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EVENING rUBLTC LEDGER PHILADELPHIA", MONDAY. OCTOBER 16, 1022
THE BREAKING POINT
By Mary Roberts Rimshart
striking and luccetifu', novel.
Mther et "Danaereua Vavt." "K." "The Amautna Inttr lurfe." and many ether
Copyright, S9tt, ti Oterga B. Deran Ce,
, WHO'S JV1IO IX TlriJ PTOr.Y
1 W. nAT'n Xr.VOSTO.NB. rhfr; fMlrtin
t llaverlu. a tvill ten, ncniul tut Muff.
M (hnr n eeeret coicirntne (atntltu of
their btleirit iifuhfiu tclljk
tVCY. hi etiter, tcleucil tw fcntiedu in
rows. "
A. DICK T.tVtS'aSTOV:. In whnit mem;,
eru titer? Is n ear in i ic7" iMermltiril ,
fem rfai fi Ort back te Anrnifn, h ' cMM-'
poed Jiemr h errfcr In ir doc I lie en a. .
i t full of vltnlllv nnd It IjnulJh lae'nna
, and aettna In urnee 0 hi ihfrtu mom anil
etrotetsienal carter. He H 11 lev will
MLIBABETH XVUfflLER a uhoSeom Dirt.
mho levtt htm ten Ktncerttu.
BBVBIll.Y CAHLYSV.r. actrfif. nnO. ,f"t
vrnr before, irn mired u In n rnrlu
(lery, 7it huthattrl, turn, hail tw ''"
Je death, n mi ein.ial'i br!i 'il ';' J
rtrtnln Jud CJnrt n rich toteio mhii umbI
own, Clark m, lUMavrurrii immetiifit'i
trnd U v.a lAuvtil Ue reriiheA In u t
1 tar A.
fit ED ORKOOKY Beirr1v'i brother anil
manager. tifiM rcJiurrici lit i" "
irlHi
tOUIS VAS1FTT r newranermav, trlin
, tiMfifctt Inif f)ift' Mrl'ii'V ' '"'
Chrk. Ill itMlr H te clear thtnei u.
tUllfA, L'Utabeth'i ur an cjtrrtt'fleanl
1 ietina wlf
..bum; ward. ni-rtirtvs b'eriif-iH-inic
IJ. X.VU K WIIMLBR. tveical Amen-
An.k A JtM it
XPAtjT.IB HAVRE n rich ueu'h wV" -
1 clellv srtrrf meld'- u,iSf Mm In merrv I
' Elltabeth. tcilh uliem i iiln.
SI
TrnT m mnnth Tlnverlr liad lmzzcd with
JT wliisiirtMl fenjivtun ' It Uiipw
r'etliliiR. -mid et 'Oinchew If kmjw
evrnthins'i Deftor lmld n l'l nt tt 0
.nensliore, mid Ulik a tmt with htm '
IlnrriMin M.'l'nr. "Iio win nevrr known
te depart fjir'lire frnm lu inuifertntilc
licnrth than die raiiwnv -tnti'm In "iif
direction Tinl 'In' Snri !i(inst lit tiif
ether. Imd rondo a trip i:.ist nnd wit wit
new In the f.'T Wpi. Divtnr Ilejitelds.
who mlRht or mlplit 11." knew some
thlnjr, hnd jeinil tli iimntr eluli it ml
sent for Ills snir lmg
And mianh'th Wheeler wns Relnc
ereiind with 11 Jrnwn wllfi? fnce mid a
determined ml!e tl .it fad.'d the moment
one looked nw.iy
The illnpe i;ts Jmrt mid upiei"i"! .
Jt rcented lt !nc' of ltiwleilxi'. iind'
turncd ev111c.1l where. Imd it lieeu tak'-n f
no i-eii'tldenee it would Imtc bten -n-Uelteti".
It helloed Jhnt Kllzinetn h.id
teen jilted, for It Ki i-w . in Annie nml
the OKllt,lerllf' 'Mriidn's lint no '"!
