?V'f J" Ml. J 'X",l. jri i r vcrvLrn? ' " i f Z a v a":, j v f ' i if . ; ftigmsjG raiH a "MM EVENING IJtBUO LEDGER PHILABELI'HIA; ' FKIDAY, OCTOBER 20, 1922 THE BREAKING POINT By Mary Roberts Rinehart Mther et "Dangerous Uayt," -K," "The Amailnp inter lude," and tneny ether tlrHkintt and sueeessful nevtU. Copyright, itlt, by (New B. Deran Ce. WHO'S WHO IN TIjK STORY xiiffn iivivnjrrnvn. rjimr iifl 2. i2eriu. a email town. cental .tut.btw 4 vie. JSivrA'nsrevjf . rkfti j&tsjhtaii small luwn. ifmwi uw-wtwi ercrel conrrrntne idtntitu of V... iu,ra it eecrel cenrem' it -J. kalmierf tKDhCU) U)Uh I ItCV. M eliler. beloved" bu tvtrvbedu In ieun. ,. nirK LIVINGSTONE, tn iolieae mem- S& VtM0 efil IMrh ?r aid KSV.eetanaJ corer. M n love teiin .finr;r WHEKl vhe levre Mm vrru nd aeflnff ier Mm vrru elnferelu. .!.. . uiae mired no fn ufte. .len cuneu n no sv n TO.rfc-fis'sjis.vc i'L.iIH t'ui r.inrk. a rich ieutttf men about "t4U tee believed b eertehed e Bcuwiy brother and tatarchtt line him uv frdnf. MA'S GREGORY mfltoetr, ienest eun f.M?i. Mi aWe te 10 clear Mno nhn i jua UD. eilravaeanl ivi KMablV tteter. an i Mff 1MUI), TSIfcqbelb'n brelhtr in-law. . WAiffiBRe meiVr tcfih" Wni e mem1 Jfiuabttft. ohem n i miniri. "I'm Still In Leve WMh Veu, Elizabeth" SHE steed up obediently nnd lie put the big cent nreund bcr. Then, obey Ing nn Irresistible impulw, he caught fcer te him. He rclenmd her Immedi ately, however', nnd stepped back. "I love you se," he stammered. "I'm sorry. I'll net de It ngnln." She wftH startled, but net nimry. "I don't like It," wns all she snid. And because she did net wunt him te think she was angry, she sat down again. But the boy was shaken. He get out a cigarette nnd lighted It, his hnnds trembling. He could net think of anything te say. It was ns though . by that one net he had cut a bridge be kind him and en the ether side ln all .. ,.i.. ..t-.. i, umnll cive nnd take tne niauiuuw, "-';" ",vi,nt I., her neurs ium:i. -.,---- .A-t.i- iA Mnnt inn tn mill 1L rh a regreiinuH- "-' ",,t:-, .. the deserve And yeu're nsldnc best, Wallle. for n second ( their hours together, ... n rirpttable lncldc rrcnt dramatic rllmnx. HeyllKe, lie re fu"ed te recognize its unimportance te III inw"-,, -..,,: -.. It her. He wnntea te mm uu' 'When you said just new thnt you juJI nu-Vihat I did Just then, de ou Z. . ,,i .il.ln't like me te de it ,n inn ilen't care for that Or sort of he added half smiling. Her world was n small one, of miner domestic difficulties, of net unfriendly gossip, of occasional money problems, Investments and whnt net. He hnd seen her hnnds tremble ever n matter of n poorly served dinner. 8e he went Inte the' house, closed the terrace window nnd followed her te the llbrmy. When dhe closed the deer he recognized her old tactics when the servants were In question. "Well?" he inquired. "I suppose " Then he snw her face. "Serry, mother. Whnt'H the trouble?" "Wnllie, I saw Dick Livingstone in Chicago." During August Dick had labored In the alfalfa fields of Central Washington. n harvest hand or "working stiff" their wretched, sullen lives. He had te fight them, mere than once, nnd mui they united against him he might have been killed. But they never united. Their own personal animosities and angers kept them apart, ob their misery held them together. And as time went en and his muscles hardened he was elf. The time came when they let him alone, and when one day n big shocker fell off a stack and broke his leg and . Dick set it, he gained their respect. They asked no questions, for their law waa thnt the past was the past. The did net like him, but in the ,!"" twlsted'ethlcs of the camp they Judged the secret behind him by the height from which he hud fallen, and began