"TW2PWWFFm kc .A' Jt ' ". ' .Wi A v "A'1 " MI i ,Jf Jut f ,i St . " ,r m lytei rfe Aman nature trwft "lcr the atrcin of 'ftar and tragedy? Must it .ull down all loved ones In disaster? , 'VENiyq PUBLIC , (LEDaEB PHIIJADELPHIA WEDNESDAY. SEPTEMBER 3,3, 1922, fr Tf. ',. ' . ,; L'A8''& ii - r-W" THE BREAKING POINT By Mary Relberts Rieehart iuther of' "Dangerous Days," "K," "The Amazing Interlude," and many ether striking and successful novels. Ceptright, 1912, by Qeerga 11. Deran Ce. Can evil Identity be lout in geed? See hew this throbbing story of mystery, regeneration and love selves these problems. CHAPTER I rlttVCX nnd earth, liMIOf. air... iicnrjr Mr. the Wallace Btng the Wallace, garage. Ills K5 nbew lit-, low cellar llMVjn nml with," mh . &1w1n (Jowlne. of 5!ip ' T"i .1.. tlnv Spoilt. "I r'V, "which Rve lilm seinewhnt the LrrnX. W"1. .....ln,v.,l .. ri-almnnli. G?et It only part way down, pro pre P". '. l.t., l.u lnt rellnr. is the bnss, 1 meat mar- .ml the Hev Scout. "Heaven and AX nrc full " " Pl'l". IW "Mr ""'led Itvelf deep: hi. eye re Kliie'l en the music sheet In his Hi"!- ... ... ,..ii - "Arc full, are "r" 1""'. "" ,prne. Clare KosMtep. of the c1- ,. WWnini " - -j -. - : ; (nir Willi in i , 7 "'"" "' . rVched O flat Mie lifted lmrlf her tee. "Of the mnjebty of Thy lery.' .,.., . "KflWi nnrKWl me cniiiriiiusicr. Tull new. and all together." The choir room In the parish house nlr The choirmaster at the plnne ;i ',im with his hpail. Earnest nnd ifni''rtlrnl Te Detim" of Dudley ...l. Onus 03. Ne. 1. Fllzabeth WheMer liked choir prac C(. ' She liked thp way In which, nflpr l dllterent linns mm urai run vinih. the voices finally blended Inte S?; nn.l henntv. She liked the nail renfp of aclilt'veinent It gave her. ai of belnff part, en Sundays of wTi fprvlre. SSiie liKcii tuc leeltnp. Chile surplice nnd the small round vpI- rrt CAP. 01 lllivinit (mil vu in hit luumr It things of this world, such ns a rose !.i..i tint- nnd n blue ceercctte frock. Cn'rl of belnc stripped, 3h It were, for falntleni. At fUCII llinrn pii.- iiu.i ,iftu,- iin-iiiin U renunciation. She suw herself plels- :rd I" r0"lp pi" i"", wmmrawii I.. il,n rnrld : n nlncp where tlicrp we long vlHtns et pillars nnd Gothic, irehes. nrtcr a piioiegrnpn in me living Mini at home, nnd a great organ sonic here, pleying. v She would go home from church. nwever. ciiui in inc rose-ceiorea net ;nd llift e'ue georgette iteck, nni cni n italthv Sunday luncheon; nnd by 2 ,'rinek In the nfternoen. when thefnm- Wj ttpt and Jim hud gene te the ceun- j clUO, ner ure.wps with quite ukpi.v i he entirely different. Ocnerullv E faking, they had te de with love ro re mllc. unclouded yeuni: love, dramatic 'wilr because It v. as love, and very She passed the open deer Inte the waiting room, where sat two or three patient and silent flgurei, nnd went back te tlie kitchen. Minnie, 'the el derly servant, sat by the table rend ing, nmld the odor of roasting chicken ; outside the deer en the kitchen perch was the freezer containing the dinner Ice cream. An orderly Sundny peace wns In the nlr, u gesture of homely comfort, order and security. Minnie get up, "I'll unpin your veil for you," she offered, obligingly. "You've get time in no uewn noeuc ten minutes. Mrs life and never will." lie reflected en Unit with crewing Indlgnutlen. "He doesn't held n pnndlc te Dick. Of course, If the girl's ii feel " Hands thrust deep Inte his penkcts, David took n turn about the room. Lucy watched hint. At last "You're evading the real Issue, Da vid, nren't you.''" "Perhaps I am," he admitted. "I'd better talk te him. I think lu-'i get mi Idea he shouldn't fnarry. That's non sense." "I don't mean that exncti," I.uey iierHlwtid. 