,tr.ri mine from PicL Vn.l ncnitf-t Die,
its iiiilnt.iiti"!! wns drected in a let
llnine of mulnl' fee Icne aiu'er
lint it ini'-fd a itv.xtert. tee find if
ktt hnled n .n'r it 1 id n mvsten
. 'imi lmtl mken :e Kemi: nbe'ir with
pier stmll pointed e'Mi helil lilsh. nrd
BinBrily "he tlemutnieti Hint i.uz.ieniu m
Rhe Mine.
"Yeu knew what thT are fariiiB. nnu
ret A oil 'CO about lenklllC ninlu-I "
"I ean'r net N11111 1 'I" C" theut
ln.l 'inn Ivnl .1 mifteni'd tueiucut
jw "'Don't think about him." she stM
"Tin pn t Mk. "i he wniiiii nine linn
(tome en" wire or vt!"1 and he l-n"t
dnd. or they'd have fe md His papers
and let us knew " ... 1
"Then he's in some fort "f trotitue.
I want te ee out there. I want te se I
Rut there! ,
That, indeed, had been her constant
cry' for the la-t two week. !iie would '
hn've done i' prebablj, pn-ker her bai; 1
and slipped awny. but Mi" hnd no men- t
ey of her own. and iven I.esli", te whom
he hnd appealed, hnd lefused her when 1
le knew her purpose.
"We're felL.wlne him up, little Ms- j
ter." he -iiid. "Hirnen Miller ha
sons out nnd thfrf'a enough talk as
Ft is." .
She theuclit. lrlns In le-r bed at nlpht 1
that thev weie all tee afraid of what
people inlsht st. Ir teemed wi 'inlmper- I
taut te lier And the mjld m: iir.d"r-
Ktand tin- cnn-piraev of silence. Cither 1
tnen went na and were net heard
ifrem, and th pe'ne were untitled nnd I
fc-.- l.i T ,,. 1 . i...n ..... 1
hat everv one. he" fiither and Nina j
"Valid I.ehlie nd een Harrison Muler, 1
Pff ,'Jn'lv mere than fhe md I
pN- If 'ere hnd been tl.ut 'nnj cenferen-ei
Q,." lilehtnd closed doers when Ilnrrl-en
'M Miller came back from kit in; D.nld '
Slv' V iB,'d befire he went Vet. Lc'n'e h.id
(been there, nnd even Docter Itetnold Itetneld
.liut they hnd 'hut her nit And her j
(father hnd 1 et been the same cinrp,
He i-eeiiied senn 'irnes te be burtiinK
,."lth a sort e inn. r miser Net at he he
fcewever He was ery pentle with In
j And here w."- a cineiis tiling S'i '
r.lways felt that sue knew when I'n k
was thinking of her All at once, with
out anj warning there would come .1
ftlew of bnppiuess and warmth, nr.d it
Pert of surrounding and nerclinx -'n-e
of protection Kntlier h'i" whnt i-be had ,
I"lt ns a little gi.i when Kim iind uin
Jieme through the terrors of twilight.
find closed the hiu-.e deer bebiml her.
fhe wns in the warm and lighted beute,
eafa nnd cared fir.
That wnt completely gene It was as
theuEU the warm and lichted house of
tier love hnd turned her out and locked
the deer, nnd nhe wnt alone eutbide,
cold nnd frightened
She nveldi.-d the village, and from n
ferine of delicaev ir left her alone. The
nmnll gnyetirs of Hunnrer wre en, din.
rent, dances nnd picnics, but lier
mourning mnde her absence, inconspic incenspic inconspic
ueiiB. Shece.i d nf't Levcter, avoid Mrs
Sayre. She tried te, ut first, but fhat
lady's inflBtence and her own ap.ithy
made it easier te uccept than te refit"-.'".