slowly te accept him as of the brotherhood of ( derelicts. ... . , , I "With his improvement In his physical I condition there came toward the end of the summer, a morn rapid subsidence et the flood of the long past. He had slept out one night in the fields, where the uncut alfalfa was belled with purple flowers and jellew buttercups rose and nodded above him. With the first touch of dawn en the mountains he wakened te a clarity of mind like that of the morning. He felt almost an cxaltntlen. He steed up and threw out his nrms. It was nil his again, never te lese, the old house, and David nnd Lucy J the little laboratory ; the church en Sunday mornings. .Mike, whistling in the stable. A wave of love warmed him, a great surging tenderness. He would go back te them. They were his and he was theirs. It was at first only a great emotion; a tingling joyeusnesq, a vast relief, as of one who sees, from a far distance, the lights in the windows of home. Save for the gap between the drunken revel nt the ranch nnil his awakening te DaWd's face bending ever him in the cabin, everj thing was clear. Still bj nn effort, but successfully, he could unite new the two portions of his life with only n senr between them. Net thnt lie ferniHintcu it. xi was n But lie had n moment, tee, when sur render seemed te htm net strength but weakness, where its slice, r suplncness, us catj solution 10 ins preDiem rereiieu him, where he clenched his fist nnd looked at it, and longed for the right te fight his way out. When smoke began te issue from the cook-house chimney he stirred, rose and went back. He nte no breakfast, nnd the men, seeing his squared jaw and set face, let him alone. He worked with the strength of three men thnt day, but that night, when the foreman offered htm n job ns pacer, with double wages, he refused it. "01 ve It te somebody else, Jee," he said. "I'm quitting." "The hell you nrcl When?" "I'd like te check out tonight." His going was without comment. They had never fully nrcepted him, nnd comings and goings without notlce in the enmp were common. He rolled up hlH bedding, his chnnge of undergar ments inside it, nnd took the rend ithut night. Tftc rnllrend wns ten miles away, nnd he made the distance easily. He walked iiiiin wlrn fences, behind which I horses moved restlessly ns he passed and rattle slept, around n v.nter nole, among ether migratory agricultural I mood, an Impulse of unreasoning huppi- I workers. Among them, but net entirely of them. Itecruited from ,the lowest levels ns men grade, gathered in nt u slave market en the const, herded In bunk hniiMii ullvc with vermin, fully but bndly fed, overflowing with blasphemy and filled with sullen hate for these above them In the social scale, the "stiffs" regnrded him with distrust from the start. In the beginning he accepted their sneers with a degree of philosophy. His phjslcnl condition was peer. At night lie netted intolerably, collapsing Inte his wooden bunk .1, n ..1A.. 1. .1. .-U.,J te .,. nirri, i in- iirriiiiiii'nB - -- - - . I sleep of utter cxhnustlen. There were ", along wltn tlie llie tnej re pre - Milieu uhin lu f e U tlint- tt 11,111, hi ix-'iiieu. iiuu imi.ui; 11c uci,ii iw iv. better te return at once te Nerndii and surrender, fei that he must de se cventuniiy lie never doubted. It was thing? Of course 1 Knew, "e """ hastTlj-. "you're net that kind of girl. He turned and looked at her. "Yeu knew I'm still in loc with ou, don't jeu, Kllwibeth?" She returned hh gn7e frankly. "1 don't see hew jeu ennbe wlien you knew what jeu de knew. ., 1 l.... . r fm1 tlOW . lfUt 1 knew that people don't go en loving , as well, perhaps that he had no time Seniles".! nil their lives. You're for breeding, but he gnlned sleep nt the veSniT You've gef'-hc figured cost of superhuman exertion all dny. nnirklv "seu've get about fifty-odd A feeling of unreality began te ob eb ob Mrstelhect and some of these dns , sess blm, se that at tlmeH lie telt like TOlt'll DC nei lerKi-miiK. ."