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ISc al Prunlitt. euej ten tAe Morgan said she's get te have her cars geed many things cleared up before he treated." ! marries? Isn't be likely te want te go I hone she doesn't sit nnd folk- for an hour." "She'll talk, nil right," Minnie ob served, her mouth full of pln. "She'd be talking te me yet if I'd steed there. She's get her nerve, tee, that woman." "I don't like te hear you speak se of the patients who come te the house, Minnie." "Well, I don't like their asking me back te Nerndn?" Sonic of the ruddy uder left David's face. He steed still, staring at her and silent. "Yeu knew he meant (e go three years age. but the war came and " Her voice trailed off. She could net pvpii new easily recall these days when Dick was drilling en the golf links and Half way up Palmer lane she turned In nt the cement pnth between borders of early perennials which led te the white Wheeler house. She wis flushed nnd angry, hating Clnre for her unsolicited confidence and her malice, hnting even Haverly, that smiling, tree-shaded sub urb which "talked." She opened the deer quietly nnd went In. Micky, thctlrish terrier, lay asleep nt me loot e tne stairs, nnu lisr la- for the first time she beenn mat people in tne mess might be en tee. Hew many of them, for Instnr would some time during the day pass behind their hands, the gossip CI had mentioned? She changed her position, i glanced quickly ever the church. Livingstone pew was fully occupied, nnu well up toward the front. W Sayre wns steadfastly regarding Semet lines, nerhnn'!. eine one would Iteme and sav he loved her. Thnt was All. Tl'at was at once the beginning ind the end. ner iirenin- led up te Hint mi tnnnrd. Net by se much ns a hndclaip did they pass that wall. Se she sat In tue clieir room nnd lulled her turn. "Altes n little stronger, please. "Of the t.iajestv. of Ihp mnest.. of ft majerty. of I hy gl-o-ery, t-nne wllzabeth. And was nt once nun nnd principal In n sentimental dream of hu . . What appeared te the eye was a small bd rather ethereal figure with Mck brown hair and wistful eyes: nice eyes. W no particular color. Prettv with the fcautv of youth, sensitive and thought Ml. Infinitely leynl and capable of suf- Brinz and net otherwise extraordinary fmu Elizabeth Wheeler In her plain roeilen chair. A figure suggestlvp of no flrnma and certnlnly of no tragedy. Its ttitude expectant nnd wailing, with Jthnt alternate hope and fear which is reuth nt twenty, when n of Ifc lies Miead and every tomorrow may held home great adventure. 'Clare Heslter walked home that lllbt with K11zabth. She win :i tall Iklende gill, lithe nnd grncefi'1 anil nta a calculated coquetry lier lethes. "I)r jeii mind coins n . the block?" she asked. "By Station Ireet.' There wns semethinu furtive tnd jel candid in her voice, and Ellzu eth danced nt her. "All right. But it's out of your nay. Isn't it?" les. I ion re se funnv. ICliza- keth. It's hnnl te tnlk te jeu. But e get te talk te somebody. I go round hy Station btrcct every chnncc get." "Hr Station street? Why?" "I should think ou could guess by." She saw thnt Clnre desired te be IJfbller.cd. nnd nt the same time she kit a great distaste for the threatened wifiden'rp. Sim loathed iiriu-In-nrm enlidenees, the Indecency of dragging ip and exposing, In whispers, things tat shmlhl hnve lieen hurled deeli in ttifence. Slie hesitated, unit C71nrK slln- mti mi arm tliieugh heis. Iflll dilll't lftik..' limn .1. -m J nOClPtlllieS I tllltil' inn T.ulf.t IfllAW ied 1 don't c:ire. I've reached that Point." "cr Confession, nniui. niu! a)innif1f.ss. Wd vet somehow net without a certain fruity. Unwed en. She was mnd about "t. Dick Livingstone, fioedncss knew "7, for he never looked nt her. She pint be the dirt under his feet for nil C knOU'. &liu IrntnliU.I ...l.nn tt..i n...t , "'... ...uiuiru ..null ruu uiVb tm In llm ut..... i i !. I i eitvri, uijii auiiiL'iiuie hit Nked past her and never suw her. She punt sleep well uny mere. Elizabeth listened in erent rlUenm. 