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One of the Series of Evening Public Ledger
Original Short Stories en Married Life
by the Best American Fiction Writers
TH'EN If It hnd net been set down In t his enr, ran them te the nenrcst par--t
Hely Writ for a fnct. t!i?rf would ; HOn Dnil nd ..fthoet i
be no escaping the truth of "Te him I TJlA pftrMn fhen (d .nfm nn rrfp.
thatjiath It Phall be Klvcn." nfnl)Ie injury or what would have
in "bur dictionary "him." of course, , b(,e(( ir,.Inrable In the case of any
Ineludes "her." Which In mere thnn b,y bl iW,MnWf
'J." h' t0. lU i,"t'''l,0 ,i,,llc(Mm,:,.r'; ' Ver a time the marriage was happy
This Is a bit of a story of n her that ,, he rCT,lc(, , t,1(. ,uxury (,f Mng
hid-niul therefore get. Ievcd bv nn .,., B(t f)l(11 he
The Lord : Himself, they nay. wa sur- I p,u bnck ,0 )Is profMB,en nlld mertl.
prlwd when He saw her. "-r carthljr flpn(len ,et ,
father was no stunned with pride that ,, ... , , . .. A. . .. .
. .... ,, ,,, ... i in Peachblew found herself the chattel
he callet.' her "I'eachblew." And with . . ,....., ,... ... . ,
feed reason. She wns born jul about
the time when the I'eachblew vase was
exciting the world.
The unknown Renins who was the
author of that mnstCrpleee never
dreamed when be put It In the fire that
It would come out se wonderful
And se the mysterleu, Petter who
1... .,.!. m 1, fnrnnoe ..f hiiinnn
bodies was enchanted and amazed bv
.v. ...i. ..'.... ..!,,. nn,t,1
1117 HlWUIin. tlltt.t , -II, ,1, ,.i. i... '.
beauty of this girl when she was born.
. ,, ,.,.,. .t t.ll...
They had selected the name of hllen
Anne Or.en for her before they saw her.
but afterward they called her Peach-
blew
eM. .ii, i...r BhP i,n,l with!
the low of a glaze yet the aura of a ucl1 ft lwbnf was impeMll'-. nnd en
mlst that the Petter longed te show R!,c best divorce Inwye. In Les
her hew he loved her by endowing her Angeles. While they were bewailing
with some intentional gift urpnlng inevitable newspaper horror, the
even the fortulte-.m charm she hnmuht bcndllnes and all the hidei.u- details of
with her out of the kiln of mytery. i divorce. I'eachblew felt n renewal of
Se He gave her n power He had never '' occult power,
even granted Itlm-elf that tf annulling "Divorce nothing!" the wild ; 'Til
what had been and making it as If it f j"-t forget him. I'll just unmarry my
had never been. He autherised her nnd 'f quietly, nnd erase ray memory from
empowered her te change her mind and M mind."
iry again from the start '. She could Hhe said this in the very presence
rub out the past and de It ever again I, of Mr. Wlnser. who hnd called with
She learned of her awful power only his lawyer te icnter with I'eachblew,
by accident nnd net until she had passed i her parents nnd ilielr lawyer, Jehn Ul Ul
threugli the nnlmal whims of childhood, phlnstene.
and tiie parent -ebejing, teacher, ebe - As seen as I'eachblew spoke a curl
'Dg, custom -obeying year. eus leek came ever Claude Winser's
Then she found herself In the world (nr0t Again the earth jolted nnd spun
of grown-up women. They we.'e think- backward, then raced forward once
lng mainly about matrimony. mere.
Seme were net married and wanted
te be. but dreaded it and could net find
a satisfactory mate. Mates were ad
mirable, adorable or advisable, but
rarely all three at once. The women
who were married seemed te be forever
pointing out what martyrs they were
and hew well they steed It : or ele were
longing te try a new form of martyr- i
dem with somebody else.
It was amazing te I'eachblew te hear
the women complaining of se man;
ttiUifvu lit tlie iwtililfxl tiutntn nnd if nil '
conspiring te decoy the unmarried ones !
into the trap that 'held them-like cap- j
tured mice; like miser in love of com- !
nanr
I'eachblew vowed that she would
never get married nt nil. but after a
season or two of Hying about with all'
nerts of levers, and 'involving herself in '
various entangling alliances with two or !