-.if when he snw her quick movement. JJ knew jeu'll net forget him. But rf embering and loving are different. "I wonder." she snid. her ees en the moon, and full of young tragedy. If they arc, If one can remember without loving, then couldn't one love without remembering?" He stnred nt her. . "You're tee deep for me sometimes, he snid. "I'm net subtle, Kliznbcth. I daresnv I'm stupid in lets of things. But I'm net stupid about thl. I m net trying te get u premise, yen knew. I only want you te knew hew things are. I don't wnnt te knew wh he went mb. or why he depsn't come back. I only want you te face the facts. I d be feed te veu," he finished, in a low tone. "I'd spend my life thinking of wus te make jeu happy." , ... She was touched. She renched clown and put her hnnd en his shoulder . "Yeu deserve the best, Wnllie ncsH. 'i lie last cieciu nau gene, me last bit of mist from the vnlle. Hf snw Hnverly. und th children who played In Its shaded streets ; Ilke wash ing the old car, and the Ice cream freezer en Sundays, wrapped In sack ing en the kitchen perch. Jim Wheeler enmc back te him, the weight of his coffin dragging nt his right hnnd ns he helped te carry it; he was kneeling be side Elizabeth's tied, and putting hh hand ever her btnring eyes se she would go te sleep. The glow died nwny, nnd he began te suffer Intensely. They were nil lest te And reu'rp nskinc ler a socenci eesi. i.veu that I'm just net innde that way. suppose. Fifty years or n hundred neulil he nil the &nme." "You'd alwnys core for him, you mean?" "Yes; I'm afrnld se." When he looked nt her tier eyes had ainin thnt fnrnwny and yet flnming leek which he had come te ns-ecinte Mth her thoughts of Dick. She seemed Infinitely removed from him, traveling her lonely rend pnst leviiiff, outstretched hands and fncing nhend toward well, toward fiftj jenis of spinsterhood. The sheer waste of It made blm shudder. "You're cold, tee, Wallle," she said femly. "You'd better g home." He was about te repudiate the lden scornfully, when he sneezed ! She get up nt one a nnd held out her hand. "Yeu are very dear te feci about me the way you de," she said, rather rap idly. "I appreciate your telling me. And If you're chilly when you get home you'd better takes some camphor." He saw her in, hat in hnnd, and then turned and stalked up the street. Cum- Sher, indeed.! But se stubborn was epe In liih young heart that before he had climbed the hill he wns finding comfort in tier thought for him. Mrs, Snvre had been nwny for a week, visiting In Mlchignn, nnd he hnd net einectpil hpr inr 11 ilnv or kit. Te his surprise he found her en the ter- race, w ripped In furs, unci evidently waiting for him. I "I wasn't enjoying it," she explained when he hnd kissed her. "It's a sum- , tner nlace. net hentpil te ninmnit te nn . thing, nnd when It turned celcl where ave jeu been tonight?" "Dined nt the Wards' and then took Elizabeth home." "Hew 1h she?" "She's nil right." And there's no news?" We knew her very well, nnd he saw wen thnt she was laboring under sup pressed excitement. 