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10 ,TIIE MORNING ASTORIAN, ASTORIA, OREGON. SUNDAY, AUG UHT 30 I in armie s Lesson. By CARL WILLIAMS. Copyriirhted. 190S, by Astociatod Literary Press. "Won't you do what Is right by my daughter?" Nannie shivered at the pathos of the plea and turned to look at the speaker. It was odd that he should pick out the platform of the elevated station for his appeni, out pernaps una was some chance meeting and the only opportu nity the old man had. "She was a happy girl until she met you," the old man continued. "There was no better or happier girl in the gibole city, and now" The voice broke through excess of emotion, and Itannle turned to see who the man might be. He was younger jtfcan she had expected, and be bore the lamp of prosperity. He waa no trem IMlng, decrlplt old man, but mldd!e aged and well to do. Still, there was bo mistaking . the sincerity of his speech, and Nannie shifted her glance to the young man. With a little shuddering sob she! jtnrned and hurried aboard the train .which had Just pulled In. It was not til train she wanted, but fee felt she must get away from the place, for the man to whom the elder was making his appeal was Jack Lau jrance, her Jack. He listened to the other man largely because of the re straining band npon his arm. He eould not get away, and his handsome face plainly showed the annoyance he felt, but there was no suggestion of remorse or shame. In the train Nan nie shuddered again and twisted the solitaire that was the pledge of his love. With a gesture of despair, she finally drew the ring from her finger and lipped it into her purse. It bad been the pledge of his love, and he had 1 fW ran 11 4il wii. llSrlili 'e Isk T W XiimZB BXACHXD OUT EEB HAKD AJTD CLASPED HIS. proved recreant to an earlier promise. Somewhere a woman mourned her broken heart and bis broken promises. At the next station Nannie changed to a train In the opposite direction, he had been hurrying downtown to meet Jack for a matinee with him. They were to have met at a downtown tatlon because he could not get away from the office in time to call for her. iWhat he was doing in the uptown dis trict she did not know, and now she told herself that she did not care. , Bravely she held out until she reached the house; then she hurried to her own room to throw herself upon the bed and flood the pillow with her tears. Less than a year bad passed since Jack Laurance bad come into her life, but it had been the most important year of her girlhood. Almost from the first she had been attracted to him by his manliness and the honesty of the deep brown eyes. She had been pleased with his atten tions, and when he told his love and asked her to become his wife it seemed as if her cup of Joy was filled to over flowing. She had often felt a super stitious dread that something might happen, and now that fear had been realized. Several times the telephone bell rang, but Nannie felt that she could not speak to Laurance even over the wire, and the last time she sent a message to the effect that she would write to mm. Before she could finish her letter one had come from him In which he Apologized for not keeping bis appoint ment on time and explaining that he had run uptown on business and bad been delayed by an unexpected en counter with an old friend from whom be had been unable to escape. The letter was the last thing needed to confirm Nannie In her resolution. By his own admission Jack had been uptown. He might Intend to explain away bis detention by an old friend, but Nannie knew what that encounter had meant; so it was a brief and formal note that accompanied the ring back to the giver. Jack did not yield easily, but Nan nie would not read the letters he wrote Imploring her to explain just what the trouble had been. He told her he could not believe that the engagement was broken because he had been late In keeping an appointment,1 and he begged her to give blm an opportunity to explain. To Nannie the letters merely meant that he feared the old man had sought her and revealed Laurance's perfidy. Doubtless a? wished to ascertain if this was the fact, that he might offer some explanation. Perhaps he even thought that he might be able to win her over, but no one could have lis tened to the .old man's plea and accopl any explanation from the wrongdoer. Tor nearly two months Jack persisted in his endeavor to sot things straight, and Nimute grew pale and nervous un der the strain. Even her father, ah sorbed in business affaire, saw her dis tress aud In his clumsy way sought U help her. Ills heln took the form of thpatei tickets, and several times she met him downtown on Saturday afternoons and went to a matinee with him. One aft ernoon be regarded her with eyes that twinkled. "We're going to be real frivolous this afternoon," he declared. "I got seats for the variety show. There's a chup on the bill I met the other dav. He is something of a bore when be wants to talk about himself-whlch la most of the time but otherwise he's a good sort, and I'd like to see what be does." Nannie nodded. Her father had of ten Sacrificed hla own Incllnattnnn t.i tnV- her to serious plays, which she liked nest it was only fair that he should have his afternoon of vaudeville. Once ensconced In the comfortable chairs she found the entertainment rather di retting. The chief attraction waa a Dlavlet of fered by Hugh Wasslngford, who had achieved a reputation on the dramatic stage, which be waa now selling to ad vantage in vaudeville. Nannie started at his entrance. Al lowing for the chanoed annearance in makeup, it was the man of the ele vated piatrorm. The voice, tne man nerisnis were all the same, and nrea ently the Btory of the sketch developed the tale of a deserted daughter, and. In the same words that had been seared into Nannie's brain, the old man made his plea, but this time to a paid actor ana not to Laurance. The trembling appeal had Its effect, and the curtain fell on the two men starting in search of the girl. As the applause died down her father turned to Nannie and smiled approvingly as he saw that the girl's eyes were filled with tears. "Great work that," he commented. "That fellow is s real actor. He re cited the whole of the sketch for me at tb,e club the other night, and, by jove, i aimost cnea myseir. jack Laurance brought him over to a little smoker the boys got ud. Jack savs the first time be beard the act was on an elevated station. He was In a hurry to get downtown, and Wasslng ford held him there for half an hour, with Jack scowling into his face and looking at bis watch every three min utes as a hint that be was late. But Wasslngford held him to the very end. Jack picked the winner of two sketches he had the first time he played in vaudeville, and now Wassinerford thinks that he can't put on a sketch until Jack thinks It's all right" "Do you suppose that Jack is here this afternoon?" asked Nannie eagerly. "He told Wasslngford he would come down. He may be back In the dress ing room." "Will you please see if he Is and ask him to come here?" said Nannie, and her father started off, pleased at the request. He liked Jack and was triad that there, might be a chance for the oreacn 10 De neaiea He stood by the back rail while Jack took the seat be bad occupied. Nannie reached out her band and clasped bis. glad that the house was darkened for the motion pictures. 'I sent for you to ask von to forsrlve me and to tell you that your friend Mr. Wasslngford Is a great actor," she whispered. "I was on the elevated sta-' tlon when he told you that sketch, and i neard only his nppeal-and believed. on, can you forgive me, Jack?" "Can I!" echoed Jack. "Well, I guess I can. You wait until we get home, and watch me. I'm so happy, dear, that I won't even hold It against you that you could believe evil of me. Was slngford Is a convincing sort of chap, but I do wish be would cut out those monologue rehearsals on the street. They are bound to make trouble." "It was a good thing, after all," whispered Nannie. "After this I shall not believe evil of you, no matter how convincing it may sound. I have had my lesson." M a rip-ir-n n I transportation. VLHOOir itU MUVLK I ldb.IVIt.IN I d r, HELP WANTED HOY WANTED: STEADY EM ployment. 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