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you. “ Just as jb * h I" i<
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you might not la* pleased with.
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promised. It costs money for efficient delivery ser
vice, but it pays us. Also, we deliver by jutre cl po-t
to out-of-town customers.
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business. We fill telephone orders with exactness.
You get the right package- Such small things form
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REDM OND,
Hollow of Her Hand
"W ell, I annum nope not,
L eslie with a »co» 1. "Turned
saia
you
SW i
C ontinued from p age 4
"I thought that p o u lb ly you'd been
m aking a chump o f you rself up m
the M aine w oods."
"P lffler
Don't be an sag
What'»
the sense pretending you don't know
who she Is?*'
" I suppose It's H etty Castleton.”
aald Booth, pufflng aw ay at his pipe
"Who e lse ?”
“ Think s h e ll have you. old m an?“
asked Booth, a fte r a moment.
“ I don t know, " replied the other,
a bit dashed
"You might wish me
luck, though.”
Booth knocked the burnt tobacco
from the bowl of his pipe. A serloua
line appeared between bis eyes. He
• a s a fair minded fellow, without
guile, without a single treacherous
In stin ct
“ I can 't wish you luck. L e s,” be
said slow ly. “ You see I'm — I'm In
love with her m y s e lf'
‘The d e v il!” L eslie eat bolt up
right and glared at him. “ I might
have known!
And—and la she In
love with yo u ?"
. . . i * . - ' " " dw . you reveal con-
•Id erab le lack o f tact in ask<ng that
question.”
What I want to know Is th is,” e x
claim ed W ran(iall, very pale but very
hot: is she going to m arry y o u ” '
Booth sm iled
“ H i be p e rfectly
frank with yon. Sh e sa y s th e won’t ”
l^ s lle gulped. "S o you’ve asked
h e r*”
"O bviously.”
And she saig «he w ouldn’t ? S h e
refused you? Turned you dow n?” H is
little m ustache shot up a t the enda
and a Joyous, trium phant laugh broke
from his lips. "Ob. th is la ric h ! Ha.
h a! Turned you down, e h ? Poor old
I ran d y! You're my beat frien d , and
dam m it I'm so rry. I mean to s a y ,"
he went on In som e em b arrassm en t,
“ I'm aorry fo r you. O f cou rse, you
can hardly exp»%t me to— e r— “
“ C ertain ly not,” accepted Booth
am iably. " 1 quite un d erstan d .”
"T h en , sin ce abe'a refuaed you. you
m ight wish me b etter Ingk.”
“ T h at would mean givin g up hope.”
“ H ope?” exclaim ed L e slie quickly.
"Y o u don't m ean to aay you 'll annoy
h e r with you r—"
“ No. I sh all not annoy h e r," replied
»1» frteswl sh akin g his bead
OKKUON
ir ito oth' knew an yth in g about bis
in itial venture. A question ro se to
his llpa, but be thought qu ickly and
held It hack. In stead , he glan ced at
b is w atch.
" I must be off
Bee you tom orrow .
I b o p « .“
"T a li
Ma— T e ll Me. Now— on
Soul, H etty— "
Your
down, e h ? 'Pon m y s o u l!"
H e ap-
I>eared to be relish in g the Idea o f It.
So rry, old chap, but I suppose you
understand Ju st wbat that m ean s."
B ooth’s lips hardened for an In
stant. then relaxed Into a queer, a l
m ost pityin g sm ile
"And you want me to be you r beat
m an ?" he said reflectiv e ly.
L e slie aro se. H is ch e st seem ed to
sw ell a little , assu re d ly be w as breath
in g much e a sie r.
H e assu m ed an
a ir o f com passion.
“ I sh an 't in sist, old fe llo w , if you
feel you'd ra th e r not—e r — Bee what
I m ean?” It then occurred to him to
u tter a word or tw o o f kindly advice.
T shouldn 't go on m oping If I w ere
you. B randy. ‘ Pon my soul, I shouldn't.
T a k e It lik e a man. I know It hurts,
but— Pooh! W hat's the use nggra-
vatln g the pain by butting a g a in st a
stone w a ll?”
