THE HEART BREAKER
A REAL AMERICAN LOVE STORY
Hr VIRGINIA TERHINE VAX HE WATER
CHAPTER
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•ttom Chandler was as good as his
NT"- Within a fortnight after the
hiited States had declared war he
ad enlisted.
The morning and evening papers
anted Thomas Chandler, the son
f the town's popular physician, as
mong the first of the Fairlands
oung men to offer to fight for the
ause of righteousness.
Mildred read the announcement
nth mingled feelings.
It was the noon hour and she had
unched and returned to Mr. Hil
on's office in timfc to look over
he paper before she started to
rork again.
The paragraph thrilled her. Tom
eemed suddenly to have acquired a
ew dignity. She wished that he
ad still been her devoted slave
rhen he took this important step,
f so, she would have shone by re
ected glory. As it was, he and she
lad parted in anger. She could
ot even have the pleasure of wish
fig him good luck or of correspond
ng with him.
She regretted that she had qtiar
elled with Tom. Since he was go
ng away so soon she might have
verlookcd the scene on the train,
le had been drinking and was not
esponsible for what lie did. Now
hat he was joining the army he
rould have no opportunity to drink,
'he new life would probably re
orm him. He would return a
ero—and he and she were not on
riendly terms! She would never
ave the joyous excitement of re
civing attention from him.
Unless she chose to htiry the
he hatchet and write to Tom before
e left. Yet. because she was en
aged to Arthur, Tom would cer
ainlv care little about her. Shu
ad been very foolish to tell him of
er engagement.
She began to muse on how dif
erently she could have behaved
n the night of Tom's last call,
he might have been polite to him.
ccepted his apology for the way
e had spoken over the telephone,
nd granted hint permission to
ome again soon.
It would have been an easy thing
ailing that evening, that she had
o explain to hint that Bruce was
ailing that evening, that she had
ranted htm permission before
ecelvlng Tont's message. This
tould only have proved to hint
hat he was not her sole admirer,
t would have committed her to
othing. Yes. she wished that she
tad been sensible and kept her
entper to herself.
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The thought of Arthur was very
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WEDNESDAY EVENING.
I tame and unstimulating as she re
flected on what might have been,
i Arthur was such a humdrum, safe
kind of man—content to settle down
j and peg away at his father's busi
ness, Why under the sun could he
! not enlist, too?
The question lingered in her
1 mind all the afternoon, and her re
sentment at the tui n of events was
I 1 increased rather than lessened by
a bit of information that Mr. Hilton
imparted to her just before she left
, the office.
"By the way, Miss Mildred," he re
marked as she gave hirft a handful
of letters she had typed, "you met
my nephew, Harold Hilton, did you
not?"
"Oh. yes," she replied. "X met
him several times. You introduced
us.
"So T did! Well, you will be In
terested in hearing that we may have
just bad news of him. He has been
; wounded."
"Oh. liow dreadful!" she exclaimed
Mr. Hilton smiled. "I doubt if
Harold thinks that. He was wound
ed. has been operated on and Is in
I a hurry to get back at the front
We are proud of the lad."
A Nice Thought
"I should think you would be."
I she rejoined. There was a note of
I wist fulness in her voice. "I won
| der." hesitatingly, "if it would bej
tall right and proper for me to .send I
1 him- a little note of sympathy—
i just to tell him that I think he lias
i been very fine "
"Indeed, it would be all right, i
and most kind on your part," herj
employer assured lier. "I know
1 Harold, well enough to say that it
would please him tremendously."
'"I have not his address." she
' said.
j She did not intimate to the tin
; cle that she and his nephew had
ever carried on a correspondence.
"Wait, and I will give it to you,"
the older man suggested,
i She lingered near liis desk while
! lie wrote out the address. She- rend
jit when he handed it to her. won
dering secretly what "B. E. F."
meant. Could it he something
I about British Engineers? But she
would not show her ignorance by
.asking. Instead, she thanked the
, elderly man and started on Jier way
' home.
Arthur was coming to call to
l night: The prospect bored and de
j pressed her. She would much ratli
; er spend the evening writing to
| Harold Hilton.
