chair by
the long French windows of the morning
room, and gnze across the cool green
of the terraced gardens. His first action
was te send for his son.
"Helle!" His greeting was as curt
as ever. "I hear you've been med
dling with my affairs. What have you
done?" .....
"There will be no strike, father."
"Eh !" The hard eyes flashed a
quick admiration. "Did you beat
them?" L
"I surrendered te them."
Old Harkness snt back. His face
reflected n fury of struggling emotions.
"Yeu surrendered !"
CONTINUED TOMORROW
Copyright. Jill, bv th tfeOlurt Nw$pairr
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Uncommon Sense : The Obstacle Race
Ily JOK"N HLAKH
JE with nn fiimiuiiHACi i i i.fi..i,i
Lbe a dull iirv in.ieiwi
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U . . cn,!rKy nd ambition hopes
U te a heaven where there nre no
piiea and no nrellemn.
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chief reason that few men of
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fill ly h'Alnpas men who are forced
kJ tnix u nhondeii their work
RmL?'f', w,l('n 'rentes artificial
Cl nnd Iirelllpmit ttnt nm liv nn
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Ues have been Invented as human
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The student of history discovers very
seen thnt life la really work, and that
the moie of lt theru l.i the happier is
the Individual who does lt.
The youth who begins a career with
the Idea of amassing a fortune which
will enable him te leaf will never gain
the fm tuna or get the enjoyment out et
leafing he expects.
LIFE Is really an obstacle race.
Hurdles are set up for us, nnd we
take them as best we can. Sometimes
we htumble, but If we are the right
seit we pick eiinelves up and go en.
The taking et' the lira hurdln enables
us better te take the second. When we
hnvi) taken a few thousand none of
them seem se big or se troublcsenio te
us.
We have acquired the obstacle habit,
and we are, fairly well equipped for the
rest of the journey.
THE work hater--the man who seems
te hnve ethers de his work for him
does net belong In life, lie will find
It very iiiipleii'tint mid distressing, un
less he cultUates enough common sense
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