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CopvrteM. tatt. bu Kath.
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Mary or
Heleiset
Which
Should Win
Vnuiual Herot,
A Copy-Boek .
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Mkal leu will de m.e iict'. Lnlcr'
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$"iled slowly toward the deer,
W-ffi moment," Laurie Midland
fTV.n.N clasped bch ml him, leek-
e Steadily nnd .euietly. n the eyes.
Wi,lc",'.,f i, . hnnd. O cnuirht
t? color flooded his' face, he dropped
iii' There was a quivering In his
u out te my town w,t,
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wrung his hand,
I
asked
mv .. i, .."
aflni ""
Ipd turned
away.
ff wwUllnglr Q dragged himself
w M'Mnry Grinscoembo's deer. It
"iViJ te be beaten 5 it waB naruer
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IZTfii tattle Only two nays nge
feL. te her for applause; it i
SsThls nrlde te ask new ler
JCtttatien. And, yet, he
ffirand he must surely
he
was
her
wanted her
i and he must sureiy ten ncr, unu
Vedd-by. s . ,-, .
dldn t come te answer ni ring-
,0."?u.. i.i..1 l nnA lnnVn.1 for
SS'te the parlor. At last, their being
lf ". j i ,a iimiBi.. hn Bat down in
He' stared at the pages
grr m Miasm
tiaaui mn uibv.
3bUi copybook the last copy or
fl-lt was a proverb ahe had chosen
Vfi .ite-"SH waters run deep.'
fifjjpr "",,,. j nlnncf It Idly, absorbed
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tke 'aching weariness wli.c : nau
well! the letters were all blurred.
ne must nave bihhcu t u"
tiU The page was Diisicrcu nere
Wi . -u Kn.1 nrnhntilv hflpn fix.
flowers. Funny I she was usu-
I ill .....a nlinlll' Af4tf nlnw
ju 'n until months later, alone
1 treat plain under the stars, did
explanation ui uic i ..v.e
-,k. hiutcred nace flash upon Q.
rwa-'then the kindling spark of a
liter illumination. New, he pushed
book away who uh nuimuuu
in mint into the kllchen. He
Ui 'Het the wish te hasten her en
Slice,' but when, in the course of her
in nnrUrtnldnes. she did appear, be
amt te bis feet and smiled.
ndlint and released. Her eyes kept
I pereril secret of unhnppincsm, but,
for the'rest, she had yielded utterly te
tie fint real Jey of her life. She ran
lelekly eyer te him.
"Ob, Q, whatever can I say te thank
will leg. The letter came. It went
tiftirtmib ana tnreugn us uue iigiumng i
'JHTeu Snow" she laughed "peer Papa
II W SBli mill, lie a uuu lu ut iut m
led. ' He went round nnd round the
1MB like a bewildered moth. He
waldn't he simply couldn't believe it.
Ne you can't knew wlint it will
ftetn."
"I'm sure glad." He drew a deep
inJ very bitter breath. "Then T hcv
Jose'iemething even if it isn't what I
let out te de."
Ble steed, flushed, and began te
finle'.OTcr him. He was chnnged.
"lint, ,g, yeuve uenc cverytningi"
Beheld her eyes with- his own smll-
if ones. She ceulcln t see into his
rt. She had n sudden nchv feeling
tltt no one nerhans would ever see
kte it again.
"I haven't get my moon, ' he aald.
"Sin's slipped through my feel fingers
awnehew. There was another fellow."
i Marr was terrlblv. axtenlsh nelv
tUte. '
"Heloise!"
"Yi. She is coins te mnrrv a renl
Ma, and I reckon he's a real gentle
nan.', He leeks like he'd knewed reedin'
ladiwrltln nnd tarithmctic, history
ami geography, languages alive and
ad,from his cradle up, Miss Mnry.
He mre does. And new I'm ngeln' te
e barck West where I belong. May I
W jour fnther? I've eemn ta tMl vnn
aioed-by."
Upstairs, he of the white panache
rtlMd.himself quickly en his-'pillow nt
Q i entrance. The Grinscoembe face,
Wt of pride and bitterness, spiritu
ally beauttflcd, Sir Sydney transfigured,
piled lipa and eyes nnd heart ut Q.
ABd fit felt tlint licr n(- lpnsf in.
ryhad Justifled itself. The pistol and
Jaactlen of planets for Henry's hap
Waw. The Earthworm triumphed
Heme day you'll read it, Q?"
lea. air T un-. ...ill a;..i i.- .11.1
BO, undcrstandlngly, his education
MTlng gained nil impetus thnt no
anies in his life mulil Ktnr
Je' 'jad some great talks, great
Jte Qu .Den l think l Hfln't under-
Kind whnt vn.. ,11.1 t , T - . .
rii i,t0 ,wl?' you a ceed-by."
Jv:1" be..loeli.n5 t the stars above
hi WT' salu huskily, "and say
t their names that will spell yours
wr te me often, sir."
