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77ie Fourjyf Hearts
A Serial ( Voulk and Romnnoe
By Virginia Van D Water
CHAPTER L.VXI
(Copyright, 1918, Star Company)
Cynthia went softly into her own
room and closed the door. She
hoped Dora was asleep and would
not hear her. She must have a few
minutes to herself in which to think !
things over.
She did not turn on the lights, but
stood at the window looking out. It
was raining hard now. and she
watched the few pedestrians in tir#
street below, their wet umbrellas
glistening in the gleam from the j
electric lamps.*"
Under ordinary circumstances, the i
sight of the falling rain would have
depressed her. Now she was filled
with a sense of exaltation. She was |
free once more. She had done a
dreaded duty, and, instead of causing;
misery, as she had feared, she had '
made another heart lighter. She and
Oerald Stewart had been on the edge
of a precipice. Her honesty had
saved them both from disaster.
She would not look ahead just yet.
For a brief period she would forget
her relatives' certain anger and cha
grin and would revel in the peace of
a duty performed, of a danger avoid- '
ed. Perhaps later— I <
"Cyn!" Dora's voice summoned her. j
"I am wide awake." i
"I thought I heard you come in,"
Dora said when Cynthia went into j
her room. Then you were so quiet ,
I thought I was wrong. Oh: Cyn. I ,
have not changed my mind about i
telling Milton—but I am scared!" ,
"You must not be," Cynthia sooth- j
ed. "When you do the right thing | ,
:t gives a wonderful feeling of re-, i
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lief, and doing it is seldom as hard
, as you think it's going to he."
I "You speak as If you had just done
some hard thing yourself." Pora said.
"I have," Cynthia rejoined.
She may as well tel'. Dora the facts
j now. Then together they coulil face
the wrath of the elders.
"What do you mean?" Dora ques
i tioned.
I Apparently she attached no signifl
l cance to Cynthia's statement. The
i truth must be put more boldly,
i "I mean," Cynthia said slowly,
j "that I have told Gerald Stewart that
I do not love him."
The room was so dark that the
i speaker could not see her compan
| ion's face plainly, but Dora s gasp
of astonishment told what a sensa-
J tion the news had. caused.
I "Yes." Cynthia hurried on. "I de
j cided that I had no right to be en
| gaged to him for an hour longer. He
thought I loved him: I thought he
loved me. Now we know that neith
er of us loves the other except as
friends."
Dora started up and clutched
Cynthia by the shoulders.' Now that
; she was m a sitting posture, the
, Jight reflected from the street be
: low showed her face very white, her
| hair much tumbled, her eyes wide
! and dark.
j "You mean—you mean" —she stam
| mered—"that your engagement is
broken!"
"Yes, I mean just that Dora, my
| dear. But if I had known that it
would upset you to hear about it, I
wouldn't have told you of it until
to-morrow. Do lie down. You will
make your head worse."
"I want to hear all about It," Dora
; insisted. "Go ahead. Tell me."
"Then lie down." Cynthia ordered.
' "There is not much to tell," she con
! tinued when her cousin had obeyed
her. sick girl's uneven breatb
i ing proved that she was still excit
ed. and Cynthia hurried on through
the recital.
"1 thought—l fancied—that Gerald ;
loved me. and that he was unhappy I
because of me. He—well—he fancied j
the same thing about me. So he!
asked nie to marry him out of pity ,
i for me. 'I accepted him out of pity
for him. I told him the truth to
night. He told me the truth. That
is all."
There was a long silence. When
Dora spoke it was in a tense, strain
ed voice.
"Cyn, I want you to do something
for me at once."
"What, dear?"
"Telephone to Milton that I must
' see him to-morrow, no matter what
! happens. Do you understand?"
! "But." Cynthia demurred, "it is
1 half-past ten. The telephone might
startle Mr. Van Saun. For all we
know, everybody may be in bed."
"Then give me my portfolio and
| some paper," Dora commanded. "I
will write to Milton. Let one of the
servants take the note to the corner
and post it at once. Milton will get
it by the first delivery in the morn
i ing. I must see him. Cyn."
But when Cynthia had switched on
the light and brought the portfolio.
Dora's hand trembled so that she
j could scarcely hold her pen.
