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One of the Series of Evening Public Ledger Original Short
Stories en Married Life by the Best
American Fiction Writers
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TTNE minutes had passed since I dins party : I knew from that moment
" the tower clock boomed hiprh I !t wn" hopeless case. 1 alee f cl
Boen. The erpanist was hnrmeni-1 wiathful,
eusly killing time. The ushers were "Se this is a pul-iip Jeb." I accused
striving te leek easy nnd tmcen-1 her. "Don't ou think it's pretty raw
'ccrned. The confrrejration was be- te "
ginninp; te rustle and xyhisper and I . "T,c mrss,iKe; his message I" she he
was sharint: the incipient nervous- ,,), ti,p,, .... i i,i, .... i,en,i.
hess, since, as best man. it was my M)e ,,,,,.,,..' .... .. , t
responsibility te put the xveddinp
through without mishap, and the ab
sence of the bride was a decided ini- i
pediment te my plans. My cousin,
Chester Lipscomb. who was sup-
lindn't m'cii liim nor heard from liini.
N"t fnp month, tlh. it's been Ions'"
There was a henrt -wrenching quiver In
her veire "Then something told me
nies.n'-e wn I i cme hnrk.'- I said.
"dme seiti," hc whispered.
A sort of well-bred soeinl riot fol
lowed my return te the, church, in
vhich the coolest fis'ire was the bride
groom. Ye i might knew he'd take It
thet w u in I se off dUnlficdlv te .Tnpnn
"i .In;e .N'm i ,.- somewhere, which Is
pesedly the poison most interested, lie wns here. That's the wn.v it imp
Was taking: it coolly, in that immev- peneil with us nt the first. Se I knew
ably self-confident, self - satisfied i I couldn't pe thrensh with It with
manner of hi-, as if proceeding upon ci,P..fr
some supeiier I'-surane- that neth- t .lirrpndcrcd "i-u T0U tne
Inp in wluen he as ce-ci pe i cenn
go far wrentr.
Well, nothing exer had. That is
why the match deemed such a
geed one for I'leaner Jermyn. If I
maintained my private mi(jivinc3
Bbeut lratinc of the girl's xivid,
mirthful, ndv en' -irons tenanticism
with ("''ester' , le'i'n njrnhiv of
spirit, it a net nix bullies as best ixn't' wh't lr did.
mnn te voice the m My business was Wl-.n hut was left of wilted me get ,
te pet that twain safeh married. iSn'k te tlie .temJn Nerrie wbs after j
At sixteen minute? and six sec- me instantly,
ends (by my stopwatch) past twelve, "Where, is he. VtxT"
the se-xten brought me a note which "At the rieneen. WTint w you
reail: .. T , , ' Keins te de about lt?
Dear VIt Tt ill off. I simply ....,, for ,.,..
can't pe thrensh with "Te come here? The fantly wfll lev i
.. .iwv.i.. r that.'
Thveuch the npency of n hastily "'lhe family ar'n't epaktns te me
Inspired usher the news was grad- anv way. Can you blame them?"
lially dsseminated through the "ieu miKht at least spare them an
i: t- IL .i i : ii ., ,.- y,A tf extrn -randal. It he comes here new
church that the bridal gown had suf- . ,,..... nillP(1 ,....,... ,vln
"or was it " B,MBvfiliRIVr
in the dream." ffjnnW9
d them, tee?" ' VT fV'
"Did you Idss me?" she murmured,
"Ne." He shook his head. "It was
"The dreamt The voices! Yeu hear
iream
ng te Nerne tlieuc'u that ever, net being slew enrrenchment of tree nnd ivy, the he )ri)ti".red. "It ghes me Mich an,0' In
whl-h wl..ll beyen.l r.-n...n- yet "Vix. will r.innsiens and stores steed emptv and im.-inny feelins 1 The whole thins is "res,
e end .i erv soed te me-' .... ..... u ,.".,.. unrennv." 'p"t.
Mp'
fnzk"'
I'd lilte te bent you te a
fered a last-minute injur ei a sen- ,.,,,, him ani, fhln(., wj be we0 than
OUS tneugn nec neie-sarny hum h;i- retnrc. it in-.lhle
ture. while I wa- peed-limittng te
the Jermvns heue in a ar
I had commandeered rem the end
of the line. The running beard was
unsuitably decorated with a yenug
man whom I had never seen until
he attached him-elf te it at the mo
ment rf starting. He was pare and
lithe and deep-browned by a sun
harsher than out. end the-e was a
hard-d ntrelled e-itt ment m his
curiously luminous eye,.
"She isn't coming, i- he?" he de
manded Thei. readme my opies epies opies
sien and in a lla-h of tnunph. "I
knew she wouldn't."'
"UTiere de you cme in en this?"
I retorted.
All the answer that I g-t. as he
dropped with urr-!oeted nencha
lance from the -preding car. was,
and warm hearthstones; until the newly drew him back h-re, and all of us after, n the pertlce. cjilnlnir it just as the
projected railroad turned nnd passed If 1 In I neer knew what It was until. . rain whelmed cverythins in seething
I, rr.u i ii, , mi. mi "( crnndinethcr s funeral last week, I srav.
tiy. inen Its life waned. lhe mills , j, -n.rrlntlen of veur headstone." . 'f'h.n n mdllnn tens of llcht CTRhed
crumbled, the cottages yleldeti te the
lifeless. Hut the church, with its sur
rounding graveyard, still maintains
I uMi you wouldn't call It mine." (down upon them from the mined root
ch an et licnen, anil me iwe cowering uk-
, merged in tue sneci! or tnat per-
Iny still.