Then, niter 11 time, hhe feunil the beii?
rather a refuge. Sh'j seldom .vv Wnllie,
nnd 8he fe.ind her he'tet-f taetful, kindly
nnd uninqulwtive
"Take the hciers and a basket,
child, and cut your mother some
roses," bhe would ta.i Or they wn-M
3oet the grrenl eusph and, going In
the car te the cemeten, make of Jim's
grave a thing of beauty nnd remem
brancp, Xew nnd then, of course, she nw
M'allie, but lie never reverted '0 the
dny when she told him of hei ingiije.
nicnt. Mether and ten, she bewail te
feel thnt only willi them could she be
herself I-'or the Ullage, her iliin high
ns Nina hud mid. At home assumed
cheerfulnesH. On' nt the house en the
IillI could biie dreji her pose.
Bhe waited with a fort of desperate
ceurngu fe word from Harrison Miller.
"What ehe wnnted that word te be 1 he
did net knew. There were, of ceun-e,
times when nlie had te face the possibil
ity that Dick Imd deliberated cut him
nelf off from lur After nil, there had
i Tievtr been anv real reason whv he
should care for her Phe wns net clever
nnd net beautiful. Perhaps he had been
disappointed jn her, nnd thin wns the
thlnj they were concealing. Perhaps he
lad irene back te Wyoming and there
found borne one mere worthy of him, 1
dome one who understood wheii he talked I
About the things he did in bin labera- 1
tery, nnd did net just sit and listen '
vlth leviiijf, rather bewildered ejes.
Then 0110 night at dinner n tehgram
was brought in, and i-he knew It was
the expected word. She felt her mother's 1
eyes en her. nnd she wit very still with
ber b.nndn clenched In her lap. Hut her 1
father did net rend It at the table; he
get m nnd went out and i-onie tune
inter he cuuie te the deer. The tele- 1
gram wnH net in xight.
''That was from Harrison Miller " he
Wild. "He luiH tni'i'd Dhk te n lietil'
in Nermlu, but he had left the hotel,
nnd he luibu't get in touch with him
yet."
He went nwnv then, nnd they heard 1
the house deer Iem I
Then tome dns Jater she learned-
thrnt Tlnrrisen Miller urm enmlnw !,,.,
K,eUd that David wh being brought back! I
Ml- .fW WW .; w. ..,.-M lll'IU .Lii, .ll I
fe'-Jwf, and read Inte it failure and dig.
fctf'WtHNrtment. and something mere etnl-
!-fmmmn cither.
tru-i -girh - Tnfda- night. Nethlnt
1 ileiir.
J en,
l;ti
He is thinking of you nnd loving
w beret er he is. Only we don't
new where he Is."
Hut when he enme back en Tuesday,
after t-eeing llnriNjit Miller, lie wns
discouraged and cick nt henrt. He went
dlrectlv upstulis te his wife, nnd shut
the bedroom deer.
"In n way, Wnlter, it would be bet
ter, If lm "
"Why?" -
"My little girl, and Judsen Clark 1"
Hut he fought thnt sturdily. They
hnd ten veers of knowledge end respect
te build en. The past wa past. All
he prnjcil for wns Dick's return, an end
te this long wiiitlng. There would be
110 teservntleiis In' hle welcome, If
only
Seme time Inter he went downstairs,
e where Hllznbcth sat waiting In the
library. He went like n man te his
execution, nnd his resolution nenrly
her big chair and pathcticnlly patient.
He told her (tin slery an guardedly ns
he could. lie beenn with Dick's bter.v
te lilm, about his forgotten youth and
.... .... t. .. 1" lillllt llOIMIL 111 1IU-'
".Net n trace, lie Miu.in rep y 10 , imit en wlr,lfly ,0 i,kk.s own fCp,lng
lit. iih-iiuii in 1111 vi'-i. a in- "iiiiii- I .fit lie Hilljl n iuiF tin
1 1.. .... 1.- .....i 1 u i it.- iitn innt iip must clear tip
"Yeu mut rrmeinlxT," lie wild,
"tint nidi's llfe before tills liaii-
penrd, and sliitv. are two different
tilings"
"Then he has been in danger'' Whnt
me you keeping1 from me'' ' And when
no one .speke: "Oh, don't teu nee hew
i-riiel it is? Yeu are all tr.iing te pro
tect me, and ou are killing me tit
Mead." "Net dancer," her father said j-lewlv.