,u n,,e,. nt n he heim- te Ien '
t,v. ....... v , r.
far tlint nneient form
of monotony
!,... nt n,nn,v
Diiunii un iiivii u(9'
She wus a geed girl at heart as such
n heauty had te be. Fer beauty can-
net last long with an uglv soul ferment- '
lng and going four In-dde, any mere
than nn apple can entertain n worm or ,
a rose a canker without a blemish
(ihmIIi. n nvnlslni
Peijchblew longed for the Jeys. the '
sorrows, the burdens of home. She'
lillilll Lltlili"l'lilllnt 1 .
wanted te de her share In the world. tejrpHOSK who have experienced it say !
... . .... .... I '
miiltn i nnl All inn, tnrr nf ri,intr
mw'1",'i ' . -.. ...
"Leve is se glorious a thing that I '
think I'd like te be loved by the loving
est lever In all the world."
She cast about for the person most
worthy of thnt distinction. .
The man who seemril te he the lend, i
Claude Winser. Se she snld: '
"I think I'll mnrry Claude Wlr.ser." j
Her father and mother exclnlmeil
aloud :
"But he's a
movie actor nnd he's I
married."
"The first arsues skill." she mused ;
"but the second is nn obstacle. I de
wish he had never been married."
There was an audible click and buzz.
a peculiar jolt in the universe, a dizzj
a uzz
feeling, as if -me en-- had thrnvw, ,h. ,
r'V . n.r, "h"9U l,nnh he expatiated en befere1
bn?hJn'.,1Si1' ale !?" . the courts, but be came home nnd told I
"That's funny'. Did you notice any- hl, wlf( 'bout ,t-
tnl25''" .i i. i ' wrote briefs as lmpnsiened nnd
Then hey forget t nnd returned te , h flln of imagination as any scennne
the popular sport of denouncing the me. nn(1 tllPn actP,i hs rentlr.ultles
tlen-plcture people and crediting them lti f,cry enthusiasm. HI caes often
with inventing mere novel sins thnn 1 l00it i,m t0 distant cities and it wa
situations. ' net always convenient for Peachblew
I'eachblew was blue for several days, 1 10 go with him.
and then she chanced te read, in the There was such a strain upon her
newspapers, this: I natural jealousy thnt she had te consult
"Mr. and Mrs. Claude Winser an- ' a physician, Dr. S. Q I.niiius, who
neunce that n curious error has been . had a charming bedside mnr.ner and
made In the public attllude toward their ! seethed her by suggestion rather thnn
relationship. by knife or nostrum.
"They have never been married , After one notorious lawsuit in which
never hnve lived together, never have Klphlnstene were himself almost te a
been anything but friends, which they wreck by his defense of a wayward
Htlll ere, and might net be If they had lady who hnd bankrupted her husband
been mnrricd. and then sued him for alienation of her
"The children that used te play in affections, Klphlnstene came home te
front of their bungalow ate the children find his mother nnd fnther-in-law and
of a neighbor," the physician trying te restrain Peach-
"Aha I" nueth Peacliblnw. "I will blew's hysterics. When Elphinstone
marry this bncheler." And immediate- I approached her so'iciteusly she cowered
ly began te pack her trunks. She told Inlo the besom of the doctor and
her father te get her a stateroom te screamed :
Les Angeles nnd her mother te come! "(e away; .ou are no longer a hus hus
aeng, band of mine; In fact, jeu never were. '
Her parents inutusen in mental nin- i
wheels when they heard her decision
But nothing could change Peach Peach
beow's mind. She went out te Les An
geles, and sent one of her photographs
N te Jlr. winser wun n reituest ler un ,
Interview. That photograph wns letter ,
of Introduction enough, and she was '
Invited te call at the great man's
studio.
When she steed before his eyes he
Midi
De you want te go Inte the movies?"
"Well," she said,
"I'm gelne te
marry into tncm."
'Indeed? And who Is the lucky
mint"
"Yeu."
"Really !"
"Uh-buh."
i Being used te the silent drama and
hadac superfluous titles, he said neth-
imm. but took her by an elbow, her
saetber by an elbow, hurried them out
"i M nupiiiiiiti n no ivil hit iiimn i'utm
In the morning nnd hastened te the
arms of ether women : who feuglit for
them, pursued them, risked his life te
snve their lives, gazed Inte their ejes
with an ardor that transfixed, nil be
holders ; who faded out of every picture
' w,i,h ? IylnR du,ck1,oek unWn '"
uen ,or semr nlKn' nruncini Ofamy-
nml then pame home nt nlaht worn out
I """ ,uvc n.m wanieu te go 10 me
American Legien prize tight !
nri u n-n minims i yiiuiiuieiy Fi'iu
, or '1Cr "; " father and listened
' x h"r l 'elJ "u " "'' lt
After a few months Peachblew sent
patience.