"1 iirinny?" he repeated in a low I
voiei- "Oh. no. I.leaner. rset un-
t . l1" ' Ml, IP'l 11 'Mll'l
en re n dear. was the singular ltself stanch against the years, for the ranTn It.s jt, nim0,t ),ely
nnA nsts-iM U .. ... Ul. T
wint ,,.Vi '.. Ce , nu "'e him" " b,n'' t,"lt bu,It nn1 IeVpd th "I'ifs were." Pl,e complained. "I
I '.'en t even Knew his infernal ' f',iuv remf"' back, by a gentle tradition. nn t -MnV jeu'm n phMsatit companion
n,,. ' rn hurv Itt .Inn.l Wn nn ,..,tn tl,P IT H SrH Uanl Iflll. Alld 1 ' V .' gOt tO
("ilv.n Senne't."
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third and fourth cenerntiens. Death
'i n"in nothing te me," ald i., -t- , ,i, i-....i Miie !,
. , U".l' ..-tC.lll..i,..-,l., T.ll.l'
I nt" -r .I'll1.. derm; it ' . ...
It - in, ci. r tiling in the uerld te nMtery ambiance of life.
ne ' Tiger l.lii,e f July were swaying ever
("! da" mir. I'll go!" I yielded. ' 'he peaceful graves when the !il'nes5
1 Knew j. ,11 weuHI. (far. Sile nll. ,.. nr.-.,1e,l hr the ttlfT. meelinnMI'
i;e. ').
i$vi ng up."
There's a frightful storm
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I i'O i.ii.i te pre nwny. Rain ne. ns a icle,i
e, slew, heavy raindrops eundi'd t.-nn
1VJ w .A (.
er war
I knew Nerrle alwas
Th.it'.s the kind she is.
tets
p.M.VirC ?r"NNi:TT received me with
v-' n i t'e- et-: 'ict air which did net
-oe-Ho i .an-t nf im'iirr.
J . ... . . 1... -An.nln
t-m Mm dad te come haclt " said "i 13 b-""--""""
and vturnlne panoply of a modern
hun.il The tars In the proccien had
driven out from tli nearest ehv, te
hurv old Mark .lermjn beside the ethcri
riin en the leavi overhead, through
lie .tillness. l ' me te the church."
The lir.st fla-h seemed almost te over
take them ns thev ran for hhelter deep
woman
1 1 me 1
T
"Between us two no time can b tee
late."
"I am the lawful wedded wife of
Samuel Jermyn."
There followed a long, straining
hush; then the man-voice, fiercely:
"After what we have been te each
ether?"
"That was our sin Oh. Cnl
vin! Why did you net write?"
"I wrote. My mespenser died en the
way."
"That vvas our punishment," said
the woman-voice fearfully. "Yeu must
go, ('ah in."
"(ie? Leave you' Yeu are my wife,
net hi-, In the sight i.f Ilc-urn "
"e." tin1 woiiian-ven i dinlnl war-
' Why did you 11 v and Inllexihlj I nm hound in
Ii.'ick ' In nor and in dutj and In law. lie is
e ill m you before the world.
DTM voices hi the gray mist, voices
out of a far past, speaking one te
the ether In th -oft sibllance of wind
and rain and troubled leaves, a man
voice and a woman -voice.
'J he ni.iii-veice i-ald : "Kleaner, my
w li dread
ice cr cd
and pain, the i
Tomorrow morning. At my apntt.
t, I replied.
ment
"Net tonight?" ,c asked centl- ..i.i
the eager compulsion of his eyes' unen
mine. " ' "
"Yeu can talk with her," I ,..,.
5- elded, "If anything ta modern I
phene will serve your purposes."
I called Nerrle and relinquished ,i.
Instrument tn 1,l, ni... .. ln8
ir?Jr:r, cfrcc,,ml,y .m
"I'm at the Pieneeis' Club when she I. "leu'.'n'- te i have contrived te get. Through the compulsion of family
Wants me." I cn earlier levaltv, Kleaner Jermyn, his great-
A Mustered maid admitted me te ' Serry." he returned composedly. nl"000i' jia,i bpfn ,irnwn most unwl'linslv '
the house and piloted me f f-'ea- l.;' l "' ':'.. l ''"""" , from a house partv several hundred
nor's room. As I entered a sfange ..i1""'? u,'r," miles away, wheie she had been having
expectant v ,l,ed out of the bride's lll,.,:lhAnfr""' We were let in th-' , McWr ntl f ., ti , As .,.
f-L " "'.'.'? , . ,. , harl'v knew TncU. Mark, she was
",,., tt., ,,. . viv T . -V..!fa' J"" lrl;:ht hn" nt WOr(1 feeling dr.cide.llv peevish ever It. V.nt
x, 0h,! "T, erl5r ' ' ' ahead" no smmer had she crossed the heun.l.ir'
Whrn dnrR human nature
crash under the strain of
tear and tragedy? Must it
pull down all loved envs
in disaster?
Yeu force tee late
. .
a goeil man
There was a sound of sobbing, hushed
sharply, a cry of the. agony of part
ing in the woman-voice, and the man
voice once again, fading:
"I will go. Hut I held you through
time and eternity. Ours is the true
marriage. I will return te clnlm you,
though it were a thousand years. I
bid you te wait for me."
Tim sun shot through between mnssed
.clouds drawing back te the world of
the living the two still figures In the
church portico. The girl's eyes were
heavy with tears and passion and won
der as she turned them upon her com
panion, "Did you kiss me?" she murmured,
"or was it "
"N'e." He shook his head. "It was
in the dream."
