Ht’GÍÍYX V ,WBi’ T OVAI». THIRSDAY, 1MTOBER IO. DtaMX
"By...
GEORGE BARR MeCUTCHEON,
Author of “Bover^ of
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COPTRIOKT.
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BY
Btym.
CHAPTBR XIII—(Continued)
in going to stand my ground."
Bj Banse®er- sesadlly drumming on
table with his ett« fingers. "They
B0 t prove earthing, and the man who
.3tkes s ehvrge earalnet me will have
roSUl»stantlate It. Ill not run a step.”
•Then.” saM Dmoin coarsely, "you
ou«t let Mrs. Cable alone. She ta your
jinger signal I ted you. Mr. Banse-
»er. she'll fight If you drive her Into a
.orner She’s not a true aristocrat.
come» of a Hass that dooan't give
“Bah! She’s like the rest. If Har
bert doesn’t get in his nasty work
sieli give In like all the others."
-I thought you said you’d do noth
jng to mar tbe happiness of Graydon/
meered Droom.
-I don’t intend to, you old fool. Tlilt
affair Is between Mrs. Cable and i.ie
If »be wlus. I’ll give up. But. und-T
»tand me. I’m perfectly capable ol
kt wing Just when I’m lieateu.”
■■! only know your financial valor.”
M d Elias dryly.
•That’s all you’re expected to know,
sir."
•■Then we won’t quarrel about It,”
m d the other, with tils sweetest grin.
‘T’mpb! Well, pleasantries aside, we
mist look ourselves over carefully l.e-
fore we see onr New York friend. lie
must not find us with unclean linen.
Elias. I’m worried. I’ll confess, but I’m
not afraid. Is there anything that we
bave bungled?"
"I have always been afraid of the
chorus girl business.
I don’t like
chorus girls." Bansemer at another
time would hare smiled.
It was past midnight when the two
left the stall and started in separate
ways for their north side homes. The p
master felt more secure than when be
left the home of David Cable earlier
in tbe night. Ellas Droom said at
parting:
”1 don’t like your attitude toward
Mrs. C. It’s not very manly to make
war on a woman.”
"My good Ellas." said Bansemer,
complacently surveying himself in the
small mirror across the stall, “all men
make war on women one way or an
other."
He did not see Droom's ugly scowl
as he preceded that worthy through
tbe doorway.
The next morning Bansemer walked
down tbe Drive. It was a bright, crisp
day. and the snow had been swept
from the sidewalks. He felt that a
visit from Harbert during the day was
tot unlikely, and he wanted to be:
fresh and clear headed.
Halfway
down he met Jane Cable coming from
tbe home of a friend. He never had
seen her looking so beautiful, so full
•f the Joy ef living. Her friendly,
»p.irkllng smile sent a momentary
pang of shame Into bis calloused heart,
but It passed with tbe buoyant justlfl
cation of his decision to do nothing In
the end that might mar his son’s hap
piness.
She was walking to town and as
sured him that she rejoiced in his dis
tinguished company. They discussed
the play and the supper party.
"Sow that I’m engaged to Graydon
1 tn positively beginning to grow sick
of people,” Misa Cable declared—and as
they ail declare at that age and stage
"Well, you'll soon recover.” he smiled.
“Marriage Is the convalescence of a love I
affair, you know.”
"Oh. but most of the men one meets
so ho[>elessly silly—tiresome.” she
*ent on. "It’s strange too. Nearly
•Il of them bave gone to college—Yale
or Harvard."
"My dear Jane, they are the unfortu
rate sons of the rich. You can't blatne
them. All Yaie and Harvard men are
>"t tiresome. You should not forgot
•hat u large sprinkling of the yming
uicu you meet at the pink teas were
»nt to Yale or Harvard fo.- the sole
Purpose of becoming Yale and Harvard
•nen; nothing more. Their mother»
never ex;>ect(«l them to be anything
*ls* The poor man s«-nda his son to
I* educated; tbe rich man usually does
It to ret the boy away from hone, so
•b«t ie won’t have to look at him all
•he time. I’ 'm ’ happy to ray tbit I wns
floltc poor when
----- 1 Graydon got bn dlplo-
tna."