' For Harold had been wounded'
She shuddered as she thought of
his handsome young body shot
down and lying in the Flanders
mud until stretcher hearers, such
as she had read of, came and picked
him up and took him to a hospital
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him.
What a hero he was! And how
proud his people must be of him!
She wished she had a brother
who could make a name for him
self in such a way. Yes. and she
wished ntore strongly still that she
were a man. so that she might go
overseas and fight. How could any
red-blooded young person bear to
sit quietly at home and let others!
fight for hint?
That was what Arthur was con-'
tent to do. To think that she was:
engaged to a man who had not)
even suggested going to war!
Why might Arthur not go? His.
father, could carry on the business,
i alone.
She decided suddenly that it was
her duty to suggest to Iter bethrottied j
that his place was in the army or:
navy. He would look awfully well j
in either khaki or blue. And how i
would she feel in years to come.!
when the war was over and her.
1 man had done nothing to end it?
(To Bo Continued)
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We stared at each other in silence i
for a moment or two after that brief
* i exclamation of Jim's—"l sold out my j
'! Salt Water Oil at sixty-seven.;
i We're started, Anne—we're going
" to be rich, girl"'
Jim had clicked the receiver back j
,' on Us hook and stood there with:
[ I his hand still pressed against the
.black cylinder. Strangely enough.'
ill noticed the position of his fingers,,
.'and the way the little finger stood
lout from the others. There was a
' spot on his coat sleeve, high up ]
near his shoulder.
1 found myself thinking I must
! get a whisk broo mand try to brush
iit off. And mingled with these
Ithoughs. like glittering beads!
' strung in and out of a dull chain, i
i was the recurrent refrain: "\Ve'rej
| rich! We have a fortune! Money,
| money, money;"
I I don't suppose ten seconds elapsed
[while these scraps of thought and!
I emotion trooped through my mind.]
But part of me stood off and toldj
i the rest of me that this wasn't the.
I way to expect a sudden fortune.
' Jim couldn't be expected to like the !
! way I was acting—or, rather, the |
way I wasn't acting—up to my part]
at all.
I started across the road toward,]
Jim. with my hands held out to him."]
Jim cleared his throat with a
rasping sound that grated through j
the stillness.
."Mushroom millionaires —on a hit
less than a hundred thousand." he j
laughed as gratingly as he had j
coughed, "Cut the hysterics, Anne.
I'm all in—can't stand any more. I
• Wonder if it would have been bet-!
| ter to hold on—and wait for a better!
price. No—the market will prob- '
[ ably steady down and fall a point'
or two. • * • Better to realize what 1
you can on a margin deal.
He wasn't talking to- me at-all.
He didn't really know that I was
there.
"Jim. aren't you going to kissl
me-" T protested, "Is this how —we |
j take riches? If it's an omen. I'd j
rather stay poor. And we weren't j
poor with your wonderful salary.". i
j "That's it—start croaking. Can't j
] please some women," he muttered. \
For a second T started to be i
j angry, too. And then the feeling!
that I'm sure comes to all wives]
i swept over me. I was Jim's mother]
!as well as his sweetheart. He was'
my boy—a big baby—no more.
"Let's go out and buy a large |
, juicy beefsteak and a couple of!
artichokes." T cried gayly, knowing]
i that Jim would prefer just now to]
I have me attend to his creature com- i
i forts instead of offering him emo-j
I tions. "But first I'm going to brush j
I you off a bit and rumple your hair!
Just once so Fean have all the fun of!
of smoothing it down again."
],T had struck the right note. Jim
j laughed gayly and caught me in a
Jolly bear-hug that had the under
i standing of a good pal in it.
"That's my girl," he said.
But it made my heart ache a lit-'
tie. For I didn't want to be called j
"kid" or "my gir.l' II wanted Jim j
'to call me again the name I hadn't!
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heard for s% long—his "Lilac Lady."
Hard on this thought came a
picture of the girl who had put him
in touch with fortune, Doris West,
slim, alluring, Oriental, flaming like
a poinsetta against the plushy black
ness of furs.
I'm sure Dick Whittngton did not
come on the turn of the tide and
leap from beggary lo being Lord
Mayor of London with emotions
more mixed than those of mc —
Barbara Anne Lee Harrison, when<
wealth came to me—(torn Fate and
Doris West —and my husband clap
ped me on the back and called me a
"good pal" and agreed to go out
and buy a nicy, juicy beefsteak to
celebrate.