Hla com panion looked out o v er the
tree tope, his hands In his trousers
pockets, and It m ust be con fessed
that hla m anner w as not th at o f one
who 1s oppressed by d espair.
" I think I'm takin g It lik e a man,
Ix*s,” be said
" I only hope you'll
tak e It aa n icely If she s a y s nay to
you ."
An un easy look leaped Into L e slie 's
face. He seem ed noticeably lesa ror-
milent about the chest. H e wondered
“ Bo lon g.” said Booth, stoppin g at
the top o f the ste p s w hile his visitor
skipped dow n to the g a le with a
nim blen ess that su gg e ste d the fo rm a
tion o f a sudden resolve.
I-eslle did not w aste tim e in part
Ing In an ities he stro d e off b risk ly In
th e direction o f hom e, but 4>ot without
a fu rtiv e g lan ce out of the ta ll o f hla
e y e aa he d isap p eared beyond the
hedgerow at the end o f B o o tb 's g a r
den
T h at gentlem an w as standing
w here he had left him. and waa filling
hla pipe once m ore
T h e day waa w arm , and L e slie waa
In a drippin g perspiration when he
reached home. He did not e n ter the
house but m ade b is way direct to the
g arag e .
"fiet out the c a r at once, B ro w n ."
w as his order
T h re e m inutes late r he waa being
d riven o v e r the low er road tow ard
Southlook, U k ln g good r a r e to avoid
Booth s place by the m atter o f a m ile
or m ore. He w as In a fe v e r o f hope
and e agern ess. It w as very plain to
him why th e had refused Booth The
Iron waa hot.
He didn't Intend to
lose any tim e in »trlklng.
And now we know why he cam e
again to B a ra ’s In the m iddle o f a
blazing afternoon . Instead o f w aiting
until the m ore sed u ctive sh ad es o f
night had fallen , when the moon aat
seren e In the se at o f the M ighty.
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He didn't have to w ait long fo r Het
ty. Up to the Inatant o f h er ap p e ar
an ce In the door, be had reveled In
the thought that the w ay w as now
paved with rosea. B ut with h er en
tran ce, he felt hla confidence and
cou rage slipping. P erh aps that may
explain the abruptn esa with which he
proceeded to go about the business
In band
“ I couldn't w ait till tonight.” he ex
plained a s she cam e slo w ly acro ss
the room tow ard him
Hhe w as h alf
w ay to him b efore be aw oke to the
fa r t that he wae standing p erfectly
still. Then he started forw ard, som e
how Im pelled to m eet h e r a t least
half-w ay.
You 'll fo rgive m e, H etty,
If I have disturbed you.”
" I w as not lyin g down, Mr. Wran-
d a ll." she sa id au letlv . T h e re was
H« j
le a rn e d to him » Ik Iksli hssffi g,
nothing mlnoua In ihe words, but ba Hara en tered her room
sat th ere with b • <■«.! rocks! S m
f
h
i
y
regarded
each
other
s
te
a
d
ily
,
rip vrle rceal t sudden sen sation of
side
. i.i
W on t you sit dow n* Or would q u estion in g!) fur a abort space of
lu ck y t " railed
• r a sgsla Ttx
lim e
)uu rather go out to the terra**«?"
lim e sh e held out hr nsger r « i «
(
«
a
lle
has
Just
calle
d
up
to
sah
Its t
h n i.r « m m for* ab le here.
lim e he regarded It • ik .»4.fw ^x
If *<>u don't mind
I I suppose you « h at the d evil' I m eant by lettin g not to say dialsv<
! bea ks last g>
* • a hat It 1 « I want to say to you him m ake a fuel o f h im se lf,” aald t o o t s flig h t , but it
*tu>tt*r that hi
B ara, with a p ecu liar B illa Iw lated
I You—"
Brut, b rtagln g up again si I k t a s u
am
ila
on
b
er
lipa
t e e ." sh * Interrupted
w e a rily ,
top
A secoud
he koyyaS « mi
H etty offered no com m ent, but a fte r
and knowing as much, Mr W randali.
and b is titile ts
■ supped luit
It mould not be fa ir uf m e to let a mom ent g ra v e ly and rath e r w latfu lly tingar w llh sn es
• 'seas lisi gg
called atten tio n to her present o r c a
- >ou go on “
no r u o a fo r d o u k i
(ration
by
a
slgn
lflcan
t
flaunt
of
h
er
Not fa ir * " he said In honest sines«-
Hhe luwered bar • a d « S i l i K v u
hand and a saddened sm ile
¡«cut “ But. my dear, I— “
aven wttb ib a <>p
e t vi Iks p H
” 1 e e e ." said Ham. without em otion.