TW. ...
rM7i. Iv l. pemctning perilously
n nva.beut ,th,? ,ittle man ,n bl. He
SS. . a 'Jcl,lcat clear vessel filled
iTtvI.i "Vr "lulBltely, danger
wuy vital. Q,was afra d. He left
W room wlHi Kii..,i... . "
m his eyes. "" ul ' '""
SS5 hStbli BiitnB-" Ave
"Muiea mter jnrv .nniu kint
H TnZ'l" heavlfy for BUch a ""
tti ih h dcr,rerBeni te watch Q down
S Jwr' I" couldn't fellow him te
tbeurfc h7i,l.Y "' .??!? l10 Ba.r'ed, as
fceked liVu .....b"",e'' emewiM
He
"all gene-all dead
Hallway te the cut
looked Wii .,1.1 1 " "uuieining. n
B u.???k w" ' dazed, creninc air
'tiriirr ern,i iim .
0I alewlv nml .1 1 X".Cn . h0 Went
a young 22d ,0.n ' i?1"? in' lltue
; Sewn ?.. V'fn'lW. he passed
treet, tbe shabby- empty little
Beside Still Waters
' VflSd. , West-net the West
telas own 8nnd 'nushroem cUlc. but
and ,u hf dranlf deep e nfBbt
4 whit. ., de J"r umlcr neon skica
5 of ill tar?V breatb'ng the aromatic
With daw '., , renewcd acquaintance
'S fctaVeJ ken dcSP-eyed folk and
WUenUvevnt n.POny' u,nd he Peered
Wlen tenl rih'? exnr'ence. His edit-
fy'i deep , Voet 'e8 Wide ttUtumn
fewdd I his m,?u .nnd Pendere'd, he
te U dedl-nS""0 tl,eufiand ncrcs
Meck. 0 hSiS? A0 the raisn'? 0( fine
'f-tighte.i pi ' lis mency a coo'-
M camS lavlslines8, se that, before
kd "fflli ?,P?SC8se1 his land nnd
5a and f him ,H leK b0U8e P-
the aJWK Wtt,,eut and w,tuln'
W Baink hlLT!?- ..." was
"Vr ...j r . "" ""i'ueu 11,
ci?ed k"'u n1" the funilshing he
J' as mi ,Zuwnca, et Hluypenkill.
Wll n,L "'" H?u"l
as fur
Mary
evjr Si." '. """ lurnisueu it,
the influence
. qalVt n., 5K.B,.,?,,.CJ!. 'nterler j
"nil. Riui, " iu .',"'" l"u rntner ucau-
lk,i.:, P7 long bhelveH nr im,,k
.A." Dlra tO ellOUKn Mm lll' n., '
? ibl. h!!Rquent letterH ln w'1,lcu he
H tfn?i. Vte.r. t0 articulate his soul.
w, writu ,en tne I)08es n big
I0" d gnlii.,i '. '""'oreus, mnicu no
tewSuJKa "?.! her
pMHw q i?k' 80 'P'rthfiil, tart and
hoi 0V.V. waHMny when the lest
I r uuukr nuttlne.l 11 i
I'franM ,-. 1 "..' "". " B'0(i 10
I.Wra, a";.v"' ," nis Dig, clean living
IwibjI "" Jt uncurtaiiiPii. ti,- .i
iindeg
uncurtained. Deers anil
..... 1 -.., lUUIfl HUH
li H,.0lt"' n,,1 through .them
Wi7nd unc of emernld-tipped
. 1 ikaa nuiiH'H iivifa iiintna
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1 Girl's Footprints
in the Snow ,
Lei up te and away from tht
locked window of the murdered col
lege president' itudy.
With tuch evidence,' detection of
the murderer appeared ilmple.
But read the solution in
The Mystery Girl"
Dy CAROLYN WELLS
Begins Tomorrow
at
crystalline chords of bird-singing, a
wistful, aching medley of sight and
smell and sound which seemed te be
trying te repeat ever and ever an in
expressible delight. Q paused in his
arranging of the volumes and steed
with his eyes half-closed. He had
never se poignantly felt the spring be
fore. He reached ever te the top of bis
shelves nnd opened Mary's letter, which
he had been saving te read at his
leisure. Suddenly, with spring ln his
threat, he couldn't wnit. . It was brief
and unsteadily written.' The little
father was dead.
"I think happiness was tee much for
him, Q. He bad. never in his life been
happy only brave and pnticnt. I am
glad he lived te see his book. Aunt
Seldn came te see him nt the last.
After he had sent her some money she
hnd lent him. It seemed te hurt her
terribly his death. She cried. I am
going away from this house. I can't
bear it any mere. I'll be teaching
somewhere."