Tl1"' nsrecd with her that life with
"It's nothing," said Mr. I'lphinstene,
"but one of our little California earth
nuakes. Quite nothing nt nil."
He slipped hi' jrra about I'eachblew
te sustain her, nnd found the attitude
singularly comfortable. Together they
natched Claude Winser staring nt them
with a leek of bewilderment. Then he
bewc I and snid :
"Parden me. I entered the wrong set
house, by mlstnke."
He staggered out and the next thing
'j0 k"cw ' " 'ln J'! !'
,,"n,,,,n hI? bab; bpfere hi'' eWKinnl
"ih' ullil ,lle P1!elty mnn took snap-
shuts for the iti9ni nps.
" '
-Mr- MP'nstene clung te Penchblew
"l,tn h"r f'lf,1,,r Inter ened and -aid:
"w'3t tight hae ou te stand there
embracing my daughter as if you were
anneuncl'ig your engagement te lier?"
"A"cl why net?" n!d Elphir.ntene.
"I sec no objection.'
murmured
Peachblew who felt a sudden emptiness
In her life. "After all. who could make
btltfr husband thnn a lawjer?" i
'An ln "'ort time expensively
'nsrnveu earns eenvejeu tne mierma-
ue" u,'u -nr- """ "" ur'"' '"'
neunced the marringe of their daughter. I
lien th-it .Mr. and Mrs. (ireene
l.uen Anne, te .Jean hlphlnstene,
L,,'u,re-
-t hrt .fen-. I- I. ....1.1 in., t..: -
,.,hl .iiv.c in jn iiuiinii)( iiRe neinR
the wife of a lawyer. Fer a time
Peachblew agreed with this in its slm-
rlest imnlicntlnr.
then she amended !
u te; 1
"TWe'. nn,i,in in- .. I....... I
There's nntiiin., in- ., y.,,,. i
.w.il,in. i ..i.i i.- u..i "
"clf frm her society of mornings nnd
went forth te de battle for women
r(.ni, ever whose wrecked lives h.
waxed se eloquent that his tears were
rivaled by these of the jury, nnd strong
Judge bent their heads and wept se
cietly en the papers where Judges make
Idle marks te pass away the time.
r.ipniiisinnr net eiuy spent Hours
,.nn I,,..,., j i.iu m. ...i.i. ....
X ,""K handshe "ZttH " and
r,iiioiiieimi: n "wii as ey m-
visible bands and hnlcd backward te his
own office, where he awoke with a split.
Iliif headache and n strange gap in his i
memory. I
Peachblew, once mere miraculously
restored te mnldenhoed, said
"After all, a doctor is the world's
most useful citizen. I believe I idieuld
enjej being a wife te one." '
'Barkis is wlllln'," said the physl
clan, who wns unusually well rtad' for
a doctor. He persuaded another physl
clan te take core of his patients anil
went away en a bridnl tour of all tn- i
nglnable bliss.
WHEN he came back Dr. Laplyg
found that bin overworked substi
tute had let all his patients get well,
and he had te buckle down te the task i
ei rosiering inein te a state or profitable
disorder.
He had his office in the parlr
f-
sm -Mit-r i I 1 ILMBSlvaSllJU4sStHBBl,HiftrTIMri m, Q v iJK. NV lTlKBliU V I . i Ml 111 H J ' IT i"i 1 'Jit J7 111
home and thU made I
IMrs. I'eachblew Lupins
it necessary for
te entertain hrr
frl..i i .;.. n. .1
..-,,,,,-. 111 uif UpMItlls living r "111,
The acoustics were Mich that !e
could hefir what went en In the office,
The hnlest and heartiest women ten- I
stnntlj entered the parlor in 11 state of j
, acute diNtrcss an.! after long murmureui. '
iconsultntletih went away te much bet-
ter that IVathblmv grew frnutl'- withi
suspieien. She remembered all
te 1 I
tilt
vlMdly hew gentle and seething her,
husband hnd been with her when sh"
'as another man's wife. And -he wen-
""". u ner wi.nueuncui giew u. ee
"" '"'"
Worse et, he was the slnve of the I
telephone. At no hour of the dnv er1
night was . .afe from the hateful
summons te hurry te the reseue of -e.n.
(liMre,'lf"1 Ptlcnt. In nine cases ut
rf tnn I. ,i no r. .. Mn, n.ul I.. .. .
ten it was a woman, ami in nn
cases out of ten was Peachblew i ier
! urge, te i-nme nleng.
She e lest her taste for mnterl.il
medicaments that she longed for spi.