1V. She did net see In Clare's hopt hept "9 nasslen rim nv nt it.. n..r.iin..i ?r,tne..?lfdramatizntlen of n neurotic "I. Hill. HnV hPrHI'lf linwllllni.l.' Cire.l mfe- P-K.oeS alcW antly from the living room. Suddenly her sense of resentment died. With the closing of the front deer the pence of the beuse enveloped her. What dl,d It matter If, beyond thnt deer, there were unrequited love nnd petty gossip, nnd even tragedy? Net thnt she put all thnt Inte conscious thought ; she had merely n sensation of sanctu ary nnd peace. Here, within these four walls, were till that one should need, love nnd security and quiet happiness. Walter Wheeler, pausing te turn a i page, heard her singing as .she went up the stnire. In the moment of the turning lie tee lind n flash of content. Twenty-five years of married life .mil nil well; Ninn married, Jim out of col lege, Elizabeth hinging her waj up the stnlrs, nnd here by the lamp his wife quietly knitting while he read te her. He wns reading "Paradise Lest' : "The mind is its own place, and in It self can make a heaven of hell, a hell of heaven." lie did a certain nmeunt of serious rending every vcai. On Ktimlnj mornings, dm Ins the 'all service, hliznbetlr earnestly tried te banish all worldly thought. In spite of this resolve, however, she was nl wujh conscious of u certain regret thut the choir scats necessitated tinning he? profile le the congregation. At the nge el twelve she hud decided that her nes2 was tee short und nothing had hap pened since te chnnge her conviction. She seldom be much us glanced at the congregation. During her slew prog ress up nnd down the main aisle behind tiie Courtney hey, who was still n so prano and who carried the gieut geld ci ess. she always looked straight ahead. Or wither, although sue was uncon scious of this, slightly up. Sat always looked up when she snug, for bhe had commenced te tnke singing lessens when the piano music luck wus high above ncr iiend Came the end of the service. Came down the aisle the Courtney boy, clean nnd shining nnd carrying high ills glowing symbol. Cnme'the choir, two by two. the women first, sopranos, nltes and Elizabeth. Came the men, bass and tenor, neatly shaved for Sunday morn ing. Came the rector, Mr. Oglethorpe, n trifle wistful, because always he fell se far below the mark he had set. Came the benediction. Came the slew rising from Its knees of the congre gation nnd its cheerful-bustle of dis persal. Dr. Dick Livingstone steed up and helped Dr. David into his new spring overcoat. He was very content. It was Muy, and the sun wns shining. It wns Sunday, nnd he would have nn hour or two of leisure. And he had mnde a resolution about a matter that had been In his mind for borne time. He wns very content. He looked nreund' the church with what was almost n possessive eye. These people were his friends. He knew them ull. and thev 'knew htm. Ther lind. J nirninuf l.lu ...ninu, ..... 1.:.. .... A.. ......, .,.;, JIIUIUDI, IJI1L 111') HilllltT Ull the bronze tablet set In the wall en the roll of honor. Small us It was, this was his world. Half smiling, he glanced nheiit. He did net renllze that behind their bows nnd greetings there was something new that day, something net se much un kind ns questioning. Outside In the street he tucked his mint, Mrs. Cresby, ngulnst the spring wind, and waited at the wheel of the car while David entered with the delib eration of n man ncciistemed te the sagging of his old tide-bur buggy under his weight. Leng age Dick had dropped the tltulur "uncle," nnd us David he uew addressed hlra. "You're going te piny some golf thib niternoen, David, ' he said tirmly 1 JLi te feel I ftf Mm WtfMInlliMnkm HmLe Wh. ce, ( II fh( MW lM md ' rM ymmkWHmWMmi I'lie ' ( I UJftlvffisCininHaHeWfn' - h u mwrnnmmi i hwm iXOiJwlk V He steed smiling up at them, very tidy In bis Sunday suit, very boyish for all his thlrty-tne years thnt later period of separation. It