"Se f.ir 11s we knew, be is s oil Is all
right" And i-eelng her 'ace. "It is
nothing thnt affects, his feeling for ou.
it
1 1 en is ns he outlined it in the letter
He elaborated, of course. The fnct is,
and Dutid will have te ee if, that
1 that Mntcinent of his doesn't help nt
I all. utile's he can prete there Is a
'Cliften Hlnes And even then it's nil
' supposition Theie's n strenir sentiment
out there that Dick either killed lilm-
, self or met with tin accident nnd died
In the mountains. The bersp wandered
into town last week. I'll have te tell
her."
Over this possibility they faced each
ether, helpless as is the wnj of middle
nve before the nttneks of life en their
young
"It will kill her. Walter "
"She's jeung," he said sturdily.
"She'll get eer it."
Hut he did net think se, and she
knew it.
"There Is a rather queer element In
lit " he ebsencd, after a time Anether
man. mimed Hahsptt. dlsnppcaied the
same night. His stuff is nt the hotel,
but no papers te indentifv him. lie hnd
looked afler Did; that tlnj when he was
Kick and he simply vanished. He didn't
Hike the train. He was under sus sus
pulen for being with Dick, and the
'station wns being watched "
I Hut -she wns net interested in Hassett.
I The name meant nothing te her. She
'harked hnck te the question that had
been in both their minds since thrj hnd
read. In stupefied nmnrement, Pnlds
1 statement.
tin that nnst before
he married. She followed nun cnreriiny,
bewildered a little nnd eiy tense.
"Hut why didn't hn tell me?"
"He i-.iw It ns a sort of weakness,
He niennt te when be came back."
lie fought Dick's fight for blra vnl
1 lantly, stressing certain points that
were te prepare her for ethers te come.
Ile plunged. Indeed, rather reclilebsly
into the psychology of the situation,
and only cot out of the unconscious
mind with itn effort. Hut behind it nil
was Ms eK'i whelming deslre te save
her pain.
I "Yeu must remember," he said, "thnt
Dick's life betere tills happened, nnd
1 since, are two different things Whnt
I etcr he did then should net
agninst lilm new."
"Of course net," she said. "Then
1 lip bnd done something?"
"Yc. Something that brought him
into conflict with the authorities."
Slip did net shrink from that, nnd he
wns encouraged te go en.
"He wns young then, remember.
Only twenty-one or se. And Cine was
a quarrel with another mnn. TJia ether
1 man was shot.'
I "Yeu mean Dick shot him?"
Yes. Yeu underatnnd, don't you,
whch she iunde her cemmept, through
lips (bat hnd geno white.
"Theu It was either an accident, or
he deserved sheeting' she saMi Hill
she Inquired, he thought with difficulty,
"Did he dlc7"
He could net He te her. "Yes," he
said.
She closed her eyes, but n moment
Inter she was lighting her vallnnt fight
again for Dick.
"Hut they let him go," she protested.
"Men de sheet In the West, don't
they? There must have been a rensen
for it. Yeu knew Dick as well as I de.
He couldn't de a wrong thing."
He let that pnss. "Nothing was dene
about It nt the time." he said. "And
Dick came here and lived his useful life
among us. He wouldn't have known the
man's name if he heard It. Hut de you
see, sweetheart, where this Is taking
us? He went back, nnd they tried te get
him, for a thing he didn't remember
doing."
"Father !" she said, nnd went -ery
white. "Is that where he Is? In
prison?" He tried te sieny his voice.
Ne, dear. He escaped into the moun
tains. fUit you can understand Ills
silence. Yeu enn understand, tee, that
he may feel be cannot come back te
us, with this thing hanging ever him.
