Hmmwr wTMm $ m B& t' :: i.j"j m EVENING PUBLIC LEDGER-PHILADELPHIA, THURSDAY, OCTOBER 19. 1922 13 THE BREAKING POINT By Mary Roberts Rinelhiart ufHer or "Dangerous Day." "K," "The Amattng Inter ludti," and twiny ether itrikinv an guceestfui tieUi Copyright, IBtl, by Onorpe B. Vetan Ce. inq WHO I TIIK BTOR . nil70 LtrtNOSTOXH, chief piiyiMan W Si:,'riu.i tmnll town, etnial but bluf. ft. Mlewrt ntl'hexe with . ItCr. W ',,s,c 1'0,'f'' lu "N"""''0' ', ? ArKe me Sen. '""I iV'" I1 W'TlVf C"L1 ii.u tn a lac te .Vnrnrtrt. Ml child- ffifee.V .Vt.C?. e HtloJit-er. who fcneiei ?MfMll7 0 "1 "' , , . .. , iSLret77'c va"a!J5S5a,,ii sin Cter. Ml 1 cJ'Jlr) M te clear .tM.,0 d. HJM. EMwitfJV. (sJr. an exfravaeant BliacHi. u-llh whom h "" mill: summer passed hIewI.v. Te David X nnJ IJIIwil.eth it was n Ions W"1'1"?' but with thin .Hffeisncc, Hint David was kept nllve by Iwne. and that Eliz abeth felt sometimes that Impe was killing licr. Te David mrli day wnsn J v dav. and mlRht held D Irk. Te I ...... 1. f .1 time, nnch day was mm mere of Fopavntien uaL -i.i i..i hwmnp nr. iipynnnis ni -; .. m-- w !. f intriidinE into the fniml iffnlr with the Rossiter girl, uajm u UMinB jm-.v ,.':,; -1llnvtlens IHIM 1 III IPIlll' v -- n fixture! .1 . !. StM re "intert: -had for instance S DIp '" nearer the window, SSnis ad of doing hi own laboratory terk had what David rmiMd w.l a of Hendinc 1Ih jq. -JjTtJf 1Fw7jw W "I only want him liarh," Eliza beth said. "I don't care hew lie remi's, m he comes." until te . .11.. 1.... f.iblitnn KUrre uily cln.M with cot ten, te a hospital in town. Invl.l found the dayw very Ions and Inte Helv id. He wakened "'',"1or(n "'',"1er(n w ,. irnewed hope, wutehe, ter he peMinnn from hW "PP" window . a 1 r ... . .... ..II tin. stnilN Wltll tile K HI. firs BlimPM- f '"7 wny SmIiIiii the Mery At the l.eP '"'' Ind invited en talkiii!; about Diek. but S w that It hurt her. and of late thpv had fallen into the habit of lone silence. tu. .1.ii.iMiiliin(lnn te live en iu. .n.,.i, ..-'.lii-li tip never reused expert enl earrled him m far, lujw, ever He felt no inreiitive te aetlvity. There were times when he tried Lucy wrelv. when she felt that if he would onlv'meve about, re downstairs and at tend te hN odie prnetlee. Ret out into the iin 'ind air. he would t;rnw Mnmser. Hat there were tluu. Urn. when she felt that only the will te live was carrying him mi. ... 1 r Nothing further had developed, se fn,r a' they knew. The search had been abandoned. I.uey was nn longer se Mire as she had been that tiie house was under surveillance, against Dick's po pe flble return. Often -he lt in her bed and fared the conviction that Dirk was dead. She had never understood the till that at firt had gene en nbeut her. when Bawtt and Harrison Miller, and chop or twice the psvrhe-nnnlvfit David had inniiil!i'il in town, hail iret together 111 David's bedroom. The mind was the mind, and Dick wns Dick. Ti"- imw about habit. eer which David pored at night when lie should have been sleeping, or brought her in te listen te, with an air of triumphant vindication, meant nothing te her. A man properly trained in right habits of thinking and of action could net think wrong and go wrong. David arcued. He even went further, lie said that love was a habit, and thnt love would bring Dick back te him. That he reuld net forget them. She believed that, of course, if he (till lived. Hut hadn't Mr. Hassett. who M-cined se eurieu-dy mixed in the affair, been out ngain te Norn da with out result'' Ne, it was all ever, and she felt thet it would be n romfert te knew when- he lay, and te bring him lack te some well -loved and tended grave. i:ilzabeih rnme often te sec them, bhe looked much the same as