'tual lu-lp. and went
Kual h-lp. and went te her rector
' IT. Clarence lest, te COIltess hei
miser .
She wn set upon n divorce, but he
was horrific d nt the thought.
vrstfM..a&m& :MWtmr.
It is the "utility of understand
ing the ether fellow's feelings thnt
gives Itupert Jlughes such n large
held en the American publw.
He began te write at the age of
seven and has been at it ever
since. A thert time after he left
Yale he had sir months' expert,
ence an a newspaper. After that
he was an editor en various maga
zines until a little mere than ten
penis age, but during these edi
torial years he did a great amount
of writing at night. It ts impos
sible te chronicle all of his suc
cesses in short stories, novels, plays
and moving pictures. He is also
the author of a musical encyclo
pedia. "I'eachblew" is an er
travagama en marriage. It has,
none the less, an underlying sug
gestion for both husbands and
wives.
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iiJI I RISi liil lfe 'MM' t?i' I '
sjeirmd Mm mxMMr MEstM I p
'iff, ' ZZiri'
"Xnw an nnnulment ,euld net be se
bad," hi- urged.
"All right. It's annulled." said
IVacIihli.u gilmly.
And Dr. I..ipius found himself hack
in baihi'lnil.iiiid. Hut Penchblew had
(eui" te depend upon Dr. Yest. He
lived in hli-Ii an e.Milted sphere and
suc-li a oemfiirt.-il'Ie pniMimiKi- thai she
dei-idi-d te sh.,rp both with him.
Je her intense inufusinii Pciichhluw
When fers human nature
crash under the strain of
(ear and tragedy? Muct it
pull down all loved ones
in disaster?
WHO'S Will) IN THK hTOItY
DK. Ij.lUJl UVrXOKTOSi: cMr iW.vilclnil
ei llavrrh, i mnt ten i. arnlJl but Mutt
If slmrri a ii-crit rc"-miii0 tilcntitu 0
ti r !li. 1 d 1 rphciv 11 ,rh
1.VCY Ms 3itir. bcleval lu cieruheilu
teirn,
ni DICK ;.M .VG.VTO.V;. In irieie mem mem
eri; there i n enn, a ft xrhn Is i!trnn(ie-rf
'i:m' dnj (., or I net n .Vnrni.'il. (lis child child
liaert hvmr !i enlrr te bi fcec the nap.
lie IS ii.'' 1 1 MMU eint l !0lll lOeMilfl
mill arm ., ,r,if? 0 lits thirlu 1enrs eiiil
urorsilemi' rmrir. lie ts III lev '4"l
l.LlMli:TII i 'ir.hU.r.U. a u-holsei ulrl.
K.10 Iiyics him trrv s'.necrrlu.
IfEVEllJA 1 l.-.)-s.;. actress, whn ten
utars Irtrrc rris mind ue In n curious
a.uiu nt' nuiiniia. t.uciis. una dci -i"
te denth as v as Dcr.Lralli brlieved. bv 1
en tain lur 1 atk, n rif1 ioune man about
town. 1 tri- hrd titsasDcurcd immcdlateli
and it ., r,s bcliMicd 7ic ecrisicil in a
blietard.
FIIKD 1,1.1 i;npy. Brvrrlu's brother and
mnnaetr uiese rcrcits line hint ue
iclfh
LOVIS IlmrTT a tirtcinatirrinan. irhe
suprt -;( jfrfe .Ivliiostetri! Is Jut
Clark, ' . ,fsr is te clear fhliies i.
V.V.l r :,i,, ii'j sister, mi extravagant
ieuna i'e,
I.nil.li: i! M.it. Elizabeth's brother-in-law.
UK AS'li in ij WUUKLEIi. tvvical .Imeri
can iir' 1 '.
nv.i,ui. -O'tlH a rich ueuth uhese so se
cnllL . ,.( ,,ielirr lels'ics film ,' i.ierru
Aiuatiii'i uKi u-liein he ts smitten.
Hi: SH'eKi: in n whisper. Tlie mnid
tii'ld nt the deer. He opened It an
inch or s,, ,!, (.out her off. In view
of his t . u determination even the
mnn! he. 1 no- a danger. Hhe wss the
same 1W.1U woman who looked after
his own bi-lroem, and she might have
known (lark. Just what Providence
had kept him from recognition before
this i,i- ,i. net knew, but it could
net g-i mi indefinitely.
After .111 hour or se lltii-sett locked
the .linn behind him nnd went down te
lunm He was net hungrj, but lie
wnnt.. t ..t out of the room, te think
without that quiet figure before him.