Whnt we have te de new is te find him,
nnd te tell him th.tt It makes no differ
cure. That ha has his place In the world
wnltlmr for him, and thnt we are wait
ing, tee."
When It was all ever, her Questions
count I anil his sometimes stumbling replies, he
I saw that out et it all the one thing
I thnt mnttered vitally te her was that
Dlek was only a fugitive, and net dead.
I Hut she said, just before they went,
j arm in arm, up the stairs:
"it is queer in one way, ratner. It
Isn't llke lilm te run away."
He told Margaret, later, and she
listened caretuuy.
"Then you didn't tell her about the
I woman In the case?"
"Certainly net. Why ohenld I?"
Mrs. Wheeler looked nt him, with
the etprnal mrprlse of woman nt the
he niKieu anxiously, "thnt ftp deesn t lack et masculine understanding,
remember doing It?" 'Hecnuse, whether yen think It or net,
In spite of his anxiety he wns forced she will resent nnd bate that ns she
te marvel nt the sublime faith with hates nothing ehe. Murder will be neth-
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Puf&Pep in Ye ur Me tQr
lng te thnt. Anil she will hnve te knew
It semn time,"
He pondered her flat statement un
happily, standing' by the window mid
looking out Inte the idiniled street, eitd
a mnn who had been standing, cigar In
mouth, en n pavement ner.ess wlthdrew
Inte the shadow of n tree box.
"K'h all a puzzle (e me." ha snld, at
last. "Oed nlone knows bow It will turn
out. Hinrlsen Miller seems te think
this Hnssett, whoever he Is, could tell
us something. I don't knew."
He drew the sbnde and wound his
watch. "I don't knew," he re
peated Outside, en the street, the man with
the cigar struck a mutch nnd looked
nt bis watch. Then he walked briskly
toward the railway stntlen. A hnlf
hour Inter he walked Inte the offices of
the Tlmcs-Ilepubllcnn nnd te the night
editor's desk. ,. . . A, . ,,
"Holle. Hnssntt," sold that lntla
man. "We thought you wero dead.
Well, hew about the flster In Cali
fornia? It wns the dark Btery, wasn't
It?"
"Yes," snld Bnssett, noncemmtttally.
"And It blew tip bn you? Well, there
were ethers who were fooled, tee. Xou
hnd n holiday, nnyhew."
"Yes. 1 had u holiday," said Bassett.
nnd going ever te his own desk began
te sort his vast accumulation of ma 1.
Seme time Inter he found the night
editor nt his elbow.
"Did you get nnythlng en the 01m.
business nt till?" be asked. "Williams
I.I..I... .I..-..-, n nnirn Itl it for HlltlflnV.
iiiiunn uinrn fw.nv ... -- --- vw
nnjliew.. Yeu've been en the ground,
nnd thpre'fl n human iutcreat !, .
'Vi'L'rAVnikcdtefe
me in.iuii .uunjr. xnni sort of thlni
Bassett went en doggedly iert!rg
mall.
"Yeu take It from me," he said, "th,
story's dead, nnd se is Clark. 4ll
Donaldsen woman was cray. That's
Te be continued tomorrow
Te an Ambitious Feur-Ycar-Old
By .?. P. McKVOY
YOUR cerebrations are te me
A source of constant mystery,
Kspeelnlly your pious wish
Or rr.thcr, I should say, nmblsh
Te glow ns quickly ns you can
Se ou enn be the garbage man.
It Isn't that the Jeb ns such
Has net a ccrtnln cosmic touch,
Fer nil things come te him who waits
r
.'The garbnge man outside the gates -
The tilings wii swear te neia nnu Keep
All finish en the rubbish heap!
Hut though nn Infinite nuance
Of pensively decayed romance
Plays with a phosphorescent gleam
I'pen the rubbish of your dream,
I trust in future you will plnn
Some ether job than garbnge man.
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