Q put down the letter. He looked
pale and fierce. He strode out, whistled
te his grazing horse, swung into the
saddle, and turned toward space. All
afternoon he rode, his hand resting for
comfort en the pony's neck, nnd, dark
coming upon him far from home, he
picketed the animal and lay down be
fore a fire under the stars. Up there
beyond them new the little philosopher
was free. Doubtless, thought Q, he
sat nnd discoursed quaint wisdom te
the spirits of just men. Whnt didn't
he knew new? What didn't 'he under
stand? the shaklneps made steady, the
watery eyes clear, the lips healed of
their patience, the brave pnnnchc lifted
into light by the glow et the tamp
fire Q re -rend Mary's letter. It was
blistered with tears. And that released
and explained a memory of the spatter
ed copy-page. She must have been
crying ever it crying ever his lessens.
Why in the name of wonder? Why?
This small problem he pondered half
the wakeful night under these con
stellations Henry Grinscoembe had
named for him once in a July harvest
field. And, before dawn, guided by
the one small light, he slept with an
Illuminated heart.
Miss Myrtle Clayten, very slim, very
languid, very much waved as te hair
nnd very much manicured ns te finders,
minding the desk nt the River Hetel,
was Instantly aware of a gently spoken
question nnd lifted her head.
"Can I have Roem 00 en the fourth
fleer, lady?"
' She looked into the speaker's eyes
and there her observation stepped and
steed quiet. Miss Myrtle Clayten
pushed forward the hotel register.
"Yes, sir," she said. "Roem 00."
The stronger wrote his name, Q. T.
Klnwyddcn, and added an nddrcss.
Then he turned te a blend elevator boy,
who dropped his jaws and dilated his
prominent eyes.
"Hulle, Rill," snld Q. They gripped
each ether by the hand.
"Aren't you tired of your buzz-box
yet? Have they given you a raise?"
"Nope," grinned Hill, regretfully:
"I'm lucky te held down my job."
They mounted slowly. Bill swallow
ing some incomprehensible obstacle un
der his cellur.
"Want te go West?" asked Q. "I
haven't any buzz-box in my hotel,
but, say. you can learn hew te chop
weed. How'd you like te roustabout
for a chnnge of air and wages?"
The lift faltered, fell, caught itself
together and bounded upward, bound
ing te n step nt the fourth fleer. Q
murmured something and stepped out
precltiltatcly. "Geed!" he said,
''things is just as dangerous in these
imrts ns they used te be."
Bill tumbled after him along a reno
vated hall. In Roem 00, also renovat
ed, he began te stutter.
"S-say, mister, de you mean lit
"I sure de. What you waitin' for
a tip?" ,., ,
"Don't you dast give me one!" Bill
shouted, nnd, crimson in the face, he
belted, slamming the deer nnd reeling
along the crimson hall, drunk with the
thought of change, of liberty, of un
restricted here-worship.
Q strolled ever te the window ana.
looked down upon Main street. It was
unchanged still a cress between Sugar
City and Oil Corners, and no compli
ment te either. Q bathed and dressed
nnd ate his dinner soberly a better
dinner, served by a far lesa striking
wnltress. Miss Sherman nnd Miss
Winters were away. Scheel had closed.
It was ulready June.
After dinner, the Westerner, with a
white face and brilliant eyes, strode
down Main street and turned Inte a
familiar lane. The beating of h s
heart disturbed him. He found it
difficult te breathe. The house was net
closed, the deer even steed open in its
old, informal fashion. Q get himself
across Its threshold and steed, dumb
and breathless, in the doorway of the
tiny parlor. It was stripped of the
familiar things. Mary looked up from
a trunk before which she was kneeling
en the fleer, clapped her hands together,
nnd, falling back against her heels,
sprend both theso small, hard-working
hands ever a throbbing, flnralng face.
She was In black; very small and
slim she looked her hair sparkled
ruddtly. He came ever and lifted her
up and, shaking uncontrollably, drew
down her hands.
"Miss Mary I haven't forgotten
your copy 'Still waters run deep
mv pride nnd my will was set wrong,
biit it wus you my heart wanted from
the first. Only I'm surp the gel-dcrn-dest
iqnerantest grewed man ln the
Sbe"loekcd up, flung both her arms
about him, and, shutting her eyes
tight, she put her mouth quickly
against his.
And speaking stepped.
A little crescent moon above the
still, high tops of (Irs j below, a camp
lire glowing dimly, ponies cropping en
n dewy hillside J up there a Miew-pcak
dizzily high Q lay in his blankets
and watched the crescent moon. A
shining figure seemed te shape 1 itself
below it, dressed In eilvcr it were a
small nnd scornful smile. Q turned
from it restlessly, rose en an elbow and
stretched out his right hand. It grasped
another hnnd, warm and small, and
Mary, waking, sighed contentedly nnd
looked up like a child from her sleep.
"Mary," Q whispered, "I had te ask
you something. Was Sir Sydney
Grinscoembe your great-great-great-srandfuther,
tee?"
"Yes, deur." ner fingers clung a
little and she smiled.
"Thank Ged for that!" eiald Q.
Triumnh for an instant conquered
the serene, contentment et nM face.
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