"Oh Gray doit Isn’t at nil I!' e •'•’•*
w»er» He is a meu!” cri.d Jane, ber
*J»s dancing.
"1 d lon
-------
’t mean to say that n!l rich
“>»n » 9on, are fal|ure, . ’ Solili» of them
•f- really worth while. Give
___ credit
or- :mited to the rich man’s son who
r "•> to cdlege and succeeds In life In
'• of hla environment I must not
',rz»t that Graydon'» chief ambition
•t one time was to hunt Indians "
He mldn’t bave got that from his
"’’•her. ” said she accusingly. Bans«-
--ked at het sharply
He had
tipected on meeting ber to ob-
the first sign that the Cable fa::.-
? b»d dlacueeed him well, but not
•’orxbiy Her very brightness eon-
:nr“d him that she at least had mt
"y* Kken into the consultation.
J sm afraid It came from his horrid
• vr Bm Graydon Is a good
* '- 'i!<in’t long follow the imi
1 • father. I dare say he <
••inner if be tried, too I bat.
**11* An hnbeclle. to my min
without tbe capacity to err 1
MlAD
tiwaofiafty
—
reMaw «he ere» «»a««»«,
the fsNbw «h.» I, twIgM
la
rio Ria bad thlu^a wkkSi isl^it ,aa»r
hlm w. purga ion- u,
aroituj
«twf rii trust hla w
ita*
things that will k-t
iwl, terra
I oftan wonder «bere ttirar- ctasp* ,,
after they die—I airaa thè Yale *ud
jxHrrHrn
Harvurd roups
ebap» woo
wbu t«ire you.
yoa. It takes
a clover chap to burg any sHMallng
at all in purgatory. Where
they
go. Jane? “
You are wise fur your years
and sex. There soneJy uiMt I« i
place for tbe plain asses'”
’’Oh.” said she. “1 suppose they bare
a separate heaven, just ns the dogs
have.”
”.\o doubt you’re right." be agreed.
smiling, "but think how bright the
dogs are. as a rule."
Bobby Rigby says a dog Is worth
more than his master. People will
steal a dog, be says."
"1 saw him at your house last night
Did you meet Mr Ilartiert’"
“No. Mother mid be came >« wtth
Bobby.”
"How Is Mrs. Cable this morning'
I think she—er—complained of a «lek
headache last night "
"She has such a frightful headache
that she couldn’t get up this morning1
quickly His hand hovered close to
oers as It lay in her lap.
There was an eyewitness to till» sin
gle picture in the brief acene . Jane
had started downstairs. From the
upper steps she could look Into > the
drawing room below. She could I not
help seeing Bansemer’» fervent atti
tude. She tieard nothing tluit he said
TYi» girl paused tn surprise A feeling
»• of dread-sbe coaid not explain -
swept over her. A ehill strnek Into her
heart.
It was as if aha had awnkened frees
a sweet sletqj u- look cot upon a bteuk.
berr.-i m-raing
Invotuntartty star shrank hack guile
bey end tbe »•-»•«! wMom. Set net free
frets ft She sveed wwikght Illi Svese
and silent st tbv Sep e( tWe sttrirs. her
taasd clasping rfte safi She oould hear
her heart throbs plainly. There reus no
mistaking tbe pHrere ae It bad barat
■pen her saewgwtlng eyes A great
fear, a -lark neoemifcty. weHed np In
her heart.
It was not rmttl the butler adln filed
ether sellers that she feu nd the retir
ag<- to turn her eyes toward the draw
ing room. Although she succeeded In
hiding the fact. It » m difficult to ap
proach ami greet James Bansetuer with
the naturnliigss of tbe unsuspecting.