IMcaae. Mr
W ran dali.” aha e x
•g e
He shol lea • «Uh s «kit ta
claim ed. with a pleading little sm ile “ If you chemise to go. H etty, I a h i'l auggested s sera» • w uh kn v *0
that mould have touched the heart of not oppose you ”
toldad he sa l os
I III tie t\fm
“ My position h ere Is a fa lse one.
anyone but te>slle
Plena« don't go
and ebeeped Hhe , •ed S S 4 fkslaag
I p refer to go “
>n It ta quite aa Im possible sow a s B a ra
tbe duor. and t h r
uri ed lo listi)
T h i s m orning I should have held
It mss before
I b a te not c h a n g e d ”
My sym bul. %l - •aid softly
a
sw
o
rd
over
your
head
He could only s a y , m echanically
T ítere « e t e tes 1
listi) • t * va
“ It ta vary difficult for me to realise
"Y o u h a v e n 't?"
"N o
I am so rry If you h a te all that has happened ~
l-ealle did aot i .io <*p si kls ‘» tari
“ You are fre e to depart
You a re
thought that I m ight com e t o - - ”
place la thè llis
a'rset Dal . ik
fre
a
In
eve
ry
se
n
se
o
f
the
word
Your
' 1 hlnh. for b eate n a sake, think
•n tll Itooth • ss aste.) al et ihs n j
« hat you a re d o in g ’ ” he cried, feelin g fu turo re e ls n lth yo u rself, my d e a r * He sp an i a diamai r
i | il ha M
“ It hurta me m ore th aa I can tell
fur the edge o f the tab le with a sup
club
t«.rt se ek in g band
” 1 I had B a ra 's to feel that you b ave been b alin g ma
Hla fath er and >- tihar «erm tt ‘di
a ll thvae m onths “
word that you w ere not ”
lib rary « b e a he . . » b oss si MI
"
It
hurt*
m
e
-
now
"
'U n fo rtu n a te ly B a ra cannot speak
Croio • ark «orssr si Ut
H etty w alked to the window and paat ten
fo r me In a m atter o f this kind T h an k
garden he bad «IH
->! lluaUksaft
looked out
you fo r the honor you w o u ld —”
departu re
V ivisi
»J g.igsdeetu
"W
h
at
are
your
p
la
n
s*"
Hara
In
"H o n o r b« b a n g e d !" he blurted opt.
ih« g ate in Ih« i" • } s keggs «tt
losin g his tem per
" 1 love you ! It’s quired. a fte r an In terval
Hbe asaus la a a ssa i
“ I sh all seek em ploym ent and w a ll ber vtaltor
a purely srlD sh thing with me. and
after t-sella a aatta •
I'm biowed If I con sid er It an honor fo r you to act ”
H e llo L g g, afte * * 1 tendi»! M
T ? You m ean?”
to be refused by sn y w om sn
I—"
in q u i n i l i e y e u p o s b ui
Issi i>
”
1
sh
a
ll
not
run
a
w
ay.
Hara
Nor
do
"M r W 'rs n d s ll!" she cried, fixing
aarly
for
yow
”
'
I Intend to re v eal m y se lf to the a u
him with her flushing. Indlgnsnt a ye s
Iter brut ber mas stand og MSI l i
I am not m orally gu ilty o f
You are fo rgettin g y o u r s e lf”
Hhe th orities
A year ago I feared the con B r® pisce
w as standing very stra ig h t and slim crim e
T b e r m a a b e a t) de« fal.iag. l i
sequ en ces o f my deed, but I h ave
and Im perious b efore him.