lie does go back- questleus about the family, either," said Minnie, truculently. "She wanted te knew who was Dr. "Donnldsen Is dead." David broke In. Dick's mother. Said she had had n almost roughly. woman here from Wyoming, nnd she "Maggie Donnldsen is still living." thought she'd known his people." "What if she Is? She's leynl te the Mrs. Cresby steed very still. core, In the first place. In the sec- "I think bhe should bring her qnes- end, she's criminally liable. As liable liens te the family," she said, nfter a as I run." silence. "Thank jeu, Minnie." "There Is one thing, David. I ought Bennet In bund, she moved toward the te knew. What has becen.e of the stairs, climbed them und went inle her Cnrlysle girl?" loom. Recently life lud ben. growing "She left the stage. There wns a incicnsingly calm und less bc.-ct with' sort of generul conviction that she wns doubts. Fer tiie fii st time, with Dick's implicated and I don't knew, Lucv. inming te live with them ten yeur Sometimes I think she was." He sighed, before, u boy of twent-le, she lind "I read something nbetit her coming found a vicuriems inufcrnit und gieiled I buik, semu months age. in 'The Vnl In it. Recently she bad been ery happy, ley." Thnt wus the thing she was The war was ever nnd he was sufely pluying the spring before it happened." back; again she could hew en his but- He turned ou her. "Don't get that tens and darn his socks, and turn In jour head. 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Kennlegs as drenrns hml heen, vague nnd shy. J bad nevertheless centered nbeut Lui,n.0,!P wll Nl,eu,rt be f""i like nitk ffi,g")n,',. Bnd nltcrnatciy gruvc, M wl.lt I'"' "J'wmil IIIIIIIUIT, U1IU turn.,i .' wn.H lliH "'""ncr when it Grn.Jn " lni te be himself. wni7 spenking, they centered nheut job .one who rwemMcd Dick Uvlng lnLb.Ut w,, m net. 0H ! Dr. Uv- Ihn t ,na,t,,rl,y ""a Pretend thut in Ii i knee. y Bd (lui"1,wl h ie'ldmin.'.03.,T tl,ink he Positively "Was me." Cnrn .,ill..,l i.rpi.. pnw6' KIlKbtli. De you mind Ml Sffif " n,0'"(,t? e must be in '' eftce new. The light's burning." lit. il i,lliyeV wu'Jn't. Clare. Ile'd M' It if he knew." let.,? rvcd ,?.n an'1 c,a,n slowly fel- Stalkt'; ,' Itessiter girl' Hew tteuJLr.V1 hut'?nIv "topped. She wns "finl n,ul J,n'Iulslvely HiiBpIcIeua. tare fn, ,, ' ' '"',V ' l w,lvve yu ''IT ii", .'"uiaeil. tenlht cin'v? ,hu mnttcr wlth y0" lueer " Ul,nUlns- Yel,r voice wns e n7,Valk(,,l en In silence. The flew lr Jti '""""deuces lind ceased, nnd hard s wcre cnIc''ltlng nnd u trifle mi Ilia'' .i s.n,KOni1 blt f talk nbeut PW r!' Jc,rkc'1 ""t ""el'i'- "I "P- lint. - " .""in 11, Hnt son of tnlk?" leu'll hear It. Every bout it. It's doing hlra Thla .llev'' n KHnl)ctli (lured. lad .ViV1 .VUBn l nnytning else te de, k. Jf. talks. It makes me sick." aJT.""' net attempt te nnalyze the J?? motives that made Clare bellt-2-if," ,.h ?'! te love. And . " nn uiv avawiij mmmt 11k . 1.. y". KOhs ii nS klng a n-1, ?n't belle "erleus ever the whole thing. Beiiiiis-c it in n solemn mutter te dike 11 nuinbrr of jieeple who huve been up te thai moment engrossed in thoughts of feed or golf or wrvnnts or business, and Ju the twinkling of un eye, ns the prnjer hook buid about deuth, tiun their mindrf te worship. N'evcrtheleb, although t,he never looked at the pew, the wus always conscleiw of two of them. The one near the pulnlt wns the Suyrcs and it wns the 'heclul cnlendur of the town. When Sirs. Sujre was in It, it was the i-eelul bi'Bben. One never knew when Mrs. Hnyre's butler would cull up ana ay: "I niu hpeakiug for Mis. Snyie. Mrs. Sayre would like te huve the pltns ure of Miss Wheeler's ceni.mnv en 1 Thursday te luncheon, nt 1 :'().'' I When the Huyre pew wns empty, the I town knew. If it happened le be winter, I I hut the Flerida or Santa Hut burn sea sea heii wns ou ; or in summer the Manic I ceabt. The ether pew was ul the back of the