"Cyn." she pleaded, "do write to
Milton for me! Just tell him that
I asked you to do it. You will not
I mind, will you. dear? He need not
know that you know why I want to
see him."
Without a word, Cynthia sat down
at the desk, drew a sheet of paper
toward her and wrote:
"Dear Milton —Dora has a head
ache, so is not quite equal to writ
i ing herself.
I "She has asked me to tell you that
she would like you to come to see
: her without fail to-morrow. Per
haps you can stop on your way up
I from the office in the afternoon. Let
j her know when to expect you.
| Hastily. "Cynthia."
Dora read the note handed to her.
j "Good!" she approved. "Now ad
dress the envelope, stamp it and
i have Marie run out to the corner
i with it. I want it out of the house
| before father and mother feet home."
I But Cynthia waited to add a post
; script on her own account.
| "As I do not believe in loveless
: marriage." she wrote, "Gerald and I
are no longer' engaged."
It was easier to write this to Mil
ton, she reflected, than to tell him
about it. (To Be Continued!
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THEIR MARRIED LIFE
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"She used to be a peach when I
knew her,"' remarked Warren, fing
ering the lavender envelope that he
held in his hand.
"She did," responded Helen some
what lukewarmly..
"Yes, a good looker, and the best
dressed girl anywhere in the
country," bragged Warren. "I'd
like to have her here at the house
for tea or dinner, whatever you like.
Feel as if I ought to do something
you know. She took the trouble to
look us up."
Helen choked back the remark
that it wasn't really necessary and
said instead: "Certainly, dear, but
why not ask her out somewhere?
If she's from the west she ought to
be eager to see the big hotels. A
quiet home dinner might not appeal
to her."
"Hum!" said Warren shortly
"Always trying to get out for din
ner. aren't you? But no dojjbt
you're right this time, besides
easier to entertain that way."
And so it was arranged that War
ren was to fix things over the tele
phone and that Helen was to come
down to the office that evening, so
that they could both meet Miss
Emery in some convenient place and
take her out to dinner. Helen was
no more eager than any other wo
man to entertain her husband's
former sweetheart, and Warren's
constant reiteration that the girl was
a wonder, somehow irritated her
more than she cared to admit.
A hundred times in the course of
the afternoon she changed her mind
about what she should wear, and
she finally wished desperately that
they had planned to have her at
the house to dinner rather than
take her out- Helen felt that she
would be more at ease and certain
ly at an advantage In her own
home, somehow street dress was not
so conducive to one's satisfaction of
mind as a soft informal gown with
satin slippers, and the chance to
do one's hair attractively.
Due to the fact that she changed
from her suit into a dress the last
moment Helen was late at the of
fice. She wished all the way down
that she had a nice fur piece, and
the fact made her uncomfortable, so
that when she burst into Warren's
office breathless she did not feel
her best.
"Can't you ever arrive on time?"
was Warren's greetings.
"I'm .sorry, dear, but everything
went wrong." If only he would not
take Jhat attitude tonight when she
felt so miserable, Helen thought,
wishing wildly that she had tele
phoned and said she was ill, then
Warren could have taken the won
derful Miss Emery out alone. No
doubt he would have preferred it
that way.
"Xow don't get into one of those
sullen moods," Warren said crisp
ly as they efitered the elevator.
Helen's cheeks burned. Several
people beside themselves were in the
elevator and Warren's tone was loud
enough to be overheard. She felt
shamed and humiliated.
Out in the crowded street it was
impossible to hurry to the subway,
and when they were finally cling-
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1 ing to straps Warren turned to her
angrily.
"Couldn't you have made an ef
fort to be on time tonight? We'll
be at least fifteen minutes late, and
the girl's practically a stranger.
"If you wouldn't think so much
about that girl and a little bit more '
about your wife," Helen flamed '
dramatically. She can't be so verv '
young, either."
"Jealous, eh?"
"O, Warren."
"Well, it certainly sounded that
way."
"I'm sorry I was late," said Helen
quickly anxious to make amends.
"But if she is staying in Brooklyn
perhaps she will be late, too."
"Xot a chance. Out-of-town peo
ple are always on time for appoint
ments. However. I knew you'd be
late and so I told her ten minutes
later than I said I would. As it is
we're going to keep her waiting." I
Once out of the subway, Warren !
took long strides and Helen had to
very nearly run in order to keep I
up with him, but she scorned to ask
him to walk slower.
