The Cortlandts of EB ES ES AERA EEI EARL ARAL ARV ALT RACAL ARAL RARER RE Tass wh ig “ANN RIDES WITH ME’ SYN home ) fii danht hair,” his and to her sm berself Liughing coanvol of her unger and frig Hudson mame si ell” ave I If you'll leq with me-if Ey ¥ gar bridher ghiiy wresie nt earth. he annban will bh child flay you pot, I'm Kooi withing in ber mother's HTed Ann, fx it pe} tion further defiance. "We want to pb with you ™ she deplired pas sionately. "You €an go off to Europe by yoarsif We'll stay hers” he onde] on 8 softened note turned hér eyes slantingly dn her friend. She thought that this decliration somewhat coldly, and her heart skipped a beat miserably. He was looking at afi #% pression that terrified her "What {lo vou wish Mrs Cortland he demanded *1 doal know prbhagiry! How tow can | stay? isgly froi Ann to Ber husband, before whe buried! her face 18 2 handkerchief Hudsog, Cortland this wailisg appeal jock after the girl” fortably. haisde.x | Mea Cortlandt tookid up frightened fifi she fit ie hie hig Brother w ith © pe shoe pod hed cab 1 go? Ehe iasiied br Ein ad wns softened “sm willing to he wid with @ “You could ledve her in good | J ana she YA * in the first pis {| B0 ates & bis roceivpnl | or "lh Bh ry Wien mute pocket : how by | | finer HED i : 3 5 ¥ z % quest, Mra W daughter Fann ht the éit bp dren wary of ench and Ann had Bo tio Tow emitomhporaneous Intimery in het with ber mother Mrs was inclited fo Hie this esteribinw. “Sie n'a widow, Just as 1 was” two chil ast re tuinens. "11 | Mex. Hudson informed Ann. “Eucept | ar. Hendricks Corthnat looked at him for 5 moenent, and Ann wondered 1 It was pamedhing in Lis steady jae that camped the rounger man 10 drop | is exer uneasily. At Jength he said, and te pack her a nite two shiny | i new trenks Notwithstanding all thelr prepars tions. however, it wes bot until they clung together at the dock that the thom. Mra. Cortlandt shed a few jen- brother-in-law te be kind to hs charge, {but Ann only bung desperately about Teer mother's neck, dry-eyed snd siisnt, » | Is looking back on the leave-tuking it | slways seemed to her that in the pn opel trou ors uoatant her fen, Jars oot ew lovely glimpse of her, young. agitated and charming, ss she JASE Git SVE Ens stern, betwen the mraing sidepaddies, crying mplling together, und ad {ing both ber hands to the old man snd the child on the dock. Her mother had ben gotie only a ; fortnight when, one snowy afternoon, Mr. Cortina returped home eurlier Hudson | | Mrs, Cortlandt} (Ye you, and ome sboolild Be be prigiied | mother and daaghter tmddenly admit. | tod the serious nature of thelr separa. tle tenrs and prettily besought her | § thon, he went! avi do hee TWh 7 slie saidl melt” She strained away from bis, | | tepeetiont and hard, By Janet ed. Fairbank with wear 4 0 a dvagre were you so SIE qm Hier HT bib himeeil, | speak Giredid) Tw hh I wi Yar ime with thom wri ment tn te kind she had me wiih hes alent all wy Life, you wsee—and shi Is all alone, | Vike me... . 1 could bei a i Bogie [I know ibe w co 1 am almost certiin vhe would” was oul at last swiftly away from bie, sp That Nr. Cortlandt. i erying or not. He was There wan | 1t something 80 valiset Is take ber in hiv enscvesiiesed srs, at ber sllsn back and ber s bend, and wondered If 1 streaming down ber face Rly held | were thoughts he had harbored ss to how be would ever soooeed in seburdening #0 stepchild He had never seen Mes, Allon, but tow he thought of her with an antagonism that amesed Kim, , | He wanted Ang hlmself | AY at ones | this rentization shot aerom his bewil derment, simplifying everthing He child anderviand hii need of har. * & * at mee, without any further delibers- diodiie YY" he wandered. us Be went. He pat Bis hands on Ane's shoulders, and torned her to Lim. Yeu she was ory. Ing “Mra. Allen cunt have yon he mid] at ones, aloes Yong ehily. “1 want You mysell” Ann dusted the team free bor eves, sind Jonked ap ut him for sn instant Why tb you want All nt vate boge 4 Mr, Cortlandt. “How could I hope to win a childs affection?” # wondered, Uniloubtedty hai dl Mrs. Allen. 