church, AIhiijh it hnd una occupant; temetlmcs it hud three. Hut the be havior of this pew wus very erratic. Sometimes an elderly und pertly gentle man with white liiilr nnd fierce eye brows, would come in when the oerinen was almebt ever. Again, n hand would reach through the grill behind it, and u tall young man who hnd had bis cyi fixed In the proper direction, but net nl w.iya en the rector, would reach for his hat, get up and slip out. On the.e oc casions, however, lfe would first iden tify the owner et the hand und then bend ever Ihe 0110 permnnent eccupnnt of the pew, n little old ludv. His speech wns a Yea, yea. or Nay, nay, for he either Miid. "I'll be back for dinner," or "Don't leek for me until you bee me." And Mrs. Cresby, without taking her eyes from the termen, would nod. Of Inte years Dr. David I.ivlngstnne hnd been taking less and less of the "Don't -leek -for -me -until -you-see-me" cases, and Dr. Dhk had acquired a car, which would net freeze when left outside nil night ilkc a forgotten deg, nnd n hcnue of philosophy nbeut sleep. Thut is, thnt 11 I. M. wns hedtimr te Heme people, but was just 11 o'clock for him. When he went te church he listened te (lie seimen, but rnttur often he look ed nt Elizabeth Wheeler. When hh eyes wandeicd, as the most faithful eyct wdll new nnd then, they were apt te rest en the ling thut hml hung, ever Mnce the war, beside the altar. He had fought for his country In a sea of nud, never nearer than 200 miles te the. bat tle line, fought with a surgical kit in stead of 11 gun, but he was content. Net te all the high adventure. Had he teen asked, suduenly, the niime pf the tall blende girl who sang among t'ue soprunes, In could net have told It. The .Sunday morning following Clare Rebsiter's sentimental confession Eliz abeth tried ery hard te banish nil worldly thoughts, as usual, and te bee the kneeling, rising and sitting con gregation ns there for worship. Hut for the first time she wondered. Sema of the fnres were blank, as though behind the steady gate the mind had wandered far afield, or slept, 1' Seme were Intent, some rren devout. But David chuckled. He still Muck te his old horse, nnd te the nuclcnt vehl- , elu which had been the signal of dis tress before se many doers for forty j years. "I can trust old Nettle," be i und htiddenly old body a tierce und unexiiei'ted re sentment ngnlut David. He hud chosen a course mid abided bv it. He hnd even new no doubt or faltering. Just as in the first uiuiuiis dnjs there hud heen no doubt in him us te the eHsiu tml rightiicbs of what he wus doing. And new ihls was what came of taking u life anil nliii'ei a leaf of Ihiiup,. In.in ...... the huts of the bird cage. "Dinner time, Curuse," she said ub.M'utl. Caruso wns the inline Di(k had given the bird. And te David: "She must be in her thirties new " "Probably." Then his nnger and anxiety buist out. 'What dluVrenee can it iiml.e about her? About Donald- The PHILADELPHIA ELECTRIC COMPANY 1 fcN IH AND CHESTNUT STREET n C? f,V r. . . . . . 18th Wa r 1 1 nd Ulnmen,? StV 4C00 Fr.nkferd Are. 18th St. and Celumbm Ave. Bread and Rutcemb Sts. (Legan) Breed end Wharten Sta. 3100 Kensington Av. 7 and 9 W. Chelten At ... 1 ... . . ". "! " i would say. "She doesn't freeze tier " " ', " h r 1 "'"r"u", wiin a 1 mui wne.- aieut any ming-ever from radiator en cold nights, she doesn't , f016""!"1'1' l)la"- il'at was fur (Je.l that mttcn timeV They're gene, nil of skid, and if I drop asleep bhe'll tuke me 1T' ' " l 'l'a"; , , , , ","' "' - bic. He's safe und happy, home und into my own burn, which Is . ",'' V"w" ""?,r "'r wjudejv J ; ' .""' '""', fi'''1., 'Hint's gene " mere than any automobile would de." j , .M""1 ', "Z atrn,attl ' hil'1 !Ur lu?" lm" 1lrk w,ls tilk,ne efr "I'm going te sleep." he said com- "Jbaii tow e h ,i 1 ,liUl111'" I '' . "S'i'''",., fertnblv "i.t Wnllie Snra-l bee lren". j0"" .b ,: t,lc' elilcv W '" '' ' ""'II lllv'' chi. ken, Minnie," he he's ba.'k from some .,lncnt'ululTBrlSrNiu' ,l'0.'""l recently mar- , ld "He the dining room, ties uaiK irem some plnce nijiilu -or rjed j,esnie Ward, in her smart lit Lit I "'h cken uud biseuilH Mr m. k" a,sk a nice girl Ask Elizabeth heeler , rr . Harrison Miller, the rynu al b ' "III, ... " ere " be called usMlv 1 don't think I.uc.v here expects te be .. or. ulm lirni m.t .i..