"The dream! The voices I Yeu
heard them, tee?"
"Kvcrything."
"Whnt docs it mean?"
"What could it mean, except that
we have come ha'k te each ether!"
"Don't!" she rebelled. "Yeu frighten
me."
, He smiled at her. and her breath
quickened in her threat. "Why should
l.veu be afraid, beloved?"
The blare of a meter horn brought
KTeauer Jermyn te a sense of realities.
She jumped te her feet. "Whew!" she
I whistled briskly. "We're lucky te be
alive after that clese call, hook!"
I A bough, riven by the thunderbolt
ireul U1U KCCUI tnu, sryvuicu u.li in-ii-
nett's mound ns with a massive wreath.
"There's the car, come back for me,"
she added.
"You're net going, new I" he said
Incredulously.
"Of course," she laughed. But there
was a tremor in her voice.
"Kleaner!" He held out his arms.
She swayed te him, pressed te him, set
her lips te his in a swift, soft caress.
"That's for geed-by." she said
breathlessly. "It's nil nonsense, you
knew. And we must forget."
He wrote her once, a long, passion
ate, learning letter, ending, "I bid
veu te wait for me." Then the land
of vast forests and unmapped rivers
swallowed liim up.
And Kleaner Jermyn told herself that
it wns enlv a strange, and sweet and
finished episode.
(( A XD new," said Calvin Sennett,
-ti- "when may I see her?"
Fl all the proprieties I should have
lensiilied lhe Jermyn family. Hut.
iv hat tis.e! These, two would have drawn lichll.v forgone, that am lent beml, I
.-.... -- innfint,1i. en mnrnet nnd """ " "' "'iiuiire.
lliyillll il -9 M ', " .... - ......
anient te him. What they Md ?
only Mjrmlsc. Probably it l0Bu
by telepathy!
He was at my aparlment, vvnitln
when Xorrie came. I wns ,1Pre
I might a welt have been In I'n(aM
nln. for all that they reckoned when 'thn
saw each ether. He called her nam
nnd tlipre ciime from her litis n i..t. '
breath like the sigh f rMpe "
1ntirr.lini.tin .! . . "
-" iMiii ni jearntng and de.
privation as she ran te his arms i
found the street scenery sufficiently ..
grossing until Nerrie's voice notified mi
that they were nvvare of my existent,
again.
"We'te going nwav," Mie nnnennccd
en must (Hi thn family. Vix, d(,ar ,;
"Must I? When arp you g'elngv'.
It washP who answered, "Tenlcht '
"Indied! Where?" u'"Kni.
"Dees It matter?"' raid she
I perceived that it did net; tl-.at nntl.
Ing in the iuiiver. it tc-i 1 ie ,11
.we hut their rejoined IK ''
heweer. as lepicvcii,,,. ,10 ..,,'"':
hard actualities theie was a nlnse kJi
did matter. "Without cPreniem-?1'
Inquired. l
They started, brusquely recalled from
their evcluMlve.nbsovptlen in eah ether!
.-v. ii i n.v" l" '" '""fled, den'
we?" wild he in n bemused voice
'It seems absurd." tnld the glrh
"but I suppose we de." '
"I suppose j en de, indeed," T eon-
And se. as they say In the tnles at
every day, prosaic leve and mntliij
the j were married and by the meehanU
cal processes of formal law these two
strange, long-conjoined. Inng-nartM
spirits from out n fateful past
Was It true that vlslene.1 encounter
that had inniked their pathwnv into
each Uher'H iiims for them? Or was
It only the imagining of two veung nr
dent minds, Miper-sensitlred" hv their
abrupt and startling approach, hy their
li.stant nnd compelling ceiiscimisnes ef
one another? I de net knew I fhall
never knew. Net that it has the small.
est Impnrtanre. What i and ever shall
he pssciiil.i) in fi,,, ijves f (!,,,, no li
that thev fervidly believe in it as their
eidaliicd fate.
And s, in these dnys of change, of
i.-.-iiiii'-i i lies iriiiiir tumble, fnith
Kleaner 1" cried the man-voice. I steel.
TH
BREAKING
POINT
4f7iOT nf "Pnnrjrre'n Pn'jf,"
By Mary Roberts Rineharit
K" "7'tc tnia;(Mi7 Intrrliiifr," ami timiit ntirr ztrlklnij nnd successful nnvcla.
I nrurtalit. (.', hv VnUnftFrntur SvnilmH
All rieOH rrirrvul. Urprnriur lln,i vreMWti
Can eril identity be lest
in reed? Sec hew this
throbbing story of mystery,
regeneration and love sekes
these problems.
C'ejijrnhf, 1122, by ffceiye 11 Dnutn Ce
thought
"Think afterward I'll true ou
three minutes te be in the cai
"There in't going te he any aft
envard. Ge back .md get rid of
them, Viv"
"Oh, yes! Cert, inly' Just like
that!" 1 returned hitte-'j. "Irc'.ud
Ing Chest or. I suppose."
"Fspecialiy Cb( -t. r. I bate him."
"A nice time te find it out! Vha's
the idea. N'eirie"'' ,
"Nothing," lep'.ied the bewilder-'
ing rebel "I hate 1 'm fr eh,
just for wanting te mair me."
"See, here, Ne-ne Jermyn," said
I authoritatively, "you can't pull this
sort of th ng jut en a bunch of hate.
You're cither g mg te produce a
sane reason or eu're coming with
me new."
"Has it get te be sane1" she an
swered dreamilj. "suppose I were
married aheady?"
"Yeu, Neme' A .-octet marriage.