ever, although she wa.s erv slender and her smile rather strained, and she and David would lnvi' long talks together. She flbvajs felt rather like an empty vessel wln-n .die went in, but David filled her with hope and sent her away cheered and visibly brighter te her long wait ing. She rather avoided Lucy, for Lucy's fears lnj in her face and wcre like a Miudew ever her spirit. She came across her mie day putting Dick's cloth ing away in camphor, and the act took en an air of finality that almost crushed her. Se far tliey had kept from her Dick's real Identity, hut certain tilings they had told her. She knew that he had gene back, in some strange, way. te the J ears liofere he came te Haverly, and that he had temporarily forgotten everything since. Hut they had told her tee, and seemed te believe themselves, that it was only temporary. At first tin. thought had been mere than she could bear. Hut she had te live her life, and In such a way lis te hide her fears, l'erluips it was geed for her, the necessity of putting up a bold fient, te join the conspiracy that os te held Dli'k's place In the world agaim-t the hope of his return. And fhc still went te the Sayre house, suru that there at least there would be no curious gluuccs, no tee casual ques tions. She could net be sure of that tven nt home, fur Niim was constantly conjecturing. "I sometimes wonder " Nina began ne day. and stepped. "Wonder what';" "Oh, well. I suppose I might as well w en. De j mi ever think that If Dick '"id gene bueis, as they say he has, that there might be somebody else'" 'Anether girl, you nieim?" 'Yes. Sume one he knew before." Mn.i was watching her. Sometimes the nliue-t burst with the drama she was suppressing she had been a small lrl when Judsen Clark hud disap I'uirtd, hut even at twelve she had known something of the story. She wanted, ftniitically te go about the vil lage and say te them: "De jeu knew who ha'j been lhli.j; here, whom you used te pan, mice? Judsen Clark, one w the richest, men lu the world!'' She '"lit ,'in dreams en that foundation lie would come back, for, of eeurse. lie would be teuud mid acquitted, and buy the Sajre place, perhaps, or build "much larger one, and they would "il go te ihirepe in Ids jncht. Hut ne knew new that the woman Leslie nad sent his. (lowers te had loomed large in Dick's past, and she both hated Mm feaicd her. Net content with mvlng Khcn her, Nina, some bad "I'll's. she saw the weiuilll new pos pes Mijlj bleckln,. her ambitions for Ulhsn. ..i'Vhnt l'"1 KH"'g at is this," she r?m .'.'""inlng It polished pnlls "Itlenllj, -if u does turn out that .mc wuk somebody, you'd have winner thnt It was all years and said. "I don't care hew he comes, se he comes." Leuis Hassett had become n familiar figure in the village life by thnt time. David depended en him with a sort of wistful confidence that set him te grind ing his teeth occasionally in n fury at liis own helplessness. And, na the extent of the disaster developed, as he miw David falling and Lucy aging, and when In tlmp he met Elizabeth, the feeling of his own guilt was intensified. He spent heura etudylng the case, and he was chiefly instrumental In sending Hnrrlten Miller back te Neradn In September. He had struck up a friendship with Miller ever their com mon cause, and the night he was te depart that small inner group which was fighting David's battle for him formed n beard of strategy In Harri Harri ren s tidy living room; Walter Wheeler and Has-sett, Miller and, tardllv taken Inte their confidence, Dr. Reynolds. The same group met him en his re turn, sat around with expectant faces while he cot out his tobacco and laid a sheaf of papers en the table nnd waltel 'wliiie their