His manner was beyond reproach, and
yet for the fijat time she saw the real
light In his black eyes. She talked to
him ns if nothing had hap[»ened to
make her distrustful, but no self con
trol in the world could have checked
the growth of that remorseless thing
called suspicion. For her own sake,
for her mother’s, for Graydon’», sbe
tried to put It down. Instead It grew
greater snd eti oiikvr ns sbe looked Into
his eyrs. for In them she saw the tight
that heretofore Imd escaped her notire
And this was the father of the men
whom sbe was to marry, the one whom
she loved with atl her heart and eorfl 1
This the man who would degrade her
own mother! Her mother -she looked
at her with a new question tn ber eye«.
'Indeed! Will you carry my respect*
and sympathy to her?’
"Thank you. yes. But why don’t
you come In and see us. Mr. Banse-
tner?"
"In a day or so, gladly.”
Bansemer was not approached by
Harbert that day nor the next, nor
any other day soon. In fact It was
not until after the third day had ex
pired that be heard from Mrs. Calile.
Her silence was gratifying and sig
nificant; It meant that she was strag
gling with herself—that she had taken
no one as yet into her confidence. He
was too wary to feel secure In his posi
tion. however. He abandoned every
case that could not be tried in
Half a doeen people came and went
James Bansemer was the last to leave.
( He met the girl's tense. Inquiring look
from time to thne, but he could not
have felt Its meaning. There was
! nothing la ber voice which might have
, warned him. although It sounded straln-
! ed and without warmth on her own
ears. In spite of herself she wondered
how he would act In saying goodby to
ber mother. Although she tried with
all the might of her will to look away,
she could not take her eyes from the
pair as Bausemer arose to depart
His manner was most circumspect.
The hand clasp was brief, even formal,
and there was no look In his eyes to
Indicate the presence of anything but
the most casual emotions. After bls
departure Mrs. Cable turned to Jane
and complained of a frightful headache
and went to her room to lie down for
awhile before dinner. Jane's gaze fol
lowed her steadily as she ascended the
stairs. Then she walked to tbe win
dow and looked out upon the street “
hundred perplexities In her mind.
Her father was standing In the mid
dle of the sidewalk, looking down the
darkening street Ills cab was turn
ing the corner below, showing that be
had been standing there for longer
than a minute. She watched him with
Interest What had happened In the
street to hold his Interest so closely?
It was Jane who opened the door and
let him in. As she kissed his cold
cheek she noticed the frown on his
brow and caught the strange gleam In
his eyes. Ills greeting was less warm
than usual, and he went to bls room
upstairs without removing his hat or
coat la-low. But not tiefore be sent a
quick, keen glance about the drawing
room to find If James Bansemer had
been the single visitor of tbe after-
noon.
"Where Is your mother?" he asked
from the stairs, without looking back.
Jane held etarted downetaln.
"She has Just gone to ber room.”
cleanest light, and be destroyed his Jane replied, a chill shooting through
footprints in those of the past more her veins. Some strange, unnatural
completely than ever. David Cable Impulse compelled ber to add. as If
was disposed to be agreeable when
the explanation were just and neces
they met, and Rigby’s manner had lost sary. "We have had a lot of people In
the touch of aloofness. Altogether the drinking tea. and mother has a head
situation did not look so dark as It
acbe.”
had on tbe night of the blizzard.
She watched him ascend tbe steps
He guessed at Mrs. Cable s frame of and turn Into hla smoking room, The
mind during the three days Just past door closed sharply, and a wave of In
by the tenor of her message over the explicable relief rushed over ber. Her
telephone Sbe did no more than to hands were cold. She went to the fire
ask him to drop In before 5 for a cup place and held them out to the blaze
of tea, but be saw beyond the depth Her ears were alert for sounds from
of ber invitation.
above—alert with a strange fear which
He went and had a few mlnutea cboked ber with Its persistence. She
alone with ber because he was shrewd dreaded the opening of her father's
enough to drop In tielore 5. No one door and his footsteps as they crossed
else came until after that hour had to her mother’s room. She waited for
struck. He was studiously reserved these sounds, minute after minute, but
anil considerate. There was nothing In they did not come. The fire would
his manner to Indicate that he was not give warmth to her bands; tbe chill
there as anything more than the raoet seemed to spread. In ber new con
casual slpper of the beverage that so •ctousnews sbe felt that a tragedy was
ciety brews. It was left for her to just begun.