I don't believe it."
TH1 HI' 1 a near hunesfv about
I'Ipti Jermvn wh'c'i iipTkes nnr
thins t mp or unibr' 'ind in her at
titude toward reil thine- untlinkiMe
'Ne if i-n t i I'.irnisi. nm'i
But r rr h" a, . i " ! I i '.'
get awav fr "e i' V w i ' N..t if I
marri" I'hesf. r i Ii n i . d n -
Was I e i' i re -ir fi .. . i i 1 '
That h - te" i M in'
TI11Z ItFGIXS run ZTOKY
ir. Iitni.l n iii'eiie it the eM
f'lmihj li)i-tni nf thr imrt inirn nf
l III ill .HIM' !!( n mid '""
nitrr I ii ''ii I' Hi 'i'-t ii iii'irni-c,
hutinh ni t;ntc uf Am tlmtii innri,
mid n iutti; ninth rmceit him.
Ilr it iU .;; inti ittril in i:h:nhrth
Ulirrlri. hi cv dnunhtir nf n .ti-
'tntittl iniitriit nt .Vic ten a.
David moistened his drv lips. "Ves," dozing In his chair, his cellnr half one who looked as though he had seen n "I was with him when he saw him.
le admitted. "It might net have done 1 choking him nnd his face deeply suf- ghost. , i'liferlimatclv I couldn't heln him nut."
memory of the p.ilQil Immediately pre
t.div - 1 mtl" performance piquant and dreann . vivid and pos- rtilt'ni V elhe sntnc h in Invc uith reding was complete, hut, of course, then he looked al his watch. ".New r saw him 1
ve ..nvthi'is " I muttered ' vessel. :!, the dappled movement of ,,,,, M(.r , ,;,,.,vt. Di'-k crnduallv. the deud hecan te lift ever I At niidnlsht thev hennl the car ire in. ' Te.- Meil..,s tun
,, 's.I - ' ' ' '. - I
tin .I'.'ir neii nr l 'inlay I'l mir
I w-el vesterdiv Her parents1,, ,., i!no nf .!, stream which divides
nus. itp Inte-ecpte.l If " tnp i)Ps,rted Village from the vveild ,.f
T'ev would," I retlectei aloud. nctualuies thnn the sp.Il of peace en-
'We i. ulnr am I here for " folded )er Through "lie seething ca-
Wl en I ei! . i. veu won't belipve fences of the burinl service she steed.
.',! !, sp-i'ins. I half hv rneti7cd. li.r faen nt once
A'.er
',' 1 e
lid nor add ''is, ntter that smile. shade
. euld vell understand win Neme , It was thus that TWicrt Pennett firt
' 'dn'f ti n-rr f'hester Lipscomb. en her
I'''e riit hlessciij- sme thins that Was there eme signal that passed
ever ha'Tened " in aveired "The from him te her, at mice ec. ult and
. ! e- vv eVd 1 I'" been the lunacy Hut compelling, drawing her ga?e te th
r . nuMn't ir ha pened Net assln " spot in t'i" far corner of the hur h-
!l leaned fe-uard te me. "Have veu vard ! er he snt leaning acalnst t'ie
"r heird of S -it. herd-viPe ;" he'.e (f n sinnt elm? Hie answered that
Ne Min r geography Isn't ray lone, mrv.vable leek of his wnh il
s'renc reint " ' ' ' lince'i-elmis response of widened ev.-
Isein-. n Yi.-kerr, I thought veu and 1 T'e, lips of wondering And
n-.iV-nh ,1. niji fro n fentrnl New afte- 'he lnt motorcar bad lurci.e .
-t.l. T .1 ti r. n.n tJitn t.Viirr1c . nrffHQ th
v.I'.e has d-enpfd i' rf the geographies crrenietu she remained, mnking the e- hnndkerchief a-id wiped his face or
t'rs ha'f .-en.-.r- a-d mere It doesn't eusn te her family that she was tl-ed pn;,,j ,. nli cin5e, quite unconscious
. . . .... . ... ...I .. lm nlnnn fnr fl 1 U r
e. Jt ter ire iicvi i uat is
I!'eene- and I wi ' lie some day."
se. but the the prison who made this
experiment used suggestion. The pa
tient was very 111, and wenk. It was
dpslrable that he tdteuld net Identify
himself with his past. The less of
fused. She awakened him nnd then, i .tel.'r n lime f'regery straightened, "It's just inssihh It's a chiinee re
sitting down .HMOS' from him. joined and luniMciiid his dry lips. scnihlanie. I'm darned if 1 knew. Loek
him In the vigil that was te Inst until "There's n man sitting down there at the facts! lie's supposed te he de.nl.
thev heard the car outside. 'sec line, the sth row, next lhe aisle ; Ten j. ars dead. 1J is money's been split
Mie had lueuglit in her sewing, nnd theie s a gnl In a blue dress beside him. up a deen ways from the aie. Then
Pavid pretend) d t lead. New and,
uni? Ie veu knew who he is?"
a tup tn the II rt tu ilMcnicr tomc temc
f'i .; of t(n '..nt nf nt hie about
vhi-li he had foileM.ii nfter an
aerulrnt Inllnniiui u hn h he had been
adapted hi Di . Iia id.
AD HFhT II COVTVr7S
riiAriT.iv vi
N WErNIIAY morning Hivid
vras in an efhi e in the city, lie sat
forward en the edje of his chair, anil
K-in nr .hi c1ee of lhe from lime te t,m he took out his
. the p.srliPr periods.