envoy, laying Bas sett's map en the table, proceeded carefully te draw in n continuation of the trail beyond the pass, some sketchy mountains and a iinall square. "I've net something," he said at last. "Net milch, but enough te work en. Here's where jeu lest him. Has sett." He pointed with (his pencil. "He went en for 11 while en the horse. Then somehow he must have lest the horse, for lie turned up en feet, date unknown, in a stnte of exhaustion at a inbln that lies here. I get lest my self, or I'd never have found the place. He was sick there for weeks, nnd he seems te lmve stayed en quite 11 while after he recovered, as though he 'eu'dn't decide what te de next." Walter Wheeler stirred ami .looked up. "What sort of condition was he In when he leftV" "Very geed, they said." "You're sure it was Livingstone?" "The man there had n tree fall en Mm. He operated. I guess that's the answer." "It's the answer te mere than that," flcj nebis said slowly. "It shows he had come Duel: te hlm-elf. If lie hadn t he (euldn't have done it." I "And after thatV some one asked. "I lest him. He left te hike te the 1 railroad, and lie slid nothing of his ' plans. If I'd been able te make epec 1 Inquiries I luirht have turned up some. . thing, but I couldn't. It's a hard preposition. I had tieub'e finding Hat tie Thorwald, tee. She'd left the hotel I and Is living with her son. She swears! she doesn't knew where Cliften Hines Is, nnd hasn't seen him for jears." Hassett had been listening intently, his bend chopped forward. "I suppose the son doesn't knew about Ilines?" , "Ne. Him warned me. He was surly and suspicious. The Sheriff hnd sent for him nnd nuestlened lilm nbeut hew jeu get liis horse, and I gathered (lint tin (l.niifrlit T f.-nu O (Ipt'-CtlVC. When 1 told him I was a friend of veurs, lie Rent you a message, xen may lie able te make something out of it. I can't. He smtl : 'loll c-un iun mm I didn't say anything nbeut the ether time ' " Hassett sat forward. "The ether time?" "He Is under the lmpresien thnt his mother get the horse for you once be fore about ten days before Chirk es caped. At night, also." "Net for me." Hassett said deci sively. "Ten days before thnt I was he get out his notebook and consulted it. "I was en my wuy te the cabin in the mountains, where the Donaldsons had hidden Jurl Clark. I hired a horse at a livery stable." "Could the Thorwald woman have followed you?" "Whv the devil should she de that?" he askid Irritably. "She didn't knew who I was. She hadn't a chance nt my papers, for I kept then en me. If she did suspect I was en the case, n dozen fellows had preceded in", and linlf of them hnd geno te the cabin." He considered the situation. "Nevertheless." he finished, "I be lieve she did. She or Hincs himself. There wns some one en a horse outside the cabin that night." There wns silence in the room, Har rison Miller thoughtfully drawing at rajidem en the map before him. Each man wns seeing the situation from his own angle; te Reynolds, Us medical in terest, and the possibility of his per mnnency In the tewn: te Walter Wheeler, Elizabeth's spoiled young life ; te Harrison Miller, David ; nnd te the reporter a conviction that the clues he new held should lead him somewhere, nnd did net. Before the meeting broke up Miller took a folded manuscript from the tame nnd passed it te Basiett. "Copy of the Corener's Inquiry, niter the murder," lie said. "Thought it might Interest you. Then, for n time, thnt was all. Bas hctt, poring at home ever the Inquest records, and finding them of engrossing Interest, saw the futility of saving a man who could net be found. Arid even Vlnn'a fnlfli hn the fflbuleUSly rich could net die obscurely began te fade as the