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fcf Subconscious Courtship
A medtrn wenwn'i xtraenttnary eAm (e keep eaitert from inttrfkf
tng wtth her life It told in thii faiclnatlng nevt
By BERT A RUCK
Auther of "The Wrong Mr. Wright," "The Arrant never," Mtt.
Copyright, tttt, DedU, Mead d Ce-
The Tension Lifted
i ND ee te the Inst bang of nil, nnd
Atlielast "set"; the fiery oiitllne thnt
jrc,v Itself ns n young fnce mammoth
,,( under tbe gigantic guard's enp
! "A n n ehl"
jnilanil's Idel flamed in fire against the
tltht.
Vh. flume died down nt last, nnd the
tut of tbe shouting. The tension lifted.
IT. h massed mints wen n movement
,s of n swarm thnt starts te rcasscra-
MVew we're for Itl" muttered Car
michael, as bunds wrr laid en .their
Mint, ami """' " -i'i- "- -"
t forward, Ilcnty, nnd hang en. This
f. .in he muin Jam."
,r; r-fhe voices "Mind ye.it flngrw!
! fLoek out there, plcase Thnnk you
Carefully mere, sir - - - nanus,
fc.ndi! Yeu can't go quicker than
fhfl rest of us Loek out there, if
teu please, b r ' ' I fT. it is im-
X te'we anything in this
""Frightfully terry: it is the people
behind !" a volce would apologize ns tbe
Sew of the punt climbing the counter
f n craft nhead took somebody In the
Jlhew or the back. Forty ynrds awny,
i tlngle launch, with portholes glowing
mil a banjo strumming "Aviilen,"
Mined n lleratlus keeping Henley
Uritlge nguinst a whele river army of
tbe night.
An,i killl ther enme. the punts; still
jfiiey came nnd pressed.
ThIS Was IIIC IIJUllKIlk mill mew eim
iwldenly nt thnt Instant te Harry Cur
mlchnel. "(!ed help anybody If they
managed te fnll overboard in that
wc1.'" for be knew I here wouldn't be
a d"s's chance for nny en te whom
thnt awful thing should happen.
.Tttst ns the lie ilecx oleso ever the
hrnd of the 'iloeiucil swimmer who gees
tliriiugb, exactly se would these punf)
clee aboe tbe bend of nny ene in the
nitnr. Net n ileg'H cliance. Itn
.nffiinirlv :iftcr thnt thought lind struck
Mm. mine llie ecnt "f which (but
thought niny huxc been the cast shadow.
I'ririnielmel. slttltis nft nnd busily
.fenilinir off tliis punt, or thnt. felt his
win craft dip a little by tbe ntern.
iip.ivitv Imleii ns she wns with the para-
iiiiernn'liii of three men. she could net.
nfferil te take in water. Her skipper
turned and called out te the punt that
mounted them from bcuimi: "'iiti
Steady !" he bheuted.
Tint Ids warning wns left In a mere
Trll'iing cr,v . i 11,1 iimi. iiuum, i'i
te tlicir feet in the surrounding punts.
ii though suddenly u human hedge hed
ipning up in nu Instant.
'Hint cry rang eut: "Mop, neuimi
there! Don't push! Step, for (.Sed's;
f,ikn &omeledy' oxerbenid !"
"flood Lord." exclaimed Carmirhnel,
en hit feet with the rest, "where?" he
ibnuted.
Twe punts nwny, en his starboard
quarter, came shrill cries for help. The
tide of the punt was heard te crack llke
a child's te. Ulack ngninst the clear
Inir sky loomed the figure of n power
fully built man xshe set his feet against
It nutl thrust for all he wns worth. In
ileml nlnrm a xolce cried: "Don't have
'A uk nil In!"
unrry armienaei nerer neani inai
kit cry, for iu the punt where all the
commotion wns somebody hnd called out
a iinmc, n name he knew.
"Clecr!- It Is Clever!" And, while
tho-e In front struggled te stem that
prs, these behind maintained their
rflentlfss udvancc.