make the Advances
“We must come to an understand
mg." »he said abruptly. ”1 cannot en
dure the su»[>ense. the uncertainty
Bansemer raised bl* brow* w
grave condesc*’®^00
•Tbeu you have not confe-wed to Mr
(’abler’ be asked, with perftoct uncon
cern “Do you know I was rather hop
ing that you would bave saved me tbe
tronble of doiDff 80
•*lt iDvaus no uiu< b to*
•‘Ab. 1
J011
it bn rd to l< xe the
re gain*
gro-ind you have
gained socially ’ He
Btirrvd hi® te Bfpftdily
It b«n’t th at L I don t •are for that
and I’S
fur Ja
CHAPTER XIV
ABLE «aw Ba nor mer leave
»• be drove up
■b In front
did not look
turned tbe
sger tn dlsap[>ear
kly a» [«»»sible.
>r of his smoking
I bim. Imvl<l Cable dropped
io a chair without removing
il
t
'
lie h.. I sa: I he would* hot |all.
bis K t or coat. His blood was ruu penalty
d through hla veins, bis jaw kill; he woild .¡.iii,-iie tbe woman
He was there e arly—long before the
mug co.
-id his eyes had the appear- frightfully and [a-nult her to live as a hour named m t tx - decoy. His eyes
was set a
wbo has been dazed by a moral example to other wives. He uever left the *ldew alk that ran past
atice of e«»e
uy minutes be sat and now felt less brutal. He might kill, : bls own home, but
blow. For ».
4 1 short distance
Most people do not realize the alarm
’irous in tbe ember lit but he would not disfigure
For an from the Drive, Tbey\ stared without
stared at rhe aw»v
to time be swai- hour he sat and woudered what bad blinking actxxts tbe dark! order through ing increase and remarkable prevalency
grate. From ano,
of kidney disease.
bis jaw twitched been the feelings of his old friend the circle of light from f. >e arc lamp
lowed painfully suit
While kidneydis-
black and greeu George Driaeoll just tiefore be delib and far luto tbe shadow» ex blackness
Things liegau groMriu*
—-»orders are the
rt«l up. with erately slew his faltblvas wife
II*
where
be
"most common
betere hu eyes. He ■*»
, beyond. It was very dark \
rvmem here. 1 Mglng to other trleol* at i stood. Ti>e lake had battered . ,,,rt’uKh
diseases that pre-
au oath.
A
ttw- time that Driscoll bad "don* j the sea wall for many rods al th * ***•’
vail, they are
He was «xieuiuodl by *K
right."
almost the last
Jealousy a ad eeapL-iom Tb.v ie. l'v
ticular polot. and uo oue veuturra
recognized by
Tbl* night ef tdavk rtiadow* -b« did f beyond tbe brklla path for frar
bed fennd lodging in bw ivtataf .
patient and phy
centfy now b—mn>e a ereel wrv.w. ' ■ not sleep at all— wm roatly the Begin «lipping down Into tbe cuvitta« IV
sicians,
wAa ren-
ning sf rhe end. H» forgot t*e ¡wvwl
Into hk< grtaa heart sprang- tbe aqw «
bad t>een waahMi eut by the wave*
tent themeelee»
deacy H» hi wus So be feu aged
te
tbe man who fthda UHiwer
His etatloa wraa on tbe edge of tuw| vfl* d^.rhng tKe effete, while the
A
underminei the »ystem,
<1 k'ftastawrd. He wsu> eeetug k im. He tevyet vverrttUr^ low Rie piles of sta'iie and cement that had
What To Da.