(her tl.i (iretense of loed he faced (be
sit1111ti1.11 1.5 ing ready te his hand
was tl.i biggest story of his career,
but lie mid net carry it through. It
was .lumicteristic of him thnt, before
iilmndiiiiiig It, lie should fellow through
te the -ml the result of its publication.
He did net believe, for instance, that
either Dick's voluntary Miricnder or
his own disclosure of the situation
neiessariU meant a cunvlctien for mur
der. T" mnvlct n man of crime he
did net knew he hnd committed would
be difficult. Hut, with his customary
thoroughness, he followed that through
also. I.vingsten nrquitted wns once
again ('lurk, would be known te the
verld as Clark. The new p ace lie had
se painfully made for himself would be
gene. The story would fellow him,
never te be lived down. And in his
particular profession confidence and re
spect were hnlf the game. All that
would be gene.
Thus b gradunl stages he get back
te David, and he struggled for the mo me
tive which lay behind every decisive
human act. A man who followed a
course by which he had nothing te gain
and ever thing te lese was either n feel
or wns actuated by borne profound self
Ishness. Te save ft life? Hut with all
rltal Extravag'anZaBy Rupert Hughes
It was the voice of Claude Winser, the star supreme of the
cinematic firmament. The world might share his silent
beauty with her, but his voice belonged te her
discovered that the feminine portion of
the congregation took her marriage te
their dear rector as a personal invasion
of their rights.
Fer n time the attendance fell elf
iniilccabl. Hut gradually the lonely
women returned te their pews. Next
tliej resumed their habits of bringing
their woes te their splritunl adviser.
Thee were genuine woes beyond the
reach of scalpel or tonic, but Peach-
THE
By Mary Roberts Rireehart
.liltter of "Dnngereua Days," "K," "The Amazing Interlude," and tarfiij efftcr striking and successful novels.
Copyright, lOZi, by Oeerge II. Deran Ce.
the resources Clark could have com
manded, added te his personal popu
larity, a first degree sentence would
' have been unlikely. Net a life, then,
perhaps something greater than a life.
A man's soul.
I It came te him, then, in n great
light of comprehension, the thing David
j hnd tried te de; te take this waster and
fugitive, the state of mind wiped clean
by a shock nnd Illness, only his childish
memories remaining, nnd en it te lend
him te write a new record. Te tnke the
body he hnd found, nnd the always un
touched soul, nnd from them make a
man. '
And with that comprehension enme
conviction, tee, that David had suc
ceeded. He had indeed made n mnn.
He ate nbsently. consulting his rnll rnll
tend schedule and formulating the argu
ments he meant te use against Dick's
determination te glut himself up. He
foresaw a struggle there, but he him
self held one or two strong cards the
ruthless undoing of David's work, the
involving of David for conspiring
against the Inw. And Dick's own ebli
gatien te the girl at home.
I He was mere nt ense in the practi
cal arrangements. An express went
through en the main line nt midnight,
(and there was a local en the branch
1 line nt eight. Hut the local train, the
I railway station, ten, were full of
possible dangers. After some thought
1 lie decided te get a enr, drive down the
main line with Dick, and then send
the car bnck,
I He went out nt once te mnke arrange
nientH for 11 car, and en returning noti
fied the clerk that he was going te leave,
and nsked te have his bill made out.
After some hesitation he said: "I'll pay
three-twent tee, while I'm at it.
Friend of mine up there, going with
me. Yes, up te tonight."
Ah lis turned he saw tlie short, heavy
figure of Wilklns coming in. He steed
bnck and watched. The sheriff wentte
the desk, pulled the register toward him
and run eer several pages of It. Then
lie shoved it away, turned and snw him.
. "Heen wn., haven't you." lie asked.
"Yes I took a little horseback trip
into tlie mountains. My knees arc still
net en spenking terms."
Tin- Sheriff chuckled. Then he
sobered,
"Cotne and sit down," he snld. "I'm
, going te watch who gees In and out of
1 here for a while."
I HasBett followed him unwillingly te
,two chairs thnt freed the desk and lob
by. He had the key of Dick's room in
I htH pocket, hut he knew that if he
wnkeiied lie could easily telephone and
1 hnve his deer unlocked. But that wns
j net his only nnxlety. He had a sudden
conviction thnt the Sheriff's watch was
connected with Dick himself. Wilklns,
from a friendly and gregarious fellow
blew could net regard them as any
thing but n hypocritical excuse for
weeping en her husband's shoulder nnd
clinging te his rescuing hands.