- I knew him, nii knew I don't think
befeie." I even h" would have the coinage te come
minutes Otegerv here nnd sit thieugh a lieifeniKime Ab
It was thprn that and the slamming of the stable deer, I continued ie st.ne. Then he niev.d though," he added rcllei tiveh. "Ju4
followed b. Diik's footsteps en the wnlk ' em r te the wde of the heu-e and . I'l.irk had the nerve for any thing.
..iii-mr. i.ucv i.ii iui) ni", nun iiic iii, us ii .ig.misi tue wan ieiii linen ill lilts,... .. , t,i,.. .. .,..,- ,..i nt
hands "lat held her sewing twitc-ed c ,1 ,.x s iM,., .,.,. Ail.r a ' V . .. , i
nir.iiii'l.v. Smldenlv she. steed up and. tune he turned awnv and, p-issim; lie- i n,lt ",l ""' alleyway that led te th.
put a hand en lUvid's sluiiibler hind the boxes, made his waj into the stieet. Once there, l.e steed Mill and
0;
l,re nml wanted te be nlene for a while
" "' t 1. iU
u.- rtrtl, .1 .rnd tnr nnr ntr "
f rtther nation He wns in bis best
t.;;:iv,;; ;!""'";,: ?. -i "m. m M1... W1,h h. ,.-!.e7 had g-ven h,m
re c.V ns. , ,t1en of the an- disembodiment, her ' 71''"' for Thristmas
bv
a. uncei ienr
".s together The faithful of our
Weed, hers and 'cire, go back therp nf
tV-e 'asr sleep You'll sfe that it must
be vv'ien veu knew it all " And he
pp"'ed r T-k "t his hair and spoke
Ti's - 'l.eir sterv . ("ulvin Sennet's
and riesner Jrrr.rn's.
Lipscenr nm
pre. i. '. I th i'
could in b ii '
fs
A s ft -liness
rf t .
Did I . s, .,
Ku
i 1
tl u t"i' '
v.i.d.
f'heter
I np-
before I
I'lenner Jermvn
T.rimii born Ts27. died 1 s0'
id beneath It that tryst of lnvln
eib'e fai'h. "Whither thou geest I will
co thv people shall be my people anl
thv i ed mv (.ed."
nnwiitn teod the headstone of Sam-
, ,, , . ue' Jermyn. dead three years before H
'I'llr. l.eerieq tillage ii." nsi.-'ii u- - ,
n the srav stone of a tall monument . ,..,, i,,m hnrrlcn.b.d behind a
in the Jermyn plot. " ,,. ,,.a. ... n -n mnn
wire PI niiniuei ''.i .......-- ..
I '11 k was whistling en the kitchen win. H.isseM' cnilesili uns ni.iiisn
pet'h. e-pei uilh when, shnrtlv after, (iii'gm.v
Leuis Mnssett was sinnding at the i. .iiuh aied. br ngms with him a small i
lued that t lit. Mur stand watching, and lin.illy disappear,
. 1 e nre
(I x'
X
!e
m
t '
- fM a singing stream. Years nnd A voice spoke quietly close behind the
ng vears nge before it had lest its living Kleaner Jermyn. "That p edge
t'ere wp-p h iv mils mere, n
' s'.'Iy rnr-lin' cottages, a
n- I n r r sk str cr ' "teres
i. e 'a'e r ar i e i i.'ion tt 1 le.
i - i
i .. i ....
- - -. ... - -"z. .zsrrzazsrzz. ; -?'-v
li'Jk. V" LWW -"W MS g
KujJKijiviV vMMMMftkl. txj f EiHC W''wfetfB J'ftiseiWmJmJfmrMB' ?
. . . . . . (. i rf fnr him.
a-d fadci xrem me nctivu.es or ,. - g, iTmynv. .h, 0,.
rled It sfpmed quite in Keeping w n
the plme and the spoil that the Vei e
i f the stranger who had sllentlv 1 dden
her te stav should be telling her secrr.
things of thejat.
Yeu musn t think it wns for Mm.
Insisted the veiie.
"Hew strangely you say that. As
tf veu were nngry. Or jealous
' Jealous? I'crhnps I am. De you
.- . i.irt- .be rest?"
nnni t" !.."' ....-.-- -, ... ---,.-- - ... .
She followed him te tne corner nn'ir net wen tnnen. nn .visum, mr in-
the elm, where he silently pointed out unnce '
another stone inscribed: "Yeu have snld. I think, that every
"Calvin Sennett. born 1S22, died mnn has a breaking point."
isyi 'Where thou diest. will I dl "Absolutely. All of us. We can go
nnd' there will I be buried ' " lust se far. Win re the mind is strong
There then, wns the clue te the dend and very sound we . an go further than
v.- ......I,, i in k nn te tnp iving. inn vv r.i n it is i .-"in.- no-n, n.i in
... n V.rt fit.ippnl?
wl'b keen eves nnd a nent brown beard.
On the des, were a spetlcs bletur, nn
m'Mend of silver nn 1 a pen. Nothing
f'se The terrible order of thf place
had at first rather oppressed David.
The small man wb answering n question
"Hather; en the contrary, I should 'We've only, cnnm u i I te dig Inte the
snr The stronger the character the mind, ami we i, , n, inv thrones aim
, .nrimiiiMi'n! ,1' " " r'r ,n,,Bm'
Ii-ivid pondered this. ( I(, tniK,,i ,.), T n tII nodding
"I ve read all you've written en the new and thin In n; irent understand-
hie. t." he said finally. "Especially I in.;, but with hi ii,.iUlits fur a.way
' lie hni'vv tue 'in ue , ii goon innnv ei
net Mr fin,-r ' Ihem he censn'ne,) , ppjieck. Dreams
put nis nn,cr im;lll rf)e f,, il . sM ..usein, mnd.
i nb- but a geed man of ilem enme from lhe
suggestion was used, se that such mem mem
et.es as came back were well, the pa
tient ndapled them te fit whnt he wns
told "
Again Dr. Lauler. shot n swift glance
nt David, nnd looked nwny.
