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SJB approached her bugbear, exam.
Mnilv Things that Jenny (who was
Sfi talent) shrugged tan M
r ami conjured away with a smile
5 object, against which Nancy flung
Sfteperitdy-wlth the same men
5i that which the athlete
uJM physically when, believing he Is
SS at substances, he hits nothing
"ffld net matter at all that she was
tern comedienne; every Instinct In
te rose up In pretest against the comic
tue which she adorned. She had set
te coal high, the classic opera : and she
Udtene toward It, body and soul. She
m no Atalanta, te b tricked by
Hldtn apples. She was only twenty.
Bat abt If Nancy magnified her disap
pointments nine diameters, ae would
ki minify the objects of her love.
m. .m n knock en the deer.
'incy rose and answered it, silently.
j,anr.teppcd within. , . .
VUflt Ore JWU uviu up v w
Kincji" Jenny cried, her hands flying
tjhtr threat nt the sight of Jeremiah's
nil, battered face.
"Ob, Jenny, they came out of the
Mr. four of them. They nearly killed
Mm!"" . . ,.
Jtnny ran te the lounge and knelt.
Aienr pinched her heart.
"Tn1 alley?" she sold. "He was
annul yankln me past 'em. I thought
i. . fait. An' ke they cot him !
Bat way? What's he done? What did
na de?" fiercely,
"f fried te heln him. Loek at my
lip. But he isn't a boy, Jenny ; he's
I Din.
"Just find that out?" said Jenny,
tely.
.Fer a moment blue eyes and hnsel
duned; but it was metal against metal,
tttn was nothing within te be seem
tilth from the patient broke the tab
tan. for which blue cje und hazel were
mtfful. The two young women leaned
forward expectantly; but there was no
nenrrence at that time.
"Is he badly hurt?"
"The surseen next deer says he'll
i all right In the morning ; but he
aeit keep still for n couple of days."
"Hew jeu come t get struck?"
"I Irleil In null nnn nf tlutm nnrnv.
Helitriick me, and I rnn for help."
"Geed girl! But if I'd 'a' been
there!"
"And what could you have done that
I tilled te de?" with a shade of tniru.
lince.
'I'd killed a couple with my hat-
f.:,
"Hatpins?"
"Sure. A woman rnn bust nn rlnr
with a ceupla hatpins. I've told you
tut a hundred times. But alleys!
8entthln' 's gein en here that you an'
Qliln't wise about, Nancy."
jenny, fcntlln nnn tu rhrnnfAnlni hla
lift He's been bnbbllne u little
''Somebody tryln f kill him? What
let? What's th' boy done?"
. den t knew ; hut he npeke of
iiiu onuie aim murder uul sua
d"tb, and I don't knew what else."
nay, mat peer kit wouldn't hurt
Or, Nancy."
0 Said he Would? Hnmn nn
w
watt te hurt him ; and he doesn't knew
"v, timer, trem what I gathered."
All at OnCft Kfinrv lrnAm l,e TM
But be get out of the room. If Jerry
MWItd iga hi about love, it would make
wuuiien nil aretmd. It would net be
- . i any one ei tne tiiree.
Jenny, what did lm de te you thnt
te.MZMrry ,for?J Sl, 8het "" belt
Wimbarrass htr friend.
ir...i . , " K"w Kid stun.
Z ill '' lene il- ! h" didn't
hewii' .V .;i,,n' iW'Int mind,
?n IK, '" .?. . W nin't
t.U K .1 ri!'"8 l;"tln M.methlng."
ut hew te lr rri Ply trji" te sure
"5. He In.,1',8'1".,'.0" '. L.btijr lob-
ever anythin' i.,n,. ' .wniters put
.'snLL' fJ'. .twad.". .
M. cun. '''-"iu his own home,
"I rtA.u " let,"'"e te town."
i nearly every,, Z ,"'" .
" U up. iift: , , J"" " we iictter
leek.. A'. .."OS t l' klll.l .I....MI ..,i
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Ojjj. Put up?- Mkw j-s
J,'bTdV'nffJr,W!1 I don't see
-." c aream h ... ,u ,n,ri '"m
&' ?t behind hin" if btre"K' n
?! ""Bht fascfe " "'7 fault.
"n men fieiit C ' we! 1 1 never
KS h,m A" Lu(?0 l"ebahy I'd I'ave
Sf.c rly In th. I'.0 H iind cemu
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patient, but covertly each ether, until
the window shades whitened In the
breaking dawn.
Bancroft's first sensation that he
could recollect wns of the sea. He
was far down ; hardly any light above.
He saw strange fish, sunken ships and
ironbound treasure chests, half burled
in tire sand. He vaguely wondered if he
could ever And the place again. Science
spoke of terrific pressures at this depth,
but he suffered no particular discom
fort ; except that his hend wasn't exact
ly between his shoulders. He tried te
raise his hands te rectify the mistake,
and couldn't. That was odd, for he
had no difficulty wntklne ever the wlm.
pled sand.- By and by it occurred' te him
tnac tie nail better be getting out ; some
of the fish began te assume threatening
aspect. Se, kicking out lustily against
the resistant sand, he began te rise;
slowly at first, then with increasing
rapidity (due probably te pressures),
until he fairly shot out of the water
into 'his own bed, his own room,
bis wrist held by n strange elderly man,
nnd beyond the footboard Nancy and
Jenny, with tense expressions en their
faces !
"M-m-m!" he said, meaning that his
bead still required boric readjustment.