summer waned. She restored some of her favor te Wallin Sayre, nnd even listened agnln te ills altcrnatlnl hopes nnd fears. And by the end of September he felt that h; hnd gained real headway with Elizabeth. He had come te a point where she needed him mere than she renllred. wlinrn he call In her of VOUtll for jeutli, even In trouble, was Insist ent. In return he felt his responsibility and responded te it. In the vernacular of the town he. had "settled down," and the general trend of opinion, which hnd previously disapproved of him, was new that Elizabeth might de worse. On n crisp night early in October lie had brought her home from Nina's, and because the inoen was full they sat for 11 time en the steps of the veranda. Wnllle below her, stirring the dead leaves nn the walk with his stick and looking up at her with boyish adoring eyes when she spoke. He was never very articulate with licr, and her trouble had given her a strange new aloofness thnt almost frightened him. Hut that night, when she shivered a little, lie reached up and touched her hand. "You're cold," he said almost roughly. He was sometimes rather sav age, for fear he might be tender. "I'm net cold. I think It's the dead lenves." "Dead leaves?" he repeated, puzzled. "You're a queer girl, Elizabeth. Why dead lenves?" "I hate the fall year." "Nonsense. It's winter s nap. you a wrap." He went in and came out In a moment with her father's overcoat. "Here," he said peremptorily, "put this en. I'm net going te be called the carpet for giving you a sniffle." 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' ill Wanamaker' s Down Stairs Stere TOMORROW THE Autumn Sale of Shoes Shoes for Women, Men, Beys, Girls and Little Children, All at This Year's Lewest Prices Seme at Half and Less Than Half the Original Rates in Our Stocks Women's Shoes, $2.75 and $3.75 Children's Shoes, $2.35 Beys' Shoes, $2.75, $3.75-Girls' Shoes, $2.90 Men's Shoes, $3.40 Everybody likes te knew when geed shoes are reduced in price. This is an occasion when we have searched our entire Down Stairs Shee Stere for all broken sizes, all discontinued styles, all shoes showing marks of handling. Thousands of such shoes will be spread out for every one te see tomorrow each pair with a new, decidedlv lower price marked en the sole. m $& $3.75 2200 Pair Women's Lew Shoes A Third te Mere Than Half Less Mary Janes $2.75 Oxfords Black calfskin Black kidskin $3.75 ( Silver cloth Geld cloth Patent leather $3.75 te $3.75 Of &X& v-w IL.'rfiWA'lif1 i.m One-Strap Pumps niat ..(I. rIpi-v .if.k Patent leather Gray suede combined with Brown kldskln gray suede $2.75 . Thera ar nnp-ftfrnn nnmrw wifh fumed heTpji And babv Leuis heels In almost all sizes. There are one-strap pumps with turned soles and low heels. There are oxfords with substantial welted soles and medium heels. All these shoes come from our ewnt $3 75 regular stocks. 741 Pair Women's Pumps A Third te Mere Than Half Less Black satin Black suede Beige satin Tan calf Brown satin Patent leather and suede One-strap and three-buckle-strap styles. Mostly with turned soles. French, Spanish, baby Leuis and medium heels. borne et the evening slippers are tarnished. Seme ethers show slight marks of handling. All sizes in the group but net in each style. Included at $3.75 are also some unusually geed tan and black calfskin oxfords. $3.75 . 