... . . .. i ii, ...
.vi, ini-rcM.ni- eipcr.raeni, ne bn, k of the thent.e talking ... th. pub- .,i an untidv suit w he was piena-
remtiiMited. It must hnve taken , lien, iii.in of The allc.v i enip.un. Tied ll. Iiassett Miimis.d, the n age man-
ceurnge " iliregei. Il.iss, tt was i.illn ,iin only nger.
" iustlfinble eTneritnent." David i sllgln 1 intcresti .1. l'.v the .ml .f the He snw the smnll man stare, nod.
-. , .. .,.,... nrst .ut he nail icaiuc
nmrinr'i sieutiy. .vnu ic ioek courage.
Ye '
David get up nnd reached for ids
hat. 'I hen he I .ied himself for the
real puiep of h jsit.
"What 1 I ive been wondering'
nbeui," he siid vei carefullv, "U
this: t In lie. I. sti si,, nf fear, this wall,
hew st nm:: i- u '' '
"Streng?" !
"It's like a dam. I tnke it. It holds '
bnck certain n m i f-, like n floodgate.
Is nnvtbing 1 1 Is. te hierik it down?"
"I'essibh si, i, thing intimately con
nected with the fetgiitti ii pound might
de it. 1 limit itmw, Livingstone
since the war
1 1 i sm b -nnalvst
lips t, jctlier, judi' tally
"Yes The war hire me out.
per' en with a certain complacence "It
i bled a gr'at dial te our literatuie,
tee, although, some et tne positions arc
. ... , t i
rr.ii pnme In inn mucin.
"Net veur funeral. .nine.
stnnce, lend lives unit weuui nrcan jeu
Tieth or me. Was there --was there ucii n
nice wns re-
stomach. Tin might be safety vnlven
for the mind, but also they might be
rabbit. He didn t want dreams; what
lie wanted was fads T.ii ts and hope.
The eHiee attendnnt . ame in. She
wns ns tldv ns the desk, ns obsessed by
order as woedui. She phw ed n pad be
fore the smnll man and withdrew. He
rose.
''Vet me knew If I can be of any
further assivteiire, doctor," he said.
"And I'll be glad te vr. our patient at
anv time. I'd like the receid for my
files."
"Thank veu," Dav'd said. He steed
finer ring his hat
nughed at the Implication and the ten- history n this """'
,. - L. tnr ,be moment relnxed. "Mv "Yes." Dr. David's ve
ji niisi ...- - it..' fc ' 11I1UI I IIU I'l n' .
rr-indmether's. Mhe wns rmrir.i tfir..ejuii..i. ,.j Ml,,IIOSP ,,prp. ,K,,i,ilHf te de?
ln9nge. AH of u Sennetts cone bnck n .' 'p ,m "'' '"J ,","?,?, 2 "Ft .,"' The ,1...!. will ..her brenk, or it
iere It's in mv gient-grnndfather's "n the little man. mu utiuiv. it lias ....
.n .w r Rhnll." .Us censers, thut go off duty during i ".n, .',,. . fl, ..
..ill .Vint we shnll
"And nil of. us Jermyns
Eleaner Jermyn."
jm' sleep. (Jur sternest nnd often union
That's about it. Of course, tlncc
softly whistled. Jud Clark' If that
was Jiidsen Clark, he had the story of
a lilctiiiif.
I"or some time he walked the deserted
streets of the clt.v, thinking and pu"
,'llng ever the possibility of (iregery'i
being right. Seme tune after midnight
he went hack te the eihee and tu the
filing room. Then for two hours lie sat
reading closely old tiles of the paper,
going through them tnethedinllv and
making oicaslennl brief notes in I
inenieianduni. Then, nt 2 o'clock h
put nwav the files and sitting hack,
lighted a i ignr.
It wa-.'iill there, the enoimeiis Clark
feitiine Inherltid bv a boy who liml gene
mail about this same Hrveih ( arlyslei
lur mariiage te her leading man. I'017
nrd Lucas; the sulisequent killing of
Lu. as bj Clink nt his Wvnmlng ranch,
and Claik's escape into the mountain.
The sensational deinils of Clnik s in
fiiiuaimn, the ili.im.i of a crime nnl
Cl.ilk's suliseiiuelil psi.ipe nnd t&e
lanr Kitaint of his death in a nimiu
tain vteriii had filled the nevvspipers or
the time ler weeks. J id-en ( l.uk DM
been famous, nutritious, ml imeus aim
dead, all lit less than two jetrs. A
ilmimfill nnd somehow pitiful stnrJ':..
Hut if JuiImui Clark had died, tne
Hen-Mill lived. Lvci sn ..fun it cam;
up again. Thtee veins
.fine lie hae
up llr.il.ll. I nnr ...i.t . - -- .