Clever! This was bow he was te
find her, wns it
There wns net n deg'n chance.
The punts would rlose ever her!
Oicr Clever!
New Harry Cnrmicbacl femetimes
thought se quickly that be didn't knew
h" was thinking nt nil. In that one
Instant of time he knew whnt was
minted te be done te step this threaten
ing horror. He wanted space.
And as be knew this, te be Knew
x hat te de.
' Stand by, you fellows." be called te
" llrten and Heiity. "Loek out ler
jenr.lve ! I am going te unk u-.
And with bw arm and tbeulder thrust
under the bow of the punt that bad
eer-rIddci them be nt his own Inden
punt nicking
"Readv there, te tnke the water!
Qulehl I" be Minuted toward the scene
of tlic accident. "I 11111 coming nbeard
eii, nr," te the MrntiBcr in llie tnter
X'ning punt "Loek out, mer.bedy.
New'" There xmih ri. mighty heaving ,
in the pack of punts, a rucking nnd'
(UlglillR. I
'I hen, hcre the campera' punt had!
been, thcie una 11 npnee of axirllng
voter in which the serpentine lellec-
ner.x of the InntcriiH knped nnd curled, 1
111 uhlrh fitinnil mi riiilRl rnti.liril nrm I
appealed.
Mlek, before, the) 're en us ngnin!"
lei Ilnrry Cnrmichnel. "Quick,
'una pa .,s en the siuee! Parr it en
He siirnnt: across tlie tr.'lllcer' mint
te uhere the leuming liguie of Jim lielt
"as nnxlng.
"Het her?" gasped C'armlchnel.
"I think- - Heic. t'lner, haven't
j en get "
Let me come. L t me -"
line the slewlx widcnins. inn iiie
sup uf cle.ired water ('uriiiichiiel tin ut t
bli arm, )i8tiii); it l)cncatli tlu arm 1
of the franileallv Mrugullng girl iu the
rlrr. Anether arm, 11 Mrnngrr'H arm
ppenrid from heinewlierc, A quurter
f 11 minute, iiud, diippin; nud gnhpiug,
I'luxcr lay across th platform of two
.jiuuih, iiKe a (iiuwniiig melli Iu Her
Ben n V. i,V- i ' h
'h?,?. " L1,".?",-...... , .....
-.... n 1 i ' "".' ' '"; iiw...i
sunwalc ngiun. Once meie the plinth
k'.fiiii(d one solid raft between the water
nnu nu niKht sky.
"nly one punt, xith roeking stove,
krttles, blaiikctti nnd camp eijiiipineiit
eeillpli'te, ,iy 111 the bottom of the
liner Tliaines,
At the bottom of the Thames, tee,
ultli lli.it punt, lay the whole of lilVn
Jj'btenlny nu it concerned Ma ler llnrrv
armiehael. Meantime, that with
which he had te cope was net yet life's
tomorrow, but thin evening.
. lie inn de up bin mind nbeut thnt dur
ing the journey te the Holts' houseboat,
n Journey that became swifter nnd
T nkier the further nwnv thej drew from
lie bridge. Cnrmichnel wiih sitting nft
ijh some people who tlie?e were he
neither knew nor cared.
Hiej had put CIewt ferwnrd, mutlled
up in riiKs and wraps.
1 win puss ever the talk iu the punt.
He chut of bow Clever had overbalanced
iniseii, suddenly rising when nobedj
t ' '"i 11, 10 ioek at hOiiiPining.
' niiuicluiPl lirard neiie of tliene thiiigH,
was conseieiiH of nope of tlm gentle
fusing, nnj. ff tmt 8ew of lrfl, ,
"ie ncari
At Inst, at Inn
emiiiK nKbt.
hiH things wcie
Mere, serpeutiiiiiu; down ill l'ie water
iwere til, e(. 1 (.(lectiens of n liuil.stliimt.