"Back te earth, ch?" said the elderly
man, rising, "leu krep your bed to
day, young man, nnd the h6use to
morrow.. Yeu just escaped going te
the hospital, with Nip nnd Tuck for
your doctors. He's in your hands new,
yeurig ladles. Just n leek in once in n
while. After h few mero advisory
comments, the neighborly surgeon tools
himself off.
"Well, well!" said Jenny banter-
ingly. te cover un 1ii rnl Inf. "MMln
e1'. Deug Fairbanks in th' Wlmchnma-
cant I leu peer nut, why didn't you
run, with home en'y ten steps eff?f'
"I did think Of it. when It w tnn
lntc," answered the culprit, with pain
ful slowness. Jcnnv's outline was
rather blurred. "Maybe I ate tee much
turkey."
"You're net te talk," Interposed
Nancy. Turkey Trnlff!
The bitter ashes she must this dny
tnstel "Would you like Line Foe for
company?"
-yes. But there's one thing
I want te knew."
"What?"
"Who pushed the Woolworth
. ... evpr en mc?" bis geed eye
twinkling.
Jenny laughed. "It's nil right.
homebody pushed It back se you
wouldn't knew it'd been Ktlrred. New
can th chatter. We're coin' t' set you
a bite t eat."
"My land! but I don't want any
thing te eat!"
"Well, you're coin t' 1n' th' mm "
Jenny declnred emphatically. "Th
doe turned you ever t us."
"I'm sorry," he said, speaking te
Nancy.
"l-'or what?"
"Fer turning te fight, when I had
time te run. But something boiled up
In me with this result."
"We're nil here, se don't worry.
We'll be back nt nlne. Cnmn n1nn
Jenny."
in the hull the two clrls nansed nnd
stared solemnly Inte each ether's eyes,
and shook their heads.
"A dacecr. in th' Menrtnmh InaMn
his room!"
Somebody with keys! I'm rind the
surgeon did net tee it. But what are
we celne te de. .lennv? Thla In nn
joke; he is in dancer, if some one can
get into nis room as easily as this."
"We'll make him trail with us nt
night; nobody will trouble him In th'
daylight. But I'm coin' te ask him
wuy."
"We Mustn't Let Him Suspect!"
"And the next merninc find him gene,
for fenr he might drag us into it ! Ne;
we must net let him suspect. But it's
maddening! Who could want te hurt
him?" ,
"Search me," said Jenny, hearing
or Imagining she heard a new note of
tenderness In Nancy's voice. "Better
get th Bwellin' out e' these lips, or
you'll have trouble tonight. Whnt'U
we civc nira f ent?"
"Cocea; he won't care te chew any
thing." Jenny laughed nt that.
"I see nothing te laugh nt," said
Nancy, bridling.
"It sounded funny, though. But I
wish I'd 'a' been there with my hat
pins!" vindictively. "In two minutes
I'd busted up thet fight, believe me!"
"And I didn't have the brnins te
think of it!"
"Aw!" said Jenny, as slip put out
her arms. "What you did was braver
than I'd 'a' done. Yeu plied in bare
handed. Yeu peer kid!"
They steed tenderly enibrnced for a
minute, loving nnd deiiMlng, and
ashamed of their doubts. Nancy doubt
ed as te the true merits of that stolen
kiss. (Net that it really mattered!)
And Jenny wns hesitant te believe that
Nancy had been frnnk about Jeremiah's
bnbbling. But Jenny would always be
first te recover from a sentimental wave.
"Th" Twe Orphans." she said. "All
we need 'a a little paper rnmlti' down
nn th' orchestra gein' piuk-a-punk.
Yeu mnke n ceupla pieces of twist an'
I'll see t' th' cocoa. We'll show 'em.
You've never nursed nnythin' but
grudges; but we'll have this Jeremiah
uptiduddy in jig-timn. Say!" push
ing free of the embrace. "I was al
ways guyin' him when I called him
Jeremiah: but new. darn it. it sounds
llke a reg'lar name. Huh? Jeremiah
clever an hay nn' nil that, stuff we
never saw except through car windows.
Y' knew, that's been th' trouble with
jeu an' me: we never had anythin t'
fuss ever. Your Daddy Bewman was
nlwnys fusslu' ever you. He was that
crazy about you, I don't think he ever
wanted t' find your folks."
"He wns tee honest te de that."
"Sure. But leve'u funny thing."
"What de you ..." Nancy breke
the Inquiry in two, realizing that it was
nt ence unkind and dangerous.
But Jenny wns quick. "Whnt de I
knew about It? Since ou nsk me,
quitn a let. Se I wear extra hatpins.
I'll have th' cocoa gein' jn two shukes,"
she said, turning tewnrn her deer.
. "You're n better girl than I nm."
"What n noise, what a noise!"
Bancroft studied the walls. Twe het
thumbs seemed te be pressing down
against his eyeballs, tie could net
brenthe comfortably through his puffed
nose. There was an abiding sense, of
neusca, tee, nnd he was sure the Imp
dnge kept his feel head from bursting.
Se the Oreat Adventure Company had
begun action? But why hadn't they
killed him? Suddenly he renllzed, as
nil the old questions came clamoring
back for answers, thnt he had n horror
of death, te die without knowing what
it wan nil about! Never te knew
whether it was the Enchanted Helmet
of Mnmbrlnn or the Barber's Basin!
whether his father was n true man or a
false! Se he must hang en tn this life
of his; no mere venturing ngnlnst
nneiitiiil odds. Still, he had en loved
himself up te the moment the Woolworth
Unit (alien ever en nun. no rnucKieu:
Hew easily he fell Inte Jenny's lingo I
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