Whether or net she did them a cruel
Injustice, the effect en her nerves was
manifest. At last In n crisis of tin
happiness, she stormed :
"I'm sick of nil the professions, I'm
going Inte trade,"
She unwished herself from Dr. Yest
BREAKING
The maid tapped at the deer, no
opened it an Inch nr se and sent
her off
being, hnd suddenly turned te sinister
proportions in ills mind.
And, ns the minutes went by, with
the Sheriff sitting ferwnrd nnd watch
ing the lobby nnd staircase with intent,
unblinking ejes, Hnssett's anxiety turn
ed te fear. He found his heart Reaping
when the room bells rang, and the clerk,
with a glance nt the annunciater, sent
the boys hurrying off. His hands shook
nnd he felt them cold nnd moist. And
nil the time Wilklns wns holding him
with n (low of unimportant chatter.
"Watching for any 0110 in particu
lar?" he managed, after live minutes
or se.
"Yes. I'll tell you about it as seen ns
nill ! Is Alex" outside?"
mil stepped in front of them and
nodded.
"All right. New get this I wnnt
everything decent nnd in order. Ne ex
citement. I'll come out behind him, nnd
you hnd Hill stand by. Outside I'll
speak te him, and when we walk off,
just full In behind. Hut keep close."
Bill wandered off, te take a stnnd of
extreme nonchnlnnce inside the en
trance. When Wilklns turned te him
ngnln Hassett had hnd a moment te ad
just himself, nnd mere or less plan his
own campaign.
"Homebody's out of luck," he com
mented, "And spenking of being out of
luck, I've get n sick man en my hands.
Friend of mine from home. We've get
te catch the midnight, tee."
"Toe bad," Wilklns commented
rather absently. Then, perhaps feeling
thflt he had net shown proper interest,
"Tell you what I'll de."
"I've get some business en hand new,
but It'll be cleared up one way or
another pretty seen. I'll bring my car
nnd he once mere assumed all the
charms of an unwedded clergyman, eli
gible and available. ,
A MERCHANT was Peachblew's
next first husband; handsome
Junier member of the firm of Wana
field & Ben, at whose great department
store she had long run up bills for her
father te pretest against and pay.
nut when she called at bis office the
found him se surrounded with stenog
raphers, buyers, mannlklns, cloakmod cleakmod cloakmed
els, designers nnd ether women custom
ers and aides that she could hardly get
te him,
His heart was given te providing as
many women as possible with beautiful
garments nnd embellishments of every
intimate sort, with perfumes and rib
bons and lipsticks and what net. He
thought about fashions nnd he was se
weary of feminine charms and their
enchantment that when he cflme horn
te his Peachblew he left nt once for
ene of his exclusively mate clubs n
order te keep bis sanity.
A small shoe shop man was Peach-
blew's next experiment. But. when she
went by his store nnd peeked In at the
window, she always found him kneeling
before some woman, or trying te crush
n Ne. 0-E feet into a Ke.(4-A shoes
nniKshe simply could net endure It.
A plumber she married was forever
puttering about ether people's homes ln
the most personal crannies, nnd she
gave him up.
An iceman followed him through her
much-trodden heart, but he, tee, had
his kitchen doers te visit.
Discouraged by her inability te find n
husband in town who did net have te
spend n large part of his time nnd at
tention upon ether women, Peachblew
resolved te marry some homely old
farmer who lived in n solitude.
Ezra Hcpple was the happy man
for n time. And he was te content with
Peachblew's society that he would net
even keep a hired girl te cook for the
hired men.
He rose nt 4 A. M. and bragged about
it. He woke her up te brag about it.
The fnct that he hed geno te sleep at
dusk did net abate his pride. The only
poetry he knew was something ending
with "healthy, wealthy nnd wise." Site
knew he was neither wealthy nor wise,
but she was nfraid he was healthy.
Her jealous little soul had its wish at
last.
Hut a wish ceases te be a wish as
seen as it is nchlcvcd. Like the candy
in the bonbon dish, It is apt net only te
turn sour but te wreck the apptite as
well.
Peuchblew's latest installment in her
serial husband never uist nn Interested
eye en any ether woman. Hut this
curiously made his interest in her un
important; robbed him of suspense and
her of the drama of anxiety. He wns
unskillful, uncouth, illiterate in femi
ninity. Ne ether woman cast nn eye In his
direction. But thnt wns because he had
nothing attractive about him. And the
man who is unable te interest any ether
woman is unnble te Interest his wife.