- 1.1 if..,,,., .....1 t.....i . ...." .r"""1 '"stiiy. .. . .. .- "fc Mwu., uii ins n.-v . .'ir ,iuu icrii a aiurviiiir ninn I'm. DELAWARE COUNTY ELECTRIC COMPANY Chester Media Uiwdewne- the only woman in your life Dick stared into the windshield . . .. .... ..wui , ull 1113 ll.'V te the st.itleu newsstiiml ,, ti... Vm.. r,,tu,r 1,. ,,,1,111.. ,,.. .1 1...11 ,,, Yerk papers; ; young couples taking biimll He steed .Mulling up nt Ihem !... ". " " " u - l'ku I H It I 1 1 h CtUllll ! " H1UIM1 . rilltllllk II II 1IL I .i. . ...1.1 1.. .1,1.... r.... 1. - -i I " . ". '..... . " "I" ."" "I've been wondering about iut, 1 "lu "' inc nir 111 a perambiilaler : uu in His Simdav suit, verv Imvlah i 1 iinuiirnp niiiinmu !.. .. .1 .. ..11 1.1. .11 ------- - - - en .-"-...i,.. fiii mrir eyes 011 vurn nr 1111 111s iiiiriy-twu .M'urs. very he said, "Just hew muc ether nnd en the future. snorted. I T.,V"lt' ",' b,le rclleeted Jiitteily lu your , hud caught, rriu f suillingl tender ns hi- watched them! us siruiig rather thuii handsome, ijulet- David," right " .111..1.1..-.1....1. in "Don't itet any feel notion lu your . r,"K """'." '0,t- "lie hud net watched My ilepeuiluhle and faintly humoieiiN head." "V,, ,or ,"ml V''-yi tbUlg ter "a leMi; '" llie ,lllKne f our gieat ally," Following a bhert silence with Dick hv V10" ;. "'"'g 'V'.i Wi'le i',low". . ic "l'l. ".Mudnnie et Monsieur, In diner driving automatically and thinking, (...iiv,..., l....... , :7" " "im u m. .-.i Finally he drew a long breath. Jfc.M , , " ' . !"- ,"a ". "' tea "All right." he said, "liew abeti that golf you need exercise. Yeu' putting en weight, aud you knew And you smeke tee much.. It's either less tobacco or mere walking, and you ought te knew It." David grunted, but he turned te T.iiet I 'rushy. In the rear Rent! "Lucy, d'yeu knew where my clubs -'r lu "Ruinsi me wind, and ;"" i ,V 1 ,,,iTer ""ve caugur, j n iim eyes tnere was net only ten- t hu tone in Dick s voice when he men- 1 derrmss but 11 somewhat eiiiiihawlzeil nf. lit uened the Wheelers. She hud watched fect.eu, us though he men t te demo, re him for the lust few months 111 church strute. net only te them but te him. it. en feundny mornings, and bby knew that self, thut this new thing that had come ieir nfl uhrt uiitflii.l lil.n 1... 1....1.-J ...i ii. .111 .... . ... ..".' V.UUV H,ul" ,;,,' "fu u " 'oeiteu m. iu mu. uiu net leueii tneir old rclntlen- Lllzabeth. Iiljt. Fer the new thing had come He And David was se sure! Se sure. I was still slightly dazed with the knew ! '1 he office deer closed nnd Mrs. Mnr- edge of It, and considerably aniieus I gun went out. a knitted scarf wrapping Because he had Just taken a glance at ... . ... ,uu, nlm iimuih - 1 iiiiu.-cii in wie mirror or tne wall ..A ii,, 1-.-.1. ,iiiu mu biq-w 1,1... Unfr - i.i . inif Her iYir rnmn !. .un. . . r i. 1 1. . ... - .. ere: I v. n T 1, V ,'"V Dlu" UM;e"1 " rn,R ll"" "au seen nemine there nnr- "leu leaned tnem te .Mm wneeier ;'"" "" '" """ u urairs te wish iieuiany te inspire well, te lnsnire .. . . ii . . ., ., for dinner. .. !..., 1 1 . . . " mauire inst mil. it jeu k-i uiree or rnein back yeu're lucky." Mrs. Cresby's voice wns faintly tart. Leng age she had learned that her brother's belong ings were his only by right of purchase, und were by way of being community property. When, early lu her widow hood and her return te his home, she had found that her pretests resulted only in a sort of clandestine giving et