IlKhtrd up f
le enme te hlnifelf te icnlie tlmt the
nity w, nppreiieliiiig the Holts'
.liousebeiit, Clevrr'H houseboat. There
- 11 uiikiie et, dibcmbuiklug. lie steed
A Country Meuse
in Gay, Wicked Londen
la it any wonder te vein, un
trained Jean's head teat turnedt
That ha courted the ditappreval
of her handteme young guardian,
Rotin O'Ncll, by contorting with
the fortune-hunting Oavin, or the
gambling fiend, Hymentt
Or that ehe risked love ittclf
at the gaming table?
Begin te read this romance of
tangled love and society intrigue
RUUY AYRES'
'A Man of His Werd
TUESDAY ON THIS PAGE
On the llttle Inmllne-stBie. after the
women bad hurried in toward bed and
blankets the bewrnpped Clever, be atiU
Steed nnlrln. Ifn truii-lipd !TnH' ni-m.
"I'll say goed-nlght," he told him.
Ne. thanks awfully. I am net cemlna
In."
"Net coming in?" echoed thi loud
nnd scandalized voice of the Eternal
Tim. "Man alive! nren't you going
te step for half n second te see Clever?"
And Uescmary's lever stared through
the summer darknesi tewnrd Cnrmi
chnel, thin weird fellow who get mar
ried te girls and then left them te Ute
by ihemselvea!
Tite Bacheler Goed-nlght
"Ne. She xvlll understand," he rn
turned firmly nnd finally. "Loek here,
you tell her I'm: get two fellows I'm
putting up in that punt of mine. I've
get te cellrct them nt the Red Lien
and leek after them "
"My dear cbnp! Of course! Bring
them here tee!"
"Ne, thanks awfully, I won't de that.
Pleusc tell (.'loter for me that I get her
letter nnd thnt I shall be round te re
her bright nnd early, the first thing
iu the iT.ernlng. Hnve veu get that?"
Tim Ktcrnnl .Tim hnd get that.
"Slie'll understand." Mild Cnrmichnel
again quietly. "I j;et her letter nil
right, nnd I thnll come tirtt thing In
the morning. (Soed-nlght Jim."
He turned quickly about and pre
pared te walk back the towpath into
Henley.
Behind him came pattering footstep.
A girl's volce gasped. "Ilnrrvl
Harry""
j ie turned. v
Sandal put a hand en his sleeve.
"She doesn't knew tbev don't knew.
T rushed out after you. I had te come,"
came breathlessly freu. tbe flaneur.
"Wanted te tell you."
"What?"
She took a breath and went en: "In
ense xeu didn't knew ! In ense you came
round se 'bright nnd cnrlv' tnnt nene
of us nre up. It's the Inst one down
stream. (,'leu-r'H window, I menn."
f'nrniiehacl took the child's hnnds nnd
gripped them warmly. "I say, that's
nw fully sweet of you-." He gave a llt llt
teo Inugh In the darkness. ''The first
time I nav you. Rnndal. I thought you
were the n.est most detestable little Dally
.Mirror enrtoen minx I'd cx-er struck.
Hut you've a wen.an, (Soed-nlgbl, my
denr."
"Geed-night, nttrnctlve Duck."'
Through the cool dark he trod"
back beside the river te the lamps
and the curtalttn of the "Red Lien."
Here were Hcnty and O'Brien; here,
tee, was Peter: who. lest again, hnd
been run te earth in the sitrnelman's
box. Here were the goed-nigbt pipes
enu wnisKies in tne lounge. and
the talk of his bachelor friends ever the
event of that day. Net Carmlchael's
event at all. but the news item that had
plunged the entire British Empire fas
well as the xxtiole tne 1-rencn KepuDiic)
into gloom.
The just-Hnneunced defeat of Geerges
Cerpentler!
"Anyhow, nobody can sny he didn't
put up a ipngnltieient tight for it." Car
mirhnel broke into the discussion, nu
though nothing cite of note bad occurred
lnce lunch time ' 1'hey talked of
i In, lit.lit fni kiii n minittpa hnferA
tO'i;n..i nkpd politely if Mrs. Cnr-
mlchnel were nil ricbt.