Worse was to come.
"Wait a minute, wait a minute!"]
exclaimed Jim. "If we eat now we
won't be able to manage a bite of]
dinner —and I think we ought to
take Fred and Doris out to dine
tonight:"
So we weren't even to celebrate
alone. I didn't need to ask whol
"Fred' was—>for 1 could guess that'
he must be Doris West's engineer!
brother.
"All right. Shall T boil you some [
eggs now?" 1 asked in my most]
practical, indifferent tone—swallow- |
ing a lump in my throat as I did
so.
"That's a good idea. Two five
minute eggs and a slice of bread,"
agreed Jim.
I hurried out to the kitchenette!
and prepared his second lunch for
Jim. When I returned with it, he j
was lying on a couch puffing a ]
cigarette and on the ash tray lay!
several butts. He had evidently]
been smoking steadily all the time
I was gone. I set tiie tray by his
side and he propped himself up and
ate with the relish of a starved man
reacting from great strain.
The phone rang again. While he
was munching his toast.
"Ton, go, Anne." ordered Jim.
I answered, and turned with my:
hand over the mouthpiece.
"It's Tom Mason. He's down- j
stairs. You don't want to see him,
do you."
"Well. I sure do"' Jim's face]
crimsoned as he spoke and he jump- ]
ed up and started putting the room 1
to rights.
"Send Mr. Mason up," I said to]
the operator.
Then with sudden premonition (
I hurried over to Jim, demanding
"Who loaned you that $5,000?" j
To Bo Continued.
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Advice to the Lovelorn
I.OYED BY \ WIDOWER
DEAR MISS FAIRFAX:
Will you please help me to solve
this serious question of marriage, j
my first betrothal at thirty-two to a ]
man of fifty, a widower who buried ]
his wife six months ago.
I am a girl eanrning ninety dollars ]
a month and besides have a little!
nest egg in an inheritance that be- j
fell me, all of which my intended |
knows. From the very first he de
clared love at first sight and has so
constantly pleaded, loved and kept
on my track, that I hopelessly gave
in and said the fated "Yes." Now I
plead to wait until I am sure and
in the meantime this man is show
ering so many courtesies on my
mother and all relatives in general
that at last I begin to feel duty
bound out of appreciation to marry ]
him.
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port in his declining days, yet they
are nice to him anil respect him. as
he is very gentlemanly and generous.
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plexing game, but it is still a puzzle.
Do you think he is sincere? If
someone can only answer this can
didly, for all my folks think it im
possible for a man to lay away his
mate for twenty-four years of wed
ded life and soar into love again
like he does. And they do r.ot feel
that it is best for me, who has
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ing. He is pressing for a speedy
marriage.
ONE WHO DOES NOT KNOW.
I should say that you alone can
determine the sincerity of your lover, j
and that you should take plenty of i
time to do it. Don't allow yourself!
to be pressed and hurried into a j
marriage against your will. There j
may be many reasons in favor of!
your marrying this man, but wait |
until you are in love with him. Mar- i
riage should be a sincere, independ- '
ent action, not acquiescence in the j
wishes of one's family, or even of 1
one's lover.
KNOW NO YOUNG MEN
DEAR MISS FAIRFAX:
My sister and I, twenty and eigh- j
teen, respectively, have moved to a
strange town and have no means of |
getting acquainted with any young ]
men. We would like you to advise i
us, as we do not care to make ac- j
quaintances by flirting.
PERPLEXED. |
Aren't you a little impatient? '
Newcomers are not supposed to
make the first advances, so I think t
you' will have to wait until the]
mothers and sisters of the young
men in this new town onie lo call
upon you, or until you meet thein j
through joining some club or gflingi
to church.
AN UNGRACIOUS SWEETHEART
DEAR MISS FAIRFAX:
I am twenty-two and in love with
a girl three years my junior. I have
asked this young lady if she loves
me, and she has always replied
"Yes," but always treats me as a
plain friend. Recently I bought her
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an expensive wrist watch, which she
refused to accept, and after I re
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