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Whole Hearts and a
Shattered Car
By . Irving King
IT WAS a tlnrk, stormy night; tlie
wind swept in fierce Riits nletiR tlie
barren hill-Ides nnd mourned tli rough
the lcnfless tree-), clrlvinR before it
sheets of pouring rain, ns n belitnr.v car
might hnc been wen n.nkins ltn 'ill 'ill
etis way alone the deerteil ceunli.v
read at the wheel of the term-tn-ed
Vehicle, his face set in erlm determi
nation, was n jen n.nn of nbeiti
twenty-five. Lene ,piun of hnrd -erUce
lmd left the machine much illliinl'lntetl :
It wis net at nil the wirt of car
that ought te lme been taken abroad
in such a nit'ht. The object of Inuik
lin Madlnn'i nocturnal expedition
was one of erlmi Impert it was te
pay e(T tlie n.ertsnse en the old home.
The holder of the mertKiiRO en
Franklin old home wax n chum of
1'rankllnN about Ins own ape, n jeuth
jmsses'-ed of much mene who spent
his summer-) with an uncle in Middle
town. When riankllu had Inherited the
farm nnd the Hertenso he found that
his father had been paying -even pet
cent Interest and mentioned the fact
te his friend .Martin Fairbanks.
"OutiaKeeus." -aid Mnitiu. "1'nv the
nld thief off. I'll lend eii the money
.te de It nnd take a mortgage from tni
or the amount at five per cent." And
e It was done.
' The mertpice fell due en December
eighth and Franklin, new being In n
position te de mi. winted te take it
up. Se he wrote te Martin, who was
leading the sin pie life along the Great
.Whit" Way. asking him te empower
'.-enie one In Middletown as his attorney
te dUcharae tlie obligation. Te Frank
lin's surprise, for Martin seldom Us
ited Middletown in the winter, he re
ceived a reply Mixing that important
business called Martin te that place mi
December S. and if Franklin would
jlrhe down from the farm en that date
they could de buMiie- lint be Martin I
;would net arrlxe until right o'clock in
'the evening and would have but a i
few minutes te -pure. This sounded
'rather curious, hut Franklin, anxieus5
te get the mortgage out of tlie way.
started for Middletown en the evening
specified, regiudle-s of tlie howling
"storm and frailty of his Hlver. lie
:had advanced as f.ir as the eut-ktrt.s
'of the town. Then jti-t where the
toad d-'-ceuds tin- lull, tlie might-have-been-expected
happened. A branch, tern
from a tiee hi tlie gale, struck his
windshield, smashing it and mining Mix.
about the head and face, lie le-t con
trol of the wheel for a second, the car
shied te a roadside ditch and turned
ever with an exploding tire nnd a
broken axle.
Franklin cnwlcd from under the
tvreck, bleeding piefu-elv but net
.otherwise much injured some contu
sions and sprains and a slight internal
shake-up. As Franklin cleared the mo
mentary daze fieii. hi- mind he saw
.that lie lmd been w reeked In front of
n trim wnite 1ieiim. the light-sttenm- '
:lne windows of which gave premise I
of help, nrnic.i nnd -ticking pla-ter.
Tie knew the place well: It was the
home of prosperous Sil i Merriweather,
Middlctewn's hardware merchant, who
possessed, ntneng ether geed thing-,
n daughter Millie, n charming creature
about rranklin'- own age and. as her
father said, as "Mi.art as a keg of ten
'penny nails."
Franklin knocked at the deer, which
was pre-entlv opened by Millie, and lie
Maggcred into the hall. Millie did net
fnlnt at the gory spectacle -he was
net of the fainting kind; but -he
screamed n screech which breusht the
re-t of the family running. They get
"Franklin Inte the sitting room, onto
n sofa and Mr-. Merriweather and
Millie went te work en him with warm
water, peroxide of ludregen and court -piaster,
while Sibi- Merriwenthcr tele
phoned for the doctor and the patient
di-eeiir-ed disfeltitedly of wrecked "ar
nnd lljing limb-. Frank'in was renll
sorry when the ministrations of his
"nu.ntcur surgeons were ever; mi soft
and plen-ing had been the touch of
Millie's fingers, se cle-e her tempting
lip s had come te his as .-lis searched for
overlooked abra-iens.
Franklin had long looked longingly
nt Millie Merriweather and had net
been mistaken In thinking that Millie
was net entirely indiffeient te him.
Hut between Franklin and Millie was
nn intervening eb-tacle in the person
of Careline Sig-by, it sprightly and
comely eung lady of the town, with
well-to-de tiarents nnd a Umeing for
the geed, tlie beautiful and the true,
Careline and Finnklin weie net tor ter
Jnallv eiigaged, but it was an under
stood thing that thej were te be mar
ried as -een ns Franklin get en his
feet, as the saving is. L'he two jeung
. -jieople had drifted into thi- ixisitlen
ft drift which Finnklin had net re
gretted until he had cen.e te knew and
appreciate Millie. Then lie secretly
kicked him-elf for net having takrn te
bis our- in time New it was tee lnte.
"IJIe-s me I" suddenly cried Franklin.
-In whom the piesence of Millie hud
dulled nil sen-e of the tligbt of time.
'"It's after tune o'clock. I must try te
get downtown "
.Tu-t then the telephone bell rang
Millie answered it and this . what
she heard etr the wire; "Is this ou,
Millie? This is Careline. I e Mich a
mirprise for jeu. Martin Fairbanks nnd
I have just been niarnnl. Onlj the
immediate famih present We n.n'de up
our minds cr suddenly and decided
te hnxe the wedding erj unlet, en ac
count of eh, jeu knew that -ort of
understanding between Franklin Masen
.nnd me. I am afraid Franklin will de
.something desperate when he hears.
:Martln and I are leaving for New Yerk
.nn the 0,30 trnin. Franklin was te
bare been down te n nit Martin thl'i
cning, but if stem.ed -n he didn't
come and fe Martin was fertunnteh
.snared the nainful dutv of telling him
what we were going te de. Oh. Millie,
dear, jeu nre my dealest friend, and it
Is te ou L intrust the tncn-d duty of
breiking tlie snd "ricws te Franklin.
1'oer boy, I knew his heart will be
forever broken. Itrenk It te him gently
won't jeu. Millie dear?"
Millie premised, hung up tlie receiver
nnd whirling nheut In her chair re
pented Careline's message word for
word, watching Franklin's face intently
the while. Franklin looked a little
Mustered, jierlinps a little piqued, but
by no means broken-hearted. In fact
nfter telephoning te Martin's uncle and
finding that Martin hnd left with him
n power of attorney te net in tlie mat
ter of the mortgage, the young mnn
gave evidence of being In a highly sat
isfied, even clecful frame of mind. lie
nnd Millie were married in June nnd
l-rnuklln Is new one of the largest
fruit growers In New Emrlnml. Mr.
and Mrs. Franklin visit the Mndisens
every summer. Careline will believe te
her djlng day that Franklin married
Millie in a tit of wIM flinirntnii nml
despair at tlie less of herself.
The Wonderful Rush
of Business at
Wanamaker's
causes an extraordinary necessity for a great increase
in the store's selling and service forces. .
This means that there are hundreds of well-paid
places te fill at once.
Even if you are net experienced you may like te
"put in" a couple of weeks in a pleasant occupation te
earn extra Christmas money.
Call today and tomorrow at the Wanamaker
Employment Office.
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