Wen declared legally dead, ami his vast
estatrs, as provided by the "ill of eia
Lllhu Clark, had gnne te iiaultie
and hospitals. 1 tt) r new ,nid then carae
a rumor. Jud Clink vv is living
India; he had a cattle much in
ezuela; he had been seen en the btreew
i of New Orleans. ..
was giving a line pei feriuance. thnt she and Crcgmv resume hK former position I Ha-s-t-lt rnn ever the siluntien in m
had even grown in power, imu. thnt lib nnd :i t (itiule against t,t side wall '"d. , nil
seiiiliiienthl meiiien of her was con- 'IhioiiKheui the last act (iiegervdid net , l'iist then, grant that Clark wns su
Mder.ibl.v ilcii.r than the lenlitv. i eine Iih.1, at the siage. He centinuid his lh'"K and had been seen in the tlieai"
"lining like a eiise alue," he said, M.adv, uiiwaveinig stinlv of the 1, that night. It beuiine nci essfir '
us tin, ciiituln fell. in the sixth row. sen. ,',... n. n,i grant ether things. Te giant, for'".
Sll"
( i ' i '
l a, ' . . rKr -1 halif L
Acress from the st.atlnn vv.a.s a large hillhiiird and nn it thn name of
Hevcrly ('arl.vsle
nn, the tnnditie'is tl.it produced the set
Hcsule his lebust nhvsln
the tiulilicil.v man, sank Inte liisijjiiiii- , luue man.
l.ven his pale spats, at which' III
e, he said, M.adv, unwinding study of the mnn I tltnt night. It beuiine nci essfirj
,ni the sixth row, sent liixt the aisle I Kraut ether things. Te giant, ler
ue, fin-gory, ""d Hassett centinuid his study' of tin' stain e, that Clark was capable ei
m tt in t, iiuii, nn it mi ' ...,-.--
ting, with a girl beside him. llireucli I
peiformanCe livShe woman for vvliera
liIamij roiireuCHiriu tiiisv inn n iiihii
. I I i" .. .lW. .umnma T.. , I C I OI IIWIiI'll 1 l II J 1 P nP T V WVT ".
He nodded. "(Jreenrw. ion nnd te '',"" ,, i ' all that. Drenn , "nl.nppv , I'd -u tl.it happiness will ia-tt ,a.l. het a conic.i.,iueus ginnce te went n Mm t. II, mh noUure. n ' ","a" W,,C.,'K.'".1. Vi? ..'.:.. . ur 'line
be" L , Rimbellsin 1 ees the person in this pay a Inrge part In the sllntien. Thnt , "is ingu v i-..-hmi.- imm ms, iiiiu-u .eiusc, i,t ,H. Munitien appi-auil t 1 1 """ , " K" ",,'. " , i, , le could
Did I? Why?" T'nm, TntweMlilTie interesting Miappll.ess and a nor. ial e, cupatlen will te make h.m appear ineieihn.i lie was. him at least suggests. U" , , , ,. ,., , J" "" '. Ie grant I. ' J'p. "(
"That's xvlmt has kept me her, vralt- Vmner a it " ' , de a great tl.nl te .al the status I a little dapper limn, with a pale -old of the plav he wandered ni.tVil, Vl ! 'l"""'1' ""' "I"'1""1'- .""'' ' ' "',' Tucb
inc. when I should he home packing up VnV M1 ''I'.V" ; !'.. n.HH ..M ..nh.n J uue. Of .-ourse. I would advise no re- t ' " and. ...rather tee fre,,uent. smile, c.ewd. edging his wav close ,,,... ' ""-' '" " ali.vly wy . w ' ' '..
for the interior of Hrazll I knew . L """ " , turn te the tinhappj environment, and , " t T "C",1 Il,p""0 s- was his com- , and gnl v. he had f... used (ir.-geix 's n t. '''"'''i.-s lichind hlni as "'' -,d
there wns something telling ran te wait. ". , effi yml My, followed a no shocks Nothing In ether weids, te ment- He hesitated, then mbled: tentien, ,id following ihi-m Inte ,e I '? ""I"1' , ,0,n; ""Un iTJ, 'i .,ii car
Hut I didn't knew whnt-until I mv Bnnpkl" , break dewa the wall." "S be's mv sister, .veu knew Nat,.- mini p saw eN tall man with, , "ilriwuli.iifclv his ""- l ' " ,,eiv
veu" .... v ... , "heck nnd serious illnes." Outside, iu the .orrlder, David re- ny. for business , reasmw, 1 don't pub- crta.n .,let d.M.ne.mii of 1 Jnr ng n ' "!" " O""" ," n" ,dPV itU
"Don't be absurd." she ehldtd him. ..r.,.,nPK.,?n , t". .. ..v. 1. .i,.,hm membcred te put en his hat. Ilnniiliiess lMi the relationship " n veuim and i.i.in ...m ' ii e. ..,'"', plne for lilmscli ; even, vutitt.s
but there was a tone of expectancy, of
acceptance, of suspense in her vole,
"De I go tee fast? I suppose I de.
Hut, you sei, I've waited se long "
"Se long? Three days hy your own
count
"Seventy-five, years. hn retorted
with a gentle but Inflexible assurance,
.... .. .-It. 1I1.A n nlii.t, .'
"Ven tnlk like a ghost
"IVrhaps I am. Part ghost, st least. )n nff "
,Aren't,eu?,Wtvve,.ll?" '''Uis
Hassett glanced at him. and excited, who wefrt up the street a
"That se? Well. I'm clad she de- I short illMancn nml em ... .. ,.,.,.. n i
Nevertheless, he felt vnguely com- , (tiled te coma bnck. She's tee geed te . sliahbj car. Hassett nnied cnr.fniu.
fertcd, and ns though It hud helped te bury." the license number of the. tar.
hritnr the situntlen out into thn encn Hut if he exnerted (irecerv te fel- I 'l-lipn t.ni -,.-i . . .