1 went you becowm I've aw 19 ORre | for you, my chiA” he sali! heavily. “1 u Sm quite sesh sho 4 He looked | [edits down at her Hite | ten and she turned || could mot toll §! she were | eariously wav himself, | Cetin tell Ann's abdication that be wanted to | ou and bid ber defy the world, He looked | Suddenly | hi was ashamed of the Half formed Binieeifl of the Inheritance of his broth | wondered how he could ever make the | Her shoulders moved ccavalsively, and | “What am § | swept ower | a 2 ! i what malice the far rode | with sy simple | moek to estabd { Behind i ¥ g ¢ Fou § 3 8 mi that § A & hl father, Clarisus, that i aptraneo: wh and ¢ Cortland 1 pew t well knew, to | favorite Via Bin Senutt ful ha | that Oe To dried i ¥ Ann : Cirtiand: in doelared gk; # the lke CHAPTER War ard 3 Debut 3 3 PAE Ts ¥ 4 3 frat licard 8 of Ars Beve skid whe Certginiy dhe got BOB Ber entlailase from Tuk Sous # New ¥ from sor Lor sper rLer's Hie thie Mire on the natn Wear of MM» Nowy FeWR ron eg el the sole men bh He 00 i we ‘t throw ewe wie fon tors: | $i a i RY #0 #8 rw Ba back 4 {6 » sRitrie dnd ugly orien be probes and | Ban te beak ont of late trations of wai Mr. : rer by the state Povernment, | Big of South Caroling was relsed ower | Fort Samter grew criticsl JASE ASt AR Suu_thitt ho the | oh Mates. After thin time was | nnd teland Gilensen, exept Santer Withewt a sete from ‘wha flied Yi clo on sng the post wile were ahiw tikes thems December 31 Before many wiwks Svs ther southern states had ceded, while in | New York the men who were friends i to the South were openly trieumipbunt. Avrsenais, forts © reTEnYM culties were nRen over simosd dally duris the las words of Decwinber, — surly In the new jour a shin sent te bring supplies te Fort Santer wes fred en. upd forced to turn Bek. The i poiltien] complexion changed rupidly in the Nesth, It was a tigie when feats moved rapidly and oplpicns re vers) overnight, All efforts to men the ovirwhelm ing tide were In vain As he wmpiring drew on, Malor Andersons sitostioe In ed eivil war, until seeently a thingy which i might be argued shout, loomed (lose {and passionate. Ann feond (he ros ci pert of It so exciting thet abe slimosy i foryot her aporeaching debut, In Febroary a cosventios of the = ceded states was called ian Jdoohpem Lary, Alshbama, where & provialonsl framework of the Confedernie Biates of Amevies was adopted, sad Jule wv Davis was elected presitent. Hix i bsaagursl address antedated Abraban | Lincnins by a trifle more than a font alight, Cn the whole, apathetic Keredulity’ : wat the sentiment which seeined mown widely $ihaed In the North, bet (her | were $i optimists whe hoped for a pesceful solution Mr, Cortlandt went over tv Waslag tis. for the insuguration, sid would {Dave takin Ann with him bud net an AB ploveon | ° the +8iials | ie conten house find The § The quality, fy pontpens nari all this Uhl iw over? Nhe wondersd why tine, hy parly sy E HEE 8 snd ber Wouth {fie if An Sant iBad “» hay Hl ¥ wed it wes fliat ilk tis holley] nfederite Forogal £ a il p guards SRIF in EF Ten 1h le i frown Harvard for Hid anehern reception, and niet wunrlered) what oer Ana's "MERCHANT GIVES MORE EVIDENCE Ames aE WW. F Penny, prominent merchant Bindersotivilie NN. OC. snd a les the civic and business affairs of his lvew snptinted prajse to Ths Ine, which he ptates Bas restored lie end overcome troubles that had realm for years: nanny * gtsted NM» aR 2 great safWersr from trouble 1 and necessitated an isc of digestive period so Weakened gin Ba Assy id Sipe I. er rinm Banirh Sufad Vor gy. “i gewtion and wit ERR Pes. i tomaeh CYP a tan SUS ¥ nn Sig roe om y aver that T wae | husiness, "Tania my troables at sormal ay. oe able to attend to geetned lo regsh the seu Mee and Bow J 58 heave in avery the hest ftrength Tanise andoubtedly sch medic be had” Tonio In for sale by all Este Take oilllon hotrles and wd metivity is sae to Rot frog # fio snhatitots {vs -p Advertisment Omiy Three Mies paielooliing passenger Had signs of thrid ing the mp "Tow far are own at tain we Troms ReTvoOraess vOvage ApUrosme he pelked raptain three the oie Gay land Oh, Dos offial “Only ger then Its ba = niles, three mil “Oh retaraed “that's heen ane tear suough.” “We Bhali Man the Partly as Planned ¥ demey tlowan) love surprisingly to | plastid in ber setr-sogiehow she had | ribiboar thas his father's | well kovws wirmbearoinese-aud she wondiered if, after all, this impression. Sility might wot be turmed to ad whoahige The debotaaiy besrd of hie expectd arrival with areless atten | It wan nimost midnilit when Faony Certinsit told bet sunt with a litle | cesp of relied that yong Heodriehs hed arvived. apd simont mecedistely | we dppemrad in the doorway. He had grown somewhat taller, and bis cinthes were artlilly ont, so that be 18 net appear frisky fat: hs round fave wa Sak with spe danay. “Why what mother sald aaxiensiy. hie Mippened?T Ms The ley oulted slout Mm dase: | us though for » sonst be could net | sdiuie hmsdll te the (het that dese ing andl gadely werq gelng on. “Tem | Bave't heurd, sie, hive you? be said te bis uncle. sdlemaly. “Fore ante | has pervembered I “Ch P* ried ML Ihennestyer shefity. | “That means west Her prety foes Masthead af the Heaght, MWe. Cortlandt stood for a moment, 1 thes Be sdvenced into the
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