"1'erfeetly, tlinnlt 011," snid her bus
bntid, that Ilrlten fe typically Rritlsb,
nf tlmt rprn 1 1t ii r lives its life in Mich
tr1inblv water-tight cempnrtmaitii
Through bin nuMiner new there lenkd
out nothing nt nil of nil that seethed in
mother part of him miii'l. let tli cur
rent of amity flowing between bim and
O'Hrlen told the younger man that all
nn, new, perfectly right wltb bin
friend.
itheut n glance or a word the
message tame back thai O'Brien e
dashed glad
Caru.H'hnel continued aleud: "But
I say, I'm most frightfully sorry about
landing jour kltbigs nnd gear te the
bottom of the river! Dlrn't tve
,'uil else there was te be done "
"M dear fellow, 1 should think
net- "
"V( eucht te be able te get the.M
bnel In some iert of tnte, exen If the
limit 1 Irirdlv worth troubling nbeut."
Chei ns ef: "Ob. that's quite nil
right."
"Then . "Weil, I think I'm going te
111 n 111 nw, Cnrmichnel." Knocking
out of piprs against hcirth stene.i.
"Thanks for 11 most enjoyable Yen
rather! See j oil In town some tine
during the week, I suppose."
"Si-s, or 11 bit later, I'll ilng 3011 up
us neon n1) we're back," Caimlchael
said with the faintest possible stress
ilie pronoun, "(ioed-niglit, Hcnt.v
ililniseit tlic Heur tun very early hour!
-"! which he wished 10 awaken: nnd
,e fel inie a deep nml imimcw .seep,
1 ' '
Aubadn
Hix-lificpii next morning found bim
again en the ner.
The Nticiiin was lil;e a sheet of dim
med ghi" Hardly the tiny splnsb of
a xe'e rame tlireugh the thinning haze.
I'ar-eiT there was 11 faint crewing of
cocks Cleso te Carmlchael, nothing
i but ibe sound of bin ears, their glitter
nml sett nipping, unci tne iinuiiiating
silver of IiIh wake. Net a sign of llf
from tlm ether cnmplng-nunts that he
passed by the islands i nobody stirring!
Probably exerjhedv hud been up Inte the
night before nt dunces, or imprexlsed
smoking concerts, at the roundabouts,
ut "rags" of every iwt. They were
therefore tnking it ensy this morning
and would sleep Inte.
But it wns Unrry Carmichael'n wed
ding morning. Ills wedding morning!
lie iiieiignt et nneuier "wen
1 dim;" merning: that en February the
feiiittent?) of this same, thin unhcllev
nhle tour, jle theuclit of that recen
lien. He alie thought of thnt hotel iu
I'm is.
lie laughed!
I'resintly, glniicing exer bis shoulder,
im siiu (lint houseboat, loekinir like a
giant long drawn iu chalk en a plant's
hluie of palest gray.
I She was there.
! Last iiiglit. nn be strode along the
1 1... .11111I1 under the stars, he had re
membered countless tblngi he was going
te say te her.
CONTINUED MONDAY
PUBLIC LEDGER PHILADELPHIA? SATURDAY,
THE GUMPS It Leeks Like a Big Night
A,. .. ... TX i vm.T? VOU 60NC
IWG. MlfcOHS Wt ( sr.0, ec ME OVT
XO rVN GON& TO SPWt
SOMEBODY'S STENOGFer Her Tongue
Dearie , I ew'r Set ever hew
AJICE VOU VAJEPETO MB OA
CHRISTMAS. THAT WAS SUCH
A BEAUTIFUL BAR PI Al HOU
GAVE. Mf
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A DARUWS!
The Yeung Lady Acres the Way
The young lady acrese the way
Bays her father believes In giving
her a liberal rduentien and ?hc
guesses she has ns lnrge nn allow
ance an nny girl In her class or in
the whele school, for that matter.
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