Hhaa t I 'art
learned much sin ce then
I « a s a ter.” ha aald grufi: i
He quailed. " I — I beg you r pardon
stro n ger In a new w orld
In England g m atch lo thè hindi g “
I— I— "
llla m other ram e . .r r lo kla |»*k
“T h e ra la nothing m ore to be sa id ,” we have been led to b elieve that yon
ty.
and laid ber k a i.J
kls ara
lynch
women
hero
as
readily
aa
yon
she went on Icily
"tloodby ”
" Y o u r eoet la da. ,
she asit ut
lynch men
I now know better than
"W ould you retnd telling me a hath
” Yae. Ughi thè flra"
From you alone I learned my lo usi)
e r therm Is anyone e ls e * “ he asked , aa that
“ It a v sry marni in « m s r w a ' M
gre ate st lesson
You revealed to me
he turned tom srd the dour
Mr W randall. luohr g up lina M
"D o you realty feel that you h ave the true m eaning o f hum an klndnaae.
You shielded me who should not. hook T hey « e ro a l» » ;» Jel»| was
the right to ask that question. Mr
f->rt
Kven now I believe that your Aral thiug for t r a ile s -
W ran d ali?"
No o n s seem ed tu I. 'Ics h :a -W
Im pulse w as a tender one
I sh all
He wet hla lips with hla tongue
You will lir a to Ila b n ell and »truck s s t ic k
"T h e n , th ere Is som e o n e '" he cried, not forget It. Hara
•'W all*“ aald V lvlsn
regret the b aser thought that ram a
rapping the tab le with his kn uckl.»
"W all « h a i ’ " he den,sodai
I have loved you yea. a l
He didn't re a lise till a fte rw ard how la te r on
vigo ro u sly ha rapped
“ Home con m ost as a good dog lo ves hla m aster. looklng up
Hla alatsr look a n m eni fot ikosgh.
founded E n g lish nobod), I suppose “ It la not for me to tell the story o f
la
lls tty com lng lo s'ay »Ut * *
Bhe sm iled not unkindly
T h era that night and a ll th ese m onths to
I would not be b etrayin g l u c r
is no En glish nobody. If that an sw e rs the world
i l a itn vd nroct. B ri' nibbi»! H
m yself, but you
You would be called
your question '
bone lo dia lodge th" du»t IkvS Mi
upon
to
exp
lain
,
not
I
And
you
would
T h e n , will you be kind enough to
When you met palm i
yffer n reason for not givin g me a be the ons to su ffer
"N o. aba lan't cernii « h» «ald **•
fa ir ch an ce In a cle a r Held? I think me on the n a d that night I w as on
my w ay b ark to the Inn lo g iv a m y drow a very long breaih th* aie* *
It's doo- “
You h ave made It • e v e r s i bouro and t f - i eipnlM *
“ t ’a n 't you see bow you a re d ie s e lf Into custody
'Mhe baa rnfu»«d la n»m
treeaing m e ’ Muet I again go through Im possible fo r me to do so now My vocally.
ft resta with you. me.”
that horrid scen e in the gardenT llpa aro sealed
Mr W ran dall turned a l«ef >•
t'a ii’ t you take a plain no for an an Her* '*
Hern Joined ber In the broad w in nook. It sounded llhe 'he crack
sw e r U'
T h e re w as a stran g ely n a i l e d tonni, eo a lili had Ih« i >iu beo«**
"Hood L o r d !" be gasped, and In dow
a glided b irdcage
V iv isi! bad Ih« forvihougbl •» F *
those two w ords he revealed the com look In her face
a • bali lo mani bai
'
plete overturn in g o f a lifelo n g eatp hung suspended In the casem en t With
m ate o f him self. It seem ed to tak a out a word, »he throw open the win- moat tltnaly act on hsr part, fot * *
do« screen
T b a gs> little can ary in W ran dali ant down very abrupt* 1? »M
morn than his breath aw ay
tha glided ra g e corked hla head and »ary lim ply,
^
"O o o d b y“ she said with finality
Then
"Hhe — w h a t r
ga»i>«d
‘ e*“ *'
He Stared at the door through which w atched her with alert e y e s
She d isappeared, hla hnpea. hla con ■ he reached up and gen tly rem oved mot bar.