. wnll ng off of n part of the pnst-yeu I and ' " "! mrrle.l Ms bur- low the lead he wn, disappointed. His te.ested'. he wn ked . kly n'reuml te
1 nniil a nnrt "' i den alone for ten veais, or with only eyes, blank nnd cxprctMenless, xvcre the stnite entrnnre nn.bi.7i . .1 .
'Trnct.cnllv all of It. I'll tell you ' tin, additlei.nl weight of Lucy's appre- I wandering ever the house ns the lights i,.p,.r nnd went in. 'l0r"
Dnvld hesitated "Yes," he nnld ami n "" ""'M'HiKiti, yis. nut 110
finnlK '-er crent fear. I believe." , wieck.
Dr. Lauler glanccl quickly at David
and then looked away.
"I spp." be nodded. or course, tne
.!,. it,,,. lnir Whnt nbeut tbp wn. ' .elisions. in- wa.MKKil out into tt.O aBI.ei un.
iii'"" .-"- 1 ., ...,.i r 1 1.1 t 1 ..-..ii -...ii. a ... . .
iity i-ii" i". no- leiiini iiiniseii, Miuie 1 ue wnuin imir mis neeu n tri-
Semu(I Hepkins damn, author el "lhe Chiten,' and ether
successful nevih. is mu 0 thn fat Im-ncen authors che de net
comb ion. thv 11 f He '"""a ' Vt-ie Yerk Mate, and can
trace Am ancestry l K te tire miners of the Declaration of Inde
pendence lie stalled uiit'inj v hile still in ceUene, and when he
graduated jeiikii", imNinfiuirft, the ranks of the journalists tn Park
Hew, H hilc he is exticmely well known in this country for hit
fiction, he is even mere famed for his forceful and effective campaign
against fraud, which he engineered after he left newspaper work.
Aren't jeu? Aren't we all?" ..jt jM ..pnerally the result of whnt we tiiiiednter, at the railway station, with- umph. She's the best them is," (iieg-
"Ghosts of pest liven?" she queried M 11 the protective mechanism of fear. 'out leinenihering hew he get there. erv repented, "and thev knew It."
thoughtfully. "Like thus ljlng here jjncU of most of these cases lies, fear. Acress from the station was a large "Dees she knew it.'" Hassett In-
about us? Tell me about them " yCJt cowardice, hut perhaps we might blllbeiud, and 011 It the name of Iteverlv quired.
"I knew only n little aheut these tnv the limit of eildurnnce. Tear Is til Cailysbt ami her play, "The Valley." "She doesn't threw any tempera-
two. the only two that mnttcr te us eemnlcx. of course. Dislike, in a smnll 1 He steed for some time and looked nt ment, If that's what you mean. She
two. My great-grandfather, Calvin v-ay, has the snme reaction. We ar I H. Iieiere no went m te liny his ticket "
,111 ini,. .... , 1, 11, mu i.i.iii ,1114 ue
(iiegni) was ni,. n ii,t i,, ,, .
stag,, mannger was theie, dirl.tuig tlie
striking of tlie last set.
.i"il'm..M"ll".,B "r 'i'-'K'Uv," Hassett
"" I ' "nfi" fainted, ,s he?"
W hut d jeu mean, fainted?" n.
of I est it M"K,J """"l"l,r- ' " touch
1 was Willi mm wluh ,e tl.niicht
Sennett, left here when he wns a young apt te forget the names nf persons we Ne until he was 1.1 the train did he Hy c herke.1 himself suddenly, and he recegi.Ued soinehedv Y ,, l, w .
1 man and went te thn Mexican Wnr ' dislike. Ht.t if you have been lending ' reallc that he had forgotten te get his steed, clutching the rolling, heat for- who. Yeu .an till l.iV.V i" cei 1 iu .
I He never came bark alive. He married , en the subject " , ,, lunch . word nnd Muring Inte thn .uidli-nce. ' mi)in number ." '"
liny great-grandmother In the Seuth "I've been studying It for ten years." He attended te his vverk that evening Hnssett xvatche.l him, eensldeiably sur- The stage miiiiacer's l,nsinit r,. t 1
yeara later. Hut there wns a broken' "Ten years! De you mean that thlsles usual, but ha felt very tired, and julscd. It took a Ricat deal te starllc and he felt Jin " ,0 tran ' 'V, . i ''.
iomtnee trener than his marriage that condition hna persisted for ten years?" Xucy, gobs ln.a( 0 o'clock, found him & UieatTlcar-publlclfyinen, yet bereTvaa about It, thcrp" P' " linew
gill, pessii.ie new us .,
At half imst two iiasseii ....--. -.
be
passed the Ardmore Hetel he looked "P
at its windows. Gregery would ,
told her, piehably He wondered, M"
nniused, whether the stage niiinngeM'7.
told him of his Inquiries, and wlicte r
in thai case tln-y might net fear n
mere thnn Clink himself After '
th.-y had nothing te le.ir Him larK.
tins were Clark. . a,nd.
Ne. What the might sec and lra;
knowing he had had a hint . if .1 I1"
slble situation, was the it-tlvni 01
old slery she had tried se haul I" ",,
down. She was iimbilleiis, nml . 1 '
nnd rigid n.en.lii.v was swee pliij
"': nV" '''T.."I ?': bU r Wi
1111 asset bienu nv '" uu ..
bilil).
t,,,,,,,,,,,, ,.,,,,, I,nn1. slnlTed It Hit" I1'
.....1,.., .....1 L... ..,,! f.it. home. As
ii,invi, me. nuiiiLii .... , , ,
Te be conlinued Monday
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