w«Wi his own eyes, •<> tVmbt. foot wbac ¿rts,™ canker that gnaw.-ri INA h’s beau aasiml up to await tile phn*ur*
\*here
m the knowledge so
bratn
others tew! vra for uionthw -buri sene beaus
1 of the park vouinilMlonera
a<tei. riywemeef, that Dr. Kilmer»
he wrWtiad in sRmt
and lard ptrtral or sconwsl titan os tbe
For awhile tw iried to take Jane’* ftx-
kiduer remedy,
h‘ ’he «via jsalensy ’ lure hi»o •onskl.wstlim bat It was ini- fehAU« everr the men dug
unfovxwmts Aape With tbe fbmight agony t
rheumati*m,
absorbed
that
*r»w»
g
"(1
«v*w
nntfl
R
at it he actually gewtind his teeth roars
kMiners href, bladder
posstbj» to suboxitute anything before pam» in
flciindal.
divorce.
all
octter
cal»'?"»«.
of ragv ami worrifiaation sprung Sa his
1 tits owit w-winga. David Cable wns not and ^r«ry part the ari«>rv p**»agC.
inability fo foowf water
eyes. He recoiled his own feeiligp» In dtshranw. »uraer. sw^>< Imfscs tbe I the kind of man who wonkl go on llv It
and aca
¿win ilf yaKmfctf 4, or bad
ii X who bad been
the
Instances wtiere shame ha.l fallen upoa mind «t ttllw
( Ing with it fa It hie»» wife for the sake effrrta >o41owinx use tW htpvM*, wine or
other men. ba recalled hi« own easy people and wSo ,ooukl not cossdaBe of appearance He was not an apolo
beer, and vrercaniea thu unpleSMMit ne
indifference aud the temptation tn Ttie people kill.
1 riot Time nhil cfrvsiiMtanee «nd the
For a week he walk 'd and watched fx»v»er of true love would ndjnst tbe cessity of bring compeikd to gw often
laugh at the plight of tin- poor devils.
during the d-’y. an "i to
fnany
It had never entered his mind that and suffered Wlmt Is- knew of men affarir of Jane and Graydon Banaemrr times during Abe night.
mdd and
some day he might be the object of fold him that they <!<» not devot«» them Thl.e was hla affair. Tltne could not Use extraordinavyeffect of Swamp-tfoot
ts soon realized
Tt staifds t xe highest,
like consideration In others more selves to the wives of othe-vi with bon srllnat ft for him.
or lews fortunate, according to their orable motives hehhid tbenk He enu
At lairt he saw a womatYe figure hur for its wonderfuf ewes of the tio*t dis
tressing cases, 1 f
need a Medicine
vtnred himself that he knew the-world,
frieuds.
rying down the street.
The wild,
By tbe time dinner was announced he had seen so much of It Tin» man e-iger Itnpe thst the light from the yon should hare lire Dtst. S<>ld fc» drug
gist sin fifty-cent and «r-d<»llar sues.
he had succeeded in restoring himself aged years tn that stogie weetr of eleefrk- lamp would prove It X-» be ot'i-
.Md a
V >n mav have a >
bottle and
Jealousy
and
suspense.
His
face
we
to a state of comparative calmness, lie
rv fhau that of bls wife wna ytif kty ’xx £ that tolls all
haggard;
his
eyes
took
on
a
strang
>
did not dress for dinner, as was bis
dispelled Hix worst fours were true aixnit it, both sent free
custom, uor did be stop to ask Frances gleam; his manner wns tluit of a num His France«, lift: wife of more tfinn a bv mail. Address!)? g
Cable if She were ready to go down. in grave trouble
score of years, hts pretty »weethwnrt Kilmer & Co., Bing-
Day after day this piteous, fnwuled
hwahip - rooc
He heard Jane playing the piano as
through sll those (fay*, was fnl»e ro hainum, N. Y. When
be descended She nodded to him. but man who swayed thousands wttlr bls him! As he fell back ugninst the wall writioj* mention this pafirr and don’t
did not stop, and he paused near the hand stooped to deal with the smallsst something aeonied to snap in hla breast, make any mistake, but rcflMnber the
name, I>r. Ktimer’s Swamp-Awot, and
fireplace to look at her strangely Sonve- movement» of one man amt one wo a groan of mtacry arrow to his Bps
Uie adslxvM», Ihu^hamtoii, N. Y*
where beck lu his brain there was man. Desptt«- his most lntesme desire
With eyes w-fitcri sow red with rage
struggling, unknown to him, the old to drive himself Into other and Mgtier wr! anguish, he watchwl the hesltat
channels,
he
fouud
hltnself
skwlktwg
time thought that this child bore him
Ing approach of the woman Stx- »top.
no ITkenese whatsoever. He only knew and »[tying and eonntvtng with tmt one pert at the ciwnur suit looked ap and
he was enushing down the fear that low end in view.