Putting
"T u ru od ma down a - id.'
ceit. his s e lf regard trailin g a fte r her the ra g e from Its fastening»
with
sh am eless
d islo yalty to the It down upon the window ■ III. aha lie briefly
Mr W ran dali laid hla I*'«* « • " *
stan dards he had set for them, and opened the lin y door T h a bird hopped
then, with a rath er gh astly sm ile o f about hla prison In a atata o f groat tab le without thinking t" 1’“ ' '***'
m ark In place
Then he sross
self-com m iseration on hla llpn. ha sxeltem en t
rem oved hla glasse» fumbling tor t
H etty looked on. fascin ated
allpped out o f thn house. Jum ped Into
At last a yellow stre ak shot out caae
the m otor car. and g av e a b rief but
"ffha a b a w h at?" he demandad.
exp lic it com m and to the chauffeur, through the open door and an Inatant
"Ha< bed m a." replied M» **’“
who lost no tim e In assistin g hla mas- later resolved Itaelf Into tbe bobbing,
fluttering dicky bird that had Itred
I'leaae do not Jest «Uh
In a c a g e all Ita life without an hour Da," aald hla m other, i n In* «>
"H e lan't Joking, mother, «»'d *
o f freedom
F or a few s*ic*>nda It
circled o v e r tbe tree tops and then Ian. w llh a shrug o f her I - «ri.mld
alighted on one o f tbe branches (>ng
"lla- ha muat be. cried Mrs
m ight well have Im agined that ha dall Im patiently. "W hat »!•«• •«•« " • " ?
could hear Ita tiny heart beating with say. L e s lie ? "
“ T h e only thing I remember •
te rro r Ita w lnga w ere h alf raised and
fluttering, Ita head Je rk in g from »Ida goodhy,’ " aald ha. and then blaw
k
to aide In wild perturbation. T ak in g noaa violently
"P o o r old I « a ! ” aald Vivian.
courage, M aster D tcky bopped tim o
real feeling.
,
rously to a nearby tw ig, and then ran
•'ll waa Hara Ooo< h » dot"!
*
lured a flight to a trea top n earer tbe
window casem ent. P erched In Ita top claim ed M rs W randali. gelt“ **
moat b ranches he cheepatd sh rilly, aa b reaih at last.
...
"N onaenae,” aald Mr
" r*n ,
If there waa fe ar In bla little breaat
In allen ca the tw o women In tbe picking up hla bonk once ,,,or”
turning to the plaue where
window w atched the agitated move
„ ceded ! •
nienta of the bird. T h e aam e thought m ark lay, a fta r which he pr*
die
waa In the mind o f each , the aam e re read four or fit s p»**« l>"?"rr
co verin g hla e rro r
.
queatlon, the sam e Inteuae wlah
No one spoke for a rnst'er *
A lu m a ii lh ru » h sp e d t h ro u g h the
Then Mr* v' r*
||
I
* lr. clo se by the tim id can ary
L ik e m inutes or m ore
/W
** d r,>PP»<l to the tw ig s low er dall got up. went over to th" 11 ,r*
e p "*
,1‘>®i>. Bn wlnga palpitatin g In violent table and cl...... .. w llh « »nap ih''
CVW
, | . rm
blue book w llh the lim p leMih"r
’
.
" D ic k y !" called Hara W ran dali, and ■ ayltig aa aha held It up • "
L e slie Aat Bolt U pright and Qlared at
■ ee that It waa the privately pn*
then cheeped betw een her teeth.
Him.
A m om ent la te r Irlcky waa fluttering history o f the M urgstroyd fsmlD
“ It cam e by pont this evenln* r
te r to turn tall In Ignomlqlnua flig h t »bout the e a v e a ; hla c irc le s grew
H etty waa gloom ily but resolu tely sm aller, b is w inging lesa rhythm ical, laondon Hhe la m arely a f*>urth cou»»
em ployed In layin g out certain of her
i||| at last with a n ervou s little flutter my so n .”
“ ■
lie looked up with a gleam
perso n al belonglnga, preparatory
to he perched on the top o f the window
eve
. .
necking them fo r departure, when sh utter s*i near that they might h ave teeeet In hla
(T o be con United I
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