'What's the matter, mother? You're Worried about something, aren't you?" I huve something te tell you. We'd it KiiuHi wuiiwuk uuiuiiK nwcuuiiK iih'ii, UKe a resurrection into lire, nut with out life. And mere thnn once he tried te sink down te the level of the ethers, te unite himself ngaln with the ciewd, te feel ngnln the touch of elbows, the sensntlen of fellowship. The primnl in stinct of the herd asserted Itself, the need of human companionship of any bert. But he failed miserably, as Jud Clnil; could never have failed. He could net drink with thein. He could net sink te their level of degradation. Their oaths finrl ehftnpnJtv nlplmnpil nnd iltufftlntefl lilm fttirl tlinli. tnllr nt YLfimnn flrel'A ...., ....U I..I.I u... w ,.. ...... ...v... him Inte the fresh air. The fact that he could net longer drink himself into n stupor puzzled him. Bad whibky circulated freely among the hay stacks and bunk houses where the harvest hands were quartered, and at ruinous prices. The men clubbed to gether te buy It, and he put In hh share, only te find that it net only sickened htm, but that he had a mental inhibition agulnst it. They called him the "Dude," nnd put Inte it gradually all the class hatred of back en his period of forgetfulness with regret. At least then be Had net Known what he had lest. He wondered again what they knew. What did they think? If they believed him dead, was that net kinder than the truth? Outside of David and Lucy, 1 nnd of course Jinssett, the sole founda tion en which nny 'enroll for him had rested had been the seml-hystericnl recognition of lluttie Therwuld. But he wondered hew fnr that search had gene. Had It extended for enough te Involve David? Had the hue nnd cry died away, or were the police stiil searching for him? Could he even write te David, without Involving him in his own trouble? Fer David, fine, wonderful old David David hnd deliberately ob structed the course of justice, and wns an accessory after the fact. I'pi te that time he had drifted, unable te set a course In the fog. but newjhe could see the wny, nnd It led 1.1m back te Xeindn. He would net com cem munlcnte with David. He would go out of the lives of the old house as he had gene In, under a lie. When he sur rendered it would be ns Judsen Clark, with his lips shut tight en the years since his ebenpe. Let them think, if they would, that the curtain that had closed down ever his memory hud net lifted, and that he had picked up life ngnln where he had laid It clown. The police would get nothing from him te incriminate David. iiiiiiiaiaiaiiiBiHeiHiBiiaiHBBBBiiaiiaBBBBaaBiBiiaBiiiiiiiiiaBiiiiiiiasasaHBaMSHBsBHSjBs Full 17-Jewels tf2il and Adjusted m9NBM Sold Exclusively By WZtTK M. SIMON & CO. jf& JL There is no better KSr li(Vmchm watch for accurate FCT i- " Haslfrl iwl timekeeping; and no PWlLW2(.Ppcp I II fcjTVjr Fully guaran- HKpVn J yjj Rjljr teed in hand- wKBBJKm vV; V J J H JKF .some case. The best MIBtmw yxkjrf 2L K r a d e of silver mjjSKOBm tS KLt made. srJLf 5 rn pim QNiy STOKE I g 1 mmJ lmimcst exclusive cpEDirST Mttcr go Inside.' 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The shadow that lay ever liltn wns that he wiih leaving forever Dnvld and all that he steed for, nnd n woman. And the woman wns net Elizabeth. He cursed himself in the dark for a feel nnd a mndmnn J he cursed the In In fntuntien which rose like n demenlne possession from his early life. When thnt failed he tried te kill it by remem bering the pnssngc of time, the lentlilng she must hnvc nursed all these yenrs. lie summoned the lmnge of Eliznbeth te his nld te find it eclipsed by something Infinitely mere real nnd vital. Uevcry in her dressing-room, grotesque nnd yet lovely In her make-up ! lleverly en the mountain-trail, In her boyish riding clothes. Beverly. Probably nt thnt stnge of his recovery his mind had reacted mere quickly thnn his emotions. And bv thnt strange fnculty by which nn iden often becomes stronger in memory thnn in lt e production he found himself lift grip of n passion infinitely mere tei thnn Ills rnrllcr one. for tier. It W .... ,L. . . At.. 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