He employed every scute s«*ose in down the Drive, peering intently Into
evil or slander or pain might come to
the
efTort to Justify bls anspictrwui the dnrk shadow* hy the la toe The
her if he were rash, yet just. He w as
Time
and again 1» went home nt un sky wns overcast. No »fsra [»eeped
wondering if he conM fare his wife
usual
hours, fearing all the while that through Its blackness With rrncertnln,
without betraying himself.
he might Incur the pain of finding Bni>- halting steps she ervwsed the boule
semer there. He even visited the man vard, still glancing
sea reh of Annin We
Jane played softly, lffeh-sely. Rhe. In hla office, alwnys rejoicing la the
antisap.
on the other hand, was wondering fact that he found him there at the
tic
Powder
for infants and
what Graydon would think or say if time. He watched Hie mall In the ward unron.elously. almost blindly.
adults. Exqui
»be spoke to him of what she bad morning; b> planned to go out of and she caught a glimpse of his tall,
sitely perfumed,
seen. She wondered If be would blame nights and then hurried home delib dark figure. He was not unlike Hanse
ders an excel-
her mother as she was beginning to erately, but unexpectedly. Through It mer In height nuil carrkigv As she
complexion
blame his fatBer.
keeps the skin
all tie said no word to Frances Cable drew near, his legs trembled anti tours
“Mother won’t be down to dinner." or Jane He naked no questions, but of despnir flooded his e) vs
clear, soft and
I
velvety. Relieves
she finally said.
A savage desire to grasp her by the
he was being l>eaten down by appre
»kin irritation and
"Is she ill?” he asked after a mo hensions all tbe while.
throat and hurl her into the waters
should be used
ment.
Ills wife’s manner convinced hint Is-yond thu break came over hint willi
freely after loath
"She Is lying down. Margaret will that all was not well with her. She Irresistible power Then came the pltl
ing and shaving,
take some tea up to her."
able
collapse
which
conquered
the
mur
giving
a delight
avoided being alone with him. keeping
D r T Ruxboumu®
Father and daughter had but little close to her room. He detected a hun derous Impulses and left 111 in weak add
ful and refnwhina
to say to each other during the meal, dred pretexts by which she managed broken for the moment. With a sob
effect At deal
ers or by mail, 2S
Their efforts at conversation were per to escape his simplest advances.
he turned and leaned upon the wall,
cenLs Box. rrs-
functory, commonplace, nn unusual
At Inst, overwrought by the strain, his hack to her. Ills face burled lu Ills
psred by
state of affairs, of which neither took he began to resort to cunning this tense arms—crushed, despised, dishon
notice.
FERD.
T.
HOPKINS,
N. Y. CITY,
ored!
Kill
her?
The
horror
of
It
man who wna big enough to have gone
"You look tired, father. Has it been from the engine cab to the president's swept bis brain clear for an Instant
Proprietor Ot IOURAUD’1 ORItfiTAk. CREAM
roa »«»-■ aan mbcobkskuzu bv
a bard day?”
office. It required hours of struggle Kill his pretty Frances? Kill Jnue's
"A rather trying one. Jane We’re with his fnlrer. nobler nature to bring mother? How could he think of It?
having some trouble with the buz himself low enough to do trickery,
It was a long tlmo before the wretch
MTANLKY’N.
zards out west. Tying up everything but the natal influence mastered He ed man knew that she was standing filli Willamette Ht. ..... tinger»«
that we are reahlng to the Philip- despised himself for the trick, but he alose behind him and was speaking to
ptnea.”
blm. Tbe sound of bftr voice came
would know the truth.