"What's the matter?" he said !
finally, looking at her sarcasticallv, J
"can t you hurry a little bit?"
"Warren if your going to be so
utterly detestable, Im not going a
j step further," said Helen stopping'
dead and facing him. "I mean it, I
| too."
"Come on," said Warren more
good-naturedly. Don't make an 1
idiot of yourself."
Helen who had continued by his
side the moment that tone of re- '
lentment had crept into his voice,
was almost crying with vexation and I
the fact that she had been hurried |
so. Who was this girl that every- I
body must be made uncomfortable !
for her?
"Here we are," said Warren, slip- j
ping his hand under Helen's arm j
and helping her up the steps," and
here she is," as they turned into
the little reception room at the side 1
of the entrance.
Helen saw a plain almost dowdy
little woman in what was plainh' j
a last year's suit who was shaking I
hands with Warren embarrassedly, f
and was regarding Helen out of an
xious eyes. Where was this stun
ning, dignified woman Helen had I
expected to meet? She turned !
toward Warren as they walked to
the dining room and caught a
sheepishly grin on his face. It was
her moment of triumph, but she I
did not take it. Secure in the
knowledge that she had nothing to
fear in this woman's attraction.
Helen immediately set herself out to
be as entertaining as she could.
(To Be Continued)
Advice to the Lovelorn
Dear Miss Fairfax:—l am gointf
around with a 'ellow who is sixteen
and I am fifteen. Please tell me what
time you think I should come in at)
night. Of course I am not with him
all the time. We walk around the
street part of the evening. I do notl
want to be out too late for my age.
Please give me advice.—ANNA. |
Dear Anna:—Of course I know it :
is hard these warm evenings of lonm 1
twilights to remain indoors in the I
evening, and I appreciate fully the'
delights of strolling in the balmy!
summer air. But for a girl of your I
age to stroll on the streets after nine 1
o'clock is too late, as it is never per-|
missable for even older people to'
be wandering about the streets in thej
evenings. Of course your friend call |
at your home for you, and takes you j
out with your parents' permission?
If not, it is not the correct thing to I
meet him on the street, as such a
practice leads to worse and less inno- |
cent pleasures. With your mother's
permission, it is proper for you to >
entertain callers until 10 o'clock at I
your age.
Dear Miss Fairfax:—l am a mar
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ried woman and I have met a man I'
have learned to love dearly and I
know my love is returned. I nave
known him for a year and my hus
band is not what he plight to be and
he treats me very mean and is seven
years my senior. He coaxed me into
marriage with promises which he
never kept. I was only seventeen
then. He says he is going out into
the country where I will have no
company at all. and when I say any.
thing about not going he says it it
does not suit me to leave. I am not
afraid to work, as I have been sup
porting myself ever since we were
married. What would you advise me
to do?—BLUE-EYED SUSIE, UN
HAPPY WIFE.
The only thing for you to do if
your husband is unkind to you is to
try to have an understanding with
him in an effort to make him im
prove his treatment of you. If he
will not treat you with the considera
tion a wife deserves, then the only
thing you can do is to leave him. Are
you sure you have done your part?
Obviously you have been keeping
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[Vrompany with another man. Surely
[ you cannot expect very considerate
treatment from a husband whom you
; wrong by being unture to. If you
I expect your husband to be fair to
I you. be as fair to him and. give
' up the company of the other man. j
| If you must keep company with the:
other man, then free your husband
with the divorce of which you speak.
Dear Miss Fairfax:— l am a stu
! dent at a boarding school. I've taken
I a fancy to a girl who goes to this
I same school, and have been giving |
! her a fair amount of attentSon, al-j
j though I have several girl friends'
| living around or near my home]
j whom I call on quite frequently and
i correspond with regularly. Should
: I continue t<# give this giri my atten
! tion until school closes and through
vacation, as she lives reasonably near
my home, or should- I drop her and
give more attention to the girls
whom I have been going with while
at home? —Sincerely, J. J. M.
Your best plan would be to treat
all the girls alike, as I judge from
the tone of your letter that you have
no intention of getting married. I
doubt even if you are old enough for
that. You will always find it a good
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sideration, being friendly to all ?.nd
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