lending, alie had exacted a promlsefrom him. "1 ask only ene thing, David," she had said. "Tell me where the things go. There wasn't a blanket for the guestroom bed at the tlme of the Diocesan Convention." "I'll run nreund te the Wheelers' nurl net .fin,,-. ' HtpV nhservpd. in n carefully casual elce. "I'll sea the ' Carter baby, tee, David, and that clears the afternoon. Any message?" Lucy glanced at him, but David moved toward the house. "Give Elizabeth a kiss for me," lie called ever bis shoulder, and went chuckling up the path. Mrs. Cresby steed en the pavement, gazing after the car ns It moved off. She had net her brother's simplicity nor his optimism. Her married years hud taken her away from the environ ment which had enabled hlin te llve his busy, uncomplicated life; where, the only medical man In a growing com munity, he had learned le form his own sturdy decisions and then te abide by them. Illnck and white, right nnd wrong, the proper course and the Improper course he lived In a sort of two dimensional ethical world. Hut te Lucy Cresby, between black and white there was a gray no-man's laud of doubt and indecision; a half-way heusu of compromise, and sometimes David frightened her. He was se tare. for dinner Klin btepped rocking, "Dutld!" she called sharply. He opened the deer nnd came in, .1 bulky llgure. still faini.v aromatic of drugs, chceiful and Berene. !!U'0U nl1 m??" lie inquired. es. Shut the deer and come in. I want te tnlk te you. He closed the deer nnd went te the hearth rug. There was a photograph of Dick 011 the mantel, taken In his uni form, and he looked at It for a mo ment. Then he turned. ;;All right, my dear. Let"s have "Did Mrs. Morgan have nnything te sav?" lle btarcd at her. , "She usually has." he said. "I never knew you considered it worth icpentiiig. Ne. Nothing 111 particular." The very fact that Mrs. Morgan hnd limited her inquiry te Minnie confirmed her suspicions. Hut bomehew, face te face with David, she could net see ln Dick. contentment turned te anxiety. "I want te tnlk te jeu about "Yes?" "I think he s in lee, David " David's heavy body straightened, but his fnee remained serene. "We hud te expect that, Lucv. K It Elizabeth Wheeler, de jeu think?" "Yes " 1 Fer u moment tliere wns silence. The canary In lis cage hopped about, a beady inquisitive) eje new en one, new 011 the ether of them, "She's u geed girl, Lucy." "That's net the point, Is it?" "De you think she rnres for him"'" ."J,wd,0",,Jjnew" .T'ji're'H some talk of Wallle Snyre, He's there 11 geed bit." .!VnH,e Sn're!" "nertcd David. "He's nerer done n day's work In hie what he wanted te Inspire At the feet of the btalrs he drew Lucy s arm through his, and held her hand. She .seemed xery small and frail beside him. 'Seme day," he said, "a strong xxlnd will i-eine along and carrv off Mis. Lucy Cresby, and the Doctors l.hlngsteuu will be obliged te rent airplanes, nnd te search for her at unions elevations!" David sat down and picked up the old-fashioned carting knife. "Get the clubs?" he inquired. hick loeKed almost stricken. 1 "I forget them, David," he suld guiltily. "Jim W heeler went out te leek them up, und I I'll g0 back after dinner." ' it wns bems time later In the meal that Dick looked up from his plate und bald : "I'd Hke te cut office hours en Wed nesday night, Datld. We, usked l-.lizaheih Wheeler te go into town te the theatre." "What u,beut the baby nt the Hemer place?" "Net due until Suiuln. I'll leave my seat number at thu box office, uny- "" "What are jeu going te sec, Dick1" Mrs. Cresby usked. "Will )ou have bemu dumplings?" "I will, but D.itid shouldn't. 'i' much starch. Why, It's culled 'The 1 Valley,' I think. An mtiess named Curlysle. Beverly Curl sic, (n starring lie tite en, Ids mind net en his feed but buck In the white house en Palmer Lune, uud 11 girl. 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