"Is It settled that you are to be Diade
The late afternoon mall one day through the noise of bls pounding
president?”
brought to Mrs. Cable a brief letter, heart as If It were far away and gen
"It looks like It." There followed a typewritten Ixith Inside and out. Pa- tle. Hut what was it that she was say
long silence. "By the way. I have good vid Cable saw her open and read the ing? Her voice wns angry, suppressed,
news for you. Mr. Clegg told me today missive, «nd he enw her trembling condemning.
that they are going to take Graydon band go to her throat and then to her
"You may take it or refuse It. just
Into the firm. Isn’t it great? Really. It temple. Her back was toward him. as you please," were the first words
1» quite remarkable. You are not the He could not see her face until she bls turbulent senses distinguished. "I
only person. It seems, who thinks a lot turn«!, a full mlnnte later. Then it can pay no more th'nn that for your
of that boy.”
I
was calm and undistnrlied. but her silence. The other la lmpoaalble
"A partner? Really? Oh, Isn’t It glo eyes were brilliant. He ground bis will not discuss it again with you."
rious? I knew he could—I told blm teeth and tore upstairs without a She paused as If waiting for blm to re
he'd be a partner before long.”' She word. I>avld Cable had stoo[>ed low spond
waited a moment and then added. enough to write this letter, and he
"Tonight I shall tell my husband
"His father was here today for a cup was paying for It.
everything-tI:» whole story. I cannot
of tea.” Cable caught the slightly al
He knew the contents far better thnn endure the suspense any longer. 1 will
mparts a pleasing softness
tered tone and looked up She was she knew them. The letter purported not live In fear of you another hour.
and delicacy to the skin A
trifling with her fork, palpably preoc to he an urgent appeal from James My only reason for coming out hen
And restrains the ravages of
> sun, wind and time,
cupled.
Bansemer. asking her to meet him at tonight Is to plead with you to spare
ts continued application elimi
"I’m—I'm sorry I missed him,” said 8 o'clock that night. It said:
your sou aid Jane. I am not asking
nates sunburn, tan and freckles and
he, watching her closely.
I must see you tonight Leave your anything for myself. It would break
rendera imperceptible annoying
“You like him very much, don't you, horn, at S o’clock for a short call on Jane’s heart If Graydon should refuse
Mr. W, just around the corner 1 will to tnnrry her. You must have a heart
minor blemishes and sailownesa.
father?”
you across the Drive, near the MS
It possesses a dainty, clinging odor
"Certainly, and I’m sure your moth meet
somewhere
In
that
”
—
Hut
the
words
wall. It Is quite dark there.
J
exclusively its own and ia in every
er does.” The fork shook In her fingers
became
Jumbled
In
the
ears
of
her
lis
David Cable did not know that ear
way a perfect toilet luxury.! Price
and then dropped upon the plate. She lier in the afternoon James Bansemer tener. From time to time bls mind
looked up In confusion. Cable's eyes bad called her up tty phone to say that gras|>ed such sentences as these, par
were lient upon her Intently, and sbe be Intended to spenk to his son the alysing In their bitterness: "I have the
had never seen »0 queer a light in following day unless word came to letters of adoption. David will not lie
them. Scarcely more than the fraction him from her. nor could be have pos Here what you say. He loves me. and
of a recond ¡*a»aed liefore he lowered sibly known that she was now deter be loves Jane. I am willing to pay all
bls gaze, but tbe mysterious telegra mined to tell the whole story to her that I have to keep It from Graydon
phy of the mind had shot the message husband and to trust to bls mercy. and Jane. But I Intend to tell my hus
of comprehension from one to the He only knew that be had written tbe band. I will not deceive him any
other. He saw with horror that the letter and that he had told her of hla longer. He will understand, even
girl at least sue[>ected the true situa Intention to go downtown immediately though he should bate me for it He
tion. A moment later be arose abrupt after dinner.
will love Jane, although she is not bis
ly and announced that he would run
own child.”