Peer Peachblew, having no rivals te
fear and having u husband who made
no perilous comparisons, began te
neglect lnielf. Her beauty wilted from
lack of attention. Her incomparable
complexion began' te jield te farm feed
nnd farm labor in farm wenther.
POINT
around nnd tnke him te the station.
These hacks, arc the limit te ride in."
The disaster te his plans thus threat
ened steadied the reporter, and he mnn
nged te keep his fnce impassive.
"Thanks," he said. "I'll let you
knew if lie's able te travel. Is this
Is this business you're en confidential?"
"Well, it is and it isn't. I've tnlkcd
some te you, nnd ns you're leaving
anyhow it's the Jud Clnrk case again."
"Sert of hysteria, I suppose. He'll
be seen all ever, the country for the next
six months."
"Yes. Hut I never saw n hysterical
Indian. Well, n little while age nn
Indian wemnn named Lizzie Lazarus
blew Inte my office. She's a smart
woman. Her husbnnd was n breed,
dairy hand en the Clnrk ranch for years.
Lizzie was the first Indian woman in
these parts te go te school, and besides
smart, she's get Indian sight. Yeu
knew these Indians. When they nren't
blind with trachoma they can see further
nnd better thnn n telescope."
Bassett made an effort.
"What's that get te de with Jud
Clark?" he asked.
"Well, she blew ln. Yeu knew there
wns n rewnrd out fer.hlin, nnd' I guess
it still stands. I'll hnve te leek It up,
for if Maggie Donaldsen wasn't crazy
some one will turn him up some day,
probably. Well, Lizzie blew in and
she said she'd seen Jud Clark. Saw him
standing nt n second storywlndew of
this hotel. Can you beat that?"
"Net for pure invention. Hnrdlv."
"Tlint's what I said nt first. Hut I
don't knew. In some ways it would be
like him. He wouldn't mind coming
bnck nnd giving us the laugh, if lie
thought he could get away with It, He
didn't knew fear. Only time he ever
showed funk wns when lie bent it nftcr
the sheeting, nnd then he wns full of
hooch, nnd en the edge of D. T.'s."
"A mnn doesn't play jokes with the
hangman's rope," Hassett commented,
dryly. He looked nt his watch and
rose. "It's-n geed story, but I wouldn't
wear nut any treiiHcr-seats silting here
watching for him. If he's living he's
tnken pretty geed care for ten years
net te put his head In the noose j nnd
I'd remember this, tee. Wherever he
is, if he is anywhere, lie's probably se
changed his nppearance thnt Telescope
Lizzie wouldn't knew him. Or you
either." ,
"Probably." the SUerlff said, com
fortably. "Still I'm net tnking any
chances. I'm up for re-election this
fall, and thnt Donnldsen woman's story
nearly queered me. I've get a fellow
ut the railroad station, just for luck."
Bassett went upstairs nnd along the
corridor, deep In dejected thought. Thu
trnp of his own making was closing
nnd his active mind was busy with
'3
Sha sighed: "It. .i.n'. ... v
Inake much dWerence what maajvll
woman marries; every ene of the braUlI
sibic.- beln ,mpe"i
OY THIS time Peachblew had se . H
ui-.nu.wu me raicninery of vl
llnlvAran lt, .. I J . " f
......v.,.,. ...,. , worm was Jn tli'S;
garage half the time, and all the .bmUT
lAIIUUBlCtl. i
" '", '"" """ n wy matter ttV
even the angels te keep everythlnl
going, especially when It . k l..! ':
frequently. There was talk of a strlU t
... ........... ..u w.UUi Becmy wis pM. a
fOlllldlv dlstlirhe.1 Tl, u.. . . "s
were forever talking of the last M, $
revolution, "when T.nelf.. j li .. . .''.'.
. . 4.. I a , "u " ""OH ;-'
linn wcre lurewn overeoaru.
But. hew m thn ,1.n. .i..i ... ..
te be changed? The Lord did net JmA
i 1M111.V1 o.ie ei ins own generous tlft.
te one of his most beautiful e.t.....
But heaven was ceasing te be haven u. rVJ
fill Um r1clfH faHt.U Sl
At the height of this dreadful ceual.
crisis Peachblew In a frentled state, tf i
despondency, while slaving ,n htf'
kitchen, chanced te catch a glimpse rf,
herself In the casual mirror in the round '
bottom of a big dlshpan. She had lent '.
ceniMl in nei-lliu hr nrun lnt.l-. .. '.'