1930 Pair Women's Pumps and Oxfords $e nr Specially Priced jK- One-strap Pumps $3.75 Black satin Brown kid Tan leather Cuban, French and baby Leuis heels. Flexible stitched and welted soles. A dealer's overlet of exceptionally geed shoes purchased te w 73 advantage and added te this sale. All sizes in B, C, and D widths ctiuiMig wieiu. Children's Shoes ( A Fifth te Almest Half Less Sizes 5 te 8 in tan or white leather button shoes. Sizes 9 te 11 in white buck or tan and white leather lace shoes. Sizes 5 te 11 in tan and brown or patent leather and crav lace shoes. Sizes 6 te 1 in tan and black leather lace shoes. $3.75 g. i ci uins onees ( Quarter te Half Less Sizes 2ij te 6 in tan or black leather lace shoes in sensible $2.75 wide-tee lasts. (Down Stulr Stere, Chevtnnt) 500 Pair Men's Shoes $2.75 A xnirci te iiere man wait Less Oxfords of tan or black calfskin or tan leather. High shoes of black kidskin or tan leather. Several styles among them and all sizes in some one or $2.75 another style. Solidly made geed leather shoes that men will $2.75 $3.75 ftS $2.35 $2.90 $2.35 $2.35 Cress-strap Pumps Black satin Black kid Oxfords Tan leather Brown kid Black leather $2.75 7r!V... $3.40 $2.35 $3.75 $3.40 $2.90 $3.40 wj $3.40 'J-. need this Winter. already attached. Welted soles. Seme have rubber heels , , mmr 1 i i "TT $2.75 Beys' Lace Shoes Marked down te Only a limited quantity of them. It's only fair te warn parents of that fact because the shoes are remarkably geed at the price. Actually made of tan calfskin with the wide tees and welted soles that boys $3.75 Beys' Shoes Marked down te Tan calfskin lace shoes in medium-tee shapes with -weited soles and rubber heels. Just taken out of our ular stocks and reduced te this new price. reg- need. They have rubber heels already attached. (I).)n Mlr Mere for Mm en the Gallery, Market) Men and women business people parents can save a geed deal bv investing as largely as their needs warrant in this sale. It is very rarely, of course, that such Wanamaker quality shoes as these can be had as low as $2.35 te $3.75. and at noontime in lespeeple also in the kxtra salespeople will be ready te give quick service te business men in the morning ine meii s euuu eiuru en uie uauery, just insiae tne aoer irem the Subway. Extra sa uxucue rtiiu uiuium;ud euuu ciuiti, uuwi euuia, ci l nesulUt etreet. Mill's Clearaway of Chenille and Scotch Art Rugs at nan rnce and Less Frem a mill devoted exclusively te the making of rugs for interior decorators' special orders. 'I lie maker turned ever te us his accumulated surplus lets of small cotton chenille rugs and jute Scotch art rugs and a limited number of wool Scotch art rugs in room sizes-all of intere,tingly original kinds. They are the Forts of rugs people like who want something unusual in color, exceptional in durability and moderate in price. One knows they will wear and wear hv the thick, soft "feel" of them, and they are all double-faced and reversible y The Small Rugs Are en the Central Aisle 27x54-Inch Scotch Art Rugs, $1.50 36x72-Inch Scotch Art Rugs, $2.25 Woven with a cotton warp and tough jute filling. In unusual stripes ami plain colors, mostly In blue and brown, with a few in rese and green. 24x48-Inch Cotten Chenille Bath Rugs, $2.25 27x54-Inch Cotten Chenille Bath Rugs, $2.75 Seft and nappy and sure te be durable, they are se thickly piled. In desirable combinations of blue and tan, rose and blue and Kreen and tan; plain colors with contrasting borders, iinuBual block patterns r (Down Stain Star, Ceateat AU1) $7. Weel Scotch Art Rugs in Roem Sizes Are in the Rug Stere 4.bx.b tt. rugs, S6.50 and ,'C L 0x9 ft. rugs, SI. 1.25 and 6x9 ft. rugs, $9.50. 7.6x0 ft. rugs, $11.75 and $14. S2S.2 8.3x10.6 ft. rugs, $15.75. 0x12 ft. rugs, $17, $22 and ' $30. Limited number in uV'ene size, but besides the ones enumerated there arc a number of mu ':and odd size rugs offered at propertlon- - M..fc. JJtIVO ricev. Ce "A,. Stere, Chdtnut) frm.-: WZ'VFA l TiJJ 1 VI Elizabeth JU HKTa Lfla TtE; At. iV 4ti-.Ate. .a. it - t ' tT'iiVrfi fc 1M