David Cable seemed frozen to the
up to see her mother tiefore nettling
spot. Hla brain was clearing; he wna
down to some Important work in bls
grasping the full Importance of every
den.
sentence that rushed from tier Impas
“Graydon Is coming over tonight."
We'll be very quiet and try
stoned lipa. The last appalling words
she said
fell like the blow of a club in the
not to disturb you. Don't work too
hands of a [»owerful tnan. He was
hard, daddy dear”
Upstairs Frances Cable was battling
dazed. Stunned, senseless It seemol tu
him that his breath bad ceased to
with herself In supreme despair, Con-
come and that hla whole lasly had
fession wns on her lips a dozen times.
Sold in Eugene by Ml. L. DeLano
When she
turned to stone Hla wide staring eyes
but courage failed her.
heard his footsteps In the hallway she
saw nothing ahead of him
"Well, what have you to say?” she
was ready to cry out the truth to him
was demanding "Why have y<ai asked
and end the suspense As he opened
me to come «Hit here1 You have my I
the door to enter the spirit of fairness
turned frail and fled before the appeal
final answer What have you to say? Afwteffisfc. O»l'«claiK Norma! «ni Oommerv««]
K4«<MkU<>a la al | l>r«B«hM. ine! a'ng o 4 m »
of procrastination "Walt. wait, wait!"
Are you going to tell Graydon that •fflURM
la».
mathaaaaUaa
. all baaad oa tha
fimndatloa that haa wna araaiw*« n' r»i*s far aur
Jane
Is
not
our
child?
I
must
know."
cried the powerful weakness In ber
CHAPTER XV
«rs»«(4Bt mr*aa4 *<»*»* Wa halp b«>ra whanaaaat
heart, and It conquered. Rhe coutal not
I "Not our child?" came from tbe pal !-•*; t|.~>ial dormltoriaa fot girla, aa w»r carrof m»
t»(-n V* RITK
t OI>AT rqf uortfnvlara an<1
em’nr
MUtet.:4LMNV.
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HE dark, muffled figure of sied lipa of David Gable, »0 low and .MtANV
teta him then. Tomorrow tbe next
a man leaned agaltust a lifeless that the sound was lost In the
day. yea. but not then. It was too
much to demand of beraelf. after all
section <rf tho otd wall swish of the water la-low. The Inter
that edged the lake the mittent red signal tn the lighthouse far
He came In. but left a few mlnutea
figure of a man who out In the lake blinked back at him, KJ ÄT-ir. i*i
later 8he was strangely unresponsive
imoH
a
to his tender Inqulrlre. Iler thought* prayed with all his soul that bis vigil hr* ’« 1:1 1 1» w sn tc wv, vlv’.l glare
f
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were of another was bls quick conclu might be in vain If she came, all was
**<A IS»'.« R»!«bn«. V
• ion as be fle-1 from her presence he over.
»’VraT'zl l'tae i • ®<*»*«»-
•fltnr v
'ontlnued next week. I
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tn *
He was not armed. He bad thrown
fore the harsh accusation* could break
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r
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’
liest
A *-■ Ifiiai 4
his
revolver
away
a
week
before.
His
from bls eyes
n>s ^Koi- aiar,
In his den once more, with the door only desire now was to learn the ex
closed, he gave himself up cotnpletely tent of her duplicity if she obeyed
to black thoughts. He recalled bl* tbe call of the letter then there could
words to her. uttered years ago. ha If in be no doubt that a be was coming st
For Infanta and Children.
Jest and half In earnest He had hor tbe call of tbe lover Illa halal, twitch
rifled her beyond expression by te i ilng ed. and be shivered aa if with a dread
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her bow be would punlsb a wife If be ful chill. Ilia heart was shouting a
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in
ANO TSNTH ere
MB
OONTLAMO ORSeON
warning
to
her,
but
bls
bead
was
urg
were the husband »he deceived With
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« grim, lurid smile he remembered the Ing b-e to come and have done with It
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