. , .... .uuwng giau. .,
The vision that Ktnrerl nt t,.. i
. ,H .,. Iiwl inns
I hat tiny surface shocked her Inte i '
sorrow tee deep for hysterics, gh, -meditated
en her own Image:
"Every husband Is worse than every i
ether husband. A woman might m
well stick te the first wretch she hp'. '"
pens te marry. I was luckiest whfn I
bad the most lovable of. men, and I '
wlsl I had him back again, movie actor
though he be.
"This hateful power of mine has been '
my ruin. It's best te let nature take :
her course. The one thing I most wish
had never been is my ability te makt
things as If they neier had been."
As she exhaled this last sigh, a dla
tlnct earthquake was reglweied en
every seismograph In the world. Th
heavens shook, nt first with .,..!..
then with delight.
Peachblew herself was shaken. Shi
found herself staring at n dlshpnn at
if under an hvnnetlc Knell. Kh i....j '
her husband's voice from the dining
luem uoer. xi wns me voice of Clauda
Winser, the star suoreme of th i..
matlc . firmament. The world ml.kt
snare his silent brauty with her, but Wi
voice belonged te her:
"Wllllt nn north ... . .
(he kltihen, my darling? if, no plan
for such exquisite grnc?. And besides
I see that there's a ten of fan-maUthat
you haven't nnsweied. Yeu haven't
autographed any of ray photographs
for me in ever se long. We've get te '
get busy, or we'll lese our little pu.
With a cry of rapture she llnng her
nrms about his universally admired
neck and rcielced in the fact that at
least n llllndrml inllllAh i ...
ages and races about the glebe would ;
have been glad te poison her for htr .
cuviiiuic privilege.
The moral, If an, has te de wlhJ,
lenniiiff nut nt th rinn ..... .... .i"
fire. The moral is anelenl tli A. I.
the same old Inextinguishable blew of
discontent. But the frying pan la for-
PVPT IlfMV. Pflnli tittrt nt n. In.nl.l... I.I-
T, UCT iuiiuaura ui
ur iilt wn zrjuig pan. Seinu i
v
'"irviu, 'tvproaucuen vronieittm.
Can evil identity be hit
in geed? See hew thlt
throbbing ttery of mystery,
regeneration and love telvtt
thete problems.
schemes for getting Dick away befer j '
it shut entirely.
It might be better, in one way, t"
keep Livingstone there in his room until
the nlnrm blew ever. On the ether
hand, Livingstone himself hnd te b
dealt with, nnd that he would remain
quiescent under the circumstances wa
unlikely. The meter te the main line
seemed te be the beat thing. True, b
would hnve first te get Livingstone te
agree te go. That done, and he did
net underestimate its difficulty, there
wns the question of getting him out of
the hotel, new that the alarm bad been
given.
When he found Dick still sleeping hi'
mode a careful survey of the second
fleer. There was a second staircase,
but investigation showed that it led
Inte the kitchens. He decided finally
en a fire-escape from a rear hnll win
dow, which led into n courtyard littered
with the untldv rubbish of nn nvr-
crowded and undermanned hotel, and
wjicre new two or three saddled horses
waited while (heir riders ate within.
When he had made certain that ha
wns net observed he unlocked and
opened the window, and removed the
wire screen. There wns a red flre-exlt
lamp in the ceiling nenrby, but he could
net reach It, nor could he find any wall
Switch verthala !, In.n' hv thlt
time that through the window lay Dick's
only chance of escape. He cleared tne
erntlnc of n hmti.n Iviv nnrl nn mntf
j flower pet, steed the screen outside tee
iwall, and then, still unobserved, made
his way beck te his own bedroom ana
packed his belongings.
Dick was still sleeping, stretched en
his bed, when he returned te three-
........ .. A , , .. .., ..-.fill
nveiuj. jiiw ncre uaBseii b
plans began te go awry, for Dick's bear
iin iwitcniug, ana ins mce mj"
nnd covered with a cold sweat. Iren
"uiiiienug new tncy ceuni get '
Bassett began te wonder whrther they
weuni get away at nil. rue Bleep
mere like a stupor than sleep. He aat
down by the bed, closer te sneer frlfnt
than he had ever been before,
wretched with the miserable knowledge
of his own responsibility.
As the afternoon were en, It becse
increasingly evident that somehow or
ether he must- get a doctor. He turnw
the subject ever ln his mind, pre and
con. If he could get a new man, ea
who did net remember Jud Clark,
might de. But he heatltated until,
seven, Dick opened his eyes and clearly
did net knew him. Then he knew tn
the mntter was out of his handa, ana
thnt from new en whatever It was tn
controlled the, affairs of men, DavWf
Ond or tela vogue Providence was
charge.
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